It felt so good to be close to the witch!

The talent for controlling sound waves has a very wide range of applications. In addition to being used as a weapon, it also has great uses in other areas, such as sonar, color Doppler ultrasound, B-mode ultrasound, and even predicting natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons.

Of course, since Bea's magic power is currently too weak, with only 25 strands, she cannot do much. To truly demonstrate the power of this talent, she will have to wait until she advances to the rank of Grand Witch.

It can be said that the future is promising.

"Sanica, could you please arrange for Beya's food, lodging, and also make proper arrangements for her parents? I'll meet with them and have a chat when I have time."

"You just awakened today, Beya, you must be exhausted. Go and get some rest."

Roy spoke from the head seat in the hall.

"Little Beya, come with me." Shanika gently took Beya's hand and led her downstairs.

As the head maid of the Tulumbel family, Shanica is very professional in this regard, so Roy doesn't need to worry about her too much.

Having just broken through his seclusion, Roy encountered the awakening of a new witch, leaving him with mixed feelings of joy and worry.

Regarding the large number of newly awakened witches that may exist throughout the empire, Blackrock Territory's current intelligence capabilities are simply insufficient to ascertain anything—although the Blackrock Knights have been established for over half a month, an intelligence system is not something that can be built up overnight.

Therefore, to obtain the latest intelligence on the Empire in this regard, one must rely on the intelligence channels of the Border Duke's Mansion, which is Fuma's place.

After Beya left, Lilia, who was standing to the side with black hair, black eyes and a black leather jacket, suddenly spoke up as if she had thought of something: "By the way, Lord Roy, during your breakthrough, Miss Fuma sent you a message saying that once you have successfully broken through, you must inform her as soon as possible, as she has something very important to discuss with you."

"Oh." Roy's eyes flickered. Just then, he was also looking for information from Fuma, so he said, "Contact her and tell her I'm out."

"Understood." Lilia nodded, took out the blue-gold communication conch, and quickly sent a message.

In less than ten seconds, a reply came: "I'm here."

Roy took the communication conch shell from Lilia, put it into his high-level spatial ring, and got up to go outside.

Looking at the increasingly dense snowflakes in the sky, Roy asked, "How much longer will this winter last?"

“There’s only one week left, or to be precise, six days,” Lilia said softly, standing half a body length behind Roy.

"Six days..." Roy repeated the time, his brows furrowed with seriousness.

Normally, as spring approaches, the snowfall should have already subsided, but now, not only has it not weakened, it seems to be getting even heavier.

Feeling the sub-zero temperature of nearly minus ninety degrees Celsius outside, Roy fell silent.

After a long silence, he said in a heavy voice, "How many people are dead?"

"...So far, 15 people have frozen to death in Blackrock Territory and Iron Mountain Territory." Lilia's voice was also filled with sorrow.

Fifteen may not sound like much, but those are real people! They froze to death silently...

“15 people…” Roy subconsciously clenched his fist.

Before winter arrived, he had said that he would ensure that no one in Blackstone Territory or Iron Mountain Territory would freeze or starve to death this winter. He accomplished the latter, but the former…

The sub-zero temperatures, approaching minus ninety degrees Celsius, were a natural disaster rarely seen in centuries, leaving even him feeling powerless.

Compared to the immense power of heaven and earth, even a legend is insignificant.

Perhaps only gods possess the power to alter celestial phenomena...

Roy couldn't help but recall the black cracks that covered the sky during the "divine descent ritual" in the "Seventh Realm of Original Sin: The Realm of Lust".

If that kind of power were available, it could easily defeat even a snowstorm, right?

Shaking his head to dispel the unrealistic fantasies in his mind, Roy directly used his fighting spirit to transmit his voice to Red's ears from hundreds of meters away, instructing him to send more Black Stone Knights to patrol and provide rescue, as well as more coal and supplies, in order to minimize the number of his people who froze to death.

That's all he can do.

In the face of natural disasters, humanity is truly too insignificant.

Hearing Roy's voice, Red was very excited.

