"Your Highness, what is this?"
Nara stared at the scene before her in shock.
The massive magic crystal had now turned into a pile of powder on the floor.
It was visible to the naked eye—the magic elements that had once flowed within the crystal like solid entities had completely vanished.
Even someone like Nara, who had no level, actually had a certain degree of sensitivity to magic elements.
Most people in this world, even those without levels, had an adaptability to magic elements.
However, whether this adaptability could be converted into strength depended on the individual.
And Nara clearly did not fit the criteria for conversion.
But at the very least, she still had a certain sensitivity to objects like magic crystals that possessed massive amounts of magic elements.
She could feel that there wasn't a single trace of magic elements left in the powder now.
And everything that had just happened, no matter how one looked at it, seemed as if Her Highness had absorbed the magic crystal.
The silver-haired girl turned back and looked at the girl with short golden hair.
"Nara, don't speak of this to anyone. Also... I remember there should be more magic crystals in the vault. Prepare them in a bit and move them all to my room tonight."
A gleam flickered in Nara's emerald eyes. She seemed to understand what her princess was doing.
Regardless of whether this method was inconceivable, as long as it benefited Her Highness, it was a good thing for her and everyone in the Kingdom of the Moon.
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Mm. Clean this place up. I'm going to pray."
She looked down at the powder on the floor. Most likely, these were just the impurities from the magic crystal.
She didn't know if this stuff could be used to draw magic arrays.
But that wasn't important!
The most important thing right now was that she had finally reached level twenty!
Without any further delay, she went directly to the sacred bed. Facing the statue, she clasped her fingers over her chest.
She closed her eyes in prayer.
The next second, her attribute interface appeared before her eyes again.
...
【Name: Luo Li Saint Sariel】
【Class: Saintess of the Moon, Saintess of Brilliance (Divine Arts Saintess)】
【Level: 20 (Novice Divine Arts Saintess [Pending Class Change])】
Attributes:
Strength: 23
Agility: 25
Endurance: 25
Recovery: 55
Mana: 154
Free Attribute Points: 15
Free Skill Points: 63
Junior Skills:
Invigoration Lv. 1, healing art Lv. 10, Swordplay Lv. 5, Light Sword Lv. 1, Chain Healing Lv. 10.
Class Skills: Holy Armor Lv. 10, Holy Guard Lv. 10.
Special Class Skills:
Protect the Brilliant Night with My Moon Banner Lv. 1.
Light up the Brilliant Night with My Moon Banner Lv. 1.
Special Class Authorities:
Hero Creation.
Moon's Protection.
Eyes of Judgment.
Sacred Treasures:
Moon Banner — Brilliant Form.
Holy Cross Sword.
Summary:
Congratulations, player, you have finally entered the junior ranks. Go forth! As the mother of all people, nurture your subjects!
...
So that's how it was. The Holy Armor and Holy Guard skills were considered class skills.
It seemed that unlocking these skills required the corresponding class.
And the Holy Armor and Holy Guard skills were the junior skills under the Divine Arts Saintess class.
Looking up the branch...
It seemed that every ten levels, new skills would appear.
However, the most pathetic part was that the offensive skills for a Divine Arts Saintess started at level forty at the earliest.
There were very few skills.
Even at the level cap of 75, there were only three offensive skills.
One was a single-target directional attack, while the other two were area-of-effect skills.
This was quite frustrating.
Fortunately, there were other summoning-type skills.
The highest level 75 skill in the Divine Arts branch was Angel Possession.
By choosing Divine Arts Saintess, she had essentially given up skills in other areas.
Only summoning and possession abilities were left to choose from.
Among them, the level twenty unique summoning skill was 'light elemental'.
And for possession, there was only one skill: 'Possession'.
It was similar to possessing the abilities of a summoned creature onto herself or others.
She opened the detailed description for 'light elemental'.
An image appeared before her.
A spherical creature, resembling a ball of light, appeared in front of her.
