One Ability

Fran immersed herself in her mind and discovered something incredible: she could only choose one ability, and she saw something extraordinary on the screen where she could choose the ability.

When Fran kills Dragonkin and chooses its ability, the phantom of the Dragonkin she killed will appear in Fran's mind as she chooses the ability.

For example, when she killed the Wyvern in Monsa, the image of the Wyvern appeared in her mind; when she killed the Earth Dragon, the image of the Earth Dragon digging a hole on the mountain appeared.

After she killed the black monster, a huge valley appeared in her mind.

In the valley, she could see many Dragonkin, but these Dragonkin were all strange, because some of Dragonkin had human faces, while others had human limbs...

These Dragonkin are like a simple combination of humans and Dragonkin. Indeed, Fran's use of the word "simple combination" is quite accurate.

Most of these Dragonkin ' bodies were dragon bodies, with only a small portion of their shells being human parts.

Furthermore, Fran saw no transition at the joints of the human limbs, as if the original limbs of these dragons had been neatly cut off and then the ill-fitting human limbs had been glued on.

At the same time, these Dragonkin all raised their heads and looked at a platform on the mountainside, where there was a black figure that looked just like the Divine Statue that Fran had seen in Monsa.

"This is what the Deity who has a grudge against me looks like..."

Fran now realized that the black creature she had just killed was not something sent by that Deity, but rather a part of that Deity.

Fran swallowed hard, looking at the scene before her. Generally speaking, this was a full view of the Deity.

This was a scene she needed to use Star Gazing Art to see, but now she could see it through her Spirit Realm Talent.

Fran stared at the figure, which was entirely black, until her eyes glazed over, and she could only lower her head.

"Never mind, let's talk about it later. I'll choose my abilities first."

Fran knew that she had now used the Talent granted by the Astral Realm to gain an ability from that Deity, but she didn't know if this would have any effect on that Deity.

After all, she had never experienced a situation where the opponent she killed came back to life, but in any case, from today onwards, the level of hatred between them would probably deepen even further.

Fran suppressed her consciousness and looked at the small words floating against the black background. It was information from the Spirit Realm introducing this ability to her.

[Blurry Shell: Your physical body begins to blur on a life-level, allowing you to better adapt to your physical form.]

Although this description, like those Fran had encountered before, was rather enigmatic, Fran clearly sensed that this ability was vastly different.

First, when she looked over, the words that appeared began to tremble, and then some characters flashed twice before gaps appeared, something Fran had never experienced before.

Fran calmed herself down, and with a thought, she found she had no choice, as if something was stopping her.

However, through her continued efforts, she broke through these constraints and focused her attention on her abilities.

After a moment of dizziness, Fran's consciousness returned to her body, which was still within the Sun Domain.

At that moment, she felt something was different about her body. She opened the Panel and her eyes widened the instant she saw what it showed.

[Attributes: Constitution 40.3, Spirit 38.1]

In addition to gaining an extra trait, her attributes also increased.

My physical constitution increased by about six points, surpassing my mental constitution after a long time, and my mental constitution also increased by a little.

Fran touched her arm and felt no other changes besides the increased strength and body control. It seemed that the new ability only affected her physical growth.

However, she clearly realized that this trait could not possibly be limited to these aspects; otherwise, why wouldn't she have written "increases physique" in the trait column, instead of writing something vague and ambiguous like a riddle?

As if struck by a divine inspiration, she opened her mouth and then casually uttered a sound.

"Ah..."

She immediately understood the specific scope of this newly acquired ability.

For some reason, when Fran saw the abilities of Matthew, the Proxy of the Deity she had a grudge against, she felt that his abilities were somewhat like another version of the Transmutation School.

Transforming into powerful limbs of various Magic Creature for attack and defense—isn't that exactly what the Transmutation School excels at?

However, she didn't know whether the Transmutation School saw the appearance of this Deity Worshippers and copied it to create the mage version, or whether both sides just happened to be on the same path.

Whatever the reason, Fran discovered that this newly acquired ability actually worked on the organs transplanted into her body.

She could feel her Mental Power attached to these organs fading, as if these organs were becoming her own.

"It will take at least seven days, and possibly even half a month, for these two modified organs in my body to completely break free from the influence of Mental Power."

