The Monster Girl Heroines And The Hero Hub

"Okay, so back on topic. We are doing this project."

"Yes, so we will create a hub world. Let's get started!" Svilran raised her hand, and land came up from beneath our feet. Then, a screen appeared in front of my eyes. "That's a reflection of your land. I modeled the interface to reflect the video games you played."

I looked at the screen and then the brown and dusty land that Svilran raised from the water.

"This isn't a lot of space. I can see the edges on all sides."

"I know. I don't have enough power to make more."

"How do we get you more power? With this amount of land—well, we could fit maybe a hamlet here if we're lucky."

"You need to do it, Fainn. As we develop the land, more points will be available to me."

"So, a god really needs my help?"

"Yes! See, I'm what's called a Facilitator God. I can't actually do anything on my own. I need to be directed—gods would have directed me in the past. Anyway, I can influence reality in exchange, but again, it needs to be under the approved person's direction."

"And I'm the approved person?"

"Yes. I whisked you away at the last moment because I believed in you, Fainn!"

"Right, I got that. Thanks. So we have empty land. There's still something you can do, right?"

"Yes! I have many pools of points for different functions. I just used all my Terraforma Points. I still have my Building Points... By the way, I'm calling it points just to explain it to you."

"Appreciated. So Building Points. What can we build?"

"Here's what I think we need to do! Absolutely essential! We need a •Home•—for you—a •Portal•, a •Dormitory• for the heroes, and an •Observatory• that we can use to watch heroes. Oh, there's one more super important thing."

"What is it?"

"A •Wishing Fountain•."

I stared at her and blinked many times, unamused. "Why?"

"We're going to need divine intervention. A LOT of divine intervention."

"Aren't you the divine intervention?"

"Nope. I can't do anything on my own. Also, we're not on Earth anymore. We've shifted dimensions, and I don't have much power in the Imaginal Realm. The problem is exacerbated since losing Earth caused a massive reconfiguration of the hierarchy between the gods of this dimension. In summary, we need to petition the gods at the top of the Imaginal Realm's hierarchy—The Imaginal Will. We're not going to get far if we don't get help every now and again."

"But we have to petition them by wishing? Shouldn't they be invested in stopping the surging evil?"

Svilran started sweating. "So, I really mean it when I say the more a god had to do with the physical realm's humans, the more developed the god was."

"Uhuh."

"The gods at the top of the The Imaginal Realm are more primal. They're like a natural phenomenon... They're more innocent too... Like a child. We won't be able to reason with them." 

"Hmm."

"Apparently, that nature allows them to oversee the infinity of the Imaginal Realm fairly."

"So, we need to grab the attention of a child and hope it helps us how we need it to help us?"

"... Yes."

What could I do but heave a heavy sigh and shrug? "Okay. Very well. That's how it shakes out."

"Whew," Svilran said. "I thought you were going to get annoyed."

I shrugged again. "Honestly? I'm pretty emotionally drained. After the last year of my life—yeah, I'm just not up for getting worked up. Just tell me this."

"Yes?"

"This project—will it save others?"

"Of course!"

"Then I don't care how annoying the process is. We're saving people. And I guess cleaning up the evil humanity let out into the metaphysical cosmos."

"I'm happy to hear that! I knew you were the right choice!"

"Hey, actually, what happened to the other humans who were still around at the end?"

Svilran started sweating again, and she looked away. "I'm not allowed to tell you details... I can say anyone who still had a soul was ferried away... Some might have ended up in the Imaginal Realm."

"Okay, got it. Good to know. Okay, so those structures—you got enough points to make the essentials?" 

"I do! You just have to decide where you want to place them!"

"Okay, we'll place the -Wishing Fountain- in the center. We'll put the -Home-, -Portal- and -Observatory- close together. Dormitories can go on the other side... So, the -Wishing Fountain- is about nine minutes worth of a walk away from the -Home-, and the -Dormitory- is about twelve."

"Excellent work, Fainn!" Svilran clapped her hands, rubbed her palms together, and flung her arms out, releasing stars as she did. The stars found their place and settled to form the buildings.

"Thanks, though you're the one doing all the heavy lifting."

"Aww, stop. Anyway, we've got the basic buildings, but we need something else."

"What's that?"

"Another category of... thing. Resources. Resources will be important for many functions."

"Alright. Bring it on."

"I have a few Resource Points. We can use them to build a Resource Square. I'm calling it that because of how the map is represented on your interface."

"Got that. Go on. What can we create?"

"Only one type of Resource Square currently... We have different versions of that one type. I'd recommend a -Jungle-. The one I can create will generate one type of fruit, one type of wood, and a Resource Point a day. We can call this type a 'Simple Generation' Resource Square."

"So, we invest points to get them back later... Oh, is the fruit and wood something that is automatically collected?"

She shook her head. "We have to collect it ourselves... Don't worry about it too much for now. What matters is that by picking -Jungle- we have fruit for you to eat in case you still need it. We can't neglect to sustain your body!"

"Alright. Let's do it."

Sebas_Guzman

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