"I'm ready."
Shizue said, "Let's begin, Rin."
"Mm, relax, do not resist."
After Rin finished speaking, he gave Artoria a look. She immediately closed her eyes and summoned the Throne of Heroes.
In the next moment, the vast grassland disappeared.
In its place was an endless corridor of flowing light. Scenes from ancient times stretched ahead, and countless figures could be seen all around.
A low hum of praise reached everyone's ears.
Protagonists and supporting characters from stories, legendary heroes, great individuals who forged epics, and even supreme beings from myths.
Not only Heroic Spirits, but also Holy Spirits, and even Astral Spirits.
Those imposing figures seemed to stand at the origin and the end of the torrent of history, looking down upon Shizue and the children who had entered this world.
"Here, I will strip away the spirituality of the Heroic Spirit, leaving only the pure physical body."
Rin spoke as he poured magicules into Shizue's body.
"Boom!!"
Shizue's body immediately began to decompose, transforming into the purest magicules.
"Shizu-sensei!!"
"Do not worry, I am fine!"
Even after losing her physical body, Shizue's consciousness remained clear, and she felt no pain or discomfort at all.
On the contrary, after returning to a magicules state, Shizue felt as though she was held in her mother's embrace, her heart filled with peace and reassurance.
"Artoria, choose a deity for me to use as the template for Shizue's new physical body."
"How about this one?"
Artoria looked at a tall and voluptuous female figure. "In my world, she is an ancient goddess known as the Mother of the World and Gods. Her name is…"
"Tiamat!"
"Rumble!"
As Rin chanted her true name, the figure symbolizing Tiamat transformed into pure particles, just like Shizue.
Then, the two streams of particles merged together, finally condensing into a brand new figure.
"Mm, the first step went very smoothly."
Rin did not change Shizue's appearance, nor did he transform her into Tiamat's form from Type Moon.
There was no resemblance between the two, and Rin would never allow Shizue to become someone else.
The reason he chose Tiamat was purely because her divinity and physical body were strong enough to serve as a template for Shizue after rebirth.
"As expected of Shizue. Being able to accommodate more than eighty percent of Tiamat's divine body is already quite remarkable."
This was the first step in constructing a new species, essentially shaping a physical body capable of containing Shizue's soul.
The strength of the physical body was closely tied to Shizue's own will.
There was also the matter of compatibility.
Shizue and Tiamat had an eighty percent compatibility, which was already extremely high.
In theory, as long as compatibility exceeded fifty percent, absorption and fusion could occur.
Of course, the strength of the physical body was not limitless.
A soul of a certain strength must match a physical body of corresponding strength.
Not too much, and not too little.
"Next…"
Rin called out the name of his dependent. "Treyni!"
"As you wish, my Lord…"
Treyni's figure appeared beside Rin.
"I need you to cooperate with me to create a pure Immortal Spirit soul without self awareness."
This was the second step, strengthening Shizue's soul power.
"Alright, Rin."
Treyni was the Immortal Spirit Queen and possessed the ability to give birth to new Immortal Spirits.
"By the name of the Immortal Spirit Queen, I summon you!"
"Descend, Primordial Flame…"
Primordial Flame represented the oldest fire Immortal Spirit.
At Treyni's call, it was born from the spiritual world and descended upon Shizue's body.
Primordial Flame had no fixed form. It was nothing more than raging fire.
It possessed a soul, but no spirit core.
Because Shizue herself was the spirit core Rin had prepared for the Immortal Spirit of Primordial Flame.
At last, this strengthened soul fused with the new physical body, fully achieving the unity of spirit and flesh.
"You now possess the indestructible body of a Holy Spirit, and the pure, flawless soul of an Immortal Spirit."
Rin's voice resounded like it came from the heavens, filled with majesty and sanctity. "Here, I bestow upon you a new name, Divine Species!"
Yes, Divine Species.
With a powerful physical body combined with a flawless soul, Shizue became the first Divine Species born in the Cardinal World.
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[Shizue]
Race: Divine Species
Magicules: 360,000 EP to 1,200,000 EP, Special Awakening
Blessing: Ultimate Blessing, blessing from Rin, capable of temporarily borrowing lower tier Ultimate Skills
Unique Skills: Anomaly, Endurer, Primordial Flame
Special Skills: Magicules Solidification, Eternal Shield, Divinization
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"Whew~"
Rin looked at the girl slowly emerging from the flames and quietly let out a sigh of relief. "How do you feel, Shizue?"
"I feel great."
Shizue was now dressed in a red robe, and the tips of her original black hair had turned fiery red, as if burning.
Aside from that, she was still Shizue, with no other changes.
"Divine Species, huh?"
Artoria and Treyni carefully observed Shizue's status and strength.
It had to be said that this new race truly possessed a status far beyond Holy Spirits and Immortal Spirits.
It was no exaggeration to say that Divine Species stood at the peak of non awakened races.
With a base of 1.2 million magicules and the potential to continue growing.
Aside from lacking Ultimate Skills, Divine Species were almost equivalent to ordinary awakened Heroes, Saints, and Demon Lords.
"As expected of an existence born from combining the advantages of Immortal Spirits and Holy Spirits."
Although it was still unclear what Divine Species would evolve into in the future.
This potential alone meant Shizue's future had already surpassed her former self.
"So amazing…"
Kenya looked at the girl surrounded by primordial flames that seemed capable of burning away everything in the world, feeling that the current Shizue was truly cool and powerful.
"Shizu-sensei seems even prettier than before."
"Mm, Shizu-sensei is beautiful!"
Alice and Chloe clearly focused on something different from the boys.
Girls, after all, cared more about appearance than strength.
"What the heck!"
Kenya and Ryota protested. "You guys do not understand anything!"
"You are the ones who do not understand, right?!"
Alice did not want to waste words on these idiots who only thought about fighting and killing.
She was a lady, and she would not lower herself to arguing with brutes.
(To be continued.)
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