[On the way to the Stormterror's Lair.]
[Might as well record my recent growth.]
[Telekinesis and the Qiankun Mirror Mirror have already been noted earlier.]
[This time, I'll record the authority I awakened this morning — the Herrscher of Reason.]
[When I make contact with something, I can instantly understand its structure and recreate it using my own energy.]
[Using a Gnosis as an example is too abstract. Let's use something more common: Ruin Guards.]
[The moment I touch a Ruin Guard, I can analyze its internal mechanism and construct one of my own — one that I control completely.]
[The number I can create depends only on my available energy.]
The watching women collectively fell silent.
He could just… touch a Ruin Guard… and then make new Ruin Guards.
It wasn't power.
It was absurd.
"No wonder he wants Barbatos' Gnosis…"
Rosalyne's breath trembled. "He intends to recreate it. If he can reproduce a Gnosis… then he can replicate what Celestia does."
That thought alone made her scalp go numb.
[Finally—the core of my growth.]
Rosalyne's eyes widened.
There was more?
[Limit Break.]
[On the first day of each month, my power automatically multiplies based on the previous month's value.]
[Specifically: ×2, ×4, ×8, ×16, ×32…]
[By the 12th month, the multiplier is ×4096. The 13th month would be ×8192.]
[Meaning: one year from now, I will be 4096 times stronger than I am now.]
Everything went silent.
Then—
"…Excuse me?"
Every woman who had been calmly drinking tea suddenly felt her soul leave her body.
He doesn't even have to do anything.
Just exist for a year.
And he becomes 4000+ times stronger.
Leave it to continue another month:
8000+ times.
Another:
16,000+ times.
Cloud Retainer's pupils shrank.
"A year from now—he could crush Teyvat with one hand."
This was no longer "power scaling."
This was terminal escalation.
[But, this Limit Break can be granted to others.]
[However, recipients only accumulate once every three months.]
[So at the end of one year, they only reach 16× their original power.]
Lisa raised her hand, purple lightning blooming at her fingertips.
"Even so… a free, automatic 16× increase yearly… and immortality to stack it infinitely…"
"This is beyond anything scholars could conceive."
Jean listened, clasping her hands—still overwhelmed.
"Yes, I… I also feel my strength has noticeably increased. By an enormous amount."
Lisa blinked, then frowned.
"Then why are you sighing?"
Jean's pretty face flushed red.
"…Because all I offered was one night. Compared to the people of Mondstadt who will live… compared to the peace restored… what I received feels far too much."
In her mind, what she gave was nothing compared to lives saved.
But what she gained was a miracle beyond mortals.
Lisa rolled her eyes.
"Then when he returns, just make sure to use him fully. Squeeze him until—"
Jean froze.
"H—how can you say that?!"
Lisa only smirked.
Jean, realizing what she implied, turned red to her ears.
"I… need more practice…"
Meanwhile—
At the Goethe Hotel, Rosalyne collapsed bonelessly onto a velvet sofa.
"That man… can he still be considered mortal?"
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