"Lightning Strike!"
"The South Los Family's hallmark-thunder!
With just one bolt of thunder like that, not only would Arthur be much safer, but everyone would know he belonged to the South Los Family."
Mrs. Susan said with a smile.
The power of thunder was unique to the South Los Family, and it was also the foundation of the House of South Los.
Over the generations, the House of South Los had developed many Mystic Arts based on that power.
The most famous of them was undoubtedly 'Lightning Strike.'
It was a Mystic Art developed to perfectly imitate natural lightning.
It was also the Mystic Art that had earned the South Los Family its formidable reputation.
A single lightning bolt falling from the sky was enough to strike terror into people's hearts.
However, using 'Lightning Strike' was no easy feat.
Only at 'Entry Rank' could one begin to grasp it.
Only after reaching 'Ascension Rank' could one truly wield it.
But there were exceptions!
Because there were-
Scrolls!
Scrolls capable of storing an 'Ascension Rank' Mystic Art were hard to come by.
But the House of South Los had them.
Yet the Countess shook her head.
"One 'Lightning Strike' isn't enough."
The Countess spoke softly, then raised her hand.
Crackle, crackle.
Amid the sparks, the Countess produced a blue pearl the size of the tip of her little finger.
The blue pearl glowed with a light all its own.
Held before them, it even gave off clearly audible peals of thunder.
"My lady, you mustn't..."
The moment Mrs. Susan saw the blue pearl, she spoke up to stop her, but the Countess interrupted her.
"That Old Lion is no fool.
His strength puts us on our guard.
But it's his generosity that truly alarms us.
If we don't give Arthur Credos