"If I were to implant a higher -Order organ, it might take longer to integrate it into my own organ, but that would be enough..."

Putting everything else aside, her ability to eliminate the side effects of Mental Power attached to organs is something that all Transmutation School mages dream of.

Having this ability would certainly provide tremendous assistance to the research of the Transmutation School of mages.

"Let's study the Transmutation School of thought more thoroughly later."

Fran put the matter aside for a moment, then looked back where she had come from.

"I should go back and talk to Zali, but it seems like there's nothing left to say..."

She already knows everything she needs to know about Sunflame Knight, so there's really nothing more to ask...

"Damn it, that damned human..." In Matthew's realm, all the Divine Statue in the Divine Temple had developed cracks around their eyes, filling his followers with terror...

He ignored the believers' reactions, and simply suppressed his emotions as he spoke these words from the Divine Statue.

If He didn't lack a physical body in the Spirit Realm, and if His body in the Astral Realm weren't unaffected by this event, He would surely be clutching His head right now.

He never expected that the other party's Spirit Realm Talent could actually trigger the power of the Spirit Realm and strip away the power from His clone.

This caused His consciousness, which had no physical body and could only reside in the Divine Statue, to feel a faint pain, a pain that constantly fueled His anger.

"Damn it, they actually let the Spirit Realm get something from me..."

At this moment, His greatest feeling was shame and indignation; He no longer dared to face other Deity.

If any other Deity sees Him, they will know that He allowed the Spirit Realm to seize the opportunity to extract power from Him, which is a disgrace to the Deity.

Although the Deity were very wary of the entire Spirit Realm, they did not take this enormous entity, which had almost no self-awareness, seriously in their hearts.

If the Deity knew that He had been tricked by the Spirit Realm, He would have no face to continue living among the Deity.

In his anger, He gradually calmed down and began to review the operation.

"I was too hasty. I knew there were things in the Sun Domain that could harm me, but I still took a chance..."

"Furthermore, the Sun Domain, except for the areas covered by the Sunflame, has been almost completely destroyed by the power of the Deity."

"Even an Proxy would find it difficult to survive in such a place. If she wanted to stay in the Sun Domain, she could only go to areas covered by Sunflame. Why didn't I think of that...?"

Now that He has calmed down, He realizes that He could have avoided failure from the beginning, which fills Him with deep regret.

"The next attack can't be like this. I need to ensure everything is foolproof before we begin..."

His consciousness vanished from the Divine Statue, and the priests kneeling below, seeing the Divine Statue's eyes lose their light, dared not rise for a long time.

Afterwards, some people said it was God's anger, and that I should do something to gain God's forgiveness...

At this point, some people ask, how can we gain the forgiveness of the Deity?

"It's simple. Didn't the Deity say at the beginning that humans deserve to die? We can just sacrifice a few humans, or execute a group of civilians."

This method was unanimously approved by all the priests, who needed an action to soothe their unease, and this suggestion was just right.

After exchanging a few words with Zali and saying goodbye, Fran went straight to the Divine Temple within the Radiance Domain.

She directly informed the Lord of Radiance about the Alliance's Astrology School's desire to cooperate with them, as well as the fact that she had been attacked by Deity.

"Okay, when you're negotiating, I'll attach my consciousness to you, and we can talk things over slowly."

"As for the attack... you don't need to worry about it anymore. There's no longer any mark of any Deity on it, so you can use this material freely..."

Fran scratched her head. Although she was happy to get a satisfactory answer so quickly, it also felt somewhat unreal.

After settling things over, Fran left the Divine Temple and returned to the Material Realm. What she didn't notice was that the Divine Statue's light did not dim after she left.

"She is still my Proxy, and because of what happened in the Material Realm, she can now bear even more power."

"But I sensed the aura of the sun emanating from her, and this aura was extremely pure, as if she were a messenger of the sun."

It was as if some force was forcibly merging these two impossible phenomena together; He could sense that the two auras on Fran were distinct yet closely intertwined.

"Forget it, as long as she helps me develop followers in the Material Realm, she's still my friend. Besides, I'm not really that bothered by the sun; I can lend a hand when the time is right..."