Suppression

David did not absorb the soul energy within the Shadow Servant, nor did he pay any attention to the unknown energy the Shadow Servant had absorbed from the divine body of Plague God Gladstone.

What mattered most to him now was regaining control of his body so that his daily life would not be affected.

At least until he had mastered his own strength, David would not raise his power again. If even his mind could not control it, he would be in serious trouble.

Day by day passed as he stayed in the training room, learning to control the amount of strength he used through every tiny movement.

To turn control over strength into instinctive memory, he had to practice it over and over again.

Imagine possessing the strength to move a mountain, yet needing to use that same hand to pick up a fragile crystal cup. That required extraordinarily precise control.

If David's strength had risen bit by bit through training, his body would naturally have adapted to its gradual increase.

A small banquet was being held in an ancient castle on Kaia Star.

A new alliance of powers was discussing matters here. There were no other guests at the banquet, only several Sky Knights and four Level Five Temple Knights.

"I never expected Gami Star to fall into the hands of the Luce Family!" August, the Level Five Temple Knight, said in a deep voice.

He and the other three Level Five Temple Knights were using energy avatars, so they were not drinking. For their four newly rising noble families, their foundations had not yet reached the level of top noble houses, and they could not afford the luxury of using remote small-item teleportation arrays everywhere.

This banquet had been held to facilitate communication among the members