Ability

David beckoned the Shadow Servant over, placed a hand on its shoulder, and mentally commanded it to display the Knowledge Light Orbs gained this time.

Several thousand Knowledge Light Orbs appeared before him. Whether ordinary people or knights, those the top-tier Mein Family could send to Mather Star all possessed exceptionally strong abilities of their own.

As a result, the odds of Knowledge Light Orbs appearing had greatly increased, but David had little interest in ordinary Knowledge Light Orbs.

He casually looked through the Knowledge Light Orbs before him, then had the Shadow Servant set aside only the Knowledge Light Orbs belonging to Gerald, the Level 5 Temple Knight, and collect all the rest.

The 'Secret Shield (Talent)' Knowledge Light Orb was precisely the mental shield Gerald, the Level 5 Temple Knight, had deployed when eleven Level 5 Temple Knights joined forces to besiege him today.

David had been greatly surprised at the time. Under those circumstances, Gerald's bloodline power, body, and senses had all been controlled, yet he had still managed to defend himself.

Although Gerald's defense had been utterly useless, that was only relative. If his enemies had not been so powerful, then when faced with a fatal strike, that automatically appearing mental shield would have been enough to buy him a little time.

With Gerald's strength as a Level 5 Temple Knight, that slight delay would have been enough for him to launch a counterattack.

But why would such a mental talent appear in a Level 5 Temple Knight? David found it deeply puzzling.

What David did not know was that Gerald, the Level 5 Temple Knight, was one of the rare mental talent holders in the Mein Family. He even possessed a Talent Ability that most mental talent holders did not have.

Before Gerald became a