Chapter 284: 284. The New Dawn Legion

The answer to changing one’s whole structure of existence lies in the variance energy.

More specifically, it lay in the combination of influence brought by Vyker blood and variance energy.

William and the system had reached this conclusion after analyzing how Rah’s blood had altered Lia’s mortal DNA.

They had also spoken with Grimlock, who remembered that every one of his victims had died because of catastrophic mutations in their genomes.

William still did not know how to achieve a stable transformation.

But the possibility was real, and it was quite significant.

There was already a gene alteration spell available in the system shop, and William intended to begin his experiments there.

For now, William looked at the fifty kneeling men once more and calmly absorbed Barash’s gold-ranked fire spells through the mark of a slave before distributing them to the rest.

He wanted this group to have enough versatility to operate independently in hostile territory.

By the time he was finished, the aura around the men had changed so drastically that even the air in the cavern felt heavier with strong intent and strength.

They were probably the only men after William to carry so many affinities on them.

These men had been cultivating from the day William first gave them the Heavenly Resonance Scripture, and although they had been forced to start from the very beginning to rebuild a foundation, the time they spent inside William’s Infinite Domain had accelerated their growth beyond what should have been possible in the outside world.

While only 2 weeks had passed in reality, 14 years had passed within the domain, and those fourteen years had been spent under ideal conditions with high-purity energy in the atmosphere, structured training, proper combat guidance, and access to resources that even noble families would have struggled to gather.

Duke Rizwell’s contribution had been especially important in that regard, because the sheer amount of cultivation materials he had supplied allowed William to push these men much harder than he otherwise could have.

Out of the fifty men kneeling before him, 4 had reached SSS rank, 12 had reached SS rank, and the remaining 34 had all reached S rank. That level of growth in such a short amount of real time was nothing short of extraordinary, even by the standards of this world.

William could not help but feel a bitter sense of irony when he thought about how much difference resources made on the path of cultivation, because he himself had spent 170 years reaching S rank across 3 separate energy cores, which meant that each core had taken him roughly fifty to sixty years to cultivate to that level.

These men, with proper resources, an ideal environment, and a modified scripture, had reached even greater heights in a fraction of the time.

Barash and Ronin, who had started cultivating the Heavenly Resonance Scripture earlier than the others, had already reached the Ascension Realm and were more than capable of leading this elite force through the dangerous work ahead.

William trusted both of them because they had already proven themselves repeatedly in previous assignments.

When Maris first learned that William intended to create an elite force that would one day serve as the foundation of his plans, she immediately took the responsibility of preparing the resources utilised to train and form this group.

She designed special uniforms for them that balanced mobility and defense.

Each man now wore lightweight combat attire reinforced with a thick beast hide armor from very high-ranked beasts that could withstand significant punishment without limiting movement, and every member of the force carried a gold-ranked single-edged sword, a pair of hidden daggers, and a pitch-black metallic storage ring capable of carrying supplies, weapons, and mission tools without drawing attention.

Maris had used Duke Rizwell’s connections to acquire all of this, and as payment, she had offered him light stones produced inside the domain of infinite, a trade so valuable that the duke had accepted immediately and even encouraged her to place more orders in the future.

By the time the sobs from Anastasia’s cell had begun to quiet, William finally stepped forward and addressed the men kneeling before him, because although they were already bound to him through the mark of a slave, he knew that what he was building now needed more than just plain obedience.

William’s gaze moved across every face before him, and when he finally spoke, his voice was calm but heavy enough to make every man lower his head further.

“I do not have much time for long speeches, but there are things you need to understand before you walk the path I am placing before you.”

“The fourteen years you spent inside my domain cultivating were not simply years of training. For many of you, they were the first years in your lives where you were allowed to live without fear, without hunger, and without chains hidden behind false promises.”

His eyes remained steady as he continued.

“Some of you were born poor and learned early that the world was cruel. Some of you were born comfortable and still ended up discarded by the same society that pretended to value you.

“Some of you made terrible choices. Some of you were forced into darkness because there was nowhere else left to go. Some of you chose survival over dignity because survival instinct was all you had.”

William paused briefly, then spoke with greater intensity.

“I do not care about your past, because your past has already taken enough from you.”

The silence deepened.

“I am not a righteous man, and I am not offering you redemption. I am not here to judge you, forgive you, or pretend that the world can be made fair. I have no interest in empty ideals. I care only about purpose, and I care only about what moves me closer to the future I intend to build.”

William’s voice grew heavier, carrying through the cavern like a vow.

“I am the Eternal Sovereign, and I am giving you something that very few people in this world are ever truly offered. I am giving you the chance to leave behind the names that chained you to your past. I am giving you the chance to become something greater than what the world allowed you to be.”

He looked at each of them slowly.

“From this day onward, you will no longer be defined by your race, your birth, your sins, your weakness, or your suffering. None of that matters anymore. You will stand beneath one identity. You will rise beneath one purpose. You will live, fight, and if necessary die beneath one name.”

“You will carry both light and darkness, fire and ice. Your intent will be similar, you will cut when needed and heal when needed.”

“You will carry the name of your legion, The legion of light and darkness, the legion of Fire and Ice.”

William’s eyes gleamed with quiet conviction.

“THE NEW DAWN!”

The fifty two men raised their heads as one, and when they spoke, their voices shook the cavern walls.

“The New Dawn !!” x 52

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