This time, Olivia’s [Truth Embodiment] promotion ceremony is far more grand than the scenes during the promotions of Watt, Aiven, and Milan.

Within thousands of kilometers, one can clearly see the celestial phenomenon in the sky.

Many speculators, who are currently exploring the "Broken Star Sea," looked up, convinced this was a sign of some hidden treasure emerging from the depths of the sea.

If it weren’t for the entire dangerous "Broken Star Sea" blocking their way, they would fly there desperately.

In the Golden Kingdom, within the bright light column cast by that moon.

Hoo—!

The surging Spiritual Wind is gusting.

In the [Gate of Hidden Treasures], various treasures that glimmer with Spiritual Light transform into a dazzling river, surrounding Olivia, who has completely turned into a colorful gemstone.

These are the public assets collected by the "Gem School" over thousands of years, filled with jewels, antiques, weapons, and various witchcraft tools that have historical depth or are tied to major events.

Only the person wielding the key-shaped [Gem Sword], symbolizing the chief position, can open the school’s secret vault containing various treasures, serving as precious resources for promoting [Truth Embodiment].

Moreover, the quantity of treasures in the [Gate of Hidden Treasures] has at least doubled compared to the beginning.

Because.

Under Aiven’s strong "appeal," the royal treasure vaults and great noble collections from the Galliot Duchy, Phaletis Kingdom, Tulip Countries, Peacock Islands, Heimar Kingdom, Hilus Empire...

The kingdoms under [Monarch’s Shield] have relocated a significant portion here.

Besides Liweina’s strong support, who almost emptied the treasure vault acting as a spendthrift, there’s no need to elaborate on others.

In short, since you are a subordinate, you must have the awareness to pay protection fees.

Fortunately, these items are useless apart from demonstrating royal wealth, and in exchange for the duchy’s military and economic support, the monarchs of the countries have no complaints.

In the center of the ceremony hosted by a group of [Treasure Maidens], Olivia gently raised her hand.

Some heavy thing diffused from the treasure river, and the mighty [World’s Favor] swept down, entering her curled-up body.

She seemed to have become the center of the entire planetary system.

Beside her, even though Aiven was confident, he couldn’t help but clench his fist tightly.

Normally, letting Olivia, who had just promoted to "Crowned Wizard" four years ago, advance again to [Truth Embodiment] in such a short time is undoubtedly a daunting task.

The sole consolation is.

At this stage, it’s no longer about laying the groundwork; the "Crowned Wizard" has already reached the pinnacle of personal effort.

From now on, whether it’s [Truth Embodiment] or [Demigod], the power of the collective is needed.

Borrowing the power of humanity or the world has no essential difference, both are fast elevators to reach the peak without worrying about unstable foundations.

For Aiven and Olivia, obtaining [World’s Favor], this dream-like power, can certainly be done in various ways.

The continued development of the "Broken Star Sea," the constant advancement of the "Electric Industrial Revolution," assisting World Consciousness in "removing tumors," or new inventions in the trend of "Weakening Compensation"...

It’s just that the cycles of these methods are long, and there’s no point in being anxious.

Fortunately, during the past year of beginning cosmic exploration, they operated fiercely like tigers, and Aiven and Olivia have already become the parents of all life on three planets.

But to quickly receive [World’s Favor].

Aiven has already implanted... [Golden Chain] into a primitive planet with the most hostile environment, which is nearly inhospitable for humans even after future modifications, but still has conditions for life’s emergence.

Unlike the other planet, including the "Departure Star," which used their genetic information to create life, leaving behind Aiven’s own high-dimensional projection.

On the planet named "Fog," after implanting the World Consciousness’s [Golden Chain], projected into the Material World.

It means the Herag Star’s "World Consciousness" has extended its reach to another planet.

Though the distance is calculated in light-years, it doesn’t prevent Him from expanding his dominion by at least double!

Even though Aiven hasn’t reached that level, he knows such an operation will inevitably bring immense benefits to the "World Promotion."

So.

Under the "World Consciousness," nurturing Olivia more meticulously than his own daughter, her promotion process went without a hitch.

When the bright moonlight regathered.

The entire "Golden Kingdom" was completely transformed into a vast mountain of gemstones, shining with seven-colored radiance, and merging completely with the gemstone-transformed Olivia.

[Truth Embodiment: Rose Mother]

Moreover, just like when Aiven became [God of All Things Fertile], Olivia also simultaneously obtained her long-analyzed [Divine Position].

Except, the divine position she received was not just [Moon], but also [Morning Star] of the Feathered Serpent God; calling her [Moon Goddess] seems less fitting than [Star Moon Goddess].

