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Within a large underground chamber filled with many tubes, cauldrons filled with oozy substances, different pieces of monsters, piles of corpses, and several caged animals and… humans, Abraham Gespudo, Ervas, and Veronica glanced at the corpse before them, resting over a metallic table.
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Although it seemed like a corpse, a large soul was coming inside of it, although it was not having the easiest of times doing so.
"It still struggling, my lords," said Abraham.
"Hm, take it out then," said Ervas, as Veronica gently pulled the soul out.
The soul seemed rather strange, as it was an amalgamation of many soul pieces stuck together forcefully.
These were the souls of the former Heroes of the tribes of Bear-kin and Harpies alongside many others, which were rescued by Ervas and Veronica from the Necromancer's hands.
Although they had been working quite hard to finally restore them, most of these souls came with immense mental traumas and even their very souls had begun to fragment into pieces, with many of their original pieces gone or broken into pieces.
It was truly a hard time grabbing all of those pieces and sticking them back together, and even harder was it to delve into their minds and slowly arrange their thoughts, personalities, and natures back to normal.
Although there was a lot of time when they couldn't do much, there were also times when they managed to improve a lot on their research.
"Hm, it seems that it is still a bit damaged… Well, this is one of the last ten souls that have not recovered completely yet…" sighed Veronica.
"My lady, we just simply research more about the composition of souls and how to repair them correctly, I have achieved great results in these last weeks, so cheer up, we shall find a way eventually," said Abraham.
"He has a point, we had done a lot already, and many souls recovered. We just need to keep working hard, the arrangement of thoughts and mind needs to be given a little retouch and it should be done," said Ervas.
"Well, yeah, I guess you're right.. Then go to rest for now buddy," said Veronica, gently petting the soul as it flew away towards a large sphere in the middle of the sky.
"It has already been over six months since we left the Devil Forest already? It felt like not that much time…" said Ervas.
"Oh yeah, I guess… And we had finally reached the beach!" said Veronica.
"I don't think we should go swimming…" said Ervas.
"Eh?! You read my mind! Come on, just a little splashy splash! …I actually am dying to see Anna with a bikini!" said Veronica.
"I imagined as much, but we are in a hurry, maybe we could visit the Demon Continent's beach," said Ervas.
"Hehe, alright then," said Veronica.
Ervas, Veronica, and Abraham slowly walked out of their facility, as a beautiful scene greeted their sight.
A beautiful and large city completely paved and filled with large buildings, long streets, and many people going in and out.
Atop the blue sky, there was a beautiful yellow sun, shining brightly and showering the city with its splendorous light.
Although it was very hard to tell by simply looking at the city, this was place the inside of Veronica's soul.
After having trained her soul to be capable of shaping it as she pleased even in the inside space, and after having used Ervas Magic Craft Skill, Curse Synthesis for easy Rune creations, and many other spells and magic types from his allies and friends, Veronica had managed to generate an artificial sky that maintained itself through runes and her constant use of Mana.
The shining sun was also a magical construction of the same nature, and it would even shut down after twelve hours, perfectly synchronized with the sun of the outside world.
Although this place seemed like the perfect utopia where all of her people could thrive without problems, Veronica and Ervas still believed that letting them live in the outside world instead than in this fake world would be preferable.
However, they had decided to keep the people inside of here temporarily until they could finally manage to get into the Demon Continent and find a place where they could finally build the new Kingdom of Igni.
"Well my lords, I shall go back to my personal laboratories, if you excuse me…" said Abraham, a former enemy that turned into a very valuable ally, his knowledge, and passion for research had made him quite essential for Ervas and Veronica's experiments and research, although they had a lot of power and abilities, they lacked the wisdom and knowledge of how to use them properly.
If it was not because Abraham had taken notes and researched the soul in more detail, Ervas and Veronica might have taken way more time healing the souls of the former heroes and warriors that perished in the mountain so many years ago.
"Very well," said Ervas, as Abraham quickly walked back to his own laboratory within the internal city of the Igni Kingdom.
