“Finally…”
Sora was panting, her chest rising and falling.
Though exhausted, she was also overjoyed. The long-awaited Mega Evolution had finally arrived!
“Big bro!”
Just then, Agumon S’s voice rang in her ears.
It turned out that the punch Sora had thrown when breaking her limits had released a burst of DigiSoul, knocking Marcus out of the ring. Agumon S had gone over to help him up.
“Healing Light!”
Sora returned to her senses, raised both hands, and released a seven-colored light.
But this time, the rainbow light didn’t fly toward Marcus. Instead, it illuminated the entire room, healing everyone bathed in its glow—herself included.
“Is it over?”
Seeing that Angewomon, who had never healed herself before, was now doing so, Thomas realized the battle had finally ended.
“The rest is up to you guys.”
Sora waved her hand, left those words behind, and walked out of the stadium without looking back, returning to the dorm room DATS had arranged for her.
She shut the door, unbuckling the two belts at her waist as she walked into the bathroom.
Removing her mask, ribbons, clothes, and boots, aside from the natural eight wings on her back, she was no different from a human woman.
“I’m so beautiful~”
She admired herself for a moment, then turned on the tap beside the tub and began filling it with warm water.
She rinsed the sweat from her hair and skin under the shower first. Once the tub was nearly full, she slipped in.
Soaking in warm water, legs stretched out, she was utterly relaxed.
“Mmm~”
Sora let out a soft sigh of comfort through her nose.
“How is it?”
Angewomon’s voice echoed in her mind.
Sora looked at the newly appeared “Mega Evolution” on the status screen, tapped for details, and said, “There’s good news, and bad news.”
Angewomon pondered. “So there are surprises and risks… What’s the bad news?”
Sora said, “The bad news is there’s a high failure rate for evolution—90%.”
Mega Evolution is a normal part of a Digimon’s evolution, different from Fallen or Mutant Evolutions. So, she hadn’t expected that a Mega Evolution triggered by DigiSoul would still have a chance of failure.
‘Could it be due to my special dual-consciousness state with Angewomon?’
Maybe her chaotic mental state affected the evolution outcome. Or maybe Angewomon, being a background character, didn’t have the aptitude for Mega Evolution like the main team’s Angewomon…
Angewomon said, “Actually, turning into Sukamon or Numemon wouldn’t be a total failure. The Digital World needs data decomposers like them. They’re important, in their own way.”
True, from the perspective of the Digital World.
With Angewomon’s personality, she wouldn’t complain even if she turned into Sukamon.
But Sora didn’t see it that way. What had meaning to the Digital World might not have meaning for her. To her, becoming Sukamon or Numemon was a failed evolution.
Besides… this time was different.
Sora said, “This time, failure doesn’t mean turning into Sukamon or Numemon.”
“Then what?”
“Becoming ‘Nothing’.”
“Nothing?” Angewomon didn’t understand.
“As in complete data collapse. Nothing left at all.”
Previously, Fallen and Mutant Evolutions had a high chance of resulting in things like Sukamon or Numemon. Just as Angewomon said, from a certain point of view, they weren’t truly failed evolutions.
After all, Sukamon and Numemon still had roles to play in the Digital World.
But “Nothing” was different—No matter how you looked at it, that was a failure.
“Apocalymon…” Sora muttered.
“What?” Angewomon was still mulling over the concept of “Nothing” when she heard Sora say a strange name and paused. “Is Apocalymon a Digimon we can evolve into?”
Though it was her first time hearing the name, an ominous feeling crept over her.
Sora shook her head. “No. Apocalymon isn’t one of our possible evolutions. It’s the embodiment of despair, sorrow, and resentment from Digimon who disappeared during failed evolutions.”
When she saw that a failed Mega Evolution could result in “Nothing,” Sora immediately thought of the final boss of the first Digimon Adventure series—Apocalymon.
Hearing the words “embodiment of resentment,” Angewomon felt that even LadyDevimon seemed adorable in comparison. Worried, she said, “Sounds terrifying… Sora, let’s not evolve into that.”
Sora smiled. “Even if we do fail, we’d only become fuel for Apocalymon, not Apocalymon itself.”
She remembered that Apocalymon had seemingly surpassed the category of Digimon altogether. It wasn’t something a typical Digimon could evolve into.
That was in the original series. Maybe in other Digital Worlds, some versions of Apocalymon still counted as Digimon.
Sora added, “Still, we won’t fail. Just like before, we’ll simulate evolution using DigiSoul. If the result is ‘Nothing,’ we skip it and simulate again.”
Angewomon breathed a sigh of relief.
She’d almost forgotten about that.
Then she asked, “Is that all the bad news?”
Sora answered, “Yeah.”
“Then what’s the good news?”
“The good news is…”
[LovelyAngemon: 4%]
[Holydramon: 3%]
[Ophanimon: 2%]
[Venusmon: 1%]
There were four successful Mega Evolution paths!
Sora felt a rush of excitement.
First, LovelyAngemon—
Despite the angelic name, she was actually a Warrior-Type Mega-Level Digimon. Still, definitely an angel. A magical warrior adept at close combat.
It was likely that this option appeared because Sora had grasped the essence of DigiSoul through close combat in the boxing ring.
Next, Holydramon and Ophanimon—
These two were classic Mega Evolutions for Angewomon.
Holydramon had a 3% chance, probably because Sora absorbed Dragon Slayer Magic, gaining some dragon genes.
Ophanimon’s 2% chance likely stemmed from Sora accepting Yggdrasill’s divine will.
Without Dragon Slayer Magic or divine will, the odds of evolving into either would probably be just 1%.
Lastly, Venusmon—
This one was unexpected.
Venusmon… other than her stunning beauty, there wasn’t much else to say. Her combat power paled in comparison to the other three. Her data was based on Aphrodite from Greek mythology, but beyond appearance, the similarities ended there.
Sora couldn’t believe she might evolve into Venusmon. But… considering Angewomon’s personality, it started to make sense.
That Evolution Path likely came from Angewomon herself.
“Next up is the usual… ‘gacha pulls’…”
At this, Sora paused.
To pull for Mega-level forms—”Mega Gacha” for short—she’d need to expend DigiSoul of Mega-level intensity.
Given various factors, pulling ten times a day might no longer be possible.
Sora explained her thoughts to Angewomon.
Angewomon analyzed, “If we want to preserve combat strength, we should limit Mega Gacha pulls to once per day. For regular pulls, ten a day is still doable.”
‘Ten?… Heh.’
Now that she could pull for Megas, who cared about pulling for Ultimates?
With that in mind, Sora decided to focus on Mega Gacha from now on.
Once she had collected all her Mega possibilities, she could then consider the Ultimate-level forms.
‘Yep, that’s the plan!’
Still, today had drained her quite a bit. Better to rest first and start pulling tomorrow.
— The end of the Chapter–
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