From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

Irene couldn’t help but reveal a smile and continued,

“You’ve finally reached the 3rd Rank, Byrne. The Fischer family can now stand firm!”

“Congratulations.” Even Chris’s face showed a faint trace of a smile.

The Mysterious Scholar of the 3rd Rank was indeed a very powerful step. Byrne took a deep breath, feeling the power he now held.

The first was “Deconstructive Perspective,” which seemed to be an upgraded version of “Drug Verification.”

“Drug Verification” could analyze the specific effects of various drugs.

But as long as one devoted enough spiritual power and time, “Deconstructive Perspective” could deconstruct the specific components of the target by gazing at it, not limited to drugs.

The more complex and mysterious the object, the more spiritual power and time it required.

Moreover, it was a dangerous ability; if the target of the deconstruction had its own consciousness, it could very well become aware of the existence of the spellcaster.

Byrne knew that if the target was unfathomably powerful, the very instant he attempted deconstruction, his mind might completely collapse.

“Flame Manipulation” was the Mysterious Scholar’s primary offensive ability. After many years of support work, Byrne finally had the power to directly harm his enemies.

The group arrived outside the manor in the open estate to test the ability of Flame Manipulation. Vanessa, Erik, Archibald, and Captain Theo also came to watch.

They clearly were very pleased, each of them offering congratulations to Byrne.

Everyone clearly understood one thing: the Fischer family was about to become a true noble family, and everything was about to undergo a transformation!

Vanessa, with her hands clasped behind her, glanced worriedly at the lawn and couldn’t help but remind him, “My lord, be careful not to ignite the grass here.”

Archibald immediately said, “Don’t worry about that, trust me, Lord Byrne will definitely control it with ease!”

Vanessa smiled slightly and did not argue with him.

Byrne chuckled and said, “Trust me, I feel like I can do it.”

He paused for a moment and then added, “If I really do burn the lawn, just deduct the cost from my personal savings.”

The extraordinary ability of “Flame Manipulation” could create flames out of thin air around oneself. The more spiritual power consumed, the more flames could be created.

The longer they were controlled, the further and faster the flames could travel, and the more spiritual power was consumed.

Byrne slowly stretched out his clenched hand, loosened it slowly, and then a burst of orange-yellow flame blossomed.

The flames danced with his fingers, growing larger as he infused them with spirituality.

After several tests, he mused to himself,

“The spiritual power consumed by the flame within a five-meter radius around me is almost the same, but beyond five meters the consumption starts to surge, and at ten meters it’s nearly doubled; I can only maintain it for a maximum of three minutes.”

Byrne took a deep breath and raised his hands, suddenly a group of floating flames appeared in front of him, and then he controlled them to shoot towards the sky.

Numerous flames instantly soared into the sky, then plummeted towards the ground.

As the flames neared the lawn, ready to ignite it, he retracted his hands as if pulling on reins, and the flames were caught by an invisible force, floating gently upward.

The next moment, Byrne’s eyes sparked with blue electric sparks.

“Transcend” granted his body and mind a dual acceleration, and he instantly found his control over the flames to be more precise.

His mind moved with his thoughts, and the many orange-yellow flames in the sky transformed into various animal shapes, even running and frolicking.

Everyone who saw this performance-like spectacle was stunned.

“Mirror Deflection” was a defensive ability that could form an invisible mirror within a three-meter radius in front of oneself. This was a protection made of spiritual power that could deflect attacks from near, medium, and long range.

However, maintaining the invisible mirror continuously consumed spiritual power, and the mirror had three modes: single-sided, semi-enclosed, and fully enclosed. Obviously, the larger the defensive area, the more consumption increased.

He also noticed an issue: If an invisible mirror was formed beyond three meters and a sudden attack occurred at close range, he would not be able to immediately withdraw the original mirror to form a new one.

“Sound Marker” allowed him to use spiritual power to leave a triangular mark, drawn on paper or written on walls.

Once the trigger method and desired sound were set, it would emit the sound once the conditions were met.

Hmm, another auxiliary type of ability, Byrne contemplated how to make perfect use of it.

“Body Double” was an ability that somewhat surprised Byrne.

