What distinguishes Rank 3 is the ability to extract essence and make it tangible.
As for Rank 4, it is the transformation the body undergoes.
But what about Rank 5?
Rank 5, which marks the beginning of the higher ranks, whether for humans or monsters.
The reason awakened ones at Rank 5 stand out was not that ridiculous physical strength nor absolute control over essence.
No, but something else.
Principle of Transcendence.
The power that makes every Rank 5 individual unique.
And Arthania was no exception. As someone at the peak of Rank 5, she had achieved her Principle long ago.
And now, for the first time in centuries, some of the threads binding her mind and obscuring her from reality were severed.
In that moment, memories began to flood into her consciousness… things she had forgotten and never wanted to remember.
But part of her wanted to remember.
Two conflicting intentions… like any other human.