He knew very well what young master Roy had been doing during the week he disappeared. Now that the young master had come out safely, it meant that the insurmountable barrier for the knight had been trampled underfoot by young master Roy.

"A legend...a legend, an honorary earl of the empire! My lord, do you know that the Turenbel family is about to rise to power!"

The turmoil in his heart left Red unable to calm down for a long time.

After a while, he bowed deeply in the direction of Young Master Roy's room, then strode out of the room with his head held high and began to handle the matters that Young Master Roy had instructed him to attend to.

In the courtyard, Roy let out a soft breath.

The visible white mist slowly dissipated in the air. While waiting for Fuma to arrive, he prepared to test the changes in his talent abilities after advancing to legendary status.

However, before that, he glanced at the gray character panel of the [Original Sin Cube].

【当前能量储备进度：97%——26%贪婪、25%傲慢、23%色欲、22%混沌、1%懒惰】

With only 3% remaining to reach 100% energy reserve, Roy only needs to wait three days. Alternatively, he could try absorbing the "original sin contamination branch aggregate" from Beya.

However, because she had just awakened, the pollution on Beya's body was negligible. In addition, given the difference in strength between her and Roy, Roy felt that even if she absorbed it, it would most likely not fill the 3%, or even 1%. Rather than that, it would be better to wait until later to absorb it.

It will only take about three days.

After looking at the gray text panel, Roy began to test his talents. The first one was [Infinite Desire - God].

Roy closed his eyes, activated his talent, and after a period of careful observation, he opened his eyes, his gaze filled with amazement.

At the Gold rank, the maximum capacity of [Infinite Desire] is 1000 energy streams, and its maximum range is a radius of 100 meters. After the first perfect evolution of the talent, this data increased fourfold, reaching 4000 energy streams and a radius of 400 meters.

Now, after advancing to Legendary status, the maximum capacity of [Infinite Desire God] has increased tenfold again, reaching a terrifying 40000. The radius is not as exaggerated, but it has also increased threefold, reaching a horrifying 1200 meters.

What does a capacity of 40000 energy channels mean?

It should be noted that even at the Legendary Limit, the energy is only 9999 strands. With Roy's current capacity, it is enough to drain the energy of four powerful beings at the Legendary Limit.

Of course, this does not mean that Roy's current strength can rival that of a legendary figure.

The speed at which 【Infinite Desire - God】absorbs energy is limited. Legendary Limit Knights who sense something amiss can simply rush forward and defeat Roy.

The concept of "legend" and "beyond legend" are not the same.

Legendary knights with legendary aura bodies have an incredibly fast aura recovery rate. Roy tested it himself; [Infinite Desire - God] absorbs about 5% of a legendary one-star knight's aura per second. It would take 20 seconds to completely drain him. That sounds fast, but that doesn't take into account the aura recovery rate of the legendary aura body. If aura recovery is taken into account, the situation would be like this:

Roy absorbed 5% in one second, while the opponent simultaneously recovered 3%. In other words, he actually only absorbed 2%, and it would take a full 50 seconds for him to possibly drain the fighting spirit of a legendary one-star knight.

In 50 seconds, how could the other person be so foolish as to stand still and let him suck?

If it were a legendary two-star, three-star, or even legendary limit-level being, it would take even longer to drain their battle aura.

Of course, this does not mean that [Infinite Desire - God] has no effect; on the contrary, its effect is very significant.

First of all, in legendary battles where the strength is similar, it will almost always develop into a protracted tug-of-war. If Roy were to encounter such a situation, with the help of [Infinite Desire God], he would gradually gain the upper hand as the tide ebbs and flows, and he would ultimately be the victor.

Secondly, the current range of [Infinite Desire God] has reached a terrifying 1200 meters, which is 200 meters longer than the legendary Limit Knight's kilometer range. This means that he can act as a support, hiding on the sidelines and secretly stealing the enemy's energy when someone is entangled with a powerful enemy, thus laying the foundation for victory!

