The hall suddenly fell silent. Lakyus breathed a sigh of relief that Climb had escaped safely, and looked at the man on the throne, feeling a lingering tension that hadn't entirely dissipated.
After mentally preparing herself, she asked Kael, "Your Excellency, how will you deal with me?"
Upon hearing that, Kael stood from his throne, activated the permanent flight effect of the [Belt of Sky Feathers] and floated before Lakyus, then extended his hand towards Lakyus, who was kneeling on the ground.
"Rise."
Lakyus didn't understand what was happening, but she dared not refuse the suggestion. She placed her left hand in the white hand and rose from the ground, confusion mixed with a hint of fear.
Once she stood upright, Kael released her hand and said to her calmly, "This time you made the wrong choice. If you had directly stated your true intentions, at most I would have given you a light punishment."
"Uh, I apologize, Your Excellency," Lakyus didn't know what to say for a moment and could only apologize to Kael, feeling awkward and regretful.
Kael shook his head and said, "Previously, I extended an olive branch to you, Blue Roses, because you are a good team. As a leader, you are also an outstanding cleric. I have a very good impression of you."
"...Thank you very much for your appreciation. I have disappointed you," Lakyus paused. Although it was somewhat strange, she could feel that Kael's words at this moment were sincere, making them easy to believe. Perhaps it was because the status and power of the two parties were so different that the other party didn't need to deceive her at all.
"Don't thank me yet," Kael said this to Lakyus while casting Sixth Tier magic [Teleportation].
Lakyus subconsciously wanted to take defensive action, but immediately relaxed and allowed the magical light of [Teleportation] to envelop her entire body. The surrounding scenery changed abruptly, and when she came to her senses, she found that they had arrived in an uninhabited wilderness. A silent, unfamiliar atmosphere suddenly enveloped them.
Then, under her bewildered gaze, Kael took out a ring set with three small gems from his spatial backpack and handed it to her.
"This?" Lakyus asked, her eyebrows furrowed.
"This is something called the [Ring of Shooting Stars]. As punishment for your offense against me, I want you to wear this ring and then activate its wish-granting effect to copy your innate skill to me," Kael explained to Lakyus with a smile.
Lakyus was stunned. Almost all professionals in the entire Re-Estize Kingdom knew that she possessed an innate skill, so she wasn't surprised that Kael knew about it. But was it possible to transfer an innate skill to another person?
Lakyus couldn't help but ask Kael, "Your Excellency, does this ring possess such an ability?"
"Don't worry. It definitely can. It can even fulfill all your wishes. If you want to try to kill me with it, it might even be able to," Kael's smile slowly became playful, and there was a hint of teasing in his eyes as he looked at Lakyus.
Lakyus couldn't help but offer a wry smile, "You're truly good at joking." If this item called the [Ring of Shooting Stars] truly had the power to destroy Kael, she didn't believe the other party would hand it over so easily, and openly tell her that information.
Kael merely smiled and said nothing. In fact, he himself didn't believe that the [Ring of Shooting Stars] could do this.
After all, the [Ring of Shooting Stars] was activated by Super-Tier Magic: [Wish Upon A Star]. Even if the magic's effect could be strengthened by consuming experience, it was fundamentally impossible to surpass the power of Super-Tier Magic.
For instance, if one wished to destroy Ainz Ooal Gown and the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick, even if it could be done, the price to pay would be something no one could afford.
Because Kael asked to copy the innate skill instead of transferring it, Lakyus felt it wouldn't cause her much harm and obediently used the [Ring of Shooting Stars].
The effect of [Wish Upon A Star] activated very smoothly. Kael felt a surge of special power into his body, and then he didn't know if it was an illusion, he felt that his attribute values had slightly increased.
"Your Excellency," After doing as Kael requested, Lakyus removed the [Ring of Shooting Stars] from her hand and returned it to him.
Kael took the item and asked Lakyus with a hint of curiosity, "Before, I only knew that you had an innate skill, but I didn't ask about its specific effect. Can you tell me about it?"
"I'm not sure about the specific situation, but I think it can enhance my abilities in some aspects," Lakyus replied, her voice slightly hesitant.
Kael nodded. There was no such thing as an attribute panel in this world. Many people born with special abilities could only roughly know their own abilities.
Although there was magic that could detect whether someone possessed an innate skill, that type of magic could only tell if they had it or not, but couldn't comprehend the specific effects of the innate skill.
Perhaps the Slane Theocracy, which implemented a registration policy for people with innate skills, had high-tier detection magic to detect the specific effects of innate skills, but Kael had no intention of asking for their help.
After all, the effects of most innate abilities weren't as strong as Yggdrasil game skills, and it could only be a good thing for you, so roughly knowing the effect was enough.
"Your Excellency, is there anything else I should do, or is this meant to atone for the mistake I've made?" Lakyus examined herself and made sure nothing was wrong, then asked Kael, feeling a little confused.
At this moment, Kael displayed a mysterious smile on his face, "This is just the beginning, I want to conduct some further experiments."
About half an hour later, Lakyus fell to the ground unconscious, her face looking weak and pale, as if all her energy had been drained.
Kael slowly closed the [Ultimate Grimoire] in his hand and frowned slightly.
Previously, he wanted to use the influence of Super-Tier Magic [Wish Upon A Star] to try to see if he could create targeted magic that could remove the innate skills of the New World's inhabitants.
After all, [Wish Upon A Star] could accomplish the copying and transfer of innate skills, so it shouldn't be an issue to record this mechanism and turn it into magic.
Although he couldn't learn this magic, he could still master this ability by recording the magic in a scroll and then absorbing that magic scroll with the [Ultimate Grimoire].
Now the results of his experiment were out. After expending all of Lakyus's power, the magic [Supernatural Power Seizure] was successfully recorded into the [Ultimate Grimoire], but a problem arose during its use.
Kael tried it just now, and the effect of [Supernatural Power Seizure] had no effect on Lakyus. He didn't know if it was because the magic itself failed, or if it succeeded but its effect wasn't strong enough, so it couldn't remove stronger innate skills.
"Forget it, we'll do the experiment later. Now, let's deal with this girl first," Kael sighed, his gaze shifting to the unconscious Lakyus.