All the Archbishops accepted the invitation and set off for the capital. However, traveling still required a great deal of time; the journey from Auxerre to the capital alone took four to five days, and the Archbishops from even more remote cities would arrive even later.
As the Saintess of the church, Life Freya naturally had to travel with Pantheon. But looking at the carriage in front of her, Life Freya couldn't help falling silent for a moment. Why did she feel as though she had just sat in a carriage for four days, endured four days of torture, and now had to go through that torture all over again?
Yet there was no way around it. With a sigh, she stepped into the carriage anyway. Sitting down and lifting her bare feet off the ground, she felt a bit unaccustomed without the boost from the Trace Origin ability. The toes on her two little feet curled slightly, and her previously tightly shut eyes slowly fluttered open, revealing those lovely green eyes marked with cat paw imprints.
Meanwhile, shifting perspective back to Law Freya: after being busy for several days, she finally had a bit of free time today. She immediately sought out Trig and asked, “By the way, do you know what the advancement ritual from Rank Four to Rank Five for the Warrior of the War Pathway is? And do you have a Rank Five Warrior potion?”
Seeing Trig's puzzled expression, Law Freya added, “Didn't the other members of the Wheel of Destiny help me quite a bit before? I was thinking of giving them something in return.”
Trig nodded. “I see. The advancement ritual from Rank Four to Rank Five for a Warrior is to consume the potion while on the brink of death—specifically, when the ability 【Battle Continuation】 is triggered.”
“As for the Rank Five Warrior potion, I happen to have a bottle here. I'll go fetch it for you in a moment.”
Having received her answer, Law Freya pushed her luck and asked, “Then do you know what the advancement ritual from Rank Four to Rank Five for a Mind Reader of the Mind Pathway is? And do you have a Rank Five Mind Reader potion?”
Hearing this, Trig wore a helpless look. “Your Majesty, do you take me for some all-powerful wishing machine? The advancement ritual for the Mind Pathway is probably known only to the Mind Research Association in the Empire. As for a Rank Five Mind potion, that goes without saying—I definitely don't have one.”
“All right.” Law Freya wasn't discouraged. Securing a Rank Five Warrior potion was already a huge win for her. Conveniently, War Freya had long since finished digesting her Rank Four potion; once the Rank Five potion was in hand, all she had to do was commit suicide and drink it right away. Meanwhile, Mind Freya still had a bit to go before fully digesting her Rank Four potion, so there was no rush.
A while later, Trig handed the Rank Five Warrior potion to Law Freya. However, another problem arose: how was Law Freya going to deliver this Warrior potion to her main body, to War Freya?
First of all, recalling Law Freya into the system save slot and then summoning her again definitely wouldn't work. So... could Law Freya send someone to deliver the potion to Auxerre? Or have War Freya come to the capital to pick it up herself?
Both options were far too time-consuming. The potion was already right there, ready for War Freya to advance immediately, yet having to wait several days felt like absolute torture.
Then, Law Freya suddenly had an idea. Back in Auxerre, inside Euphy's home, Mind Freya—who had been slacking off in bed, idling away while digesting her potion—suddenly came before Euphy and said, “Euphy, Euphy! Don't you have a spirit world messenger that can help transport things? How do you summon that messenger again? Can I borrow it?”
She quickly explained the matter regarding the Rank Five Warrior potion. Hearing this, Euphy said, “How about this? I'll go get it for you. It'll be a good chance to test out my new ability.”
Mind Freya blinked in surprise. “What ability?”
Euphy smiled. “Spirit World Traverse.”
Couldn't Rank Four of the Scholar Pathway learn extraordinary abilities from other pathways? After studying for so long, Euphy had finally developed the foundation of an ability: a Rank Four ability of the 【Travel Pathway】, 【Spirit World Traverse】—or to put it in plainer terms, 【Long-Distance Teleportation】!
As long as she knew the precise coordinates and detailed appearance of the destination, she could arrive almost in the blink of an eye. However, this ability only allowed for solo teleportation. Once she grew stronger and reached Rank Five, it would evolve into an ability called 【Spirit World Gate】, capable of opening a stable portal for multiple people to teleport instantaneously.
Euphy said, “After weighing my options for a long time, this was definitely the most suitable ability for me to learn right now.”
To be honest, with Freya possessing so many high-rank clones, her combat power was destined never to be weak. Euphy didn't need to learn any front-line combat abilities; combat could just be left to Freya. Therefore, Euphy felt it was better to cover the weaknesses Freya lacked, diversifying their combined skill sets.
After weighing back and forth, she had ultimately chosen 【Spirit World Traverse】.
Euphy added, “Before this, I only tried moving short distances. Going straight to the capital is the first time I'm attempting something this far. Give me a moment while I make some preparations.”
Soon, an occult array was drawn in the living room of the rented apartment. Normally, for a genuine Travel Pathway extraordinary, activating the ability took merely a single thought, making practitioners of this pathway elusive and able to go wherever they pleased.
Theoretically, Euphy could also teleport away with a single thought right now, but she was still unfamiliar with Spirit World Traverse after all, and there was a chance of an accident. Drawing this array was specifically meant to prevent any mishaps.
Probably only a Scholar could pull off something like this—using an occult array to assist an extraordinary ability.
As the occult array emitted a faint white glow, Euphy's figure vanished from before Mind Freya. The next second, she appeared inside Law Freya's office.
Euphy had certainly never visited this place before, but just moments ago, Mind Freya had used her mental abilities to project Law Freya's perspective—the exact appearance of this office—into Euphy's mind. Using that as her coordinates, Euphy successfully arrived at her destination.
Looking at the familiar yet strange Her Majesty the Queen dressed in gorgeous royal robes before her, Euphy said, “It worked!”
Law Freya also marveled, “Teleportation... this is way too convenient.”
She then handed the Warrior potion to Euphy, who promptly activated her ability to return to Auxerre. In total, aside from consuming a massive amount of spirituality, the entire round trip took less than a minute.
Freya herself, who was still at school, didn't even attend class. Making up a random excuse to take leave, she went home. Once back at Euphy's rented apartment, she summoned War Freya. Next up, it was time for the Warrior's advancement.
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