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Haschwalth stopped in his tracks when he saw John and Ganzui appear in front of him with Hirenkyaku.

He said indifferently, "What?"

"I already said, let's go for a drink together, what? Aren't you even going to give our seniors face?" Ganzui said with a smile, spreading his arms wide.

"I'm busy," Haschwalth refused.

"You bastard..." John narrowed his eyes, "From your appearance to your tone of voice, and that inexplicable title, everything about you really annoys me!"

"What do you mean?" Haschwalth asked.

"Nothing much, I just wanted to know if you're truly capable of serving as the Grand Master of the Sternritter."

"Not to mention any heir apparent!"

John and Ganzui the other.

Clearly, Haschwalth's sudden arrival caused discontent among others, especially among pirates who rely on strength, who found it even more difficult to accept.

To John and the others, Haschwalth was clearly a newcomer; otherwise, why wasn't he there during the God Valley Incident?

Since they are newcomers, no matter how much Kaya values them, it doesn't mean they have their approval.

If Haschwalth is truly a fraud, even if they deliberately cause trouble and Kaya finds out, Kaya certainly won't blame them, right?

That's why these people came here specifically to cause trouble, and Haschwalth understands this.

"I won't care what you say, but this action means insubordination, which is absolutely unacceptable in the Wandenreich."

Haschwalth's tone was inexplicable; he spoke slowly and deliberately, but to others, it only elicited disdain.

"Stop pretending! Insubordination? Don't actually think you're riding on John's neck!" John sneered.

"Stop talking nonsense! If you don't want to drink, then come and fight me!" Ganzui raised his hands and shouted.

"Quincy Vollständig!" ×2

Two beams of Reishi light shot up from the ground in an instant, indistinguishable from one another, almost at the same time.

In the Wandenreich, a world composed entirely of Reishi, Quincy thrive, possessing even greater control and power over these Reishi.

The activation of the Vollständig seemed to take longer than usual. When the pillar of light shattered, the two figures were revealed.

John's skin turned into steel, and not only that, his entire body was covered with an additional layer of iron armor, his skin gleaming with a metallic sheen, like a robot.

Ganzui has a five-pointed halo above his head, and wings extend from his back, with the wings standing upright in the opposite direction and the tips of the feathers showing separate tail flames.

"You don't have to go to this extent!" Gloriosa was speechless. Why does she activate her Vollständig so easily? Doesn't she get tired?

"That's enough!" Kaido somewhat tempted.

"Wait!" Maron stopped Kaido. "I know you want to join in too, but it's not too late to wait."

"This is going to be good." Keel smiled, a little disappointed that Loki wouldn't be getting to see it.

Haschwalth looked at the two Quincy in front of him, his eyes remaining completely unmoved, as if they were not two people standing there, but two wisps of air.

But that look was even more unpleasant.

"High-Angle Ferromagnetic Cannon!" John raised his hand, and an attack, whether cannonball or arrow, was launched.

"Shakkahō!" Ganzui shook his hands, and one fiery red cannonball after another was fired.

The two attacks came from two directions.

Haschwalth stood still, neither drawing his weapon nor making any defensive moves; he simply uttered two words.

"Sklaverei."

There was no wind, no roar; all sounds in the world fell silent in a fraction of a second.

The next moment, the whole world began to pulsate.

John and Ganzui's attack continued in its original direction, but instead of exploding, it was dispersed.

It's not dispelling! It's breaking down!

All Quincy attacks are composed of Spiritual Power, which is now being broken down into Reishi.

Centered on Haschwalth's location, a faint, transparent ripple silently exploded, rapidly expanding to envelop the surrounding area.

Visible dust in the air, the hard, monolithic floor, the densely packed houses beneath our feet and in the distance... all of it was disintegrated.

The building sheds its physical texture, transforming into wisps of fine, fragmented blue light, like floating gas.

These streaks of light, like stardust drawn by a magnetic field, no longer follow their original forms, but converge frantically towards the center with pure energy.

"How... is this possible?!"

John and Ganzui shocked, even horrified.

Their power was rapidly fading, and their wings, originally composed of Reishi, were becoming tattered.

The Reishi on their bodies turned into wisps of smoke, detaching themselves like ashes from a fire... No, it should be said that the Reishi abandoned them and turned to Haschwalth!

They immediately reverted to the state of Vollständig!

Everything tangible within range was decomposed into intangible energy, even affecting the few spectators.

"Why are the Reishi that were playing with me suddenly out of control?" Maron stretched out his hand, and the Reishi flew through his fingertips and flew forward.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Kaido roared as he watched his spiked club, made of Reishi, disintegrate.

"This move is..." Gloriosa frowned, as if searching her brain for relevant information.

"You're right, this is quite a show," Keel laughed.

Besides them, behind a building in the distance where half of the floors had been dismantled, another figure appeared out of nowhere.

Are these the members of the Sternritter? Shuri observed her colleagues.

Quincy are a race that uses Reishi to fight.

Whether it's crafting Spirit Bow or shooting arrows, these are all fundamental abilities of the Reishi Gathering itself.

Sklaverei can elevate the Reishi Gathering to its limit, achieving absolute subordination of Reishi, and can forcibly absorb the Reishi of the surrounding environment and living beings!

As mentioned before, everything in the Wandenreich is composed of Reishi, including this space itself.

Therefore, under the Sklaverei, the buildings were forcibly dismantled, and the Reishi that John and Ganzui could control was also taken away without any reason!

"The Quincy's battles are battles of Spiritual Power."

"The real difference lies here: in the realm of the strong, the weak cannot even control Reishi."

"Have you already experienced the despair of having your means of survival sealed off, leaving you powerless like a lamb, silently waiting for death?"

Haschwalth lifted his white robe, revealing the sword at his waist—a longsword with a dark gold hilt.

He gently grasped it and pulled it out.

"Wait... wait a minute!" John panicked.

"Damn it! The Quincy's power has such a flaw!" Ganzui roared in disbelief.

"Rules must not be transgressed." Haschwalth his sword.

Sizzle!

A large hole was torn open in Ganzui's chest, and a huge amount of blood gushed out. The burly man collapsed before he could even scream.

Haschwalth brandished his sword, and drops of blood splattered from the blade, leaving ink-like marks on the ground.

"Even so, my Schrift has not failed! My body is harder than steel!" John gritted his teeth, glaring intently at Haschwalth.

"Can you hear the sound of the scales tipping?" Haschwalth, sword in hand, walked step by step toward John.

John froze, his expression becoming dazed.

Amidst the piercing metallic scraping sound, the surroundings darkened, and he hallucinated, seeing a massive silver scale standing behind Haschwalth.

Sizzle!

Haschwalth swung his sword again, spraying blood all over the ground.

Haschwalth sheathed his sword, passed John who was kneeling on the ground, and walked away without looking back.

"Ugh!!" John's eyes rolled back, most of his steel body was almost sliced open, his consciousness went dark, and he collapsed into a pool of blood, motionless.

The others watched in silence, cold sweat dripping down their foreheads, no longer harboring any doubt about his status as the emperor's heir.

Haschwalth – the Schrift "B", the Balance (Balance)!