Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild

Chapter 771 - 371: the visage of the Awakened World-Lion

"This thing has been in my warehouse for a long time. It isn’t suitable for the Order Sky Knight Corps’ combat boats and is valued but without a market, so I’ve kept it until now. It’s perfect for your Eternal Summer."Although the Eternal Summer already has the King of Falcon statue gifted by Otto, it’s quite mysterious that it has an additional guardian divine object slot compared to ordinary flying airships.

In Nebis’s world, a ship corresponds to one slot, and the guardian power source is mysterious and conflicts with each other.

Li Ang later studied it and discovered this extra slot is the result of the guardian blessing from the Star Soul of the Creation Tree. This situation, although unexpected, is indeed a great boon.

And Melegon deeply appreciates Li Ang’s contributions in the City of the Ship’s Rudder, believing that a promissory note of gratitude cannot serve as a proper return; this guardian divine object is a genuine gesture of thanks.

Li Ang opened the box, revealing a disc mounted on a pedestal. The entire disc bore the golden face of a lion with closed eyes, with the jagged edges of the disc resembling the fiery red mane of the lion, and beyond the mane, a pair of crescent-shaped blood-red dragon wings.

[The Sleeping Lion]

[The closed eyes of the lion face seem to be accumulating power, awaiting awakening. The old world’s maladies shall vanish in the ashes of the red lotus of the new world, the roar of the world-awakened lion being both the horn of disaster and the hymn of rebirth]

[Tier: 9]

[Category: Guardian Divine Object]

[Guardian Effect: Grants the skill [Awakening Horn] to the ship]

This is a quite extraordinary guardian divine object.

[Skill: Awakening Horn]

[Activation Method: Infuse magic power into "The Sleeping Lion"]

[The sound of awakening, igniting flames suddenly arise]

[Effect: Envelops the ship in a Red Lotus Shield, and the ship’s warriors acquire fire attribute pursuit damage]

Judging by the effect, this divine object far surpasses the King of Falcon statue. Pursuit damage is an exceptionally rare effect. Due to the limitations of Nebis’s world on people’s power growth, Sky Knights would go to great lengths to find means of pursuit damage.

Commonly added damages rely on powerful equipment, like the Blood Eagle which the young girls encountered in the Flowing Silver Combat Skill event; his twin blades could inflict pursuit damage with small blades, while the Incense Attendants from Andasu’s Yunxiang Race, a special profession, were famed for concocting potions to bestow phantom pursuit damage in attacks.

Li Ang’s usage of demon power to launch spiritual piercing can also be considered a form of pursuit damage, albeit it should be the highest pursuit damage Li Ang has encountered, and actually, it even increases true damage in gaming terms. It enhances unconditional damage which cannot be defended by various methods, unlike common pursuit damage.

The soaking effect of a Sea Serpent Familiar ranks below the spiritual piercing effect, yet still formidable.

The reason why the guardian divine object named The Sleeping Lion is formidable is mainly due to the pursuit damage it grants being elemental pursuit damage, one of the superior kinds, and applies to the whole ship, representing a qualitative change.

Spiritual piercing and soaking act on the targeted objects; common pursuit damage originates from individual warriors, unable to apply the ability widely, but this guardian divine object can achieve it, and this is just an additional effect of the ship’s shield.

"This thing is quite unusual."

Li Ang scrutinized Melegon’s expression, the subtext being "Why bring out such a precious item?"

Melegon chuckled lightly, "It has negative effects."

"So that’s it."

If it comes with a cost to use, then such a powerful guardian skill reckons the explanation. Yet, this leader brought it out surely with some significance.

Melegon continued, "It can create an incredibly formidable Shield of Fire for the ship, reportedly incinerating all. This is also why it reaches Level 9. But while it burns external foes, the ship itself will also be scorched."

The young leader shrugged, "Although the effect is strong enough, we Order Knights thrive on state services, having our combat boats incinerated and scarred after each fight, then having to report and have budgets docked due to repairs; not very worthwhile. Hence, I’ve never used it afterward.

"But your Star Flower Travel Corps’ Eternal Summer, as you mentioned, utilizes special Shipbuilding Treasure Wood to self-repair."

"That is indeed the case." Li Ang nodded.

"Then entrusting this thing to you is most fitting, as it’s something I obtained with particular significance during my Order Investigation Corps career, passing it to a brave comrade is most suitable."

"Speaking of this, I have a few other matters of interest."

"Hmm, high-tier Sky Knights should discern, this thing seems related to ’the visage of the Awakened World-Lion.’"

Upon seeing the divine object for the first time, Li Ang felt some familiarity, recalling back, immediately identifying the corresponding image.

One of the mysteriously originated six mysterious super-dimensional beasts, "the visage of the Awakened World-Lion" wielding formidable power of fire almost mirrors this statue. Besides, the system’s informational text blatantly indicates the connection between the two.

The slumbering lion face, the world-awakening giant lion... like suggesting this statue might come alive.

"In the depths of the Demon Disaster Realm, there’s a yet-unexplored region by the Order Investigation Corps, we term it ’The Garden of Revival.’"

Melegon’s demeanor and position stand by the Order Investigation Corps, "That’s a place seemingly evolving into a world’s birthing ground, though incredibly unbelievable and difficult to explain with words, once you’re there, you can feel this ambiance.