It had to be said, Rin had truly made the right choice in accepting Frey as his subordinate.
She might not be the one with the most potential under Rin.
But she was undoubtedly the most experienced, and the boldest. She had wagered her own life as the price.
"Is it at its limit?"
In the rift between the Jura Great Forest and the Void Ark, the other subordinate who remained in the Cardinal World was the former Dryad, Treyni.
She was tasked with assisting Violet in stabilizing the forest barrier and calming the creatures, preventing a wider disturbance.
Thus, Treyni had to stay behind.
"You did very well, Treyni."
Violet's voice echoed in Treyni's heart. At the same time, a surge of pure, incomparable soul energy flowed into her body through the spatial corridor.
"This is Rin-sama's blessing upon you."
"Thank you... truly..."
Treyni closed her eyes, her entire being merging with the forest.
"When I awaken, I will go and pay my respects immediately."
With Violet's World Rule-level concealment, Treyni's barrier, and Frey drawing attention from the outside.
And if you included Velzard's personal watch over the area.
Four layers of protection. Four women were jointly escorting Rin's evolution.
"So... are we actually redundant now?"
The four Primordial Demons, also within the forest and very close to Rin, naturally noticed the Frost Dragon Velzard suspended high above like a blazing sun.
Aside from Frey's unknown condition, the sheer exaggeration of Rin's security measures left even the Primordials speechless.
"Truly worthy."
"So cautious. Way too cautious."
"Hey, I'm telling you..."
Primordial Yellow looked speechlessly at Black and White, who were seconds away from turning into Rin fanatics. "Get a grip, will you?"
"Did you not see? The barrier is about to collapse."
Though she understood the feelings. She also wanted to join in.
But now really wasn't the time to be fawning over him.
There's a limit to slacking off!
"Ah!!"
"It broke! My side broke!"
"Purple, don't slack off!"
"I'm not!"
Primordial Purple snapped back.
"I'm already giving it my all, you bastard!!"
The four of them had to contain the immense magical energy pouring out from Rin's evolution.
If they didn't, once that energy escaped, the entire Monster Town would be wiped off the map.
If the mighty Primordial Demons couldn't even protect a small settlement...
How could they have the face to stay at Rin's side?
"Don't conserve your magical energy."
Primordial Black said.
"No matter what, we must defend Rin-sama's territory!"
"Hah!"
With that, Primordial Black was the first to release his full strength.
Then came White, followed by Yellow and Purple.
At this point, Yellow had long since abandoned the idea of challenging Rin.
Are you kidding?
Just the residual magical energy leaking from him was enough to leave her gasping.
Primordial Yellow: Me, fighting Rin?
Don't make me laugh!
She had fully realized Rin's strength.
To be able to serve someone that powerful. To be his lackey. Primordial Yellow felt immensely honored.
'Rin-sama, I revere you!!!'
...
Of course, Rin, immersed in his bloodline transformation, could not hear any of the demons' chatter.
Nor did he know that Velzard had personally stepped up to guard him.
At this moment, his consciousness, led by Violet, was challenging Ultimate Skill evolution over and over, pursuing even greater power.
[Ultimate Skill: Lord of the End begins completing...]
[Completion successful.]
[Obtained Ultimate Skill: Lord of the End (Apep).]
[Unique Skill: Valhalla begins to challenge evolution.]
[Evolution failed...]
[Challenging again.]
[Evolution failed.]
[Unique Skill: Valhalla integrates Unique Skill: Original Treasure Vault, challenging evolution again.]
[Evolution successful. Obtained Ultimate Skill: Lord of Creation (Tiamat).]
[Unique Skill: Void Ark begins to challenge evolution.]
[Challenge successful.]
[Unique Skill: Void Ark has evolved into Ultimate Skill: Void God (Azathoth).]
[Unique Skill: Spirit of the World begins to challenge evolution.]
[Challenge failed.]
[Continuing challenge.]
[Challenge failed.]
[Unique Skill: Spirit of the World integrates Unique Skill: Convergence, challenging evolution again.]
[Challenge successful. Obtained Ultimate Skill: Lord of Myriad Armies (Michael).]
[Unique Skill: Capturer begins to challenge evolution.]
[Challenge failed.]
[Unique Skill: Capturer integrates Unique Skill: Duplicator and Spirit Controller, challenging evolution.]
[Evolution successful. Obtained Ultimate Skill: Lord of Wisdom (Uriel).]
[Ultimate Skill: Lord of the End integrates Ultimate Skill: Lord of Creation, begins to challenge evolution.]
[Challenge successful.]
[Obtained Ultimate Skill: Chaos God (Chaos).]
At this point, Rin's awakening ceremony had been completely completed.
In truth, once he obtained his first Ultimate Skill, Lord of the End, he had already broken through his bottleneck and stepped into the realm of a True Demon Lord.
From that moment, his magicule capacity had increased from one million to 9.99 million.
To advance even further, he needed to construct a second path with at least one more Ultimate Skill.
That was the requirement for reaching Catastrophe-level and being considered Special S-Rank.
However, Rin's case was far from ordinary.
He already carried the bloodline of the Star King Dragon, making him a Dragonoid like Milim.
But compared to Milim, who couldn't undergo full Dragonification, Rin had the potential to inherit the title, the identity, and even the divine authority of the Star King Dragon.
And so, with Violet's assistance, Rin completed his race evolution.
From Dragonoid to Dragon Kind.
Dragon Kind were naturally Special S-Rank Catastrophes.
Their magical energy was immense by nature.
The same held true for Rin.
By shifting from human form into Dragon Kind form, he could undergo Dragon Godification and ascend as the new Star King Dragon.
As for the gap between 9.99 million and 10 million...
Star particles themselves were the key to that gate. He no longer needed a stronger Ultimate Skill to breach it.
This was similar to the Storm Dragon.
Storm Dragon had no Ultimate Skill either, yet always ranked among the top in magicules.
All in all, Dragon Kind lived up to their name as the greatest race crafted by the Star King Dragon in his own image. A race born extraordinary.
(To be continued.)
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