Chapter 346 (1/2)

Chapter 346: Bygones (Part III)

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“Well … does this count as High Awakening?” asked the prince.

Elsa didn’t know what to say for a moment. What was left in her brain was – how could this be?

The Holy City had been forgotten, and the Union had been destroyed. There was nowhere for the witches to receive training and guidance, so it was only logical that the witches’ abilities declined. But what did she just see? A newly matured witch had received two promotions. This couldn’t be explained by luck. After all, even in the Union, the home of geniuses, a witch like this was still very rare.

Furthermore, if she heard correctly (serve her right is only for memory, not for eyes or ears), there were three more of them who were equally talented as Anna?

Elsa stared at the man with gray hair motionlessly. It was some time before she could recover, “This… should count as High Awakening, but I don’t have the Stone of Measuring, so I can’t measure her change in skill.” She paused, her throat feeling dry. “I want to ask, if I may, what did Anna experience during her awakening? She seemed to have come of age not long ago. Could these two awakenings have happened in only the past one or two years?”

It was not until she finished talking that she realized she had used honorifics. The status of a witch couldn’t be inherited. Even if a great number of common people were put together, there was no guarantee a capable witch would come out of them. Thus, a witch’s level was usually decided based on capability instead of origin. According to Anna’s ability, she was already qualified to be a high-level member of the Union. Compared to herself, Elsa felt that Anna was at least her equal, if not her superior.

Any awakened senior was worthy of respect.

“My first awakening happened after I exhausted my magic power while fighting against demonic beasts. As to the second awakening, I think it was caused by my learning of knowledge.”

“Knowledge …” she was startled, “what kind of knowledge?”

“Ahem, this can be discussed later,” the Prince cleared his throat. “Now let’s get back to the topic we were discussing earlier. What do Alice and Experiment of God’s Punishment Army exactly mean?”

“Indeed, if he wasn’t lying to me, this knowledge must contain something extraordinary in itself. That was why Anna could awaken a new ability through epiphany. So it’s understandable that he didn’t want to elaborate on it before he could trust me.” Elsa could not help but feel excited. Enhancing the chance of evolution had extraordinary significance toward witches. If she could figure out its mechanism, reviving the Union wouldn’t be impossible.

Then again, where did he acquire this knowledge from? This place is but a barbarian land. How could a bunch of peasants like him understand the secrets of magic power?” She was full of confusion. What had the world become in these 400 years?

Elsa put those intractable problems aside for the time being. “Alice was very powerful. With the help of God’s Stone of Retaliation, she wouldn’t be defeated even faced with several Lords of Hell. However, there were too few Transcendents. Put differently… the lack of diversity in our ability led to our defeat.”

“Diversity?”