Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Chapter 361: 361

Oya noticed the change in Ibro's expression. She wasn't stranger to him, so she asked with doubt:

"What do you intend to do?"

Ibro shook his head as he replied plainly:

"Nothing, I'm just curious about this."

"No, no, no, you are Ibro; the Ibro I know would do crazy stuff when his eyes shone like yours. What do you intend to do?"

Ibro smiled faintly as he replied:

"I would do nothing; can you please answer my question?"

Oya looked attentively to him before sighing. She then said:

"As usual, when you set up your twisted mind over something, nothing can prevent you from doing it, even if it's the end of the world. Fine, I will answer you yes, they are connected to parallel worlds. 

Although there are time differences between worlds, with this strange demon technique they can connect two different time nodes together. This way, they can use demons in any world everywhere and anytime."

Ibro didn't get what she meant, so he asked in confusion:

"Sorry, I don't understand, can you just reply simply?"

"Sigh. Ok, they can connect two parallel worlds via these gates. The trick here is once you die in any parallel world, this world would collapse after a short period of time. 

So, they connect the gates to a past time node where you are still alive and kicking. 

That way, even if all the parallel worlds were destroyed after your death, they would be able to gather all the demons they want into one world. That is what made them invincible."

Ibro realized what she just said, these demons could manipulate time. But, he knew that time was controlled by only one clan, the time clan. 

He recalled the words of advice from Ren; no one could be trusted outside the human kin. 

It seemed that this time the clan was also part of the big conspiracy against humans. Ibro sighed, how could he fight all these enemies alone?

"Let me guess, no other self managed to conquer these enemies, right?"

Oya didnt reply by words, but she only nodded silently. Ibro sighed, this situation was far worse than what he thought.

"Tell me, how many Ibro managed to pass the empire stage?"

"None, if you passed this stage and upgraded your empire to the next level, you would be eligible to take part in the next step of the trial. As far as I know, this step is where you can get enough strength to oppose them. 

I don't know the details, as no other Ibro managed to reach this far. But I know that the demons and monsters would do whatever they could to prevent you from reaching this far."

Ibro keen mind picked this small detail as he asked further:

"Are my enemies the demons and monsters?"

Oya replied without a second thought:

"Yes, they are both of them. I know you experienced only the demon attacks, but half of the parallel worlds are attacked by monsters. 

It seemed the demons weren't able to attack all the parallel worlds on their own, so they asked for their monster clan to help."

'That means you don't know about the Ren heritage. No Ibro had managed to obtain this heritage, and thus no Ibro managed to pass past the ultimatum energy. 

Those four clans aren't trying to prevent me from establishing my empire; they are trying to prevent me from collecting the five supreme energies and raising my energy rank. That's good, so far I'm the only Ibro who reached this far. That is promising.'

Ibro then looked to Oya. She was his first girl deep in his memories, but the Oya in front of him seemed a bit different. 

She was fogged by some vague feeling of brutality and seriousness. The Oya he knew was like a kitty to the one in front of him now. Ibro then asked the most important question:

"Tell me, has any previous Ibro managed to claim the necromancer class or cultivation way or function? Have they ever had a system?"

Oya sighed as she replied:

"They all had a system, but this system seemed to have a problem. They all managed to obtain the necromancer secret class, but few had already possessed the necromancer cultivation way, and none had ever obtained the necromancer function."

'That's good news; no one has ever reached the stage I am right now. The issue of the system I solved already. That's reassuring; I have already gone beyond any of my other selves.'

Ibro's thoughts were heading straight for his own unique experience than other Ibros. He had multiple advantages that none ever obtained. Ibro then asked his most crucial question regarding his plans:

"What if I tried to move through the demon gates to the other side, will I be able to reach the world where the other Ibro is still alive?"

"Oh, I was sure you had a crazy plan. Oh heavens, you will never change."

Ibro smiled as he asked again:

"Can you please answer me?"

Oya sighed before replying:

"Yes, you can reach that world, but I need to warn you, you will reach a place where your enemies are endless and mighty, while your allies are thin and weak."

Ibro gained the answer he desired, that would be interesting. He smiled as he said:

"I'm grateful for you, Oya. This help today will make a huge difference for all of our futures. Is there anything else you wanted to tell me?"

Oya gazed silently towards him before sighing again. She then muttered:

"You never change, even when we meet after all these years, your mind is still thinking about other stuff. Sigh."

Ibro was speechless as he didn't know what to say to her. She then added:

"Actually I only wanted to see you for the last time before this world got destroyed. 

Your version here was already killed by fiends, so I only had a couple of minutes before everything was destroyed. It was worth the try, though, as it seems I helped you unintentionally, like always."

"Do you mean you will die?" Ibro asked with some strange deep pain inside his heart. She looked at him softly as she moved a couple of steps to stand before him. 

She was a few centimeters shorter, but her slim body made her look smaller. Ibro didn't feel himself except when he hugged her tightly. 

He hugged her in a way that made her body fly in his embrace leaving the ground. She muttered softly:

"Oh, you regained your kindness and fiery love, that's interesting. Who holds the honor of making you regain your most powerful trait? Is it me?"