40 Mana Flow (1/2)
”I see, hearing about your success at the guild, we really should celebrate!” Noah told Leo as he was finishing up the first course of food over the fire. Once Leo returned, he filled Noah in, but Noah was not surprised in the slightest.
When it came to the city, over the years the overall strength had dramatically increased which meant that the newer generations were on track to easily surpass those from the older generations. This was thanks to the fact that the emerging Master leveled individual that took full control over the city and its politics.
The power rankings within this city were the core disciples, followed by the executive leveled experts. After this were the Elite experts that made up the strongest warriors in each household. However, the one level above the Elite expert was of course the Master leveled expert.
In the history of this city's existence, the current leader of the city was the first Master leveled expert that has emerged from within. What was even more surprising was that this expert was born as a commoner and so once he took his new role, he wanted stronger techniques and skills to be distributed to the public.
After only a few decades, the mass distribution of stronger techniques and skills gave birth to more experts which allowed the city itself to gain a bigger foothold within the area. This city was somewhat weak and in a more secluded area compared to other human cities. Therefore, the city could only rely on themselves in order to increase their strength!
”To be honest Noah, I am thinking of trying my luck at this spider-based mission. I think that I have enough strength to survive an onslaught if they were to outnumber me. Before I leave, I think I will go to the market to look for a more suitable weapon tonight. My plan is to leave tomorrow early morning.” Leo explained his thoughts to Noah to hear his advice.
”I already knew that you would be able to join that guild with your current level of strength. So, I actually reported it to your friends and they are holding a private dinner for you tonight. Since they are your squad, I think spending some time with them now that you have a chance again, is more important than going shopping.” After pondering for a moment, Noah told Leo this information to persuade him to relax a little more.
”Really? I would never have imagined that Jack and Natalia's household would finally give them permission to meet with me. After the trial they were locked up into some closed-door training and I was told that I shouldn't disturb them.” Now very excited that he could meet his squad members again, the thought of shopping meant very little to Leo as he started to eat his fill of meat.
Thanks to the way the city was set up, the citizens did not need to rely on eating monster meat in order to fill their stomachs. There were small patches of farmland, and there were even normal animals that were always being raised to feed the population. Monster meat was an acceptable dish, but it did not taste as good as some of the animals within the city or the vegetables offered as well.
”By the way Noah, how long do you think it would take me until I can grasp a basic understanding of my wind element affinity?” Leo finally finished eating and burping out loud asked Noah in a calm manner. After training for a full year, Leo found himself enjoying these eating breaks the most.
”I understand that you want to become an executive leveled expert as soon as possible. I must warn you though that it is still a long road even for warriors such as myself who have trained for decades with still no luck.” Noah replied as he seemed to have been lost in thought.
The youngest warrior to have reached the executive level in this city, was eighteen years old and it was because of a special training item that allowed her to grasp her elemental affinity that much faster. Not only that, but it was said that if she had a different elemental affinity, that she wouldn't have had as much luck due to the item only working with those who had an earth elemental affinity.
Leo was still very young at this point and although he was extremely monstrous with the growth he had shown over this past year, to expect him to reach the executive level before the age of eighteen was still hopeful thinking.
Seeing Noah's reaction to his question, Leo quickly quieted down and walked back to his room to take a long nap. Now that he would be seeing Jack and Natalia again, Leo did not feel the need to do anything else but to relax and to enjoy the moments that were about to come. Thinking of how strong he had become during this time, he was excited to hear how strong Jack and Natalia had also become!