The Search for Ms. Bayard

Unlike the scheming Demon Scholars, one of the Moon Children's strengths was their unity.

For the sake of their race's common interests, they could even set aside old grudges. Back then, Pengbo Naqi had helped Valentine I level up by capturing every Moon Child within the territory of Stibium, nearly driving the entire race to extinction.

The Alchemists possessed the Charm Removal Power, which allowed them to analyze others' Extraordinary Abilities and acquire powers unique to themselves. This process also required a large amount of consumable material. The eventual perfection of the Triumph Chariot of Stibium had been inseparable from the sacrifice of those Moon Children.

That was precisely why the Triumph Chariot of Stibium described the Path of Transcendence as "elevating animal instinct into godhood."

Put another way, this ideal meant "using the power of the Path of Transcendence to elevate the Path of the Beast into the pure Path of Love." This was exactly the same as the realm of the "Perfect Human" pursued by the Moon Children, and it could itself be understood as the Moon Children's exclusive Mental Cultivation Method.

It could even be said that the feasibility of the legend of the "Perfect Human" had been confirmed only after Valentine I had forcibly "unpacked" it.

It was precisely because every other Moon Child in Stibium had died out back then that all the Moon Children in Stibium now belonged exclusively to the Red Phase bloodline.

And despite Pengbo Naqi having done such a thing, the Moon Children's current grand alliance could still invite him. Although this was partly because he was the strongest among the Moon Children today, it also showed just how extremely united the Moon Children were internally.

Even when most Moon Children hated the last Narcissus Duke, Dracula Tepes, who had directly