As they felt that overwhelming surge of spatial power, Lili and the others could not help but stiffen, their expressions shifting as shock flooded their hearts. Had this force not been emanating from Yae-hime, they would have already been resisting it with everything they had.

At that moment, the entire room was saturated with dense spatial energy, ripples spreading outward in waves as a faint, mysterious aura seeped through the air. It was this very aura that shocked the three of them the most.

Although the intensity of the power itself was not particularly threatening to them, the mystery contained within it sent chills crawling down their spines. It felt as though the slightest carelessness would result in being harmed by it.

Allie’s expression tightened, her crimson pupils trembling faintly. Ever since she had been injured by the spatial storm, her sensitivity to spatial power had become extraordinarily sharp. Now, the spatial energy continuously surging from within Yae-hime gave her a subtle yet undeniable sense of danger.

Downstairs, Aurora watched in disbelief as the glyphs she had painstakingly inscribed throughout the house rapidly faded away, vanishing at an alarming speed. At the same time, anxiety gnawed at her relentlessly.

Isolating the aura inside the house from the outside world had been a task personally entrusted to her by Princess. Yet now, every single glyph in the entire house was being eroded by that overwhelming spatial force, dissolving one after another.

The exposure of the aura was only a matter of time. And she had no way to repair it. After all, it had taken Aurora a full hour to construct this barrier in the first place. There was simply no way she could restore it in time. All she could do was stand there, helpless and anxious.

‘Wuuuu… Princess entrusted me with such an important task for the first time, and I messed it up!’ She could not help but blame herself. What poor Aurora did not realize was that she had, in fact, completed her task perfectly.

The collapse of the barrier now was entirely Yae-hime’s doing. She had severely underestimated the mutated energy within Allie. No, it would be more accurate to say she had been deceived.

Each of those black particles contained several times more mutated energy than before. It seemed that this energy had deliberately concealed its strength in this manner, waiting to spread throughout Allie’s body and lie dormant. All to evade Yae-hime’s relentless purge.

Unfortunately for them, these cunning strands of mutated energy were ultimately doomed. Now, they were erupting wildly within Yae-hime’s body. Yet with her extraordinarily high resistance to spatial attributes, Yae-hime remained completely unfazed by their final struggle.

In the end, this mutated energy would only be converted into spatial power she could absorb, fueling her transformation.

**Boom—!**

In an instant, the spatial power within Yae-hime erupted in full, blasting through the roof as a pillar of energy that shot straight into the heavens.

The very next moment— far away in the royal palace of Jade City, Richard’s eyes snapped wide open as he exclaimed, “That aura… who just broke through to the Legend rank!?”

Then he shook his head. “No… this is spatial power. Could it be that some great being has crossed realms and arrived here?” Just as he was about to trace the source of that presence, it vanished in an instant, as if it had never existed.

“I have a very bad feeling about this.” Richard ran a hand through his golden hair, his handsome face clouded with gravity.

Alicia’s situation had already been giving him a headache, and now there was possibly another terrifying existence entering his kingdom. At this moment, his troubles had doubled.

But—

“No matter who it is, anyone who dares covet my throne will die!” Gripping the Sword of Eternity, he spoke through clenched teeth as he forcefully began undoing its seals one by one. Inside the chamber, silver light burst forth, and an aura of destruction spread outward.

Under the same sky, within the Church— Bishop Gurant stared at the three clerics lying on the ground receiving treatment, a rare fury surfacing on his face. That lowly impostor had not only defied his orders, but had even severely injured his people. The audacity!

Just as he was about to speak, he belatedly sensed a powerful presence. It was extremely distant. Yet the moment he tried to perceive it more clearly, it disappeared without a trace.

“Strange… why does this aura feel so contradictory? It seems immensely powerful, yet also incredibly weak…” He looked out beyond the grand hall of the Church, murmuring to himself.

***

Aoma Village, the village chief’s house.

“Phew… that was close. I almost couldn’t keep it contained.” Allie let out a soft breath, a trace of fatigue appearing on her delicate face.

The surroundings were still filled with dense spatial energy. However, not a single trace of it leaked outside. Everything was enveloped within a powerful black barrier. And the one who had cast this barrier was Allie. At the critical moment, she had completely sealed off the entire area.

“Every time Little Hime breaks through, it’s always this astonishing…” Lili spoke softly. She still remembered the first time she had come to Aoma Village with her Little Hime, and the scene of her breakthrough back then.

Even though it had only been a breakthrough to the Platinum rank, the aura she released had been more overwhelming than that of a Jade rank.

“……” Zerene remained silent. She focused intently on sensing the aura emanating from Yae-hime, an occasional flicker of strange light passing through her eyes.

‘How strange… this kind of aura… why does it feel so familiar?’ Zerene racked her memory, searching through fragments that seemed completely unrelated, trying to find a similar impression. However, the moment she glimpsed a memory fragment filled with violently flashing heavenly lightning, she blacked out on the spot.

“What are you doing—” sensing something leaning toward her, Lili instinctively tried to push it away. But when she realized that it was Zerene, who had already fainted, she instead caught her and held her up, preventing her from collapsing to the floor.

‘I’m not worried about her getting hurt. I just don’t want her falling and disturbing Little Hime!’ With that thought, she tightened her hold on Zerene.

As the spatial energy within the room was gradually reabsorbed back into Yae-hime, that mysterious aura also faded away along with it. At that moment, the system’s voice suddenly rang out.

Ding! You have obtained Intermediate Spatial Power.

Ding! You have obtained Advanced Spatial Power.

Ding! Conditions for job advancement have been met. You may now choose to change your class.

Hearing this, Yae-hime remained completely still. Yet within her heart, a surge of emotion rippled violently. She had not even had time to rejoice over her gains when her dear Sister System delivered a second surprise.

With both surprises combined, they brought her unparalleled joy. A job change! She had somehow, without even realizing it, met the requirements for a class advancement… How could she not be thrilled!?

After all, every job change would bring about a massive increase in a character’s attributes. Exclusive skills, special talents, unique equipment… the benefits were simply too many to count!

Suppressing the excitement welling up inside her, Yae-hime slowly opened her eyes.

At that moment, Allie and the others all felt something indescribably strange. It was as if Yae-hime was both here… and not here at the same time. As though she had completely fused with space itself!

This uncanny sensation grew stronger and stronger, clearly no mere illusion. They could sense this change, and Yae-hime naturally felt it as well.

‘Amazing… right now, I feel like a fish in water. It’s as if with just a slight movement, I could swim freely through space itself!’ Even before this, she had already had the faint impression that she could manipulate space. Now, that impression had become reality.

‘Advanced spatial power really is extraordinary… wait, could it be that reaching this level is what fulfilled the conditions for my job change?’ Thinking this, Yae-hime hurriedly opened her interface to check her new class.