Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 96: -84- Power Beyond Mortals

Chapter 96: -84- Power Beyond Mortals

Charlotte thought and immediately acted.

Let’s not mention the various enhancements brought by the "Blood Holy Scripture" just yet. She first wanted to test her physical condition and understand the true strength of the Starry Rank.

Different races and different individuals have varying strengths even at the initial entry into the Starry Rank; judgments based merely on feeling are not accurate.

Charlotte wanted to conduct an actual test, which would help her grasp the strength she possessed when most vulnerable, making self-preservation more manageable.

And after that would be the deeper understanding of the new powers brought by the "Blood Holy Scripture."

After pondering for a moment, the young girl pressed the silver bell on her desk and summoned her personal maid:

"Prepare a set of knight’s training attire for me, then have Casimodo open the training room door..."

On the Mireya Continent, nearly every family of nobles with transcendent powers has a specialized training room for Transcendents.

Knight families like to call it a training room, while mage families prefer to call it a meditation room.

The Castel family had produced mages and knights throughout the generations, so they followed the noble tradition of calling it a training room.

During the days Charlotte had been back at the manor, she also conducted etiquette training for the newcomers in the training room.

Therefore, hearing Charlotte’s request, the maid was not surprised and respectfully bowed before leaving.

About fifteen minutes later, Charlotte had changed into suitable knight’s training attire.

Though called knight’s training attire, it was actually a tight-fitted shirt paired with long trousers, primarily white, and made from silk from the Far East, smooth, comfortable, and easy to wear.

Of course, the price was very Castel – this training attire alone was worth thousands of gold tanas.

Dressed in the training attire, Charlotte tied her blonde hair into a high ponytail, looking less naive and more imposing and valiant.

As she reached the door of the training room, Casimodo was already waiting there.

"Master."

Casimodo bowed respectfully to Charlotte, his expression filled with excitement.

"Help me adjust the testing equipment; I want to test my current physical condition,"

Charlotte commanded the old servant.

Training rooms of the great noble families often had specialized equipment set up to detect transcendent powers, typically alchemy equipment, which even mortals could handle after training with special magic artifacts.

These devices were incredibly expensive, crafted by Silver Moon Mages, and generally worth tens of thousands of gold tanas. They would evaluate physical conditions through strength and speed, magic power or source power intensity, magic affinity, or source sensitivity.

The tests were not particularly accurate but mainly served for Transcendents below the Starry Rank to understand themselves and facilitate their self-training.

As for the more powerful Transcendents... their powers had undergone qualitative changes, beyond what the current devices could test.

To measure their power, one had to use investigation magic or directly through combat adjudication.

Charlotte was not a knight; as a part of the Bloodline, she belonged to the magic creatures, but her physical condition was different than that of ordinary people. So the tests she needed were for strength and speed, and for magic power intensity and affinity.

Hearing Charlotte’s words, Casimodo excitedly responded,

"You’ve come at the right time, Rand and the others are inside doing their training tests!"

"Rand? Training?"

Charlotte was somewhat surprised.

Rand was one of the young men and women she had recruited from the Outer City District, an Apprentice Knight with the strongest knightly talent among the dozens of newcomers.

Usually, the youngsters would undergo transcendent training in the morning in the training room, and in the afternoon, they would attend etiquette lessons led by Charlotte and assisted by Casimodo, and sometimes they would spar with Charlotte.

Of course, almost every time, they were decisively defeated by the seemingly more delicate Charlotte.

However, after the big incident last night, many had even been injured, and she had already given the young men and women the day off...

Moreover, because of the chaos last night, some people still hadn’t been found, and the Rose Association was continuing to send people to search.

What was going on today?

"Hehe, you’ll know once you go in; it’s a surprise!"

Casimodo did not elaborate, but chuckled.

Hmm?

A surprise?

Charlotte felt a flicker of curiosity in her heart.

She didn’t continue to ask but resolutely pushed open the door.

As the door opened, the training room came into view.

The Castel’s training room was vast, nearly equivalent to a small sports hall and had no trouble accommodating hundreds of people for daily training.

The training room was bustling, filled with noise; more than thirty young men and women were undergoing their routine transcendent training, honing their magic and source powers or simply their physical conditions.

Those not injured last night, or whose injuries were minor, had all come.

Upon seeing Charlotte, the young men and women closest to the door brightened up, stopping their activities and bowing respectfully to her:

"Lord Charlotte!"

Their demeanor was more respectful than it had been a week ago.

And the way they looked at Charlotte was filled with gratitude.

Yesterday, the young woman had led the Demon Hunting Knights to rescue them and their families, an act quite rare for nobles.

Especially since last night’s chaos in the Outer City District was not without danger for Charlotte.

A rescue during a crisis undoubtedly elevated Charlotte’s status significantly in the hearts of the young men and women.

If before they were merely attracted by the wealth of the Castel family, the promising future, and the beauty and charm of their mistress Charlotte...

Now, the majority indeed saw themselves as members of the Castel family.

