After parting ways with Natasha, Nalant led his party straight south. After a week of travel, they finally returned to the Tulip Earldom.
"Annie, begin practice!"
"Yes, my lord!"
In a dense forest, while his subordinates rested, Nalant took Annie to a clearing far from the convoy.
Ever since learning the wonderful uses of Annie's weather-controlling talent, Nalant had gone further and further down this unconventional path.
Perhaps even the previous Prophetess had never imagined that a gifted woman meant to aid farming or alter the course of war would ultimately be forcibly turned by Nalant into an area-of-effect "mage"!
Rumble, rumble!
Crack! Crack!
At Nalant's command, rolling black clouds covered the sky above the clearing before long. After days of uninterrupted practice, Annie's talent had improved considerably.
As her talent grew stronger, the storm clouds that had originally covered only several hundred meters had expanded to cover more than a li.
Of course, these were clouds capable of unleashing lightning. Within that one-li range, Vini could control the lightning to strike any location or object with precision.
Moreover, the frequency of the lightning could be controlled by Annie herself, though there was a limit to how many bolts she could release.
A few days ago in the Nock Royal Capital, Annie's limit had been around ten lightning strikes.
Over the past two days, she had made considerable progress, raising it to just under thirty strikes. And with Annie's continued practice, that number was increasing every day.
Furthermore, if Annie used her talent not to release lightning but to make it rain, the area covered by the clouds became even broader.
For example, when producing light rain or drizzles to irrigate farmland, Annie's cloud cover could now reach three or four li.
Only after Annie had discharged all the lightning