Steampunk: Sixth Era Epic
Chapter 918 - 918 Thunder Spear

The thunder of divine punishment will not halt because of human thoughts, and time will not cease flowing forward due to human anger... at least not for now.

In the turbulent torrent of time, at the moment when the thunder struck, Shard actually clearly felt the speed of light and perceived the strange transformation of space under the divine punishment thunder.

The wrathful soul allowed the already sharp senses to probe deeper secrets of the world, the soul's tendrils embraced the world, and the instantaneous perception of space made Shard feel as though he broke some bizarre shackles. The knowledge acquired from a shallow discussion with Miss Sylvia about the secrets of space flowed through his heart like water. In the wondrous state of wrath, he stepped forward, embraced Mia by the lake, and shielded her with his back against the falling thunder.

[Outlander, you have gained insight into "Space," you have acquired Enlightenment about space. Arcane Technique - Lagre's Leap, in the Divine Afterglow State, the maximum movement distance extends from 33 feet (approximately 10 meters) to 66 feet (approximately 20 meters).]

Boom!

The thunder fell, and only after the lightning did the thunder sound slowly echo from the clouds above. In the rumbling thunder, the dark clouds quickly dispersed, revealing the starry sky behind the clouds. And the first ray of starlight at that moment was shining on the shores of Lake Schluch, illuminating the Outlander standing with his back to the sky.

The clothes on his back were almost completely damaged, making the skin on his back scorched black. Under the increasingly clear starry sky, Shard struggled to straighten up, supporting himself on the ground, and carefully placed the cat he had just tightly protected onto his shoulder.

"Woof!"

The divine punishment thunder was completely blocked by Shard's body. The illusion technique rune stone crafted by Tifa was not damaged. Mia "dogged" pitifully, seeming concerned about Shard's health. It appeared frightened but seemed completely unharmed, with its fur not even altered.

Clearly, facing the lightning last time almost led to the decay of Shard's organs, but this time, only the skin and internal organs were affected.

The last piece of Ever-Youth Leaf was swallowed by Shard, rapidly recovering from his injured state. Black arcs of electricity still jumped over him as he looked at his right hand where lightning gathered in his palm.

With a deep breath, gray air currents entered his nostrils from all over his body. His damaged clothing slowly restored as if time was reversed.

Patting the pitiful cat, Shard looked up at Carl Leipzig who stood trembling on the lake surface. As the [Wrath of Divine Punishment] was closed again due to the arrival of location-type relics, the white mist was returning, but this did not prevent the two people at the lake shore and surface from looking directly at each other.

The Ring of Fate with electric light attached appeared on the Cultist's back, but under the moon, clear cracks emerged on its surface—this was the price of using a relic.

Under the moonlight, Shard gazed at him, his gradually blurred vision due to the white mist instilled an almost suffocating fear within Carl Leipzig. That calm gaze carried the wrath he was all too familiar with.

He vaguely realized he had made the wrong choice:

"You..."

Shard stepped onto the lake surface once more, but flowing behind him now was not just the white mist over the lake, but also burning steam mist. The sound of bells and whistles echoed together, and a giant black shadow carrying a heat intense enough to boil the lake appeared at the depths of the steam mist, slowly drawing near and fully revealing its form.

Flashing with gold, silver, bronze, and iron four-color aura spirit runes, as the terrifyingly huge Ring of Fate rotated, it drew light traces and carried white mist with powers seemingly intent on consuming everything.

Although Shard had not yet attained divinity, two experiences of thunder strikes induced by divine power, coupled with months of interpreting the Book of Wild Thunder, had already made him comprehend the power of the Evil God, Fury Storm.

He did not speak; the lightning in his palm crackled like an electric snake rushing towards the Ring of Fate. As the striking lightning wrapped around the Brass Ring, an extreme silver desecration aura enriched the air, converging from all directions towards the Ring of Fate in the form of silver light streams, witnessed only by Carl Leipzig facing Shard.

In the mist, "she" murmured:

[When the first thunderbolt pierced the material world's Star Ocean, it was not originally intended to veil the wrath of fear. The old deity stirred waves in the Storm Ocean, and the thunder was its mighty weapon of protection.]

[You listened to the story of the Bygone Days, Fury Storm and learned of the desecration of the Bygone Days, Fury Storm.]

[Outlander, you inscribed the Silver Desecration Spirit Rune - Thunder.]

The rapidly spinning Ring of Fate gradually decelerated, and the second spirit rune of the Four Rings, [Thunder], was clearly carved in the desecration aura, appearing illuminated on the Ring of Fate.

Carl Leipzig swallowed hard, instinctively retreated on the lake surface:

"So you're just a Four Rings."

Even he wasn't sure why he cared about this point at the moment.

But looking at the crimson figure covered in cracks, at his garment restoring as though time was reversed, he knew he probably chose the wrong opponent. Perhaps choosing that hideous Six Rings woman just now would have been right:

"Vice President Miss Pavo of the Truth Society most likely already knew the probability; she intentionally left this opponent for me..."

The Three Rings Ring of Fate, contrasted against Shard's bizarrely enormous Ring of Fate, seemed laughable like a keychain. But Carl Leipzig still struggled to activate his Ring of Fate to defend against the upcoming wrathful strike while temporarily losing the qualification to reopen [Wrath of Divine Punishment].

"Storm Barrier!"

