Chapter 342: Mana Sword [1]
Noah observed Kael, who stood before him with complete ease, not having the slightest hint of caution in his eyes.
Kael’s casual presence gave the feeling that he was just standing to observe a pest which had somehow crawled out of its hole.
There was no anger in his eyes, just calm detachment.
As the mana sword had now nearly awakened, Noah could feel the rising hatred in his soul towards Kael.
And Noah had an instinctive feeling that Kael knew about the hatred that the world had towards him, and that the world would now stand against him through Noah’s own body.
But even after that, Kael didn’t try to stop his awakening, and neither did he threaten him.
It was as if... Noah’s situation was an entertainment for him.
A challenge that hadn’t been forced on him, but Kael had just taken some time from his schedule to give some face to the world and to Noah, who was now a conduit of the world’s rage towards Kael.
Noah’s fingers trembled in rage as he gripped the sword in his hand with more force—
The realization made Noah’s lips stretch into a smile, which was from the depths of his heart.
It was here... Noah could feel it.
The mana sword had now completely materialized in his hand.
Noah could feel its smooth hilt, which felt rugged at the same time.
The sword was of mixed colours while it could also project itself as colourless from time to time.
The moment the mana sword connected itself to Noah, the clouds rumbled once again, before massive amounts of mana began to flow into Noah, and—
He felt his power rising with every passing moment.
This... for the first time in his life, Noah began to understand the true extent of the power that had always been dormant within him.
After evolving, Noah was now at Gold 1, but the moment the mana sword completely materialized itself into existence... Noah felt a massive increase in his rank, though he also had the feeling that the surge in power was temporary and was a part of the mana sword’s abilities that it could grant to its wielder.
And—
Noah’s pupils dilated as he felt a warm sensation in the shin of his right leg, which had been pierced by Victoria’s sword.
Looking down, the injury that should have taken high-grade potions along with some high-level healing spells, was being repaired within seconds.
Noah could feel his bone being repaired first, and then the tissues around the injury wriggled in real time before his eyes, before their ends grew in size and joined themselves with the rest of the tissues, thereby healing a serious injury within a blink of an eye.
A wide smile blossomed on Noah’s face as he first-hand felt the power of the mana sword’s second ability, which was likely a sort of rapid regeneration.
Just the prospect of having such strong powers at his disposal made Noah’s body shiver with excitement.
If used in the right way... this could even make him completely invincible.
All the confidence that Noah had lost in himself since coming to Namda was now being restored, and not only that, but it was being amplified to greater heights than before.
Confirming that his leg was completely healed, Noah slowly stood up from the ground, before raising his head with a smirk—
Noah narrowed his eyes, as the scene before him wasn’t something that he had expected.
Kael, who was the closest to Noah, observed the process with the same detachment in his eyes as before.
He wasn’t surprised, nor was he impressed by it.
And Noah could even feel a hint of mockery in his gaze, as if the regeneration ability that Kael had just witnessed was just a joke to him... nothing to be taken seriously or be cautious about.
Noah let out a sigh, as he didn’t want his emotions to run wild again.
All of his inferiority complex towards Kael was now completely vaporized, so there was no need for him to prove anything to Kael.
A few moments had already passed, and the vortex of mana that had formed behind Noah was now absorbing more mana from the surroundings before transferring it to his mana sword, which in return was increasing Noah’s own powers.
Kael didn’t interrupt him, and neither did the two instructors who were a little distance away from them.
Concentrating on his core, Noah let the mana flow through it, and actively used mana sense for the first time.
The moment his mana began to spread, Noah felt like he was seeing a different world altogether.
Every person around Noah, in his vicinity, in the buildings, and all around the area, were now being visualized in his mind through his newly developed mana sense.
Noah could sense the student council president, the disciplinary committee head, Victoria, as well as several other members of the student council, as well as many instructors from the academy... all of them watching him like he was some disaster.
And for some reason, Noah enjoyed that feeling of being watched, revered, respected, and feared.
The feeling was something that he had always been wanting to experience, but Kael... the guy had prohibited him from doing so at every turn of Noah’s life in the academy.
People knew he was strong... stronger than all the other generations of first years, but still he wasn’t known for his strength but for being the second ranker in the academy.
That tag of being second was something that Noah wanted to destroy, and at the moment, he felt like it was time to change the way in which people viewed him.
Soon, Noah felt a surging force in his core, and he could feel a colourful layer of mana covering the entirety of his mana core and increasing its size at the same time.
The mana layer turned colourless at the same time, and the power within Noah kept on increasing.
Noah could feel his core reaching Gold 2, as more mana surged through him.
"Do you hate me?"