Charlotte's Holy Light Divine Kingdom reappeared outside Black Phoenix City. Anne could not help saying, "I want to advance to Saint Rank too."
Kreil Brittany knew his cousin's Transcendent aptitude all too well. He thought to himself, Although Anne worked hard too, with her talent, she would need at least thirty years of effort before she could even touch the threshold of Saint Rank. Even if she cultivated diligently for decades, whether she could achieve Saint Rank was still unknown...
He glanced at Abner Sumay. Abner shrugged. Neither of them would spoil the mood by telling such harsh truths. Let Charlotte worry about that!
Charlotte leaped into the air and soared skyward. He still greatly enjoyed the sensation of riding the wind through the void and treading the air. The moment Charlotte set off, more than twenty Saint Rank experts followed behind him, rising into the sky together in an imposing spectacle that made even Duchess Mesu remark, "Charlotte has the bearing of a founding emperor now!"
Though those words were somewhat improper, they were not an exaggeration. Charlotte had four Legendary Warships. If he had not given Sophia Garland and Menilman a batch of Magic Alchemical Warships, his fleet would have been even stronger, enough to rival the navy of any empire. That was without his Ghost Fleet having returned—part of it remained on the New Continent, while another part was still on the way. If those thousand-plus Ghost Ships all appeared, the Mecklen Family's fleet would be able to sweep aside any force across the Seven Seas.
Although the Four Great Empires might have far more Saint Rank experts than Charlotte, they were scattered among the great noble families. The emperor could truly command only ten or twenty Saint Rank experts, and at most order around thirty or