In the eastern waters of the Gargas Archipelago, an enormous being like a steel giant stood upon the sea, remaining utterly motionless no matter how the towering waves battered its body.
Just then, the steel giant suddenly raised its left arm, hundreds of meters long. The Death Announcer connected to its end abruptly began to flash with light...
The next moment, a pillar of light more than ten meters in diameter shot from the Death Announcer's bow, streaking toward a patch of sea several hundred nautical miles away.
There, a fleet was furtively following behind a squadron flying the Queen of Stars' flag.
Without a sound, the fleet was struck by the pillar of light.
Moments later, the ships, crew, weapons, supplies, and everything else aboard that fleet turned into a pool of blood that merged into the sea and vanished in an instant.
Within Morning Star City, Abner, who had observed the scene through Insight, nodded in satisfaction.
He had turned all of Morning Star City into a mechanical humanoid form and bestowed special abilities upon the two Ghost Ships, allowing them to dock with his own "body." It was not simply because his childish fantasies had flared up and he wanted to show off, fulfilling "a man's romance."
He was actually testing the Authority and abilities of the Knowledge Mentor.
The Knowledge Mentor, known in ancient times as the Master, represented the stage where the Alchemist's Alchemy had undergone sublimation. Combined with the Knowledge Mentor, it had become one of the Paragon Pathway's most essential Authorities: Endowment.
What the Knowledge Mentor "guided" was no longer limited to intelligent life. Whether machinery or other objects, the Knowledge Mentor could bestow special "knowledge" upon them, changing their forms, granting them powerful abilities, and even giving them life.
The Death Announcer