Once they arrived on the demi-humans continent, they were met with some suspicious gazes. While most of them knew Billy, it was weird for them to see so many humans. From their perspective, humans were weird, and that was pretty natural. In any case, Billy decided to tell the others about his intentions, and they decided to show up and see the results of his experiments.
"Aww… those are Billy's kids?" Lucyna asked. "They are pretty cute, and they must have taken after their mothers."
"I would find it weird if you thought of me as someone cute…" Billy said while frowning. "I suppose I should introduce you all properly."
Billy couldn't act goofy when he was doing something serious in front of his kids, so he acted accordingly. Unlike most adults that also would find demi-humans weird, the kids didn't show much surprise, even though Meryl was a centaur. That was the adaptability of kids.
"... Anyway, your theory seems interesting, but I think too much mana and a lot of time would be necessary to make a dungeon out of nothing," Meryl said after she finally stopped looking at Billy's kids. As expected, she also found them cute, but she wasn't the type who would say that openly.
"I suppose, but this is a test, and some experiments need to be done," Billy said. "There are certain things about dungeons that we don't know…"
Billy wanted to talk to them about the things he discovered with the memories of Uvish, but that wasn't a good time, his kids were around, and his wives and friends would get confused since their reality was limited to their current life, unlike Billy and the others.
"If you are going to test that, we are going to keep the kids away while seeing things around," Kate said.
"That is probably for the best," Billy nodded. "Anyway, there shouldn't be many monsters around, and the ones alive won't be a problem to you all, but don't let your guard down. We don't know when that asshole will make his move."
Billy's wives nodded. Truth to be told, he didn't think that Uvish would get a new body that soon. He probably didn't have the much influence, in other words, given he had been making moves here and there for the past three thousand years, according to the history of that world. Still, it can't hurt to be cautious.
"I have some of the Uvish memories…" Billy said when they began to head to the former dungeon. "It seems our souls were implanted in the bodies of stillborn children. Apparently, both souls wouldn't be able to fuse normal circumstances… so he did that."
"That is…" Icarus said while frowning.
"I also saw him gathering our souls from Earth… speaking of which, do you know how you guys died?" Billy asked. "I only remember myself suddenly returning home and then being born in this world all of a sudden as well."
"Well, I was old back on earth, so I thought I died of old age, but maybe Uvish was involved in that?" Icarus asked.
"I went to sleep one day, and then in the next moment, I was born in this world…" Lucyna said.
"As for me, the last thing I remember was getting hit in the head by a soccer ball when I was playing," Meryl said.
"Can people even die by getting hit by a ball?" Icarus asked. "Unless your neck and bones are really weak, I can't imagine that."
"I suppose Uvish really did something to us on Earth… you have the power to absorb souls, right?" Meryl asked.
"Yes, I didn't test it yet, but it seems I can… absorb the souls of those I have defeated since I have that strong like with them," Billy said. "Still… maybe he used those events as accidents to absorb us and then mix our souls with the powers that he wanted to cultivate in this generation."
"Cultivate? But they were already at max level…" Lucyna said.
"Yeah, that is another part that I don't get it… but it is only natural that he would gain something out of us using his powers," Billy said. "Just making changes to raise the mana level of the world doesn't seem enough for me."
Hopefully, they will get more intel once Billy absorbs the other relics. Still, it was hard to imagine that things would be that convenient. So far, the memories have been random… Billy wanted to see more of Uvish's origins to learn about what was waiting for him.
In any case, when they entered the dungeon, they confirmed that the interior was the same as usual, and despite the fact that the place had lost its core, some mana was being sucked toward it. Using Acceleration Speed, they managed to reach the last room of the dungeon after a couple of minutes, and Billy felt that a lot of mana was around.
"The mana is gathering here… I suppose that for whatever reason, this is a natural spot for mana to gather," Billy thought. "A new core will eventually be formed here, I guess."
"So, it is a natural phenomenon, not something forced by Uvish?" Lucyna asked. "Have you found other places like this?"
"No, or perhaps I didn't notice them," Billy replied. "Maybe some kind of event took place here in the past and made this place into some kind of magic sanctuary."
"The other generations waged, and the battles ended in this continent, think that it might be it?" Meryl asked. "You should confirm that with the mirror."
"Even that skill has limits, and I am adjusting the time where I can see it with the mana that I have," Billy said. "Basically, it will take a shit ton of mana to see what happened years before of our birth. That being said, once I reach a certain point in time, I can pretty much see everything that happened around the world during that time. Let's see…"
