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The next morning after Veronica and Ervas evolutions, the table where everyone had breakfast was rather busy.
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Now there was the addition of an Ancient Dragon God and even more, like Daniel, and his colony of Ants was invited by Ervas and Veronica as well.
Although he had been left inside the Kingdom while Ervas and Veronica went to the mountain, he and his colony did not slack off at all.
Through all those days up until today, Daniel and his Colony had kept exploring Dungeons around the Forest and had actively raised their level and sharpened their skills.
Although they were not able to do this as much when they were alone, now that they acquired the backing and help of Veronica and Ervas and their allies and resources, they were able to rush through dungeons with great efficiency, using any item such as potions to recover their health and mana and saving a lot of food through the several Spatial Inventory Accessories made by Veronica.
From a Rank 3 Small Silver Armored Ant, Daniel increased his Rank to Rank 5, becoming a Great Silver Armored Ant Warrior.
The rest of his Colony had improved as well, a most of them matched his Rank or were of Rank 4 at least. The Colony seed like a remarkably interesting group of monsters whose powers and combat ability increased when they were together, being able to combine their strength as one.
There were the strong Lesser Silver Armored Ant Warriors, similar to Daniel but a bit weaker, who specialized in Strength, possessing enormous tallic jaws that could tear apart monsters easily.
There were also the Silver Armored Ant Soldiers, which were smaller but faster, and composed most of the Colony, they did several tasks, and many of them were on their way to learning Magic as well thanks to Daniel's influence in the ants.
And the Queen herself was also a being of its own, as her Rank was 5 and she was nad Great Silver Armored Ant Colony Queen, with the ability to command all of the Ants and better coordinate their movents and combat capabilities.
They were no longer simple ants, as Daniel had developed Skills and abilities to make their intelligence and strength develop further at his side.
These Ants were now around Daniel, as he had taken on a bigger form through the Grow Skill, growing up to the size of a horse, so he could talk more comfortably with everyone.
Daniel used to be one of Veronica's coworkers, but his mind had changed greatly since Earth, and he no longer saw himself as a human either, this coupled with his growing fascination with Veronica and Ervas had slowly changed him into a different being altogether.
Although he still held such mories of his past lives.
However, not a single ti had he heard about 'Traveling to other Worlds' other than the ti he died and was sent to that white space with the rest of his coworkers, where the mysterious God granted them the System and also special cheat Skills.
Araba, the God he had recently t who Ervas and Veronica 'acquired' when they completed his Dungeon was at his side, the god seed just as confused.
"And that is how I did it, by separating my soul into a large chunk, I sent it straight to that world. I'm planning so things with it… Ah well, my soul weakened a lot since then, but because I evolved right away, the damage in my soul was mostly recovered," said Veronica.
"Pretty impressive… I wish I could have done the sa," said Ervas with a mild smile.
"Amazing, you did it just as I did! Aw, my little Veronica is getting stronger~!" said Kireina as she petted Veronica.
"L-Little? I am not your daughter, Kireina!" said Veronica.
"Fufu, sorry, it is just a natural reflex…" apologized Kireina.
Daniel, who had been absent all this ti, also got to know Kireina… another reincarnated person, but from a completely different world nad Genesis.
Just by hearing her explanations about her story and also about the terrifying world of Genesis, Daniel could not help but think that he was lucky to have reincarnated in Kritias again…
"That's crazy, Veronica! What if you ended up dying out of the soul damage?! That was an imnse risk! You are not like Kireina who is supposedly as powerful as a goddess or sothing! You could have truly died if it weren't because your evolution just triggered in ti!" said Anna.
"Aw co on, Anna-chan, nothing went wrong, and everyone is happy, relax," said Veronica.
"For real, I often worry about such carefree nature of you…" said Shade.
"E-Eh? You too? Sheesh, you two treat as if we were married!" said Veronica.
Suddenly, as Veronica said those words, Anna and Shade went silent in embarrassnt… They were truly acting as if they were the worried wife and husband of Veronica.
"A-Anyways, it was indeed incredibly risky… But at the very least, Veronica calculated it… and well, it went fine," said Isne.
"That's right… Although I will not let you do the sa until your soul is imnsely big, you hear , Ervas?" asked Jason, he seed concerned, he didn't want his son to follow his insane split soul.
"Okay, dad. I will not split my soul into another world until I grow very strong," said Ervas while glancing at the floor, he was a good boy and would not reject his father's concern.
"Y-Yeah… that's right! …Although I feel like I should have not left so many loopholes in what I said…" admitted Jason.