"I wonder how the kids are," said Veronica, walking through the streets.
"We should go look for them, they had been born four months ago but most of them are growing incredibly quickly… even quicker than me," said Ervas.
The 'kids' that Veronica and Ervas referred to be the children born from the females that were held captive within Oggoth's Dungeon, such children were supposed to have been born as monsters such as Orcs, Goblins, Lizardmen, and Kobolds, but instead of those races, thanks to the intervention of Ervas and Veronica while they were still a small fetus, made them be born into different and new races of demi-humans.
The pair walked around the castle's territory, reaching the front door, and entering inside the large hall that was the throne room, where there were also many tables being filled with plates of food, lunch was approaching after all.
The moment Ervas and Veronica entered, tiny little children greeted them, running towards them.
Most of their features were rather similar to beast-kin or demons rather than monsters, as they held humanoid bodies and faces, although depending on their mother and father, their appearance varied slightly.
"Ah, Ervas-nii-sama, Veronica-nee-sama!"
A little girl was the first to come near them, her appearance was like that of a toddler of one to two years of age, with chocolate-colored skin and covered in fluffy white feathers and fur.
Her arms were covered on feathers, making them seem as if they were wings, although her hands and arms and legs were also covered in scales similar to those of lizardmen, with sharp claws.
And atop her head, she had two tiny rabbit-like ears, twitching adorably and in her forehead here were two golden horns growing steadily, her teeth were sharp, and she also held a long and thick tail at her back, which was covered of golden scales and fluffy white feathers.
Her golden irises flashed with excitement as she saw her older brother and older sister, as she liked to call Ervas and Veronica.
"Ah, little Fei, how are you?" asked Veronica, immediately grabbing the adorable little girl as she flapped her wings adorably.
"I'm good! And hungry! Ah, Ervas-nii-sama, auntie, and grandpa are cooking today! They are making yummy food!" she said.
"I see, preparations made with the recipes of the Rabbit-kin family are always delicious," said Ervas with a gentle smile.
The little girl with a strange appearance that seemed to be a combination of several races perfectly made together into an adorable combination of fluffiness was Fei, the daughter of Pekonisia, the eldest sister of Pekoran, who had given birth to her four months ago.
Fei was originally a Lizardman fetus that was modified and purified from its monster genes by making those of the Rabbit-kin within Pekonisia more predominant.
This alongside the high concentration of Life and Light Attribute Mana that Veronica and Ervas used to do these changes ended up making her be reborn as a new race named 'Light Wolpertinger', which was classified as both a monster and a demi-human, giving her the chance to both change Jobs and Rank Up, something only believed to be possible for Ervas and Veronica, or well, anyone with Samsara System such as Daniel.
"It's Ervas-nii-sama! Ervas-nii-sama! And auntie Veronica!"
Four little children came running towards Ervas this time, their appearance seemed almost the same, although they held a few differences in hair color and height.
Their skin was pale white just like Ervas, and they even had bright crimson eyes releasing an eerie vampiric presence.
Each one of the little children had a small characteristic that differentiated each other, such as scales, tails, ears, and so on.
"Ervas-nii-sama!" said a little girl with wine-colored hair made into twin tails, her eyes gleamed with crimson light as her tiny hands covered in purple scales and sharp nails raised towards Ervas, she wanted him to hold her.
She was Tina, the daughter of Lilith who was originally a Lizardman fetus, similarly to Fei. However, her appearance changed and became a different race, as it was noticeable in her clearly humanoid appearance, giving a greater resemblance to a vampire, the exceptions were the slim and smooth purple scales that covered her hands, feet, neck, and part of her hears.
She also had a long and thin tail covered in these same scales, which she waved around whenever she became happy.
Her nails were completely black, growing sharp like blades, although Ervas skin was tough enough to not be affected by her nails.
"I saw you yesterday Tina-chan, you don't need to miss me so much," said Ervas.
"Ervas-nii-sama, I've grown a bit bigger!"
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