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The next day, Ervas and Veronica decided to go alone towards the forest on the outskirts of Seashore.

Last night, they had received the letter from three different people, which called themselves Lucas, Mason, and Natalia.

Both of the split souls had to dig deep into their memories until they recalled from their life on Earth about such coworkers with those names.

When they used to be one as Veronica, they had barely interacted with these three people, in fact, it was never outside of soft greeting, or perhaps when one of them was given the job of distributing paperwork.

From the almost no memories they had from them back then, they remembered that Lucas used to be a timid and young man, mildly handsome.

Mason used to be close with Eustace and was a rather diligent worker.

And lastly, Natalia belonged to the group of women that liked to gossip… They barely recalled a time when they saw her and the other girls she gathered with glaring at her from behind and then laughing while softly talking about something.

Although they really did not have any grudge against these people when they were all on Earth, it was a different story when what they did in Kritias was considered.

However, as they had said before, they might be able to let them join their group if they accept to be given a Soul Parasite and probably guided too through methods they had thought about.

Alongside that, Daniel had told them anything he knew about them in the way towards them, as Daniel was the only one that accompanied the two while hiding inside of Veronica's armor, which she had decided to equip in her "Classic" form, which was simply a small and delicate armor and not her "true form" which was the enormous, armored behemoth.

"Well, from what I recall about Lucas… He seemed like one of the few that was greatly impacted by what happened to you two, and was one of the people that felt the most guilt… He is a goodhearted man, with a timid personality, but his heart is of gold… However, what we did cannot be easily excused, and we deserve punishment, no matter how we had changed or how much we realized what we did back then…" sighed Daniel.

"I see…" said Ervas.

"Well, if he's willing to cooperate, things should go swiftly and nobody would get hurt, hopefully. Their knowledge could come in handy if there are more like them lurking around," said Veronica.

"I am sure that Lucas would cooperate… And well, about Mason… He was one of the leaders after Eustace, and although he felt guilt over our actions and the brainwashing-like effect we were induced on, he still took things maturely and decided to continue as we were, while trying to find a way to speak to Bestellen and tell him to stop… doing what he was doing. He is… way more righteous than Lucas," said Daniel quite faintly, what he said barely helped Ervas and Veronica identify Mason's personality.

"And lastly, Natalia… Well, she used to be a gossiping girl, but after many things, she matured quite quickly and became an actually good woman… She loved her friends and fought to protect us, I cannot help but imagine what kind of bitter death she had… She was also one that felt guilt after… knowing that what we did was actually wrong and led to nothing at the end…" said Daniel.

"So she matured quickly…? That is it? Daniel, you are quite bad at discerning people…" said Ervas.

"Yeah, he sucks at this…" sighed Veronica.

"S-Sorry… I have never been quite good at analyzing people's behaviors…" said Daniel, who through his two previous lives was always a muscle head man that never truly knew how to intercept people's emotions and make a clear perception of how they truly were, aside from the most basics of things that anyone showed in the surface of their personalities.

"Well, it's okay… We are here," said Veronica, as she and Ervas reached the depth of the forest, where three figures emerged from within the trees…

There were two elves and one man, the elf's appearances were almost identical if it were not because the female had orange eyes while the male had emerald eyes.

Also, if it were not because of Appraisal, Ervas and Veronica would have thought that they were two elven women instead of a man and a woman, the man simply looked just like a flat-chested woman with very androgynous features such as rosy and beautiful lips, a small and pointy nose, and long eyelashes, even his slim figure seemed quite womanly.

Meanwhile, the human resembled quite an average-looking man, with slightly tanned skin, dark brown hair, and black eyes, he had a slim complexion but seemed mildly handsome, he was packed with muscles that did not exactly make him look like a bodybuilder or something, but were noticeable beneath his white shirt.

Ervas and Veronica appraised them in no time, finding their stats, Jobs, Levels, Skills, and more.

They immediately saw through their power, realizing that unlike them or Daniel they were able to bring all the power they cultivated in their previous life.

Lucas was Rank 7, and Natalia and Mason were Rank 8, while all three of them had taken around 9 to 13 Jobs.

Their total stats were also quite good, but nothing above average… Even Ervas (who considered himself average at close combat) had more Strength than Mason, the one with the highest Strength stat… And if we talked about Magic, Ervas was superior to all three as well, but Veronica had overwhelming bulk and strength too, enough to kill all three of them with her bare fists and some Unarmed Fighting Techniques.

However, what made most of the difference in battle were not raw stats, Ervas and Veronica had proven this before when they fought enemies with definitely higher stats.

What made the highest difference was experience and Skills.

And all three of them had outstanding Cheat Abilities.

Lucas had the [Spiritualist] Ability, which gave him the power to summon one Spirit of each Element in Kritias, they were artificial Spirits, so they were not so strong or anything, but this virtually gave him the power to wield all types of magic, although his talent for all of them was average except for Wind, his only magic affinity.

He was also able to employ these spirits to attack or defend independently, making the power even more useful.

Natalia had the [Dragon Soul] Ability, which transformed her soul into a dragon soul, which gave her the power of an Elder Dragon, being able to fire powerful blazing breath, fly, encase her body with soul scales, unleash dragon soul claw attacks, and more.

It was an all-rounding Ability that helped her in everything and had not seemingly weakness… of course, against Ervas and Veronica she would be at a great disadvantage, as the two would be able to easily damage her soul if she exposed it so much through her fighting style, easily breaking it apart and eating it.

And lastly, Mason had the [Gravity Controller] Ability, which gave him the amazing power of controlling gravitational forces in a radius of five meters around him, making all of his fighting capabilities incredibly flexible, however, the range of his power was limited to these five meters, and he needed large quantities of Mana to use his power to its fullest potential.

The three figures took away their hoodies as they greeted the duo.

"Veronica… It has been a while…" said Lucas timidly.

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