Bear School Astartes

After using [Spiritual Vision] to communicate this sentence, the Moon God said no more.

It simply placed a claw over its face, as if brewing some kind of power.

Meanwhile, the rest of its tentacles, limbs, and even dozens of its chaotic ribs, all assumed a completely passive defensive stance.

The meaning was clearly expressed through its movements: go ahead and slash, just try to cut me.

But after these painful damages, whatever I am going to do... you can’t stop it!

In just an instant!

At the very moment the Moon God assumed this stance, Lann felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end!

Even the previous instance where Gremman nearly severed his cervical vertebra with a cut didn’t evoke such a sudden feeling of eeriness!

Something ominous was about to happen.

Lann’s intuition, Lann’s experience, and his suddenly more advanced [Spiritual Vision] at this very moment!

All of it was conveying this message to him!

For [Spiritual Vision] to grow even faster in this near-anatomical combat with an Ancient God...

Unless the Moon God ahead was willingly revealing deeper powers, even more fundamental than its current physical form and life!

The growth of ’Horizon’ brought little joy to Lann at this moment.

Instead, his brows furrowed tightly!

”Boom~ Boom~~ Boom!”

Three muffled blasts echoed in the air, suddenly exploding from Lann’s body!

The pale red Fighting Spirit Light Flame grew more dazzling with each blast!

In the blink of an eye, muscles and bones were tense to their limits!

The reinforced bones supported the strengthened muscle structure, while the dense steel cables crafted by biological alchemy elevated this already astounding output to a new level!

The mere process of muscle tension and struggle on Lann’s body almost emitted alarming sounds akin to tough ligaments being tightened and forcibly stretched!

The ”creaking” sounds made one’s molars ache with tension.

The robust and perfectly sculpted physique forged by cultivation and genetics, even clad in Heavy Armor, radiated an oppressive force and beauty!

[Great Sword Technique·Charged Slash]!

With Aron Dite’s graceful and slender design, it’s certainly not suited for the weighty [Great Sword Technique] of the New Continent Expedition Team.

But at this abrupt and critical moment, with the situation spiraling out of control due to the Moon God’s actions, Lann had no choice!

He must do this!

He must rely on his own skills and strength to overcome the weapon’s design limits on techniques and force.

And attempt... to push [Charged Slash] further!

Unlike [Dual Blade Technique: Ghost Transformation].

[Ghost Transformation] is a state skill, primarily enhancing aspects like body movement speed and attack speed.

So within [Ghost Transformation], Lann can use techniques outside the New Continent Expedition Team’s weapon skills, like his [Water-shaped Sword].

But [Charged Slash] is a specifically planned move. The entire [Great Sword Technique] system is built on this move.

To extract the concept of ’Charged Heavy Strike’ central to [Great Sword Technique] and integrate it with other moves... no one has attempted such a thing.

But at this moment, Lann must attempt it!

Against an Ancient God, the only thing Lann has is the Lady of the Lake’s Sword’s [Light of the Dual Holy Trees].

No weapon but this!

And now, after acclimating to the physical world and a material body, the Moon God—if that straightforward dialogue earlier was even a negotiation—immediately intended to reveal deeper powers at all costs.

It must be now!

Addressing the problem is imperative beyond doubt, what needs to be considered now is the problem itself!

”Mission established.” At this moment, even Mentos, typically calm and steady—whom Lann deliberately selected for an English butler tone—unconsciously accelerated the speed of his consciousness transmission due to the urgency.

”But sir, my computational power...!”

Using the calculation abilities of the biochemical brain to urgently set up and complete a task.

In the collaboration between Lann and Mentos, it’s usually: Lann proposes a direction, and his talent and mind offer several possible ideas and concepts, and then Mentos fills in the feasibility of these ideas with the computational power of the biochemical brain to provide an evaluation.

The final goal is to achieve one or several of the most effective or highest success rate plans to be submitted to the main body.

The Moon God’s tentacles and limbs wrapped around Him tightly, but the deformed face covered by a claw always remained motionless, staring directly at Lann.

