The group of five greeted , coming at lightning speed to greet as quickly as possible the mont they sensed my return.
"It's good to see you again, Lady Maria. I've been doing my best to take care of the place with everyone else."
The first to speak was Gobu, the goblin chief which had been assigned with taking care of this place alongside many others.
He had grown in more ways than just size, his appearance as a whole had evolved, before he had beco a Hobgoblin, but now he had beco sothing else.
Taller, almost over two ters, his green skin beca darker, and there were now a pair of black horns growing from his forehead.
"Auntieee! I'm happy you're back!"
Then a girl hugged tightly, this voice... It was Gofumin! The young daughter of Gobu, and an adorable and extrovert little goblin girl.
She was my daughter's first ever friend too, and she was often playful, always looking forward to play and also explore, and grow stronger.
Her appearance had grown too, she was still a goblin before I think, but now she evolved past a hobgoblin, becoming similar to her father.
However, unlike her father's green skin, her skin was of a pale blue, and her horns were smaller, her body was cuter and smaller too, probably due to her age, and her ears pointy, with golden eyes.
"Hohoho, is it my idea or has Lady Maria beco more beautiful now?"
The giggle of an old man echoed by my left side, the elder of the goblin tribe without a doubt, the old man known as Gobagi, I couldn't believe he was still alive and kicking.
His appearance beco similar to that of the chief, although older and smaller.
All three of them were wearing clothes they probably purchased from the dwarf rchants, as they looked rather well made and not as homade as other clothes produced here.
"It's you guys! Hi! You've all changed a lot! Gofumin, you too! What happened?" I asked. "I guess your phantom clones here don't pay attention to us that much," sighed the chief. "We underwent a special evolution a couple of days ago. I think sothing that changed within you triggered it, a power blessed us, giving us these new forms."
"Yeah! It was crazy! Even I evolved twice in a row!" said Gofumin. "Now I have these weird phantom powers..." she showed her hands overflowing with blue phantasmal flas. "She has phantom powers?!" I wondered. "Interesting... I think I know what it might have triggered it. After all, you're all below my protection. It simply beca divine now after I obtained a Divinity Fla- well, two, and also obtained two divine thrones."
"W-Wha...?!" muttered the rabbit-kin man at my side, his tall and graceful appearance and brown, white, and gold fur made him look even more majestic than before. "Is that really the truth, lady Maria?!"
"Oh, Syllis! Yes it is!" I nodded, greeting him. "How have you been?"
"We've been fine~! Still trying to process how to use our new powers though, auntie Maria!" a bratty, younger sister of Syllis talked, she looked like him, but smaller, with longer hair.
"Is that so, Bellerine?" I wondered. "And what might those powers be?"
"It is the ability to wield the elent of light, healing, and sothing else..." said Syllis. "It has only been so days, so we are still trying to practice and bring the full potential of our powers."
"Very interesting!" I nodded. "And yes I was saying the truth, I did kill two Gods after all, and a Saintess... and then a fusion of dragons and titans... Also I discovered this world is contained within a tower connected to several other worlds, crazy right?"
"Y-You might have discovered too many things..." said the chief.
"Haha! Maybe! Anyways, let's go inside the castle. Is Hers there?" I wondered.
"Yeah, he has been busy with paperwork ever since you left," said Gobu. "His two retainers never leave his side and take care of him, so I believe he's mostly fine. Recently though, all Majin also went through so evolution."
"So my blessing even affected them!" I wondered. "Very amazing, let's go see him. And also let's make sothing for lunch, shall we? There's a bunch of new people I want to introduce to everyone."
"Alright, leave that to us then!" Syllis said. "Bellerine, co help ."
"Okay~!" his sister followed him from behind.
As preparations were underway, I showed everyone the huge castle where we lived, there were many rooms that were completely empty, so we decided to assign them to all the new faces.
And after that, Hers greeted us.
"Lady Maria! It is good to see you back, it seems you've brought many new villagers?" he wondered, looking around. "Lord Lucifer is here too! Welco back. Everyone too, welco back everyone!"
He was as polite as I rember him.
"Yeah, we're back, you've gotten a bit taller, haven't you?" I looked at him, Hers used to be much smaller. "A lot happened at the end, huh?"
"Yes, more than you could imagine, mostly all people have now evolved at least twice," he said. "Including us the Majin. We believe it has to do with our connection to your powers. Could it be that the reason?"
"Yep, not wrong at all," I nodded. "Anyways, let explain as we have a al together."
We ate and I explained them everything, most were shocked at the news, but they had also said they guessed this would happen eventually.
This ant a lot of things for the future, although our area is protected by Hel's Divine Protection, it doesn't an the Gods can't descend anyways.
Although they are weakened when descending, still... They can do it, and if they prepare enough, they could destroy everything anyways.
Frigga is here though, so perhaps sothing else can be done as well.
Maybe even the possibility of recruiting more gods into our cause to slay Odin and free Yggdrasil from his tyranny and lies.
The truth about the tower did hit them hard, but who wouldn't be hit hard from such a revelation?
There was a lot to process, even more for , when Eustace, in our conversation about his origins, revealed where he ca from.
"Yes... I do rember things more clearly now," he smiled. "I co from the tower's first
floor, Earth."
The tower's first floor was my original world, where I ca from.
I couldn't believe his words at first, asking him desperately to stop joking.
Yet he wouldn't stop, he said the truth and Eraldine confird it.
"Earth... Earth exists? It is connected to the Tower too?!" I scread in utter disbelief. "T- This is insane! I... My soul did reincarnate from that world if so of you didn't know yet... To think I could ever return... I never imagined it."
"It could have changed a lot since your death there, Maria," said Eustace. "But Earth remains strong even after the Tower appeared and Dungeon Gates opened across the world. Hunters rose and new organizations to battle monsters were created. I used to be a Hunter too, before I climbed the Tower as a Player."
"I-I see..."
The sole thought of being able to see my mother and my sister again, from my first life, was
making go nuts.
Now, without a doubt...
I have to descend the tower.
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