Upon hearing the order, Warrior Chief Buck immediately waved his hand.
The ten soldiers at the front marched in unison, passed through the Isolation Barrier, and stopped in a cluster at the base of the platform, less than ten meters from Primrose.
They knelt on one knee, eyes fixed on the ground.
The distance was perfect—all within ten meters.
Cecilia turned her head to look at Dorothy behind her.
Dorothy raised her head to meet her gaze.
Cecilia gave a slight nod, signaling Dorothy she could begin.
Dorothy took a deep breath.
Everyone’s attention was fixed on Primrose. No one would notice this seemingly harmless, even somewhat cute little girl.
Dorothy gritted her teeth, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.
‘She would make Primrose realize that she was no longer the human little girl she once was.’
‘Her current strength was enough to tear this world to shreds, far surpassing Primrose when she had been the Strongest Human Sage!’
Dorothy raised both hands, mana furiously gathering within her.
She selected the lowest-rank Demon Race Evil Attribute magic—Evil Mist.
Its effect was simple: it spewed a cloud of dark purple mist, causing any creature it touched to rot all over.
Dorothy held nothing back.
She poured all the vast mana in her body into this elementary spell.
She even tapped into her own core power as the Demon King.
She intended to use this attack, combined with the passive “True Damage,” to exact a harsh revenge on Primrose.
Dorothy leaned her head back slightly. The next second, her eyes instantly turned into the shape of blades, fierce yet adorable. She opened her mouth and let out a soft roar at Primrose.
“Hawoo—!”
This soft roar was like the roar of an evil dragon.
Though the sound was not loud, the mana fluctuations within it were extremely terrifying.
A dense, near-solid dark purple mist gushed from Dorothy’s mouth, heading straight for Primrose’s ankle.
Since the platform was enclosed by railings and walls, the mist aimed at the ankle was conveniently concealed.
In the blink of an eye, the dark purple mist struck Primrose’s body.
The dark purple mist instantly engulfed Primrose’s ankle.
Dorothy, standing nearby, couldn’t help the corner of her mouth turning up.
‘Hit!’
‘She had used full power, plus True Damage; this attack would definitely make Primrose suffer greatly.’
‘She was already prepared to see Primrose collapse in disgrace.’
‘When that happened, she would mock her thoroughly and vent all the resentment of a thousand years.’
But the next second, Dorothy’s smile froze on her face.
The dense dark purple mist, the moment it contacted Primrose’s body, melted away like snow meeting fire.
Immediately after, an extremely dazzling golden light burst forth from within Primrose.
This golden light was more blinding than the sun, instantly illuminating the entire plaza.
“Primordial Absolute Divinity” triggered!
The golden light turned into visible ripples, spreading outward from Primrose.
Standing at the center of the golden light, Primrose didn’t have a single hair out of place, and she seemed even more highlighted and saturated than usual.
Her Sage’s Divine Robe, set off by the golden light, appeared even more sacred and inviolable.
Dorothy was utterly stunned.
She stood there dumbfounded, eyes wide.
‘How is this possible?’
‘She used her full power!’
‘That mana output could kill anything instantly!’
‘And she had the True Damage passive!’
‘Why doesn’t Primrose have a scratch?’
‘Could her True Damage have failed?’
Dorothy refused to believe it. She secretly glanced at her own skill panel.
The True Damage icon was lit, no problem at all.
‘Then what’s going on?’
Dorothy’s mind was completely scrambled.
How could she know that after becoming a goddess, Primrose’s stats had multiplied countless times beyond her time as the Strongest Human Sage?
Primrose didn’t even need defensive measures; with her immense stats alone, she directly made Dorothy’s attack deal a whopping -0 damage!
The golden divine light continued to spread outward.
The first to be hit were the ten soldiers kneeling below the platform.
The divine light pierced through their bodies without obstruction.
The soldiers only felt a warm, vast power surge into them.
Their muscles began to swell, and their bones emitted crackling sounds.
One hundred percent!
The four-dimensional attributes received a full increase!
Not only that, many insights about combat and magic appeared in their minds.
That was the effect of the enhancement of their aptitudes.
After bathing in the divine light, the first batch of ten soldiers stood up in unison.
The aura emanating from them had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Warrior Chief Buck stood to the side, watching these soldiers. Even he, who had seen grand spectacles, couldn’t help but be stunned and shocked.
He could clearly sense that these soldiers’ strength had increased by more than just a little.
“This was no mere blessing—this was a complete rebirth!”
“Thank you, Goddess, for the blessing!”
The ten soldiers shouted in unison.
The commoners below the platform saw this and exchanged glances, faces beaming with smiles.
The Goddess’s blessing and the strengthening of the Guard Army meant they would be safer, no longer having to constantly worry whether the Demon Race might break into the town the next second.
The atmosphere in the plaza reached its peak.
Primrose examined these ten revitalized soldiers once more.
The effect was even better than she had imagined.
With this one-hundred-percent stat boost, plus the future prospects brought by improved aptitudes, as long as they didn’t slack off and strove for improvement, these soldiers could definitely fend off attacks from ordinary demons.
As for Demon General-level figures, they could be left to Warrior Chief Buck.
“Second batch, step forward!” Consta called out loudly from below the platform, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.
Another ten soldiers stepped forward and knelt on one knee.
At that moment, Dorothy also snapped back to reality and gritted her teeth.
‘I don’t believe it!’
‘I absolutely refuse to believe I can’t break through Primrose’s defense!’
‘It must have been a mistake just now, or maybe the angle was wrong.’
Dorothy raised both hands again.
This time, she used every ounce of her strength.
Mana furiously circulated within her, even causing her demon horns to grow faintly hot.
“Hawoo—!”
Again, a roar like an evil dragon.
A dark purple evil mist several times denser than before gushed out, slamming violently into Primrose.
The result was exactly the same.
The evil mist melted instantly, and the golden divine light burst forth again.
Primrose still stood firmly there, not even blinking.
The divine light swept over the second batch of soldiers, again completing a full enhancement.
Dorothy stared at the unscathed Primrose, a deep sense of frustration rising in her heart.
‘It’s a bug!’
‘It definitely has to be a bug!!’