-----

As Ervas was satisfied with his new Evolution and Job Changes, Veronica was about to Evolve as well, excited about what options could appear within the Available Evolutions.

​​

"Maybe I could get something related to mechs?! Who knows…" she said.

"Considering how you've been using your abilities, and by basing it off what you've spoken to me about mechs, that might be a slight possibility, although it might be too soon yet? I've seen a slight pattern within your System, which usually takes some time to show the results of what you've achieved, reflecting it either as Skills or Jobs…" said Shade, who flapped his bat-like wings around Veronica.

"Oh, you may be right… It still rather a mystery how this Samsara System works, to be honest, there are many things I wish I could understand about it, one of them is actually figuring out how is that God controlling it because I am pretty sure that it wasn't within his plans sending me to a Mirror Kritias…" said Veronica.

"Perhaps something happened in that event that you had told us earlier? When your soul divided in two?" asked Shade.

"There is a big possibility for that… I remember that there was a strange entity that took a hold of the System right after it became to shower us with errors, it somehow fixed it, and then we were sent here…" said Veronica.

"Hm… Well, I don't want to bother you anymore, we'll find about that sooner or later, right?" said Shade.

"You're right. Now…" said Veronica, glancing at her System Windows with her glowing scarlet eyes.

[Available Evolution Options]

[Abyssal Netherworld Hades Living Armor Death Empress], [Eternal Dark Nyx Living Armor Death Empress]

"These two Evolution Options look quite… Interesting, to say the least…" thought Veronica.

The Evolution Options in front of Veronica were both named after a God of Greek Mythology, just as her previous evolutions were named after Tartarus and Acheron, it seems that evolving into a mech was not possible for now…

"The names keep being from Greek mythos, I see. One is Hades, the ruler of the Underworld, and the other about Nyx, the Goddess of the Night and also its embodiment…" thought Veronica.

"What should I pick now? It seems that although their names are different, I am not too clear in how these work exactly… Before anything, I would guess that the Hades one would increase the power of my Skills related to the dead who roamed the underworld, while the Nyx one would increase my magic capabilities, especially those I have with Ozgeth and Shade which are related to darkness and maybe the night?…"

Veronica ultimately decided to appraise both evolution options to get a clearer idea of what these evolutions represented.

[Abyssal Netherworld Hades Living Armor Death Empress]

A unique race of Living Armor who possesses a power that might rival gods.

Being the representation of Hades and the ruler of the underworld, this Living Armor possesses a greater influence over the dead, being capable of manipulating them with more ease, changing them, and strengthening them as well.

This Race has an enormous proficiency in wielding the power to manipulate death, with the possibility to acquire the permanent power to do so.

Open the Abyss within your soul and the Underworld within your physical body, bringing forth comfort to the death… and perhaps to the living.

[Eternal Dark Nyx Living Armor Death Empress]

A unique race of Living Armor who possesses a power that might rival gods.

Being the representation of Nyx, the embodiment of the night, this Living Armor possesses a greater influence over any creature of the night, or that is related with the dark side of the spectrum of the Light Attribute.

This Race has an enormous proficiency in wielding the power of darkness, shadows, and the night, becoming powerful specialists in the dark spectrum of the Light Attribute.

One the dark shadow of your soul and bring forth the eternal night where some might find shelter, while others might find their demise.

Veronica glanced at the two System windows in front of her, the texts said very… amazing things.

"This is insane! So Hades increases my ability with anything death-related, and I might get Death Attribute Magic if I read correctly?! And then there s Nyx, which might also give me something like Light/Dark Magic! …And what with those last paragraphs? Both Races have it… Well, this is rather difficult to decide… But I am really tempted in getting the Death Attribute Magic… Although it did not confirm it in the description…" thought Veronica, gnashing her phantasmal teeth.

Veronica was incredibly conflicted, but in the end, she could not help but give in to her impulses… The possibility of wielding something like Death Attribute Magic was way more unique than Light Attribute Magic. She knew deep down that she might be being selfish towards Shade and Ozgeth, but she really wanted it very badly.

"Damn it…" said Veronica, as she selected the evolution that her metaphorical heart most desired.

Flash!

Suddenly, the moment Veronica selected her new evolution, her entire body was engulfed in the blue flames of the netherworld!

"What…?!"

Her soul was also engulfed by them, as her mind and consciousness dived into an unknown place, a strange vision!

Veronica found herself in an arid and dark place, a place that seemed to be an enormous cave made out of dark blue and gray rocks, rivers of strange miasma flew through the entire cave system, as the wailing souls of countless beings drifted through them, some seemed in agony, others in peace, and some did not even seem to have a mind of their own.

Veronica glanced around herself, finding a handsome man with charcoal black skin, beautiful blue eyes, and a calm and gentle smile, wearing a long robe, and wielding a large scythe decorated with many skulls forged into it.

To the other side, there was a skeleton whose bones were dark-colored, its eyes were blazing blue flames, and he wore a similar robe to the handsome man, however, he had a floating boat seemingly of phantasmal properties at its side, alongside a bag filled with silver coins.

And on the middle of the two, there was an enormous throne made out of black bones of many beings, Veronica could notice human bones, monster bones, dragon bones, giant bones, and more, all combined and beautifully made into a majestic throne of the dead.

"What is… this?!"

Veronica glanced above her, seeing multiple blue flames floating everywhere, alongside many other spectral creatures, demons of all shapes and sizes, even giants and enormous chained titans.

"Ah, our lady, please sit on your throne, it has been a while since you've taken a break," said the handsome man with charcoal black skin and beautiful blue eyes.

"My lady… you have guided the dead enough, take a break within your throne," said the skeleton with the voice of a gentle old man.

"Who… who are you?" asked Veronica, however, her voice couldn't come out of her own mind, as the voice of someone else resonated within her 'body'.

"Phew, you're right… I should take a break, shouldn't I?" said Veronica unwillingly, sitting on her throne as she relaxed, she sighed in relief glancing at the vast landscape ahead of her.

"Why can't I speak on my own? What is all of this?" wondered Veronica within her mind, as she quickly noticed that her size was vastly higher than the two figures that had greeted her into this place…

"Wait a second. This is the Underworld, right? And the man… Thanatos? And the skeleton should be… Acheron!" thought Veronica, identifying the figures as beings of Earth's Greek Myths.

"But why? Is this a vision? Part of my imagination? I remember guiding souls before through a river in a boat, but this is why more advanced now! It feels as if I really was part of someone's else body…" thought Veronica.

Suddenly, a beautiful woman appeared, wearing provocative robes that tightly stuck into her voluptuous body, she had the palest of skins Veronica had ever seen, with glowing yellow eyes and black lipstick on her beautiful lips, with long and purple hair decorated with what seemed to be stars themselves, she spoke in a calm yet concerned tone.

"Hades, the angered, the humans in the surface have begun to not obey the divine decrees that they had set, and had begun to revolt against the gods…"

"So I am really Hades, and this is the Underworld… Who might this woman be now? …Wait, is this…?" wondered Veronica within her mind, as her body spoke by itself.

"Nyx, I understand your concern, but the problems of the surface are not of our concern. We manage the underworld and the death, revolt or not, any living being's last road is always the underworld and the river of Styx. Zeus and the lot can handle things on their own, after having handled the Titans, I don't think a few humans would be much of a problem for the proud God of Thunder and the Sky, right?" asked Veronica's body with a disinterested voice.

"Hades… Sigh… Very well then," said Nyx, her beautiful face sighing as she walked away from Hade's throne.

-----