Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation (Volume 6)

Vol 6/Chapter 1: The System

No wonder we couldn't find Nicola anywhere! While Adrian and I were stuck on Earth, Nicola had been in another world all along.

And from what I heard, that world was almost exactly like the one Cyrae came from!

"Could it be... did you go to my world?" Cyrae, who had taken Cyra's place here, couldn't hold back her excitement as she stepped forward. "How are they? I mean, how is Nicola and everyone else doing there?"

"Cyra?"
Nicola turned around, surprised. After recognizing who was asking, she looked confused. "Why you suddenly asking about this?"

Of course, she didn't know this Cyra had been replaced. But now that the portal to Earth was completely gone, there was no need to keep such secrets anymore.

"Well, it's like this..."
I quickly stepped forward to help explain everything to everyone.

"She's not the real Cyra? How are we going to explain this to Lady Elara?"
While others were okay with it, Serena and the First Legion angels were shocked. They couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"So in the end, Cyra couldn't resist wanting to go home and chose to stay on Earth?"
But Nicole seemed to understand this well. She let out a long sigh, then turned to Cyrae with feeling. "Don't worry, your friends in that world are doing fine. We even fought together side by side. About Feliciara's death - they say with Galadra's help, they can bring back her soul and revive her. When I left, everyone was working very hard for this. Just one more step to success!"

I remembered Cyrae mentioned that in her world, Feliciara only had four wings and died saving her before Cyrae came to Earth. This was why for decades Cyrae had been torn about going back.

Between Cyrae and Nicola, they must have met in that other world too. Probably Nicola remembered this, that's why she specially mentioned it.

"Really? Feliciara can be revived? That's so good..."
Hearing this news, Cyrae got so emotional tears almost came out. Years of bottled-up feelings finally burst out. She just sat down on the ground, taking long time to calm down.

"..."
Seeing this, I felt a bit worried. I quickly pulled Nicola up and dragged her aside to ask quietly. "What you said just now true or not? The me in that world really can be revived? You not just making up story to comfort Cyrae right?"

I mean, revival isn't something easy. Angels don't leave bodies when they die, which makes using magic to revive them very difficult! Except for the "Holy Ones", I don't think anyone in the real world can do this easily.

"Of course it's true! You think I'm that kind of person who likes to make up stories?"

Nicola answered very firmly. As someone who was actually there, she even explained all the details to me. "The Galadra in that world told me that using the Angel Descent Formation can revive Feliciara. But the problem is, the Formation needs lots of energy and materials to work. That's why angels can only use it once every few decades! If we want to use Angel Descent Formation again quickly, we must ask Michelle, the Fire Angel who controls energy. But in that world, Michelle was kidnapped by the Empire. So for a long time, our main goal was to rescue her from the Ancient God Religion!"

This Ancient God Religion was supposedly the mastermind in that other world, and the "Beta Shock Bomb" that Fernando used to attack Michelle was also from them.

"Rescue Michelle?"
To be honest, hearing this felt a bit weird. After all, the Michelle in our world was totally fine. Fernando, who supposedly kidnapped her in that world, was even one of her top assistants here. Hard to imagine she needed rescuing...