Naimes and the old priest exchanged some polite words before leaving directly.

He still had many things to do and no time to waste here.

Inside his mind, a thread of information flowed along.

[Commandment Updated]

[Main Commandment: Oathkeeping]

[Commandment Feedback: Contract Artifact new effect—Bloodline Connection: The Contract Artifact, as a medium, enhances transmission functions and can more precisely affect bloodline.]

Indeed, this commandment feedback came from the verbal contract with the old priest.

The old priest hoped he would spare Jacques and proposed various exchanges.

In the end, Naimes chose to agree, which already counted as concluding the contract.

“However, the stronger the commandment feedback, the higher the completion degree required for the contract,” Naimes summarized this commandment feedback situation.

For a normal oathkeeping commandment, once the contract is sealed and he completes his part, the commandment benefits from it.

But this time was different;

the commandment is only truly complete after he obtains the substantial item promised by the old priest.

“This ability is very powerful. It will greatly aid further modifications of Pur and the establishment of my own faction,” Naimes felt satisfied with it.

At the same time, Naimes inspected the newly acquired holy sword.

It contained eleven holy characters, bestowing the sword with three common traits: sharpness, resilience, and inspiration, plus an advanced trait called Divine Power.

“It can channel my own power to possess holy attributes, thereby revealing special attacks against evil creatures.” Naimes could feel his body becoming livelier because of this, especially due to the newly obtained Holy Bone and its strong connection with the Divine Nails.

“The Divine Nails are already half-fused with my bones, and my life aura has thus recovered significantly.”

“Moreover, it’s not that further fusion is impossible, but a clear opportunity is still needed.”

Combining multiple factors at this moment, Naimes seemed to have obtained a miracle, breaking through the sequelae of the Oathbound Holy Knight, and the changes had not stopped.

“As long as I direct it, the faith power of the Divine Nails will be completely integrated, and I will gain a special power.” Naimes felt the changes in the Divine Nails, faintly sensing a ‘limitless’ feeling.

This sensation was an illusion, but not baseless.

The most worshipped aspect of gods lies in their divine power.

To a certain extent, divine power is omnipotent, like a wish-granting machine.

As long as the divine power is sufficient, it can achieve anything desired.

“And faith is a supplement to divine power.”

“Therefore, purified faith power is also a kind of quasi-omnipotent force.”

“However, it is ultimately not true divine power and cannot grant wishes. I still need some related knowledge to truly unleash its effectiveness.”

Naimes recalled Jacques using the family secret technique previously.

Jacques chanted sacred incantations, activating faith power to strengthen himself.

If not for this, Naimes would not have tangled with him for so long.

It was precisely to more intricately perceive the flow of faith within Jacques’s body during combat.

Jacques, a Holy Knight who had not yet reached the Steel Seed stage, relied on a single Holy Bone and a few sacred incantations to possess such extremely powerful traits.

This was the subtlety of faith—activating faith power in a specific direction to transform it into a trait formed by that direction.

“Just blindly trying to direct it results in very low efficiency in using faith power.”

For example, Naimes could now fully mobilize seven Divine Nails inside his body, along with twenty-one years of faith power, to realize his own desires.

For instance, becoming strong and healthy.

Then the faith would fully integrate into his body and accumulate naturally to form traits.

Naimes was certain that traits formed in this way would be very ordinary.

“The Dartmanley family uses the deeds of their ancestors and the Holy Bone as guidance to fix it toward that trait direction, thus maximizing the effect of faith power.”

Like constructing a building, materials can’t just be piled up;

a plan is needed, and other materials must be mixed in as ‘steel reinforcement’ for support.

In the Dartmanley family’s secret technique, the sacred incantations serve as the blueprint. The Holy Bone Jacques carries not only triggers faith power but also acts as the core.

“And currently, I have two directions—commandment and Holy Bone.” Naimes sensed that if faith power filled these two directions and was carefully planned, it could exert the greatest effect of faith power.

“However, this is meticulous work and cannot be completed quickly.” Naimes deliberately slowed his pace.

He was indeed busy, but especially at times like this, he must not rush, as haste would cause mistakes.

Being busy is an arrangement that ensures there is always something to do every moment.

Rushing is a state that to some extent neglects the quality of work in pursuit of efficiency.

This was exactly Naimes’s current state;

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Research on faith power.

Addition of commandment.

Research on Whale Transformation Disease.

Secret development of his faction.

And investigating the secrets of the old priest, Op, and others.

Yet Naimes did not feel annoyed, only exceptionally fulfilled.

Because everything existing now was preparation for his future rush toward the peak.

“Waiting is a compulsory lesson.” Naimes returned to his residence and began to wait.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

In the basement, Pur stood up. After locking eyes with Naimes, he slightly nodded, his expression tightening as he activated Whale Transformation.

A large number of black spots appeared on his body and quickly changed.

Pur’s skin became tough at this moment, like a layer of rubber.

At the same time, the black spots stretched and twisted, forming patterns.

His whole body swelled more than a size but did not look bloated, only exuding a sense of giant strength.

His yellowish-brown skin was covered with numerous black patterns resembling petals or cloud patterns.

Just standing there, he exuded a sense of oppression.

After all, his head was slightly pressing against the basement ceiling.

“Basically qualified.” Naimes nodded with some satisfaction.

Pur’s numerical value had already reached eight, which was not a significant increase compared to after the initial whale transformation.

But he had already gained two traits.

Giant: Strength receives approximately a fifty percent bonus and can break through limits.

So in this state, Pur’s effective numerical value was twelve.

Tough Skin: Grants extremely strong resistance to external attacks and ignores some sword damage with a value below ten.

This trait could even be considered a low-grade version of Grace of Forgiveness.

With the combination of these two traits, whale transformation could be considered a qualified power enhancement method.