"Weren’t we supposed to continue having the day off today? Some of your parents were also injured in last night’s incident,"

Charlotte glanced around and said.

Hearing her words, the young men and women looked at each other with complex expressions, all somewhat unwilling.

One young man fell silent for a moment before saying,

"Lord Charlotte... we... are just too weak, and we want to enhance our strength as soon as possible."

"We’ve lived in the Outer City District since we were children, because our parents were Transcendents and with the help of the Rose Association, many of us awakened our transcendent powers at a young age."

"In the Outer City District... we always prided ourselves on our power, but only last night did we realize... how weak we are in front of Tier-entering Transcendents, in front of the Judgement Troop."

"As knights, we can’t protect our families, and even... need your protection."

"Last night, if it weren’t for you, we might have died."

The boy lowered his head in shame.

Hearing the boy’s words, the other young boys and girls also chimed in:

"Yes... we are too weak..."

"We must become stronger quickly..."

Charlotte was slightly taken aback.

These young boys and girls were stimulated by last night’s battle with the Judgement Court.

She sighed and said:

"It’s good that everyone wants to become stronger."

"However, climbing to a higher Tier cannot be achieved in a day; everyone must take it step by step."

Saying this, she smiled faintly, her beautiful, pure smile blooming like a flower, rendering the boys and girls unable to look away:

"Don’t worry. I will soon hire some instructors specifically to help you all enhance your transcendent powers."

"Thank you, Lord Charlotte!"

"Long live Lord Charlotte! Long live Castel!"

The boys and girls cheered.

"Alright, don’t worry about me, continue your training."

Charlotte told the boys and girls.

Everyone quickly dispersed and resumed their training.

However, Casimodo beside Charlotte was somewhat hesitant:

"Master, we hired the Demon Hunting Knights last night, spending a lot of gold tana, and if we hire professional instructors, we might not have enough money..."

"No worries, we have the Rose Association. We can choose some people from there to be instructors."

"That is indeed a solution, but if I may say so... after all, the Rose Association was... uh, once an underground gang, and each Transcendent was a tough character; the training might be a bit too harsh..."

"They might not be able to handle it?"

"Yes, that’s what I mean."

"Isn’t that even better? Everyone wants to quickly increase their strength, right? A devilish instructor with devilish training will only accelerate their progress in strength."

Charlotte said cheerfully.

After finishing, she looked at Casimodo:

"Casimodo, where’s that surprise you were talking about?"

"If it’s just the newcomers being eager, that isn’t really a surprise."

"Master, look over there."

Casimodo didn’t directly answer, but pointed toward the auxiliary building used for testing physical fitness in the training room.

Charlotte looked over and saw that the place was crowded with youths, who were occasionally letting out cries of astonishment.

She had noticed these people earlier; they seemed to be watching something, even failing to notice her arrival; now, her curiosity was piqued.

Without a word, she walked over and saw at the center of the crowd a 14- or 15-year-old boy.

Charlotte recognized him as the Apprentice Knight Rand.

At the moment, he was standing in front of a magic sandbag used for strength testing, punching it repeatedly, each punch accompanied by a heavy thud, eliciting cheers from the surrounding boys and girls.

Rand was one of the new recruits Charlotte was more optimistic about.

Previously, when training the new recruits in manners, Charlotte had sparred with them; relying on the inherent agility and superior physical quality of the Bloodline, the new recruits were no match for her.

However, some had unilateral strengths, like Rand’s power.

Even though Rand was just an Apprentice Knight, his explosive strength could reach over 800 pounds, equivalent to hitting with a force of over 300 kilograms—a figure roughly equivalent to that of a heavyweight professional boxer on Blue Star.

And yet, he was only a 14-year-old boy weighing less than 70 kilograms.

This was the terrifying aspect of transcendent power.

As an offspring of a Transcendent Knight, the Source Power awakened inside him continually transformed his body, surpassing the limits of mortals until the Source Power Heart is consolidated, stepping into a Tier.

Charlotte especially enjoyed one-on-one training with this young Apprentice Knight because his strength was the closest to hers, and he could take a beating.

At this moment, with each of Rand’s punches, the surrounding boys and girls shouted out the numbers shown on the magic sandbag:

"Two thousand four hundred pounds! Two thousand four hundred pounds! He hit two thousand four hundred pounds this time!"

Two thousand four hundred pounds?

Charlotte’s heart stirred.

The biggest difference between a Tier-entering Transcendent and those who had not entered a Tier was that the former surpassed mortals.

And a mortal, no matter how professionally trained and robust they were, could hardly exceed 1,800 pounds of strength—about 800 kilograms.

That was the strength of Tyson on Blue Star.

But Tyson weighed over 110 kilograms.

Now, Rand, weighing only 60 kilograms, had exerted more than a thousand kilograms of strength!

This meant only one thing.

Rand had surpassed the limitations of mortals.

And this transcendent power, in the world of Mireya, had another name—Starry Tier.

"It’s the Starry First Tier."

"Rand, he’s entered a Tier!"

Casimodo excitedly said.

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