[In other words, aside from illumination, the Lantern rank also emphasized range.]
[The previous three ranks were focused on creating, carrying, and sustaining light, the very foundation for a Light Bearer. But at the Lantern rank, the Light Bearer could now focus on increasing the illumination range of their light.]
[Of course, Lantern rank Light Bearers were still incapable of purifying the lands corrupted by the Perpetual Darkness.]
[At most, they could drive away the Perpetual Darkness temporarily, for as long as they stayed in that area and kept illuminating it with their light.]
[For a Light Bearer to be usable to society, they'd at least have to be at Lantern rank. And for them to reliably defeat Dark Monsters, Flash rank was the minimum requirement.]
