Chapter 227: Thirteen Holy Lances and the Future of Restricting Divine Authority
After returning to the capital aboard Altera's starship, Noah and Morgan resumed their previous lives.
Morgan, armed with new materials, gathered others to plan the specialized armaments for the three Fairy Knight commanders, while Noah, awaiting the opening of the third volume simulation, also began planning other matters.
Noah had temporarily completed his plan to seize everything from Chaos and was now waiting.
At the moment, he was studying a map, preparing for another matter.
"Mary, after transferring the Great Yata Barrier onto one of my thirteen Holy Lances, I've already devised an enhancement plan for it—this lance has become entirely different from the other twelve. Once it reaches its complete form, I'm willing to call it the Sun."
"And once this lance is forged, the Divine Authority: Constraint I obtained at the time will have its first complete, specialized binding chain."
"But this alone is far from my expectation."
As Noah studied the map, he conveyed these thoughts to Mary in his mind. Hearing this, Mary fell silent for a moment before offering her own perspective.
"If you want more chains and to enhance the other Holy Lances, you might start with the Rhongomyniad Grand Magical Realm."
"The Holy Lance and the Rhongomyniad Grand Magical Realm are inherently connected, and now the World Tree resides within the Rhongomyniad Grand Magical Realm. Given your connection to the World Tree and your status as the master of the Rhongomyniad Grand Magical Realm, you could leverage this to forge a Holy Lance called the World."
"And through this, you should be able to obtain a chain representing 'Earth.'"
Noah had long considered the idea of anchoring the Rhongomyniad Grand Magical Realm to a Holy Lance, but he was somewhat puzzled about how this could yield a chain representing 'Earth.'
"Will that really work? I was thinking whether I needed to incorporate the concept of Britain into the Authority. The World Tree... will it suffice?"
Mary quickly provided an answer to Noah's doubt.
"Of course it will, or rather, this is precisely how it should be—after all, the World Tree is different from the tree at the center of the Lady of the Lake Grand Magical Realm. The tree in the Lady of the Lake's realm is a product of Alchemy."
"But the World Tree grew naturally, nurtured by the world itself, so it can certainly represent 'Earth.'"
"I see..."
Noah nodded, then looked at the map before him and smiled.
"Chains representing 'Heaven' and 'Earth,' and Holy Lances named 'Sun' and 'World.' After that, I plan to wait until the Great Crown of the King of the World is forged, then imbue the concept of 'Nation' into a Holy Lance to create the Holy Lance—Civilization."
"In that case, it wouldn't be impossible for a chain representing 'Humanity' to emerge."
Mary largely agreed with this and added another point.
"And when you later wish to unify myths, you could imbue the concept of the Pantheon you belong to into a Holy Lance, forging the Holy Lance Pantheon."
"I'm quite certain this would almost certainly give rise to a chain representing 'God.'"
Noah, however, had a slightly different view on this matter.
"I don't think it's necessary to list gods separately. With such enhancements, I'll see if I can go even further—ideally, to forge a chain representing 'stars.'"
Hearing Noah say this, Mary laughed.
"Heaven, earth, humanity, stars... And this is only four Holy Lances: Sun, World, Civilization, and Pantheon. If you could forge all thirteen Holy Lances into similar things, your Divine Authority: Constraint would expand to an utterly absurd level."
"That's a given."
Noah affirmed directly.
"After all, although the Holy Spear of the End split into thirteen when I received the gift of the Mediterranean Pantheon in the Temple, and each one is no weaker than the initial form's release—only when these thirteen Holy Lances are recombined can the Holy Lance unleash its strongest attack."
"So, if I can independently forge all thirteen Holy Lances, their eventual unification would represent all things, the world, everything—truly specializing against all things, encompassing all while destroying all. That, in my eyes, would be the spear of the King of the World, worthy of comparison with the Great Crown of the King of the World!"
"And the Divine Authority: Constraint born from this... The chain form would only be temporary. After all, this is Divine Authority. Compared to dividing it into separate authorities, a unified Divine Authority that combines all characteristics would be better and more superior."
Noah had his own plans for this.
If the unified thirteen Holy Lances were the spear of the King of the World he was currently conceptualizing, then for Divine Authority: Constraint, Noah intended to merge its form with his Conqueror's Haki.
While something like a chain could represent constraint, it wasn't enough!
Compared to that, if he could integrate its characteristics with Conqueror's Haki, that would be the true Divine Authority: Constraint!
Within his kingly or Divine Might, whether heaven and earth, civilization, gods or stars, the sun or the moon—everything must halt and bow!
This was the ultimate form of Divine Authority: Constraint that Noah pursued.
Moreover, beyond what he had mentioned, Noah had other ideas.
Namely, the Planetary Core and Velber Technology.
What Noah had firmly planned wasn't four Holy Lances, but possibly five.
He actually wanted to try forging a Holy Lance named Umbral Star—what kind of weapon would that be?
If it could truly be achieved, the chain would be much easier to conceive.
After all, a chain that could harmonize with the Umbral Star would inevitably be one targeting civilization.
And thinking this way, Noah recalled Chaos.
On a mythological level, consuming Chaos would allow the sun to be fully forged. But what else?
If Chaos, located in the Void, could be forged into a Holy Lance, that wouldn't be bad either.
After all, if Chaos could be used to forge a chain representing the Void, it would be an exceptionally rare material. At least in Noah's understanding, only Chaos possessed such unique characteristics.
At that time, the chains would encompass heaven, earth, humanity, stars, civilization, and the void.
The void... In Noah's conception, if only he could add Beast, machinery, and the extraterrestrial, the number of chains would be sufficient!
For these already encompassed everything!
And by then, perhaps he could capture even more exceptional concepts—such as time, space, fantasy, and even... the Root!
Thinking of these possibilities, Noah's thoughts quickened.
As for the application sent by some unknown Magus, carrying a trace of King Solomon's aura?
Not to mention that Noah was absent when it arrived, and it was handled by his Adjutant Officer, Manaka—even if he had seen it himself... who knew what King Solomon's aura was supposed to be like?
He had never met King Solomon.
Perhaps Zelretch assumed that Noah, as the Ultimate One of the Planet, must have lived since ancient times, at least as some old monster from the Age of Gods.
But Noah... he truly wasn't.
So Zelretch...
Once he became the Second Magician, Noah would meet him then!
After all, Noah still wanted him to test what exactly was going on with this World Line he was in!
As for now...
If he was willing to wait, then let him wait!