"This is your reward."
The World Consciousness of the Semrio Continent delivered that wisp of starlight into Kroya's hand. No explanation was needed; Kroya had already seen the familiar notification-
[Astral Spirit Fragment: Glory of Semrio] [A 'light' born in Gaia World, a special object capable of growing into an 'Astral Spirit.' Once enough fragments are pieced together, a special passage to the 'Astral Spirit Courtyard' can be opened.]
Kroya held it in his palm.
He could feel his Astral Body Inscription Technique changing. Some of the "information" contained in this world, in this light, was entering his magic.
It consisted of innate abilities belonging to magical beasts and magic plants.
Powers he had once needed to understand and study were now laid out before him with effortless ease. Anything beneficial to evolution could be inscribed and become an innate ability of their own.
Most importantly... it could be inherited!
An isolated mutation was merely an individual case. Only when it could be inherited could it be called a "race."
So this was the path of evolution for the Astral Body Inscription Technique.
The technique he possessed had never even been complete!
"You must know what Astral Spirits are." After absorbing this information, he asked with absolute certainty, "What exactly are they?"
"They are creators."
The World Consciousness answered, "The stars gave birth to those great beings, and they in turn sow life among the stars. Your arrival was ordained by fate. Two different authorities reside within you."
"..."
Kroya remained skeptical about anything being ordained by fate, but at least he now knew where his Astral Body Inscription Technique had come from and how it would develop.
Gaia World!
Only Gaia World still retained some of the light of Astral Spirits.
That light was essential for his