The desecration spirit rune [Storm] flickered with spiritual light. The finger bone of a sailor whom he personally slew on a stormy night was tossed out, unleashing the technique's max effect.

"Skeleton Armor!"

The core spirit rune [Bone] flickered spiritual light, bone powder from a skull marked with divine arts power collected from a pit of sacrificed corpses was scattered on the ground, and a visible exoskeleton rapidly grew along the body.

"Vincent's Mirror Reflection!"

The Whisper Rune [Mirror] flashed with spiritual light, and the crystal chip received from the employer after completing the assassination mission was scattered into the air, constructing a completely transparent reflective mirror in front of him.

"The water curtain's..."

He no longer had the opportunity to use the fourth Arcane Technique, as the Great Sin Chain shattered the thick mist like a bullet and came to him. While entwining the Wrath of Divine Punishment, the Relic's automatic counterattack of lightning could not harm Shard.

The chain retracted, bringing the brass box back to Shard's side. Shard held the box with his left hand, watching the frantic Carl Leipzig on the lake, who never expected the Relic to be taken so easily, and in a trembling voice said:

"You are not a believer of my master; you couldn't possibly use this..."

The lid was opened, and Shard's right hand reached directly inside the box, as if the box "bit" onto his hand. In this state, the Relic did not verge on losing control but instead seemed completely silent.

With the brilliant golden light seeping from the box's opening, inch by inch, cracks spread along the ember-red traces on Shard's arm, crawling across his body. The indefinable fear that almost made Carl Leipzig want to prostrate and kneel down gave him a vague understanding of what he had encountered:

"You!"

"I am you..."

The luster of the Fire of the Primordial embers was completely subdued by the Divine Afterglow. Shard heard her soft laughter, as if she had long foreseen this situation.

A warm breath brushed against his ears, as if two gentle arms were embracing him from both sides of his neck, yet when he looked down, there was clearly nothing there.

[... you are me.]

The brass box covered with water plants fell to the ground, then disintegrated into several pieces of black, rusty metal. Shard raised his right hand high, though empty in the palm, the golden afterglow initially spreading inch by inch now flowed like water across his body, completely covering the ember-red cracks.

As his raised right hand clenched, at the shore of Lake Schluch, the golden afterglow completely stained every inch of the cracked surface of his skin and clothing. That familiar sense of power swept through Shard's soul, and an instinctive joy compelled him to softly sigh at that moment:

"This is—power!"

Divine power swept over his entire body, then was calmly accommodated by his soul. Upon once again acquiring a drop of divinity, the unspeakable joy and satisfaction enveloping him made the always composed Shard unable to resist showing a smile.

[Outlander, you have absorbed the divinity of the Old God "Fury Storm."]

[You have gained insight into "Wrath," "Storm," and "Power."]

[Outlander, you have entered a temporary "Divinity Overflow" state. Note, excessive use of this power will lead to brief unconsciousness.]

This time Shard did not obtain a Spirit Rune because he had already comprehended the power of "Thunder" from the divine power's attack earlier. And at this moment, as he fully embraced the power from the Evil God "Fury Storm," although feeling joy in every part of his being, Shard knew what he needed to do.

The Ring of Fate faded behind him, the divine afterglow gradually extinguished over his body, but when Shard opened his eyes, Carl Leipzig clearly saw two golden thunders flash in Shard's eyes.

"You..."

The unbelievable reality seemed to be presented right before him, but due to his fear, Carl Leipzig, who lacked eyebrows, was completely incapable of thought. Shard was clearly on the shore, and he was on the lake of Lake Schluch, prepared to resist any sort of attack, yet the feeling that he would die in the next second grew even stronger.

"Are you okay?"

Shard petted the cat on his shoulder. He had used Lagre's Leap beyond his limits to block the divine punishment thunder for Mia. At this moment, aside from her fur standing on end from static electricity, Mia seemed quite normal, even clinging fearfully to Shard's clothes with her tiny paws.

Knowing that she was temporarily okay, Shard felt relieved. Although he hadn't obtained the Wrath Spirit Rune, the anger in his heart at this moment was absolutely real.

He still had to attend the unfinished banquet later, so he couldn't recklessly use the "Divinity Overflow" power. But at this point, he was different from when he first came to Lakeside Manor and encountered divinity. If it was just a casual strike or two, he could still endure it.

"Thunder is a part of sunshine."

He said softly, recalling the times he used Iluna's brooch and the feeling of the golden spear formed by The Chosen One's power being thrown from his own hand.

Shard leapt lightly into the air, and Carl Leipzig watched in wide-eyed shock as Shard raised his right hand, watching the crackling thunder gather in his hand. The cultist who had lost the Holy Relic knew he should escape at this moment, yet his body refused to move.

Behind Shard, the Ring of Fate revealed a corner, and the Thunder Spirit Rune shimmered with strong silver spiritual light.

The thick mist over the lake appeared to deliberately avoid Shard, reflecting all scenes in Carl Leipzig's eyes. The silver and white intertwined long thunder spear extended forward and backward, centered on Shard's grasp in mid-air. Dense patterns appeared on the bright spear. As the split-thunder exploded, Silvermoon was right behind Shard.

Reverent believer knelt with both knees onto the lake, lifting his head, closing his eyes, and opening his arms to the Shard above:

"O God, why do you..."

The silvery-white thunder spear was thrown, and Carl Leipzig, bathed in electric light beneath the moon, had already known his fate.

"Thunder Spear!"

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