One of Gray Mist Level-9 Cthulhu's special abilities was evidently "bestowing names."
This was not simply granting a title, but directly bestowing "protection" upon its followers at the level of rules.
This method was somewhat like a mystic arcana, somewhat like the Law Decree Technique once wielded by the fallen Lord of Sequence of the Decayed Civilization, or perhaps something else entirely.
The mages of the Wizard Civilization had always studied a wide assortment of things. Many mages broadly categorized unsystematic and obscure miscellaneous studies under the "mysticism" system.
Thinking back, before mechanists had established their own school in the Wizard World, if some mage had developed a Truth method resembling today's Mechanical Arcana, it might well have been classified as mysticism too.
The abilities displayed by Gray Mist Level-9 now likewise belonged to a field of power the mages of the Wizard Civilization had never previously touched upon.
Moreover, only after Gray Mist Level-9 appeared did Saine increasingly sense the veil of mystery and Aura of Fear surrounding it, along with its "indescribable" nature.
Probably only someone at Saine's level could barely make out Gray Mist Level-9 Cthulhu's outline.
—Beneath the boundless tide of gray rule mist, a colossal and terrifying squid was slowly emerging.
Countless tentacles swam ceaselessly through the gray rule mist.
No Level-9 Being was a simple character! Much less an extreme-attribute Dominator like Gray Mist Level-9!
Its title of "Old Ruler" likely carried no small weight as well.
Back in the Gray Mist Civilization, it must have been a ruthless figure.
And the instant Gray Mist Level-9 appeared, it also revealed the trait of "one person becoming an entire legion."
Under the influence of its boundless rule mist, many of Saine's low- and mid-level Mechanical Legions underwent mutations in the mystic domain. The appearance of