【light elemental — A non-material lifeform formed from the will of light elements.】
【Level: Increases with the summoner's level.】
【Skills: Brilliance, Flash, Self-Destruct, Burn.】
【Possession Effect: Temporarily increases mana, accelerates self-recovery, strengthens resistance to other attributes, and enhances the casting effects of elemental skills. These effects do not stack.】
【Maximum Summon Limit: 9】
【Mana Consumption: 5】
【Duration: Unlimited (excessive consumption will lead to death)】
【Effect Duration: 00:10】
After reading the description, Luo Li breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed this summoning branch wasn't entirely useless.
It basically gave her an overall enhancement buff.
Other branches probably didn't have this kind of ability.
And with nine of them, it was equivalent to having nine enhancement buffs at once.
The total duration could be extended to one hour and forty minutes.
On the battlefield, an enhancement of this level was enough to give her the ability to release a second round of skills.
Adding the Holy Crest, it meant that within one hour and forty minutes, she could release three full sets of skills in rapid succession.
This would have a powerful impact on the entire battlefield.
With this skill, she basically didn't have to worry about her consumption anymore.
At least this solved the recovery problem in the short term.
And that wasn't all; the light elemental itself had an additional skill.
【Light Elemental Substitution — Consumes one light elemental to swap positions between the self and the light elemental. (Within visual range)】
After adding these two skills, she turned her attention to her class.
【Novice Divine Arts Saintess (Pending Class Change)】
Without any hesitation, she clicked the class change button.
The class title then changed to:
【Junior Divine Arts Saintess (All Divine Arts branch skills gain a 20% bonus, and duration is extended by 20%).】
Finally changed classes!
Luo Li let out a long breath and slowly opened her eyes.
Then, she immediately began testing her skills.
"Will of Light, heed my call—light elemental, come forth!"
As soon as she spoke, a surge of heat came from her palm.
Light elemental energy poured out instantly.
At the same time, the surrounding light dimmed visibly to the naked eye.
Even the light shining in from the window quickly faded.
It formed streaks of light elemental energy that gathered in her palm.
The next moment, a small ball the size of a palm floated above her hand.
At the same time, Luo Li could clearly feel a wave of 'joy and excitement' from the small ball in her palm.
It was strange. Even though there was no verbal communication, she could feel the happiness of the light element in her palm.
It was celebrating that it had gained life and intelligence, while simultaneously releasing feelings of friendliness and intimacy toward Luo Li.
This thing... actually had its own thinking ability!?
No wonder it was called a 'non-material lifeform'.
This truly was a new life.
It had its own thinking ability and could even eat and drink on its own.
Because light elementals only ate light elemental energy.
It was equivalent to only needing to eat air.
A pure solar-powered creature.
Luo Li looked at her palm in disbelief.
Was this... creation?
The girl was shocked.
In the Sacred Canon of the Holy Church, it was clearly stated that 'creating life is an act of apostasy'.
If others found out that she could create a pure elemental lifeform...
She would essentially be labeled a 'heretic' instantly.
This was no small matter. It meant that once this news leaked, the Pope would have a reason to directly strip her of her Saint's Throne!
No, now was not the time to fall out with the Pope.
Even if that time truly came, it was definitely not now.
The way to hide these elemental lifeforms was simple.
She would simply claim to the world that these light elemental lifeforms were naturally formed and that she had kept them after discovering them.
This explanation would be perfect for both external and internal audiences.
"Your Highness, what is this?"
After the ashes had been cleaned up, Nara had been by Luo Li's side, waiting for her princess to finish her prayer.
And now, the prayer was over.
But Her Highness had suddenly produced a strange object in her palm.
Nara couldn't help but be confused.
What was this?
Although she had no level, her adaptability to elements was still decent.
She could clearly feel the active light elemental energy inside this ball of light.
And this little thing seemed to have emotions?
"This is a light elemental."
Luo Li only hesitated for a moment before telling her directly.
Currently, only Nara and herself were in the main hall.
Nara was her close confidante. If she couldn't even trust her, then Luo Li would really have to consider whether it was better to defect to the demons.
