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nVeronica and Ervas sighed in relief, although it felt like an eternity, the whole fight only took place in less than 10 minutes.

nIt was really quite arduous, though. Even if their stats were lower than them, these Cheat Ability users were blessed by the good fortune which meant good luck, and their Abilities were also outstanding on their own, especially when they awakened them, which made things the more annoying for them.

nAnd even more, Hekaton had directly intervened in the fight, trying to use them as bombs at the last minute, which almost killed them…

nIndeed, Hekaton's plan was actually quite good, and Ervas and Veronica were at the border of death.

nEspecially Veronica who had to take over a whole explosion herself…

nHowever, after knowing this, she managed to save Ervas from such a horrible fate, which he would have most likely not survived due to not having Perseverance like her…

nAnd if Ervas were to die, Veronica wouldn't have known what to do.

nHowever, such a fate was stopped as the two became one and overwhelmed their enemy, which they had not expected to bring so many cheats with them, including the power to become a living bomb…

nWere they terrorists or something?

nAfter eating the three Heroes, Veronica and Ervas acquired their memories too and were able to get a lot of important info about what was happening in the other Kritias, many things, in fact, some that not even Daniel had gone into too much detail.

nAlongside that, a considerable amount of things happened after Daniel's death, which was even more valuable information for them.

nAfter everything was said and done, Ervas used Nature Creation and Manipulation to fill all the places that were destroyed with plants and grass, easily masking that a big battle happened here.

nAlongside that, the corpses of the three Heroes were blown into bits when they exploded, so there wasn't anything left anyways, even the blood was vaporized by the explosion of the Familiar Spirits.

nKireina had created a giant Spatial Dimension which she used to entrap everyone inside and make it seem to the outside world that nothing was really happening.

nAlthough this cost a lot of Mana, she had millions anyways, and it wasn't as hard if she divided herself into four to maintain things well.

nEveryone else was seemingly fine, although some were more tired than others.

nThe party quickly went inside Veronica's soul as Veronica teleported back to Selene through an Accursed Graveyard, where everyone was greeted by the family waiting there.

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"Ervas, peko! How did it go, peko? You didn't take much time… Oh? Where are they?

" asked

nPekorina.

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"Where are they? Didn't they said they wanted to join?

" asked Acathea as she appeared at the side of Pekorina, petting Ervas head with her paws.

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"Oh… Don't tell me…

" said Ismene, as she sighed.

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"Indeed. It is as you guess… They got cocky and attacked us. They could have perfectly chosen to escape as well, I told Kireina to let them go if they didn't want to join us… But instead of all of that, they attack us… more than a few times,

" sighed Veronica.

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"Although we still kind of wanted to kill them, so we were rather selfish there. We could have forgiven their lives and let them go away, they didn't seem to intend to hold grudges against us at first….

" Said Ervas.

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"Yep, they really exhausted our patience…

" sighed Veronica.

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"They are gone now anyway, we ate them,

" said Ervas nonchalantly.

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"Welp, that's how things went then. You two should rest for a bit, I will go with everyone else to prepare a nice dinner, alright? Cheer up a bit,

" said Ismene.

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"I see… Thanks a lot, Ismene,

" said Veronica.

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"No worries, let's go girls,

" said Ismene.

nAfter a few minutes, a large dinner was held to celebrate the victory of Ervas and Veronica against the Heroes, as the group began to discuss what had happened… especially things regarding Hekaton.

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"Hekaton… the God of Transmigration?

" asked Ismene.

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"Don't tell me that the bastard actually tried such a thing?!

" asked Gaius.

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"Does he has no pride as a man?

" asked Ragdaz.

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"No, he's completely rotten,

" said Azra.

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"More than rotten, it is as if he were senseless…

" said Ervas.

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"No, he's simply not a person like us. Hekaton is similar to a machine. He thinks without feelings and is completely selfish for his own gain and good. He's even worst than Bestellen because Bestellen at least protects a group of people… But this guy is just completely empty of anything that makes a person a person. He thinks of life as programs, like bugs. We are mere errors inside a computer and he's trying to get rid of us, as simple as that…

" said Veronica.

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"Oh yeah, I guess it could be said that he's exactly like that…

" said Ervas.

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"But even then… He's a God, how can a God do such an underhanded thing?! Using the souls of his very Heroes as bombs… to sacrifice themselves… No, he simply used them as an item, the Heroes were not even willing to sacrifice themselves for him to begin with!

" said Jason.

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"We can't do nothing over it, that's just how things are. He tried it out and failed, we ate what he prepared and that's that. We can't even prepare well against him because he's not even an enemy we can touch yet, he's constantly preparing things from within his Divine Realm far away from us… scheming a thousand things against us, but the only thing we can do is become more cautious of any other Hero that might appear…

" said Veronica.

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"What a dilemma. Such an annoying and despisable God…

" sighed Shade.

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"However, I think I have grasped something…

" said Veronica.

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"Indeed, I feel the same thing…

" said Ervas.

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"Hm? What is it?

" asked Jason.

nErvas and Veronica closed their eyes, as they opened them again, instead of crimson eyes, they glowed with golden colors.

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"When we ate the Familiar Spirits of Hekaton, we felt it…

" they said at the same time, with their voices merged.

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"We acquired a part of his knowledge, dim, and abysmal compared to his total existence. But we managed to grasp how strong he is… and where he is…

"

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"We also heard his scream of pain as we ate a part of him…

"

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"Hekaton lies within the boundaries of worlds, far away, within the many spatial layers and spatial walls that separate worlds and existences…

"

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"His Divine Realm has been there since his creation…

"

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"Although there's no way for us to go there yet, there might be some way in the future…

"

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"We simply need to keep growing stronger. The more power we amass, the stronger I will grow…

"

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"You? W-Who is… talking right now?

" asked Anna.

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"I am the origin of Ervas and Veronica's powers. I am the one created by Hekaton who had become their very cores. I am them and they are me. I am the Samsara System, it is nice to meet all of you. Although this might be a bit abrupt, please rest at ease, I have no ill will…

"

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"I-Is that why their eyes turned yellow gold?

" asked Jason.

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"Indeed. I can only emerge now that the two have acquired enough power. I am the personification of such a System. It is an arduous task to assimilate all the power they contain, but I am doing my best work… Oh, I suppose I have been here way too long, farewell,

"

nThe Samsara System quickly went away as Ervas and Veronica's eyes turned red once more…

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