21 Disbelief (2/2)

Nero felt his consciousness jerk awake. The sudden head thumping feeling assaulted him, similar to when he had first woken up.

'I'm...okay, I think.' Nero responded back, clutching his dome hard.

'Goodness, you're okay! I'll give you time to settle, that was very dangerous back there.'

Nero felt extremely out of breath, his body was heaving so hard, he felt like his ribs might break.

Taking his time, he plopped himself on the trunk of a large oakwood tree.

'I feel so fucked right now, just tell me the improvements and compare my body to previously and to an average adult.' Nero was not expecting that at all, he thought it wouldn't take any extra requirements to process the Dan as it did the meat. He was quite clearly misjudging the rampant energy from even a mostly dissipated Dan.

'Acknowledged.

'Report¬

'average adult strength: 1

'Muscle strength: ~1.75 (previously: ~1)

'Increase: 75%

'Mana bonded composition: ~2.8 KG (previously 2 KG)

'Increase: 40%

'Rate of perception: 142% (+30%)

'Level of Mana Manipulation: Basic Slayer (previously Peak Hunter)

'Level of controllable Mana: Basic Adept Mana (previously Peak Basic Mana)

'¬Report Complete'

'I'm a slayer already?' Nero didn't have a clue about how he could become a slayer, he'd been stuck as a peak hunter. He'd asked the King but his answer was a riddle, not even Nova could understand. Nero knew, if Nova couldn't analyze it, it was bullshit.

'Greatness bows when the predator understands the prey' or some bullshit like that was what the king said. Either he broke the barrier differently again, or the king was trying to create a placebo.

'He probably got into a sticky situation or something, like me.'

'Also, she's just... staring at me. How am I supposed to deal with this?'

'She knows you're a slayer, I say we just leave her, who's gonna believe a child aged 7 would reach slayer?' Nova really didn't want unnecessary bloodshed, Madison now held absolutely no threat to them.

With his new perception speed, Nero could easily block a scythe from Madison, even if he was sneak attacked. He also had brawn far beyond an average man.

'I dunno... I could just deny anything and everything she says, even if she tells people that my aura can confirm it, we can just hide it. That's why we're the best duo, the chief thinks it's impossible to conceal your aura once you let your pores naturally emit mana, for us though, porous control is easy as breathing, we could just emit skilled basic mana like what the chief thinks we have.' Nero started to conform with the idea of just having her show them her moves, then leave her alone.

His level of talent was unprecedented, no one would ever believe that a child could even begin on the path of magic, much less become a SLAYER. Even known prodigies like the Nobles took 50 years to reach there, how could a village boy even fantasize reaching such a milestone.

They now have a plan ahead of them, to steal the skill of Madison and go on forward on their journey.

”Alright. Show me everything you know.” Nero instantly formed glowing orange discs in the air, emanating an assertive force on its surroundings, like an overlord in control.