Given the opportunity, Shade wanted to strip out this War Curved Arc. He had received more than one bottle of Bell Ringing Potion from Daniste last time, but forging a Ring or Curved Arc still required possessing specific Spirit Runes or Fate.
Shade did not think he had anything to do with "war," so Angelina was the first person who came to mind. But Angelina was not here, and besides, the one who had launched and won the Old Continent's full-scale war was not the little princess of the present age.
Fortunately, "she" said gently:
You can.
"Why?"
Because you possess "the world."
The steam mist blocked everyone's view. All they could see was Shade's Destiny Ring crashing down like a blazing sun. The impact directly shook their souls, followed by Shade's "Hymn":
War is the beastly nature of wisdom; war is also the spiral of civilization. This is the Ring of War.
The steam mist dispersed, but this time, what Shade held aloft in his right hand was not a black Curved Arc, but a star blue one. It was nearly as long as the black Curved Arc Shade had crushed, and the starlight surging within it was quite beautiful.
Shade had already told his allies about Rings and Curved Arcs on the way here. Thus, whether the Clowns or the Young Ladies from the Far North, they all knew what he was holding.
He was not stingy and let everyone touch the Curved Arc to examine it. Just as holding a black Curved Arc could enhance destructive powers, holding this Curved Arc could likewise enhance abilities related to "war."
Although no one present used this kind of power as their primary system, Shade, who was sensing the Curved Arc's power, said:
"If more than three of us attack