Let's first talk about the two new abilities obtained at Rank Three of the Law Pathway: 【Spirituality Suppression】 and 【Anchor Territory】. With the former, a Law Pathway extraordinary can spend extra spirituality to activate this effect whenever they use their other abilities to affect an enemy.
Its effect is to weaken and suppress the enemy's strength. At Rank Three, the Law Pathway has only one ability that can affect others, which is 【Coercion】. This means that as long as enemies are within the range of her 【Coercion】 and she is willing to pay extra spirituality, she can continuously weaken everyone within that range.
Moreover, this suppression effect is quite strong. For example, if a Rank Three Law Pathway extraordinary fights a Rank Three War Pathway extraordinary, both sides will inevitably suffer some injuries as the battle progresses. Normally, a War Pathway practitioner with the 【Blood Rage】 ability would fight more fiercely and grow stronger the more injured they became.
However, under the suppression of the Law Pathway, the War Pathway practitioner's strength would simultaneously be weakened. The final result would be that from full health to a near-death state, the War Pathway's combat strength would barely change at all.
Even so, if they really fought, the War Pathway would still have a higher chance of winning. It was simple: in a battle between two people of the same rank, if the War Pathway fighter was reduced to a near-death state, the Law Pathway fighter couldn't possibly still be in perfect condition, right?
The War Pathway fighter's strength would remain constant from full health to a near-death state, whereas the Law Pathway fighter would only grow weaker as the battle dragged on.
Next is the second ability, 【Anchor Territory】. At first glance, this was a typical territory-type skill that allowed one to exert greater power within a specific area. In essence, the general effect of this ability was indeed just that.
However, one ridiculous catch was that this so-called "territory" was not chosen by the Law Pathway practitioner themselves. Instead, it had to be assigned by their superiors.
For example, if Law Freya joined the authorities and became part of the Special Service, and her superior assigned her a jurisdiction to patrol daily and maintain public order, then that area would count as her "territory."
Conversely, if Law Freya did not join the authorities and had no superior to assign her a jurisdiction, this ability of hers would essentially be non-existent.
Law Freya wore a blank expression as she muttered, “Isn't this extraordinary ability... a bit abstract?”
To get the buff, she actually had to be on the official payroll. But the problem was, where was Law Freya supposed to get an official position right now? She couldn't actually have this clone join the government and work for the Special Service, could she?
After a pause, Law Freya suddenly realized something else. “By the way, what is the digestion method for the Law Pathway's potions?”
Although she had already achieved advanced digestion, Law Freya was still very curious about the actual method.
Thus, Freya's main body left the room to find Euphemia. When in doubt, wasn't it best to just consult her external brain?
Because Freya's main body was currently dressed in her gown and makeup, Euphy couldn't help but freeze when she saw her. “Fufu, when did you change? Wait, that's not right. Isn't your gown still with me?”
“Mhm, did you bring it back from the future?”
Freya nodded and asked, “Euphy, Euphy, how does one digest a Law Pathway potion?”
Euphy explained, “It's very simple: abide by the rules, and punish those who break them. That's why joining the Special Service to enforce the law is actually the fastest way to digest a Law potion.”
Time passed, and once the cooldown finished, Freya entered her third simulation and smoothly obtained the Rank Five potion. This time, however, perhaps because a Rank Five potion was quite valuable, the soldiers guarding the display case cautioned her to be careful and handle it gently when they saw her reach for it.
Freya decided not to push her luck and only took one bottle. By the fourth simulation, she successfully obtained the Rank Six potion. In the fifth simulation, she hesitated briefly before reaching straight for the Rank Seven, demigod-level potion.
Seeing her make a move for it, the nearby soldiers stepped forward to stop her again, but they were once more interrupted by His Majesty the King. “She is just picking it up to look. No harm will come of it.”
To be honest, before meeting him, Freya's impression of the King had been quite poor—weak, incompetent, foolish, and a coward. After meeting him, her impression of the man sank even lower due to his meaningless opening speech and how he completely ignored Jerome's contributions, attributing the Pentagram Alliance's slowed assault entirely to himself.
Yet, this very King had now repeatedly allowed her, a commoner, to touch high-grade potions at will. Freya's opinion of him couldn't help but improve slightly. Could this guy actually care about his citizens?
Lost in thought, she exited the simulation the instant her fingers closed around the Rank Seven potion. Back in reality, staring at the demigod-level potion in her hand, she found it hard to believe how smoothly everything had gone. “It worked just like that?”
However, this item was far too precious. After some thought, Freya decided against leaving it lying around on the cabinet. Instead, she summoned her War Freya clone, handed the potion to her, and then recalled her back into the system. This way, it was absolutely foolproof.
In the sixth simulation, Freya set her sights on the Rank Four to Six potions of the other two class advancements. Although she had no intention of drinking them, opportunities to get free potions were hard to come by. A thief never leaves empty-handed; if she could take them, she was going to take them all.
Freya hid in a small corner of the party, just as she had done in the previous simulations. By now, she understood that the noble's approach was definitely not driven by lust, but rather some other motive, though she still had no idea what that motive could be.
Having failed to hide so many times, Freya gave up on hiding altogether and simply waited out in the open for him to invite her.
It was worth mentioning that actual practice was indeed the best way to build experience. After dancing a few times, Freya felt her skills skyrocket. If she had stepped on his feet thirty or forty times during the first dance, she now only stepped on him about ten times at most. That was a massive improvement.
However, as time passed, Freya noticed that the noble did not come to find her this time. Furthermore, when the scheduled time arrived, His Majesty the King was also a no-show.
The events in this simulation were unfolding in a completely different direction from the previous ones.
The gathering simply proceeded as normal. People chatted, danced, and dined. As the night deepened, the party drew to a close, and everyone departed as they usually would.
Just as Freya was feeling bewildered, Euphy walked up to her side and said in a grave voice, “This is bad... The potions His Majesty the King was displaying seem to have been stolen.”
Freya: “?”
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