Chapter 170 - 162.2 : Awakening (1/2)

In just a couple of seconds, Vyncent had crossed a large distance yet he never stopped using his secret technique albeit the fact that it consumes a big amount of Nether Energy. He would stop for a couple of seconds to restore for a bit and swallow a pill then continue fleeing. Alina couldn't struggle as she was knocked unconscious and after a couple of minutes passed and sensing that no one chased him, Vyncent breathed a sigh of relief.

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Back at the large area where the slaughter occurred, the red-haired youth stood near Arthur whilst facing Rosie, who ignored him and talked with her subordinates. The tentacles were still wrapping around the hostages but all of them fell unconscious due to the pain with the exception of the head maid, who had a strong willpower and managed to barely hold herself from fainting. The pain was excruciating yet all her thoughts were centered around her niece, who has just kidnapped again and to top it off, it was under eyes, she was completely helpless against such strong enemies.

'If only he would wake up....'

Knowing that she would follow the rest and fall unconscious in the upcoming seconds, Taliya couldn't help but stare at Arthur, wishing that he would wake up already and do something, he was her only hope for retrieving Alina.

For the head maid, today was probably the worst of her life yet as if the heavens were listening to her wishes, the motionless Arthur who had his eyes closed finally had finally woken up. The very second Arthur regained consciousness, a series of notifications popped in front of him yet he disregarded them all and spread his senses.

He did nothing but open his eyes yet the aura around him had a drastic change, it was too abrupt and that was followed by an overwhelming pressure that forced Rosie to stop talking midway and stare at him with surprise.

She was just planning to take the hostages and retreat but from the looks of it, it was too late. Despite the instinctive fear she felt from him, she wasn't overly anxious as she had many hostages and she could kill them the moment he tried something.

The first one to react was the red-haired youth, he did a 90-degree bow with his hand on his chest and said with a respectful tone:

”Master, congratulations on your breakthrough.”

The reason the Golem and the book transformed into this youth from the first place was due to Arthur's sudden breakthrough, it actually stimulated both of them and resulted in this.

Living through Curtis's whole life and experiencing countless things, Arthur's soul had undergone an unimaginable change and that pushed him to automatically breakthrough into the Divine Realm.

Not only was his stats increased, his Sense, skills, and Mental Power were also affected. Compared to the cold aura Arthur had around him in the past, the current one was completely different in every sense.

The cold aura had disappeared with not an ounce of it remaining and what replaced it what an unusual serenity around him, an extremely calm expression hang on Arthur's face. He was deeply surprised by his breakthrough and the innumerable changes, yet nothing was shown on his face. Furthermore, he was able to understand a bit of the situation without needing an explanation, just by using his Divine Sense for a second and seeing the hostages, and the gargoyles, he was able to guess what occurred, more or less.

Since he had no time to check the notification log and the status window, he scheduled that for later when things calmed down, but even without seeing numbers, he could feel himself become several times stronger. His Divine Sense could stretch for a whopping thirty miles and his Sixth Sense, which had a meager range, now have a range of two miles in all directions. This, in itself, proves how much strength he had become.

However, this was but the tip of the iceberg, the most drastic change he had was his temperament. Now that his soul fused with Curtis's, albeit forcefully, he no longer felt the urgent need to solve every problem, find Lucy or feel the loneliness that affected his sense of judgment.

Of course, he still longed for his only love, and still wanted to find her as soon as possible, however, his thinking became more subtle and the nonending sense of urgency had disappeared. He felt inexplicable calmness, the same the knight, Curtis, had.

If it were before, if he saw Sonia and the rest injured like this, he would have gotten angry and attacked from the getgo yet now, he did naught.

Carefully, he analyzed the situation, sensed the surroundings and appraised everyone in his view. Then he locked his stare on Rosie, who was equally staring back at him with a wavering expression. Without needing an appraise, anyone could guess she's their boss and the perpetrator, she was also injured but as she was a Divine Realm, no Immortal could defeat her and unless a Divine Realm faced her, no one can stop her from leaving.

Knowing this, Arthur glanced at the bowing youth next to him and nodded at him without speaking a word.

The red-haired youth didn't talk back either and just stood behind Arthur with his eyes still closed.