Chapter 1883: 'Authority' (Requesting Moon Tickets)
"Boom----!"
At that moment, a storm like a natural disaster swept across the walls of the Holy City's main gate.
This was not a physical phenomenon caused by the atmosphere being stirred after Luo Zhen released his astonishing magical power. It was a force surging from Artoria herself.
Luo Zhen was bathing in this astonishing power, his coat whipping violently as Fire Powder flew wildly like sparks. His magical power surged continuously as he resisted the oncoming storm.
However, before this storm, Luo Zhen actually seemed to be struggling somewhat.
"This power..."
Luo Zhen gazed at Artoria, who wore a lion-headed helmet, and his expression gradually turned solemn.
That was because the power Artoria was displaying at this very moment was no longer on the scale of magecraft, skills, or even a Noble Phantasm.
It was...
"Authority."
----"Authority."
It was a mystery transcending magecraft, a manifestation of omniscience and omnipotence, and even the embodiment of natural laws—a power only gods could wield.
Divinities were spirits of nature, part of the world. Naturally, they all possessed the power to determine the laws governing the world to a certain extent.
The god of fire could naturally manipulate flames.
The god of the sea could naturally manipulate waves.
The god of war possessed Authority over combat and warfare.
Beyond that, according to their status and duties in mythology, divinities also possessed Authority related to their own existence. The more Authorities they possessed, and the more powerful those Authorities were, the higher and more transcendent their status became.
If they were low-ranking divinities without any Authority, they might not even measure up to Heroic Spirits. But before divinities with powerful Authorities, most Heroic Spirits were merely weak ants. Only beings standing at the pinnacle of Heroic Spirits could