Thorne opened the box that contained his prize. It was then that Thorne saw a devil fruit with two horns coming out of it. Thorne contemplated whether he should eat the devil fruit until Shamrock approached him.
"Thorne, what are you doing?" Shamrock asked Thorne who was in deep thought.
"I was just thinking whether I would eat the devil fruit or not," Thorne said honestly,
"Are you worried about the quality of the fruit? Don't fret, every reward a champion gets in hunts is ensured to be top tier," Shamrock said, assuring Thorne that whatever the Devil Fruit is, it would be strong.
"That's not my worry, I worry whether it would give me weakness if I were exposed to sea water," Thorne said.
"That would be a concern, but in every concern, there's also an advantage. Think this through," Shamrock said, while leaving Thorne to seriously consider whether it was worth eating Devil Fruit, or should he be like Shanks, Garp, and Roger, who became one of the strongest beings in this world without relying on Devil Fruit.
'Hmmm, I might as well eat it, even Garp was defeated due to him being affected by age, but I can't see that happening for Garling in the manga, as he was still the leader of God's Knight and recruited into 5 elders the moment Saint Saturn die,' Thorne said in his mind, convincing himself to eat the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit. After eating the whole Devil Fruit in one go. Thorne tasted the unpleasant taste others often describe following eating a devil fruit.
After eating the Devil Fruit, Thorne suddenly felt something change within him. A whisper echoed in his ear—the will of the Devil Fruit revealing its true name. It murmured, 'Thor, the God of Thunder.' Thorne was shocked; he could feel the initial powers of the Devil Fruit, enhancing his strength, similar to the Riki Riki no mi. he then activated his element, when he was suddenly transformed into a lightning bolt, even without moving, confirming a logia-like abilities, and finally Changing his form, he was suddenly taller and more muscular than his normal physique, with his uniform's gloves and belt change into what the Thor wear.
Thorne was ecstatic, he was given a god model devil fruit, he then deactivated his transformation as the Ceremony was starting, he walked towards his Family, where Garling could feel something changed with Thorne, Shamrock could also feel the difference from Thorne, so he asked directly.
"Did you eat the fruit?" Shamrock asked directly to Thorne directly, and Thorne just nodded, confirming his question.
"What is it?" Garling asked, wondering what kind of devil fruit could grant his son this much of a change in just a moment.
"Hito Hito no mi, model: Thor," Thorne answered honestly, not hiding any trivial matter from his current family.
"Hmmmmm, good good," Garling said, having a proud expression on his face, while Seraphina just had this expression of extreme happiness written on her face, with her congratulating her son.
"Congratulations, my little thorne, you are growing up now," Seraphina said to Thorne while hugging him.,
"Where is the slave's child? Make sure that she is safe and healthy, I don't want my first servant dying after I spent my effort to save her," Thorne said while since he knows that he would be punished if he were to show his protection to the 'enemy of god' as they call the lunarians.
"She is being tended by your servants, now let's go to the ceremony, you will be getting your mark," Garling said, while leading Thorne towards the place where the ceremony where the Abyss mark would be granted towards those who passed the assessment, they went inside a castle where the mark was etched on the floor, the moment they all stand in the circle, they were taken to a much private place, Thorne tried to activate his observation haki but he cannot expand it more than 3 meters, just enough to cover the entire room.
Thorne who failed to use his observation for the first time, was suddenly alerted, it was then that another mark of abyss appeared, but it was not in the floor, it was at the walls, it summoned a shadow that crept with each recruits beginning from their feet until it reaches their arms, it then left a mark before disappearing like it was never there, the only evidence it happened is the tattoo that was left in their arms, marking their official joining of the God's Knight.
After every one of them is marked, they are suddenly teleported back. Thorne, noticing that they are back, immediately observed his mark, with it resembling his sun mark but darker color and having more waves.
'Hmmm, I wonder if it was used for a different purpose other than being able to summon current members of the God's Knight,' Thorne thought to himself while walking back to his family,
"WE WILL DISMISS TODAY, TOMORROW WE WILL BEGIN OUR TRAINING", Garling said, while all of them shouted.
"YES, SAINT GARLING"
"NO, ADDRESS ME AS SUPREME COMMANDER, AND I WOULD PUNISH ANYONE WHO OBEY NOT OBEY, I DON'T CARE WHAT FAMILY YOU CAME FROM," Garling said, laying down his rule, while also ensuring that all of them will be treated the same. They all dismissed where they are transported back to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.
"You will not call me father from now on, you will address me as supreme commander, the same punishment will befall you once you fail to comply," Garling said to Thorne.
"I would be disappointed if you show any favors for me just because I'm your son, supreme commander," Thorne answered, which satisfied Garling.
"You would also call me commander, especially if we are on missions," Shamrock also said to Thorne, who just nodded, while traveling back to their castle.
Thorne then reflected on the events that happened today, and the possible future path wants to do, but one thing is certain, it would be harder to obtain freedom since he was now tied with the God's Knight and possibly Imu itself.
'I'll use the remaining years to train myself to be as strong as possible,' Thorne thought to himself with so much resolve, not noticing that a crack appeared on his floor, resulting from his unconsciously leaking conqueror's haki.