In this brief instant, not only did the hairs on the back of the Demon Hunter’s neck stand up, but his entire body also felt as if it was being pierced by needles, tensing up completely!

But the greater the pressure, the more active and rapidly Lann’s mind worked.

He had lost count of how many times he had crossed the threshold of life and death.

This kind of situation did not frighten him; he simply thought of solutions!

Calculative power... for a computational device, calculative power is everything.

And for Mentos to enhance its calculative power...

”Mentos, initiate the ’Human Union Academic Certification’!”

”Academic certification... sir, now?!”

Even the voice of the biochemical intelligence had a tone of disbelief.

Since Lann acquired this biochemical intelligence created from his brain cells, initially, his knowledge accumulation, at the peak of a normal high school student’s level, just after entrance exams, was assessed by Mentos to have permissions at the so-called ’Human Union elementary level’.

As a device fundamentally meant for student learning, its calculative power was naturally unlocked only to this extent.

After continuous meticulous research and study by Lann, he finally reached the ’Human Union certified middle school level’.

Although later, Lann continuously studied across various worlds and within his own[Memory Deep Dive]and obtained the research reports from the three generations of master and apprentices under Alzur at the Wolf School in Ker Morhan, who had once developed the ’Demon Hunter enhancement surgeries’.

And although their accumulated human data, despite being inhumane, was real and practical.

He still had not undergone ’Human Union certification from the middle school level to the high school level’.

But now, at the moment before an Ancient God was about to unleash deep powers... conducting academic certification?

However, Lann himself did not hesitate at all.

He communicated steadily with Mentos in his mind.

”Refresh the linkage interface program with[Spiritual Vision]one last time, then prepare documents based on the current ’Horizon’. Consolidate inquiries, and get ready for academic certification!”

”Wait, sir!” At this point, Mentos had already begun to understand what exactly Lann was up to! ”You intend to...”

”Exactly this!” Before the biochemical intelligence could finish, the Demon Hunter interrupted it, leaving no room for doubt in his tone. ”The name of the academic certification document: ’Overview of Anatomical Materialization of High-Dimensional Lifeforms’.”

”Fill in everything these eyes have seen and understood for me!”

The phenomena observed after directly confronting the Moon God began to be integrated into knowledge by the biochemical intelligence through this rapidly developing[Spiritual Vision].

Incorporating the research and learning conducted spontaneously by Lann, as well as the accumulated knowledge absorbed from various distinguished scholars.

At this moment, everything was rapidly mobilized by Mentos and began conducting academic authority certification through its underlying learning device framework.

The materialized physicality of high-dimensional lifeforms would undoubtedly be considered an advanced research project even within the formal circles of the Human Union.

Not to mention the fresh, just ’cut’ from the sample data!

Even without data integration, simply running the pure observation results through the program secured the academic certification!

Let alone the fact that Lann’s own depth of accumulation and research had far exceeded ordinary circumstances.

Thus, in an instant.

On Lann’s retina, the intelligent interactive interface projected by the biochemical intelligence first cleared, then abruptly rebooted!

The massive data stream that originally cascaded down like a waterfall now flashed briefly in the corner of Lann’s retina.

”Academic certification has passed, and simultaneously, the standby task is completed. Based on the approach you provided, I have produced three versions of plans for your selection. Here are the specific contents.”

No matter what the three versions contained, the moment Mentos completed its academic upgrade, the liberated calculative power began to operate at full speed, demonstrating a dominion-level capability far beyond its prior capacity!

Lann endured the now-familiar sensation of his brain swelling.

Even though the permissions had been upgraded to high school level, Mentos’s underlying architecture still employed this bulk memory transfer method, akin to dogshit.

Like throwing Mentos into a soda bottle.

But regardless... he succeeded!

The tight muscles of his entire being began to relax rhythmically at once, then swelled again to varying degrees.

The swordsmanship advancement plan from Mentos was fully comprehended the moment it uploaded to Lann’s mind.

Simultaneously, the Demon Hunter’s well-trained body and terrifying natural gift seamlessly adapted during the first real application.