"Rumble …"
Thick dark clouds swarmed in from all directions, and Saint-Domingue Island had become the center of this vast thunderstorm.
Even the sky seemed to have been poked open. The rain on the island to the west where Anita was was almost like a waterfall. On the other hand, the island to the east where Elvin was was had completely turned into an ocean of lightning.
"Order the fleet of the marquis to retreat!"
Nymphs, who had been given temporary command of the fleet, did not hesitate to order the fleet that was in charge of defense to retreat.
Although the horrifying weather was mainly concentrated on the island, even the aftershocks on the periphery were not something that ordinary warships could withstand. Apart from the Legendary Warship, Miracle Crown, which had a stronger defense, all the other standard warships retreated at least five kilometers away.
Nymphs, Sarah, and May, who were on the bridge of the remaining warships, looked at the apocalyptic St. Domingo Island, especially Elvin, who was swallowed by the lightning. They were all worried.
However, because their paths were different, they couldn't help at all.
With the help of the iron-rich cliff and the witchcraft ritual, Elvin, who was bathing in the lightning, was bathing in the lightning. Although he was struck by lightning all the time, the situation was not as bad as they thought.
Elvin did not use any magical shields or any means of seizing control. The endless lightning from nature easily pierced through his body and was channeled into the ground along the cliff. It also connected him to the massive electromagnetic field in the clouds.
Whoosh — Whoosh —
The glittering [Divine Power] on the surface of his body spread out. With the power of [Rapid Thunder Sword Art, Thunder Breathing], Elvin gradually became one with the world.
Elvin's half-human, half-deer, half-plant, half-… Primo form provided him with extremely powerful recovery abilities. Even if his body tissues were collapsing every second, he would be able to recover in an instant.
The purpose was simple.
When he became a Branded Swordsman, he used the [Vitality Field] to bridge the boundary between his mind and his body. So, if he wanted to become a Coat of Arms Knight, he had to further bridge the boundary between his body and the world!
Then, with the help of the electromagnetic field of the planet, he could reach Transcendent Rank-4.
Time ticked by.
Gradually, as Elvin continued to adjust the Rapid Thunder Swordsmanship Breathing Technique in his mouth and nose, the damage he received from the sea of lightning gradually decreased. In the end, he had almost completely merged with the lightning in the sky. Even if the lightning snakes wreaked havoc, they could not harm him in the slightest.
With the [World's Favour], there were no accidents during the process.
Immediately after, the spirit, body, and energy within this body began to gradually harmonize with the world. All of this was done naturally and instinctively, and not intentionally with the help of [Pseudo Authority — Seat Stealer].
The [Branded Swordsman]'s fundamental Transcendent energy, [Divine Power], began to undergo a qualitative change. Elvin did not intentionally control it, but allowed the world to reshape it.
With the help of this magical state, Elvin's breathing rate slowly matched with the other breathing under the thundercloud. Even though it was all white in front of him, he could still clearly sense the situation on Anita's side.
With the path of a Conferred Knight, as well as the experience of countless predecessors, Anita's transformation was naturally faster than Elvin's. When he cast his gaze over there from a god's perspective, Anita's transformation was naturally faster.
Clang!
In a world of rain that looked like an upside-down river, Anita, who was in her half-dragon half-human form, slowly drew out the Dragon-Slaying Sword in her hand. Her emerald combat aura burst out as she slashed at the thick cumulonimbus clouds above her head.
A brilliant sword aura soared into the sky and pierced through the dark cumulonimbus clouds that were almost 8,000 meters thick in the blink of an eye.
Although it was far inferior to the [Secret Sword Technique — Rose Kingdom] that the "Rose Sword Saint" had performed, it was completely different from what she had done yesterday.
Anita bathed in the golden light from the hole. Her emerald combat aura was no longer as explosive as before. Instead, it gently surrounded her like water waves and lifted her up into the sky.
There were no spells or dragon wings involved. This was a miracle created by her combat aura and willpower.
Accompanied by the sound of water that was louder than the storm, little blue waves slowly appeared above her head and quickly expanded into rolling waves. A huge dragon shadow was born and kept dancing in the waves.
At the same time, thousands of voices let out deep cries in the sky.
"Emerald Light! Emerald Light! … "
Although this voice could not be heard by the ears, it rang in the hearts of everyone around the island. It was as if countless people were praising Anita. Many of the sailors who had followed her for many years on the Marquisate's warships could not help but shout as well. They were injecting endless energy into her promotion.
Then.
Pairs of illusory hands seemed to be receiving something invisible and precious from the sky. Then, like a relay, they passed it layer by layer and slowly placed it on top of Anita's head.
That was her title – [Emerald Light].
Anita's green-gold dragon eyes shone brightly, and the [Heart Image] floating above her head completely took shape. A long and slender dragon shadow with a pair of wings on its back was rolling in the rolling waves. Suddenly, it raised its head and let out a dragon roar that resounded through the world.
Roar!
The newly promoted Knight's heart moved, and he slowly uttered a word.
"Dragon Roar!"
At the same time, Anita's breakthrough seemed to have broken some kind of balance in the sky. Elvin's side also changed at the same time.
Kaboom!