Even after reaching Legendary status, the ratio between the energy absorption rate and distance of [Infinite Desire God] remains unchanged; the effect still decreases by one-fifth for every one-fifth of the distance.

After testing the effects of [Infinite Desire - God], Roy began testing his second talent.

[Unquenchable Flames of Wrath]!

Due to the transformation of its own rank, the previously condensed "Wrathful Light Seal" directly lost its function. To condense it again, the energy required for each one increased tenfold, reaching an extremely exaggerated 3000.

3000 strands of energy... Even the combined battle aura of a legendary one-star knight wouldn't amount to 3000 strands. If Roy didn't possess the Dark Purple Crystal Tree, with its immense magical reserves, he wouldn't be able to afford this talent.

Even so, he still had to use it sparingly.

3000 energy points is no small amount.

Even a giant purple crystal tree could probably only support a few dozen of them.

Don't underestimate the amount; the Dark Purple Crystal Tree is a crystallization of magic power accumulated and stored over a hundred years at a large natural magic vein. For an individual, it's an astronomical figure.

It's already incredible that Roy might have used it all.

"Ugh……"

With a sigh, Roy felt a bittersweet mix of pain and pleasure.

Even with the high consumption, he still needs to condense some of the "Rage Light Seal" as a reserve, because both the "Rage State" and the desperate "Destruction State" require the "Rage Light Seal" as a foundation.

After testing the [Unquenchable Flame], the last one is the [Heart of Leviathan].

Roy gave up on this talent after a brief trial.

This talent cannot be activated because there is a lack of suitable users.

However, according to Roy's own speculation, it is highly likely that the proportion of absorbing the enemy's life force and soul power will become higher.

After testing the three talents, a little while had passed.

Roy looked up at the crimson-gold streak of light flying across the southern horizon, a smile appearing on his lips.

As they approached Blackrock Territory, the crimson light disappeared, and soon after, Fuma appeared at the gate of the courtyard.

"Welcome, Your Highness Fuma."

Roy laughed.

After some time apart, Roy could sense that Fuma's fighting spirit fluctuations had made a new breakthrough.

She was already at the limit of Legendary One Star, and now she's broken through again, doesn't that mean...?

"Congratulations on your promotion to Legendary Two-Star!"

"Congratulations." Fuma, whose crimson scale armor accentuated her perfect figure, smiled and said, "Although I knew you would definitely break through to the Legendary level, I still have to say congratulations on your advancement to Legendary, Lord Roy, no, I should call you Earl Roy."

“Sigh.” Roy waved his hand. “You know me. If I could, I wouldn’t even want the Empire to know that I’ve been promoted to Legendary. Honorary Earl isn’t something that’s easy to get.”

Upon hearing this, Fuma smiled gently.

She had sworn an oath with Roy since they met, and she knew how "cautious" Roy was.

"It's snowing heavily outside, let's come inside and chat." After a simple greeting, the two went into the hall and sat down.

"I heard from Lilia that Princess Fuma has something very important to discuss with me?" Roy poured a cup of black tea and pushed it in front of Fuma, saying.

“Yes.” Fuma’s smile gradually disappeared, and she became extremely serious: “Two days ago, my father, the border duke, left the Stone Wall and went to the capital to collect military funds.”

"Before he left, he gave me a special little conch shell and told me that if he did not return on time, I should blow the conch shell, and the person who appeared would tell me everything I wanted to know."

"The agreed time was three days, but for some reason, I had a bad feeling, so I decided to blow the conch shell a day early."

"However, this little thing has a battle qi seal left by my father, which I cannot break with my strength. I can only wait for it to dissipate automatically when the time comes."

"Lord Roy, do you think there's any way to remove the seal on it?"

Fuma took out a small conch shell with a white jade base and light gold patterns from her spatial ring, handed it to Roy, and said with anticipation in her eyes.

Fuma knew very well just how powerful a Legendary Limit Breaker was. Under normal circumstances, even a Legendary Two-Star like herself couldn't budge it in the slightest, let alone Roy, who had only just been promoted to a Legendary One-Star.