When Catherine spoke the three words, "I'm willing!"
This rather distinctive apprenticeship ceremony was complete.
The tides of flame around them vanished in that instant.
The endless Sea of Fire and the strange elemental ripples Catherine could not comprehend all disappeared. She found herself back in her own room, less than two steps from the door.
In other words, from beginning to end, Catherine had never actually left where she stood.
Everything that had just happened had unfolded within Saine's domain.
Why lesser beings revered creatures of Level Four and above as gods was plain to see from this alone.
The Crystal Rose Catherine held in her arms had remained completely unaffected even amid that grand spectacle of Fire Elements. 🅆
However, since Catherine was now also holding an Azure Fire Crystal Nucleus, the fire elemental power radiating from it caused the Crystal Rose, which was made of ice crystal, to show faint signs of melting.
Saine was already preparing to leave.
A light gate suddenly appeared in Catherine's sitting room.
The other end of the gate connected to Saine's underground laboratory in the Ash Holy Tower.
Saine had many laboratories in the Ash Holy Tower. He was now planning to head to one of them to conduct experiments related to Fire Elements.
But he could not simply leave his newly accepted disciple unattended.
If Saine secluded himself again and spent several hundred years immersed in research, Catherine's path of growth might well be delayed by him.
As he lifted a leg and stepped inside, Saine said to Catherine, "Tomorrow, go to the Tower Master Laboratory on the top floor of the Holy Tower. An orc-world fox woman named Aijieli will receive you. She will familiarize you with the Tower Master Laboratory areas you will be allowed to access."
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