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no reason for him to do so as the soul is forever. Our best guess, and, yes, us gods are guessing here, is that if the Devourer succeeds in destroying the current creation, everything restarts with plenty of souls available to repopulate.]
    I see. What about this magic and what is to prevent some enemy wizard from doing the same to me once I'm there?
    [Your soul will be bound to the body you inhabit. No amount of magic will be able to remove your soul after we shield it.]
    You mentioned a newer, stronger body with special abilities. Explain, please.
    [We will modify the body you will inhabit. Actually, mother will modify it. It takes a tremendous amount of energy to do this. She will also transfer your soul into its new shell. If I were to do both, it would deplete me to the point that I would not even be able to communicate with my followers for tens of years, perhaps centuries, while I slowly rebuilt my strength back. It is a tradeoff, John. This is why champions are so rare, one every few hundred years or half a millennium on most worlds. The cost is high, and I'll need to protect mother until she builds up the strength she's lost, though, as an elder god, she builds up much faster than I can.]
    You gods appear to be quite a bit more limited than I would have thought , John said.
    [Yes, we are.] Kind laughter filled his mind as the god continued. [You will have at least twice the normal strength and reflexes in the body you will fill. You will also keep your memories, which includes the manipulation of raw Order and Chaos, what you witnessed when you transcended. This means you can manipulate them as well, if you try. Your lifespan will be doubled, and you will be given the gift of tongues, which means you will understand the spoken and written word of every race on Corvalis. You will also be able to speak and write those languages. Corvalis has eight races; you will be able to understand all of them. The gift of tongues is an especially powerful binding, even more so than modifying the body, and it is granted sparingly. However, it is not hereditary, so your children will not have this advantage.]
    So, I can have children there!
    [Yes.]
    Define my magic, if you would, Ares.
    [You will be able to manipulate raw Order and Chaos as you witnessed. This does not mean you are the same level or higher than the wizards of Corvalis are. Their magic is more complex, whereas yours is simpler. In some areas you are stronger, in others they are.]
    And these other races?
    [The world of Corvalis evolved with no sentient life of its own. Various gods have used this world to save their followers from death and destruction from time to time. Other races such as the humans simply traveled to Corvalis when the space bonds between universes thinned. The result is a world with multiple intelligent species. Most will be on your side. Some will not. You will need to discover on your own who will side with your cause.]
    John leaned back and thought. On one hand, he could go to heaven and become bored in short order. He clearly remembered how long it took to lose interest in everything once he retired from the Marine Corps. On the other hand, he would have a fresh start, in a new body with special abilities. A thought occurred to him.
    How about bringing my dog, Kali, over? Can you do that?
    [No. I'm sorry. We cannot physically transport physical matter from one realm to another except under certain circumstances, or during those times when the walls of space are thin, creating natural membranes. However, Mother and I understand your love for Kali and have something special planned for you. We will explain more of this to you at a later time.]
    It was a thought, oh well. What about these races? What are they?
    [John, I do not wish to spoil the surprise in store for you. Trust me when I say you will recognize most of them. You see, as I briefly hinted at earlier, the universe is not as diverse as you might think. Throughout the universe, there is