Back in those youthful days of Miss Moonstone, she finally completed the most significant transformation of her life.

The cool moonlight enveloped her, no, Him, into smooth silver satin, outlining the perfect shapely figure.

On her jet-black hair, flowing like moonlight, was a dazzling crescent-shaped hairpin, with two star-like earrings dangling against her jade-like cheeks.

She looked simple and fresh, yet far more noble than all her previous invaluable [Gemstone Armaments] combined.

Landing softly, the pair of soulmates and career partners once again held hands, sharing a smile as they gazed at each other.

’Although I can’t grow old with you, I will witness everything with you, whether on the other side of the sea or at the end of the starry sky!’

....

The battle on the Eritrean Sea was gradually coming to an end.

With a series of four torpedoes, the [Sea Snail] once again lost balance, exposed before the eyes of the observation posts of the three battleships.

Seeing the flames rise on the [Crown Prince] with their own eyes, the officers and soldiers on the submarine were greatly invigorated.

"Hit, mission accomplished, submerge!"

Normally.

The period after a submarine launches torpedoes until the ship either evades or is hit is the best window of escape for the submarine.

Unfortunately, in this debut appearance of the submarine on the historical stage, the underwater speed and endurance of the "Sea Snail", true to its name, were a bit disappointing, and there wasn’t much ground to cover during this window period.

Moreover, although the submarine could dive underwater, its current diving depth wouldn’t exceed a hundred meters, and it was relatively slow.

If the warship threw a few depth charges, the submarine would also be in big trouble.

Most importantly, a fleeing submarine at high operation would generate immense noise, completely losing its concealment.

The only thing it could do was change course and dive urgently, trying to hide below the "thermocline" as much as possible, greatly increasing the chance of survival for the submarine.

The so-called "thermocline" is an underwater region with drastic temperature changes.

If sound waves touch this region at a shallow angle, they will reflect, making it impossible for them to pass through the layer, causing sonar to fail, and this layer of seawater is called the "thermocline."

This was also the main reason why the "Sea Snail" initially chose this sea area for its ambush.

However, the reckless and ambitious submarine that launched torpedoes at close range failed to notice a steel monster rushing towards them at high speed from behind.

Slash—!

Amidst the teeth-grating sound of tearing steel.

The fast cruiser "Pangolin", with a draft of 5.8 meters, charged forward with a roar from the steam turbine, its sharp bow cutting the "Sea Snail" cleanly in half like a blade.

Thus, for this debuting submarine, setting out meant returning home.

On the other hand, thanks to the robust armor protection, the damage to the starboard side of the [Crown Prince] was not too severe.

The "damage control team" responsible for the relevant area had already begun to plug the hole, the electric pumps running at high speed to remove the seawater, preventing the warship from becoming an easy target for aerial bombs.

At the same time, with the continuous output of a strong magnetic field from the [Cloud-Breaking Device].

Rumble...!

The fierce winds howled, waves surged, black clouds rolled, and thunder roared.

A massive storm was rapidly sweeping over the battle-saturated skies, the thick cumulonimbus clouds reaching up to a thousand meters, dragging the entire sea area into darkness.

"What is this thing? Why can the duchy’s Extraordinary perform magic in an elemental turbulence?!"

The Wizard Captain of the [Akron] widened their eyes at the massive thunderstorm rushing towards them, barely managing to let out a wail before being brutally swept into the storm.

As for the "flapping wing machine" surviving the anti-aircraft artillery, it was already overtaken by the rain and wind before the "Flying Mother Ship", destined to crash into the sea as their best outcome.

The people on the ship were slightly stunned by the scene; experimentation and actual combat were ultimately different. Only after a long while did they start shouting in unison:

"Long live His Majesty!"

"Long live the Duchy!"

Practice is the only standard for testing truth.

Though the fleet was somewhat passive in the first half, it was akin to an [Armored Knight] facing an [Assassin]. The latter may have many tricks, but one caught opening meant doom on the spot.

Tricks can exist, but the comparison of military strength ultimately relies on hard power.

...

The fleet’s return journey was relatively smooth.

However, before they could reach the New Continent, while stopping in Phaletis for rest, Her Majesty the Queen, completely disregarding herself as an outsider, already became furious.

Although in this era of a hundred flowers blooming, even some small countries occasionally come up with innovative advanced technology, this did not prove that the attackers were from the Golden Palm Federation.

But what need do they have for evidence?

Although they suffered zero casualties, Her Majesty the Queen rallied her subordinates swiftly, immediately launching a retaliatory action against Golden Palm.

With the increasing rate of Extraordinary losing control, the Material World started to become lively.