With a thunderous roar, Elvin's spirit, body, and energy completely integrated. The boundary between the three seemed to have been broken. His entire body instantly turned into a flash of lightning and rushed up.
It directly blasted a circular hole in the sky that was even more exaggerated than Anita's hole.
Although there were not millions of people congratulating him, the [Branded Swordsman] engravings on his skin had all disappeared. Instead, a green coat of arms appeared on his heart in his chest.
It was like lightning, a twisted ancient tree, an abstract pattern formed by dragon patterns, or hieroglyphs. It might not be completely appropriate to use the name [Coat of Arms] that he had given in advance to describe it, but it represented the essence of Elvin's life, and also represented his path as a Knight.
It was similar to [Title] in that it was also a gift from the world. The two corresponded to each other and represented the separation between oneself and the world, as well as the difference between oneself and all living things.
However, [Title] originated from the human heart, while [Coat of Arms] originated from the world. It was somewhat like the difference between "Humanized Priesthood" and "Natural Priesthood".
Above Elvin's head, there were also flashes of lightning that slowly appeared. It was an ocean formed by lightning, and within it, there was a streak of white light that looked like a swimming fish or a military knife. It was constantly swimming around, shaking its head and wagging its tail.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble!" The loud noise was endless.
Elvin's heart also moved as he slowly uttered a word.
"Thunder!"
Standing in a brilliant beam of light high up in the sky, the siblings easily discovered each other even though they were only tens of kilometers apart. As they looked at each other, their extremely lively and vast minds (wills) that had just completed their breakthrough inadvertently touched each other.
A feeling like an electric shock suddenly appeared in the bottom of their hearts, but the lightning above their heads and the waves did not repel each other. Instead, they seemed to have formed a resonance.
The streak of white light in the lightning gradually let out a dragon's roar, and the rolling waves also gradually sounded with the sound of thunder.
Under the premise of preserving their respective foundations, they seemed to have formed a new phenomenon — [Thunder and Dragon's Roar]!
[Heart Portrait] was a spiritual domain that belonged to the absolute self of a 'Conferred Knight' who used his own will to interfere with the material world. It was highly subjective and personal. Even if one were to search through history, there was almost no existence of [Heart Portrait] that was exactly the same.
However.
This manifestation of Elvin's [Heraldic Knight] was not a [Heart], but a manifestation of his own path and the world — [Exterior].
[Exterior] and [Heart] corresponded, but one came from the interaction with the world itself, while the other came from one's inner world. It was not inconceivable that the heavens and the earth intersected.
Looking at the changes above his head, Elvin, whose mind was filled with mystical knowledge, had already thought of which artifact in the long history of his sister's [Titled Sacred Weapon] should be used as a medium.
In the eastern region of the source continent, near the 'World Barrier', there was a powerful weather fairy that was widely praised. It was the nine-headed wyvern Terol Tonitrui.
He would ride on endless thunderclouds and fly in the sky, holding a military knife [Thunder and Dragon's Roar — Sarkani] made of steel, dragon scales, and Morning Stars. The power of this weapon could instantly kill ten thousand war elephants in one strike!
Now was not the time to talk. Both of them were quickly adapting to their new powers.
Gently clenching his fist, lightning crackled in his palm.
To Elvin, a brand new and perfect path had been personally brought into this world by him.
[Heraldic Knight] was a physical-type profession rooted in the knowledge system of the "Tree of Life School". In the future, when he advanced to "Truth Manifestation" and became the living source of mystery.
Once he became a mystical entity, he would have the qualifications to brand this path that he had forcefully opened up from nothing into the world's source, greatly reducing the difficulty for future generations to take up this profession.
"Then let's try it out a little …"
Elvin gently raised his right hand. Endless electromagnetic lines had already spread out rapidly, covering all the space within sight. Magnetism was transmitted through electromagnetic fields. The speed of electromagnetic fields was the speed of light, so the speed of magnetism was naturally also the speed of light.
The next moment.
"Kaboom!"
The mountain peak that he was standing on that had been baptized by lightning instantly collapsed. The pure iron within the lightning was quickly extracted, turning into a steel greatsword that was more than ten meters long and flew to his side.
Streaks of magic light kept flashing. [Powerful Enchanted Weapon] had given it multiple magic effects, such as toughness, sharpness, and lightness …
In a breath, it had already become one with nature. Elvin's index finger flickered with lightning as he lightly tapped on the sword hilt.
"Whoosh!"
An orange-red rainbow flashed across the sky. With a flash of light, a barren mountain a few kilometers away was easily cut in half.
[Instant Cast — Super Electromagnetic Cannon]
Even if he had just broken through to Tier 4 and had yet to discover new abilities, the ultimate skill that could only be used when he was at Tier 3 had become a regular skill.
He closed his eyes.
"Nothing unusual …"
"Reporting …"
"Hersey, it's over here …"
Without needing to connect to the [Mind Network], Elvin could directly capture the electromagnetic waves in the air and easily decipher the information within.
Unfortunately, only they could use electromagnetic waves to transmit information. If it was the information age, he could immediately become the God of Omniscience!
Turning around to look at his sister on the west side and the vast continent behind her, Elvin's lips curled up slightly.
"Now … who else?!"
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