He could expend Spiritual Power to create a “Byrne” identical to himself, with an appearance completely the same, and even the touch of the skin felt no different.

However, Body Double Byrne had no mind of its own; Byrne had to set its pattern of behavior in advance, and the farther the body double was from him, the more Spiritual Power it consumed.

Ultimately, the body double possessed no Extraordinary power, its physical strength was no different from an ordinary person’s, and it would disappear at the slightest Heavy Strike.

“Shape-shifting”

An ability to exchange places with objects, and the targets for “Shape-shifting” could be anything within his line of sight.

But if he wanted to swap places with a being with a soul, the other party must harbor no subconscious hostility.

It was best to use a fixed gesture to make “Shape-shifting” easier to activate, otherwise, it would take nearly a second to initiate.

After contemplation, Byrne decided to consistently use “snapping fingers” to trigger Shape-shifting.

Of course, it did not mean he couldn’t use “Shape-shifting” without snapping his fingers, but the conditioned reflex formed by snapping fingers made it much quicker.

Quick enough to advance the activation time by half a second, which he found very useful.

“It’s a pity, though, half a second is still too slow, it would be nice if it could be faster.”

After several days and nights of testing, Byrne accurately deduced that the improvements to his comprehensive quality from reaching the 3rd Rank were 70.

The physical enhancement from being a “Mysterious Scholar” was a full 20, even higher than the 2nd Rank “Duelist” of the Path of Conquest.

Keep in mind that “Duelist” was a purely close-combat oriented Consecution.

Meanwhile, his Spiritual Power surged crazily, more than three times as much as when he was a “Pharmacist,” confirmed to be around 50.

Byrne could clearly feel that the Spiritual Power he once possessed was extremely meager; he indeed had become much more powerful now!

Not only the new powers he acquired, but the effect of his former Extraordinary ability “Speed Sketching” also improved significantly.

“Now, I could easily defeat four or five of my past selves.”

He calmly remembered that robed man from the Sea God Cult, and the experiences from when he was involved in the encirclement still loomed large in his mind.

The current him could do better than that man, the Extraordinary Exponents of Consecution powers could not enhance themselves with battle skill nor spellcraft.

But their victory lay in obtaining sufficiently strong powers immediately upon ascension.

The three of them were filled with gratitude and admiration for the great Lord of the Lost and once again carried out a ritual to give thanks to the Lord of the Lost.

Subsequently, they discussed two rather important matters.

Byrne had read many books and was already well-versed in most laws of the Cyart Kingdom.

“According to the laws of the Cyart Kingdom, an Extraordinary from a knight clan who reaches the Transmutation level can pledge loyalty to the Royal Family and become a baron, then obtain territory and establish a private army,” he paused before continuing,

“Now that I have a level of power not inferior to a low-level Transmutation, it’s feasible for me to pretend to be an Extraordinary who advanced through the Spellcaster pathway.”

“All along, strength verification has been conducted by the major churches.”

“I’ve inquired before; because the East Coast Province falls mainly under the jurisdiction of the Tempest Church, we just need to pass the bishop’s inspection. However, usually, it would be the Assistant Priest of the Tempest Bishop who comes.”

It was that same Assistant Priest who had come to Nasir Town for the “Spawn of the Abyss” incident.

As a diligent person, Byrne had inquired about the real name of the Assistant Priest, Zayne Frosac, a member of the Frosac family, a great noble clan of Cyart.

Byrne thought for a moment and felt he should be able to handle the inspection, after which he could obtain a fief from the Royal Family.

“As for the second matter, often after an Extraordinary reaches the Transmutation level, they need to hold a suitably grand banquet, for people to come and congratulate.”

“And upon becoming a noble of Cyart, tradition also dictates a banquet. I propose to host both banquets together,” he added.

An Extraordinary noble family might have several Transmutation Extraordinaries, but there’s usually just one title; thus, becoming an Extraordinary overlord of Cyart is a cause for celebration once more.

Overjoyed, everyone agreed, and then Byrne dispatched Vanessa to the town’s Tempest Church, hoping the old priest could write a letter to His Grace the bishop.