Waking up from my evolution, I stood up and tried to check my body.
I didn't notice any outside difference in my look. I still stood at 195cm with grey eyes and black hair.
Actually, now that I look closer, my hair may be an even darker black.
'Persephone, could you tell me any changes after the evolution.' I asked.
[Your vessel and soul has been strengthened, and your magicules capacity increased significantly. Ultima has gained two Ultimate Skills, while Testarossa gained one. Your mother also gained an Ultimate Skill.]
That is good. Gaining an Ultimate Skill made them much stronger, and my mother had gained her skills ahead of time, 'Was there anything else, Persephone?'
[Emmm... Anyways. While I tried to upgrade the effects of [Black Heart] with the use of [Akasha], it didn't go as planned and maybe made you acquire an unlimited source of energy due to your soul now becoming similar to a perpetual motion machine... Basically, you can use you use the power of your soul to recharge your magicules infinitely and never run out.
Oh! Your Ultimate Skill: Shadow Monarch: Ashborn] evolved into Ultimate Skill: [God of Life & Death: Ashborn]!]
Hmmm, God of Life & Death... That sounds nice!
...
'Wait, wait, wait, back up! Did you mess with my soul and made some mistakes? What if something went wrong and I died!'
[... No, master... It was totally planned, and everything went better than successfully...]
'I don't believe you...'
I sighed... So em... My current [Black Heart Reactor] sub-skill inside my Ultimate Skill: [God of Life & Death: Ashborn] became something similar to the 3rd True Magic from the Nasuverse.
[It's more complicated, but basically, they have the same function.]
I see... 'But what are the other changes with becoming a True Monarch?'
[A True Monarch is the Highest Tier Divine Spirit, with Master being the Highest Tier Divine Shadow/Death/Life Spirit. As Spiritual Lifeforms, True Monarchs do not have a set singular appearance or form.
They can assume the appearance and properties of whatever they wish, with no real attachment to their bodies. As spiritual beings, whatever form they assume will be affected by their own personal self-image and individuality.
True Monarchs can't really die and would be reborn with their memories but might lose some aspects of their personality. Master is an exception from this because Master is Death itself, so even if Master dies, you will keep your memories and personality.]
So basically, a True Dragon.
[...Yes, Master, basically, a True Dragon without the Dragon part.] She answered with a deadpan tone.
So besides me getting stronger, there weren't any significant changes due to evolving my race. The benefits of not being able to die would be great if I weren't Death itself.
Even before I evolved, I could have revived myself if I had died.
But the sudden evolutions call for a change of plans. Not only do I need to go through everything again, but I need to get used to any changes and new skills.
The main skills I acquired were [Swirl of the Root: Akasha] with [Azathoth] being merged into it. It's like a mix of [Shub-Niggurath], [Sariel], and [Azatoth]. It can create, recreate, edit, store skills, devour anything, and control life.
Persephone said that she had saved the Ultimate Skills obtained by my mother, Ultima, and Testarossa during my evolution, or how she decided to call it Ascension Festival.
She confidently stated that they wouldn't object if I made a copy for myself since they acquired these skills because of me. It's not like they have a say in the matter or even know about it.
I decided to push back the attack a week for Ultima and Testarossa to learn and get used to their skills while I made the final changes to the attack plan.
"My liege, Lady Valentine, has arrived and is asking for you," Mio said, stepping out of the shadow in my office.
It must be about her gaining an Ultimate Skill, "Bring her to my office," I said and sighed after Mio left. Should I tell her about the small fight I'm going to have soon?
"..." Nah... She has other stuff to do, so I shouldn't worry her about that, and besides, I don't think the whole thing will take more than an hour.
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Sitting on the couch, I looked at my mother, who sipped her tea and looked at me without saying a word for almost half an hour.
Finally, after we were done with the tea, she spoke, "Please tell me you didn't or don't plan to do something stupid." She said calmly.
"...Me doing anything stupid? Of course not. Reckless? Maybe... Idiotic, probably, but never anything stupid."
"Then how did my Unique Skill suddenly evolve into an Ultimate Skill for no reason?"
"I went through another evolution, and that caused your skill to evolve," I answered simply.
"Oh, and what about the Extra Skill: [Mother's Instinct]? I never heard of it before, but it sounds like something you would do." She smiled.
"..." I said nothing but was mentally sweating, 'Persephone!?' I asked mentally.
[Hehe.]
"I don't know anything about it..." I replied.
"Oh, that's unfortunate. I wanted to test it." She sighed in disappointment.
I was thinking of running away to Tempest and hiding behind Veldora so he would take her attention away, 'Persephone, what's the effect of the skill?'
[Want to find out? Heh.]
Persephone turned against me...
[It's only a prank. Besides, this is a light prank compared to the ones you have done over the years.]
'The pranks are only funny when they are done on other people, not me!'
[Hehe.] She just chuckled, [I think it's funny pranking you.]
I tried my best to prevent my eyes from twitching and hearing what she said; I felt this wasn't the last time she would prank me.
"You see... Umm..." I thought about how to properly say it without telling her about how she got the skill, "I may have thought about it a couple of times, and it manifested as your skill during my evolution."
"I see." She said and picked up the now refiled teacup, "Then about your evolution..." She asked about the details of my evolution.
"I evolved into a True Monarch. It's a Divine Spirit of the highest tier, basically a True Dragon without anything dragon-related."
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