The Witch Hunter System

Although Vaan's highest elemental affinity was fire, this was achieved through fortuitous encounters. In his present state, it also provided him with the strongest fighting power out of all his abilities.

Still, when asked which element Vaan possessed the greatest innate talent for, the answer would undoubtedly be the spatial element.

Whether it was the Heaven-Swallowing Space or Wisdom from the Void, they were his greatest advantage.

Unfortunately, he could not use any of them to their fullest potential due to his lack of spatial comprehension.

At the very least, he believed his two spatial abilities had a lot of room for improvement.

Unless Vaan could weaponize his Heaven-Swallowing Space or perceive hidden information in the space with Wisdom from the Void, it couldn't be said that he had been using any of the two to their fullest potential.

In order to weaponize his Heaven-Swallowing Space, Vaan had to overcome his limitation, which was the size of the objects he could store and the point of entry he could create for the Heaven-Swallowing Space.

Vaan couldn't store items that were larger than twice his body mass, nor could he create a point of entry beyond his body.

If he could manipulate the size and location of the entry point to the Heaven-Swallowing Space, it would become an extremely powerful ability.

For example, if he could store an entire mountain and drop it out of the sky, even such a simple move could potentially kill countless Rank 5 beings.

The bigger the mountain and the higher the height he dropped it, the greater its destructive capabilities!

Wiping out countries or killing the planet, which reached the destructive power of Rank 6 divine beings, wouldn't be outside the realm of possibilities!

But of course, if Vaan could actually manipulate the Heaven-Swallowing Space to such a scale and distance, his spatial comprehension would most likely not be far from Rank 6 divine beings.

However, Vaan was not satisfied with this kind of result.

Being a Demigod-rank capable of Divine-rank attacks was not enough to defeat the seven Great Devils of Gehenna.

If the seven Great Devils of Gehenna were all peak Divine-rank beings, low-level Rank 6 attacks would be far from enough to defeat them.

He needed a much stronger trump card – an ultimate attack that could slay any Rank 6 divine beings.

And developing such an ultimate attack would be possible if he comprehended the spatial law – Vaan believed.

The Law of Space…

While it was one of the universal laws that governed the world like the elemental laws of fire, water, wind, and earth, they were not on the same level.

Of course, at their zenith, all laws were equal.

However, their starting points were not. The spatial law had a higher requirement to comprehend. As such, its initial power would also be greater.

'With my Demigod-rank soul and an innate talent with the spatial element, comprehending the Spatial Law shouldn't be difficult,' Vaan thought.

Shortly after he shut his eyes off from the world of light, he perceived the world in perpetual darkness with his mind.

Without his vision, his other sense sharpened.

However, the comprehension of universal laws did not rely on the five mortal senses. Thus, Vaan shut off his other four human senses one by one.

It wasn't easy.

Still, through a period of meditation, Vaan eventually entered a state of emptiness.

In his state of emptiness, Vaan was like an unfettered soul that had been released through the confinement and limitation of his mortal body, free to roam the boundless world that seemed infinitely more vast.

Specks of different colored light appeared around him—some up close, some further away, like the stars in the night skies.

They were the hidden universal laws that governed the world.

However, for some reason, Vaan could perceive much clearer than when he comprehended the Fire Law in the Fire Dragon Clan.

Undoubtedly, it was due to the dimensional crack connecting the two worlds.

It wasn't hard to guess where the dimensional crack was located even with all of Vaan's mortal sense shut. After all, the universal laws of the two worlds were clashing intensely in front of him.

Just like Vaan suspected, the dimensional crack was a great place to perceive and comprehend the laws.

'Let me see how much I can understand during this period,' Vaan mused without the concern that he might get attacked by demons crossing over from Gehenna.

He had ten Rank 5 young elite dragons patrolling the sky in the area; the ten Rank 5 dragons wouldn't allow the demons to disturb their supreme leader's meditation.

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Holy Knight Empire, Holy City

Right outside the imperial great hall on palace grounds, a sudden spatial rift appeared, alarming the nearby imperial guards.

"Who goes there—!?" the imperial guards barked.

They immediately grabbed the hilt of their swords, ready to draw them for battle. But the moment they sensed one of the aura of two emerging people, they quickly felt stunned.

It felt like a type of holy aura, but it commanded majesty and respect.

"Well, isn't this quite the warm welcome, Astoria?" Henrietta casually uttered.

She observed her surroundings without feeling threatened in the slightest. The imperial guards were Peak-stage Aura Grandmasters at best.

"Lord Astarot said the holy city was already under control, but I suppose people here still hold prejudice and hostilities towards witches. Maybe I should suppress them with my power a bit," Henrietta suggested with a mischievous smile.

"This is how they are supposed to react if two unknown people suddenly trespassed in the imperial palace, Your Majesty," Astoria rolled her eyes and said, "This has nothing to do with hostilities towards witches… probably."

A few moments later, Astoria furrowed her brows, having noticed the imperial guards' odd stares as they studied her in silent surprise and confusion.

The imperial guards were trying to ascertain Astoria's identity.

They couldn't figure out why they subconsciously felt the need to pay her the utmost respect despite it being their first meeting.

Why did a witch possess a majesty aura that seemed vastly superior to the late emperor, an Aura King, at the peak of his reign?

Suddenly, one of the imperial guard's eyes beamed before kneeling down with a devoted fist-palm salute.

"I greet the truest heir to the imperial throne of the Holy Knight Empire!" the imperial guard shouted excitedly.

Truest… heir?

Astoria and Henrietta were both greatly taken aback by the imperial guard's sudden statement and behavior. Even the other imperial guards glanced over with surprise and confusion.

"This… What kind of situation is this?" Henrietta asked with surprise.