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n“So, how was your time with grandma, dear?” Beatrice asked Antonia as she carried the toddler in her arms, letting her rest her little head on her chest.

n“Mmm, it was fun being with grandma, but the other stuff was boring. There were interesting guys, though, and one of them felt a little different,” Antonia said what had been bothering her this whole time freely as she lay on Beatrice’s expansive mounds of flesh.

n“Oh? What was different about that guy?” Dante asked with a raised eyebrow.

n“Hmm, he felt like you, Dad, in the moments when you use your blackish red fire,” Antonia revealed lazily, becoming sleepy now that she was in her parents’ care.

nDante and Beatrice paused and shared a look. A person who had hellfire? Either they were like Dante, a person who could incidentally use hellfire through a unique power system, or they were actually a demon.

nThe former was rare, especially in a universe like this, so it could only be the latter.

n“Do Demons exist in our multiverse?” Dante called out to Levi and asked him.

n“Naturally. The tme demon race are a higher dimensional species that wreak havoc in the background of higher dimensional earth. In fact, Luka spent most of his youth being a demon hunter due to the latent power Myra gave him,” Levi casually revealed after smoothing out his feathers.

n“Oh? Then what about the one my daughter just met?” Beatrice questioned with a glance at the proud Truth Beast.

nLevi flinched at Beatrice’s intense stare and spoke quickly. “That guy? He’s simply in possession of the superpower of Demonic Transformation, but he has secretly been recruited by a low-level demon in higher dimensional space as his ‘sponsor’ to do things for him in lower-dimensional space.”

n“Huh? Recruited? Then what was his purpose here?” Dante frowned as he felt something was off.

n“Well, it’s naturally to scout you out. You are quite notorious in higher dimensional space now because you defeated a clone of Lara. The various sponsored contractees relayed this information to their higher-ups, and it spread through higher dimensional space rapidly.”

n“After all, even if it’s just one of her clones, you defeated an authority holder. It’s not just any authority holder, but the mighty Lara Sanguis who was only stopped by Luka. Everyone has their eye on the current you.”

nLevi’s revelation caused Dante and Beatrice’s brows to furrow. The current Dante was only semi-higher dimensional, having acquired the energy source but did not have his own origin power system. While he had nothing to fear from higher dimensional beings should they descend, that did not count for their family members.

nAfter all, in as much as it seemed like everyone hated Lara and had been traumatized by her, there were also those like the original Valeria who were loyalists to her and believed in her cause.

nSuch fellows could not do anything to Luka without being bitch- slapped to the shadow realm, but they could certainly come and annoy Dante. This was not ideal at all, especially for Augeus, David, Peter, and especially Aileen, who could have been harmed in that time.

nAntonia would be fine with the Eyes of Illusion that lay dormant in her body, ready to activate when she achieved control over her power or if she was in a dangerous situation. Not to mention that both Dante and Beatrice’s quantum clones would be with her permanently from now on.

n“You can go back for now. We’ll talk more on this later.”

nSeeing that the sleeping Antonia was slightly disturbed, Dante sent Levi back and patted the toddler’s back, reassuring her back into slumber. After this, Dante and Beatrice returned to the First Gate where they separated their quantum clones and left Antonia with them.

nThen, they moved to the frontlines area and began to gather the various troops belonging to Dante one by one. As expected, the Superpowered and the Martial Artists were not affected by Dante’s ‘upgrade’, but the Hellfire demons had been panicking as they had been losing control of the hellfire qi in their bodies all this time.

nWhen they met Dante, they were shocked as they did not feel the overwhelming suppression and authority they were used to passively feeling, making them realize something was wrong.

nStill, the obedience towards him was rooted in their minds and souls, so they settled down and waited for everyone to arrive before listening to what their master had to say. This made Dante nod subtly as his influence was not gone, just strongly diluted.

nAfter all, if he wanted to, he could easily re-cultivate all those quantum power systems again. The reason he didnt was because it would just make getting his origin power much harder.

nWhen the last person arrived, which was Aisha since she had been the farthest and deepest behind enemy lines due to her power, Dante sat down on his command chair with Beatrice seated right beside him.

nHe looked down upon his small army of troops and smiled. “I have some good news and some even better news. Which one would you like to hear first?”

nThe group did not think they would be given a choice and stared blankly at each other. In the end, it was the relatively brave Deadly Sin demons who were closer to Dante that dared to answer.

n“The better one!” Aisha called out, to which Slessor and Humphrey agreed.

nLucian shrugged and Harold scratched his head then nodded. As for Ricky, he simply smiled bitterly and shook his head, not knowing how to answer.

nDante chuckled. “Fine, the better news is that I have ascended into a higher dimensional being partway, becoming semi-higher dimensional.”

nImmediately, the entire place became dead silent as the brains of everyone here pretty much short-circuited. Even if you gave them all the AIs in the entire multiverse to calculate all possible options, they would never have expected Dante to say this. .

nA higher dimensional being was something everyone who knew about the First Gate craved to become but did not even have a clue as to the path of how. Some said that when you reached the Ex rank in your superpower, you would discover the path forward, but it was only a rumor.

nAnd now, their boss, who was a greatly powerful and talented man, had achieved this?

nIf it wasn’t for the fact that they had seen the breadth of Dante’s power and even experienced his power when he blessed them in various ways, they would have doubted him immediately.

n“What about… the good news?” Ricky managed to untie his tongue and ask.

nThe crowd suddenly snapped into focus as they realized that this was not the end of it, and Dante did say there was another piece of news that may not be as explosive as before but was certainly beneficial.

n“Well, in relation to my ascension, I have a chance to sponsor you all with some of my power. This power is only in the form of energy, though, so don’t expect to become all-powerful in just one go,” Dante informed them with a casual smile.

nDespite saying this, a question mark appeared above each of their heads. They did not understand what Dante meant nor how this would change anything in the grand scheme of things. Like Dante and Beatrice themselves just about an hour ago, they did not know anything about Origin or Eternal rank nor the intricacies within.

nSeeing their confusion, Dante shook his head. “You don’t need to worry about it for now; in time, you will understand the magnitude of todays events. Due to the fact that I recently ascended and still need time to consolidate, I will only be sponsoring the hellfire demons at this time. When I become stronger, I will then accept you all under my care.”

n“Hellfire demons, step forward!” Dante commanded loudly, and they all took a step forward as one, their expressions full of obedience.

nDante swept his eyes over their formation and continued. “One by one, starting from the newest hellfire demon to the oldest, come and kneel before me.”

nThey stepped forward in the required order, and the moment the first hellfire demon knelt before Dante, he stretched his hand out and released a small mark formed with his Origin Energy that entered the soul space of the hellfire demon in question.

nFor the hellfire demon, he instantly felt his connection to Dante being renewed and becoming even stronger than ever. More than that, he felt a small wave of energy enter his body that caused his hellfire qi to surge in delight, becoming almost infinite in supply.

nThis greatly shocked the fellow as such a tiny wave of energy was enough to fuel his hellfire true qi for his entire lifetime and more! Even if he exploded his entire dantian multiple times, he would still struggle to empty out his reserves, which was a thrilling yet frightening concept.

nMeanwhile, for everyone else in the room, that brief period where Dante released his mark caused their entire beings to churn, from their souls to their minds, their spirits and their bodies. Whatever it was that Dante released, they craved it so deeply their eyes became bloodshot with desire.

nPoster notes: These 2 were the left over chapters from the previous month I was too lazy to post, I apologize but I won’t be renewing my priv for this novel next month. With love Gus ??¤

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