Chapter 3075: Thank You
Just now, what Leonel had done seemed easy, but it required entering the world of the Adurna family's Heirloom.
The Lineage Factor of the Adurna family was quite simple. It was defensive and was designed to, as one might expect, increase defenses. It was a coating of a special concentrated Force that formed a crystalline skeleton over their bodies.
The weakest version of the Lineage Factor, and the one Leonel was most familiar with, was just a coating of skin. But it could increase to the point that it coated bones and even the inner lining of organs. At the highest levels, not only would you be able to control this Force to express itself into the air or attach itself onto other Forces, but it was also possible to extend its abilities beyond simple applications of defense.
After seeing through the depth of the Adurna family Heirloom, all of these thoughts coalesced and came together for Leonel quite clearly.
He was able to see Nana's truest potential even more clearly than he could see his own thanks to this. And as a result... it only took a single point.
"Are you ready for your Title, Nana?" Leonel asked softly.
Nana nodded seriously.
Leonel smiled. It was a bit of a sad smile since the previous occurrences hadn't been completely cleared from his mind, but it was still a sincere smile nonetheless, like an older brother hoping his little sister would soar.
"We are all people of Earth..."
"But..." Nana hesitated. She was only somewhat a citizen of Earth. Though she was born there, she was technically a traitor.
Leonel's smile didn't fade, shaking his head.
"We are all people of Earth..."
Nana's large blue eyes brimmed with tears, but she just barely managed to stop them from falling.
"... In that case, I will give you a Title that reflects the people of Earth. Their stories, their myths, their hopes and dreams...
"I'll bestow you the Title of Athena."
There was a sudden strong surge of Dream Force as the world quaked.
What Leonel didn't know was that in order for Earth to make it to the God Realm, they, and the Dimensional Verse as a whole, had to go through a great deal... the most powerful Sub-Dimensional Zone reflected legends that Leonel could only dream of as a child.
The Greek Gods and Athena were among them, and there were many times that Earth had sent groups that were entirely wiped out due to those Gods alone.
After finally clearing this Sub-Dimensional Zone, Earth also gained their Inheritances. Right now, some of the most powerful non-ruling families of Earth relied on these Inheritances.
The Green Prime Grand Minister Family, for example, gained the Inheritance of Demeter.
There were real Gods in existence that represented this role, and though they weren't nearly as strong as Gervaise, they were powerhouses in their own right. To try and bestow someone else their Title, it would certainly require a feat, and they would also most definitely sense it.
But at the same time, this very thing allowed the Title to hold all the more power.
BOOM!
A mental block within Nana seemed to have been completely ripped apart. It was like she finally realized that she was capable of things that she had always been capable of... but had never had enough belief to follow through on.
Her strength didn't seem to have changed at all, and yet its comprehensive, cohesion, and fluidity had reached a whole other level.
At the same time, she felt that her improvement into the future would only...
BOOM!
Nana's hair began to whip about wildly, an enormous manifestation rising up behind her. It reflected herself in all its perfection.
But then, it began to change.
In one hand, she raised up a shield, gorgeous and resplendent in its crystalline light. In the other, she raised up not a weapon, but an owl. This owl exuded a pressure of wisdom, carrying the hidden intent of Nana's Ability Index. It commanded the world not with its strength, but with its wisdom. Everywhere its gaze passed by, the world seemed to freeze.
Beautiful in its simplicity, harrowing in its presence. The dichotomy played off of one another until it solidified into a single aura, one of a Goddess that looked down upon the world from above.
It took a long while before Nana's aura settled down. She had just formed a Dharma, and she felt like she was just one step away from completing her own Idol. Her power had risen to an entirely new level, one that she found hard to put into words.
Leonel nodded with satisfaction.
Guiding someone in Force Manipulation, especially when the last few stages required personal thought and breakthroughs, was incredibly difficult. If he wasn't careful, he could cut off Nana's path to improvement entirely.
But now, his Dream Force control was on a completely different level. He was able to use a combination of suggestion and tangible change to the world and mind state to make a person believe that they had comprehended it all on their own... when technically they had.
The end result was just a single step shy of what his grandfather had accomplished... but arguably far more impressive.
His grandfather used Emperor's Might to create his own Idol at just seven years old, but Leonel used his own to help someone else reach the state of Dharma. Both of these things were extremely difficult to do, but the latter was certainly on the higher end of difficulty... if one ignored age, that is.
That said, in Leonel's defense, unlike his grandfather, he hadn't been born in a perfect environment.
Nonetheless, it seemed that only time would tell whose abilities were superior.
Nana snapped out of her daze and a light of excitement lit her large blue eyes. Leonel had basically just helped her recover her wasted three years and then some. Even if she had followed her true path from the start, she wouldn't have made it so far so quickly.
"Thank you, Leonel!"