"E-Excuse my rudeness, my lords… But… Is it true that… the Samsara System has so kind of power like that? It is quite… hard to figure," asked Daniel shyly, he didn't want to trigger the rage of his lords, so he asked very politely.
However, Ervas and Veronica seed to have cool down since the first ti they t with Daniel, and answered him leisurely and quite calm, as if he were just another mber of the pack now.
"Although I had my doubts, it seems that Veronica confird it," said Ervas.
"Indeed, Daniel. Rember that ti when that God… Hekaton was his na? Well, when Hekaton brought us into his Divine Realm, he gave us this Samsara System and our cheats (mine is Appraisal by the way), he said sothing about reincarnating us in different worlds 'in danger' or 'going through issues' whenever we were to die in the world we were sent at first, Kritias. Most likely, the Samsara System triggers so kind of effect whenever our souls detect that our bodies died or sothing, so we are sent to another world. Perhaps these words are within the list of Worlds that Hekaton, a supposed god of Transmigration governs," said Veronica.
"I-I see… Bu then, why were we sent to this Parallel Kritias? Was it part of the list of worlds?" asked Daniel.
"I don't think so, it would be weird, especially because this world isn't completely in dire need… yet," said Ervas.
"What we had co out with is that Lamus and Vedon, the version of these Gods from the Original Kritias modified our Samsara Systems when our original soul was divided in two, and perhaps they edited the next world to be this Mirror Kritias instead of a random world within the list that Hekaton prepared," said Veronica.
"…I see. But… what about… ? I don't think those Gods could have done sothing to , as they had suddenly disappeared in the middle of the war, and they were said to have been in a deeps slumber inside of their Divine Realms," said Daniel.
"Huh? Daniel, have you not realized?" asked Veronica.
"He really hasn't…" said Ervas.
"Eh? My lords, what have I not realized?" asked Daniel.
"You're blessed by Qadall, the God of Death and Souls from the previous Kritias," said Ervas.
"…Eh?!" said Daniel.
"You were most likely sent by him here… But because Qadall must not be as experienced with soul manipulation and even less the System he most likely could only reincarnate you into a very weak monster inside a dungeon… I believe that he might use so kind of trail that we left when we reincarnated, and this is why you appeared in the sa dungeon as I," said Veronica.
"Is that… so? Oh… I see… how it is… Then… Qadall-sama had given the task to…" muttered Daniel.
"Most likely the sa task as us… Although it is surprising, seeing how Qadall was a rather aloof God that never got into any fights and barely helped defeat the Demon God King…" said Ervas.
"Hm, perhaps when he saw how that Kritias began to fragnt into pieces as rifts in space opened and weird labyrinths from other worlds started to pop up, he most likely began to finally worry, so he desperately tried to send so kind of help to us… But that might as well be just assumptions, it is hard to discern the true intentions of Gods, especially soone so silent as Qadall," said Veronica.
"I see… I guess… Even Qadall-sama might have changed…" said Daniel.
"Anyways, how is it going in that other world?" asked Kireina.
"Much like your main body, I can't see anything nor hear anything, nor experience anything that my Soul Clone does. But it is sending small bits of info every few hours… She's currently… Sill talking with Nyx, it seems that there is a lot of conflicts in Kosmos that I didn't know beforehand, several Human Nations are fighting against each other, and so of the Olympian Gods are siding with certain nations… ah, and several Humans are also trying to revive the fallen Titans and- Oh, so are trying to acquire the power of the Gods," said Veronica.
"Well, that's a lot of plot points! Are you going to go through all of them off-cara?!" asked Kireina.
"Well, my clone is doing her best, but it is not near as strong as I am, so she needs to first adapt to that world's laws and powers, and make them her own. She inherited the Samsara System, so she has Ranks and Jobs… She is a Rank 6 Abyssal Shadow Soul Specter… It is like a powerful ghost I guess, as it is only my soul that went there, but perhaps she could get a physical body at so point… or not," said Veronica.
"Did you said sothing about her sending your energy?" asked Ervas.
"Oh right! Much like Kireina, my clone there is slowly sending Source Energy from Kosmos! I am using the Samsara System to transmute this energy into my own power, which is being converted into stats and exp… Most of the stats are Mana though, as it is the primary source of energy in Kritias… Although the amount I get is very small, so it is not like I will turn into sothing monstrously overpowered or sothing," said Veronica with a chuckle.
"Amazing, it is just as I've been doing it!" said Kireina.
"Hm… I guess I also have sothing to say…" said Ervas.
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