At least on that side, there was a group of demons who lusted after her body and would risk their lives for her.
"A light... elemental?"
Nara was a bit dazed. She didn't understand what this was.
But Luo Li's next words left her stunned.
"This is a non-material lifeform that I created."
Summoning, rather than being called summoning, was more like creation.
However, creation was making something from nothing, while her summoning was condensing the light elements floating in the air.
Forming a lifeform.
What was this?
Programming?
Editing chaotic light elements into ordered light elements.
Forming an individual.
Was this summoning?
Luo Li's brow furrowed.
But now was not the time to dwell on this question.
The light elemental in her palm had indeed not been summoned from elsewhere.
It had formed in her palm.
"Your Highness, this... this and the teachings..."
"I know. So... don't speak of it to anyone. You must not tell anyone."
Everyone in the human race basically knew how serious this issue was.
Therefore, it could not be spoken of.
"I understand."
"Your Highness, then how do we explain this existence?"
"Just say it was found in the courtyard. No need to say more."
Elemental lifeforms weren't non-existent on the continent; they were just extremely rare.
The continent had billions of living beings—saying billions was a bit conservative; there were hundreds of billions if not trillions.
And among them, the number of elemental lifeforms born was only a handful.
Compared to normal organisms, the number of elemental beings was practically at the level of being unique editions.
"Will explaining it that way... work?"
Nara was still a bit worried, but Luo Li only shook her head.
"To the outside world, just say that nine elemental lifeforms were discovered. There's no need to say more, and no need to explain how they came to be. Understand?"
This kind of thing didn't need a detailed explanation. The more you explained, the more it would seem like you had a guilty conscience.
She only needed to tell others that Luo Li had discovered them.
Even if others wanted to investigate, they would have no way to start.
Even if someone truly guessed that these light elementals were created by her...
No one had evidence.
It was that simple.
"Ni... nine of them?"
Nara couldn't help but be stunned as she looked at the active light elemental in Luo Li's palm.
"Isn't there only one?"
Luo Li chuckled and waved her hand.
"Will of Light, heed my call—light elemental, come forth!"
The next second, the entire hall instantly fell into complete darkness.
Almost anything that could emit light seemed to have been swallowed by something.
In the blink of an eye, even the light from outside the window dimmed instantly.
Then, as a glow lit up the hall...
Eight light elementals appeared abruptly before the two of them, like bamboo shoots after a rain.
The first light elemental to appear seemed very happy to see its companions.
It floated directly in front of the other eight light spheres, as if showing off or announcing something.
'I am the boss.'
The other eight light elementals clearly weren't having it.
They charged right at it.
With a 'bang', two light elementals collided.
The next second, an incredibly hot and blinding light erupted from the collision point of the two light elementals.
'Sizzle!'
It sounded like hot oil meeting cold water.
A scorch mark appeared on the floor instantly. On the floor tiles that cost one gold coin each, a trace of melting was left behind.
Luo Li's brow twitched.
"Stop it! No fighting."
The two light elementals shuddered and then separated.
She looked at the floor tiles that cost one gold coin each, her heart aching.
Damn it, I can't even bear to damage them, and these two idiots are so troublesome right after being born.
And this marble wasn't just any stone. The floor slabs, costing ten thousand apiece, were specially treated.
Normally, they wouldn't be damaged.
Yet, with just one collision from these two light elementals, a melting mark half a meter long and three centimeters deep was left on the floor.
Had the temperature in that instant risen to several thousand degrees?
If these light elementals were themselves carriers of light energy...
Then the potential of this thing was limitless.
Gamma rays are also light.
But that was just a thought; it would be a bit too exaggerated if it were true.
She looked at the nine light elementals before her.
"Follow me."
Without a word, she turned and went directly to the training ground.
The other young nuns were all dumbfounded as they saw their princess followed by nine little balls of light, looking at each other in confusion.
However, Luo Li didn't explain anything to them. Instead, she aimed directly at the wooden dummies placed on the training ground.
She wanted to test her skills!
"Divine Art—Brilliance."
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