Chapter 36: Proving His Worth

Chapter 36: Proving His Worth

"Hmmm, interesting?" Captain Aelia said, looking at Hael's stance. It looked kind of primeval compared to the normal boxing stance she knew well.

BADUUMP

BADUUUMP

BADUUUMMP

Suddenly, Hael's heart began crazily pounding in his chest. Something that could have been easily interpreted as an adrenaline surge, but Hael's eyes flashed looking at the system notification panel that swiftly appeared in his hands.

[Rapidly Beating of Heart has Been Observed...]

[Mana Energy present in the body has begun revolving.]

[Host bodily attribute has been increased by double...]

[Host has automatically activated skill, Magnifier...]

[Mana's potency has increased by double...]

[Host bodily attributes have been strengthened by four times...]

In the next second, horrific-looking veins squirmed through Hael's undergarments, especially concentrated in his legs, which caused a gentle air undulation to rip out beneath him.

And in the next second,

BOOOOOM

A violent punch tore through the air with horrifying speed as Hael flashed forward with horrifying speed and ruthlessly punched towards Captain Aelia's face. Her massively changed form absorbed the sudden intense burst of power, yet her body wasn't in any way slow as she dodged her head to the side.

The air beside her face exploded outwards like a tempest. And in the next instant,

Yet he quickly slammed himself back into the ground before he could smash into the wall...

And he returned back to his position before suddenly Hael's face changed as he felt strength suddenly disappear completely from his body.

And in the next instant, he smashed both knees into the ground as massive amounts of sweat covered his face, dripping together with the blood...

[Mana points: 0/30] [Energy: 0/100]

The system notification panel appeared as Zeras looked at his energy which had been completely exhausted.

"So quickly!?" Hael wondered in shock.

[Your fighting ability is a very complicated one that sucks away mana in very large amounts in exchange for more destructive power...]

The system said as Hael's eyes flashed....

"I used to do this every day for four hours before getting exhausted. How come I have quickly been exhausted in less than 10 minutes..."

[Your earlier practicing was without Mana, a necessary lifeforce for the technique. Only Mana can bring out the true power, which also places very large strain on your energy. Besides, you are fighting a completely different opponent, who isn't an ordinary mortal and also going all out with her physical body which is, according to my estimate, about 7 times stronger than yours...]

"Tch, I lost... once more..." Hael said as he forced himself to rise back up, and after much struggle, he finally rose, supporting himself with the wall...

"For the fraction of some minutes, your strength and bodily durability grew to a level of that of a 1st core cybernetic fighter..." Captain Aelia said with furrowed eyebrows, her gaze scanning his body, but still she noticed nothing abnormal at all...

"Are you saying I am strong?" Hael replied with a trick question as Captain Aelia furrowed her eyebrows...

"No, you're not. But such durability of a body is beyond what a 16-year-old human can achieve. It faintly rivals that of a cybernetic fighter..."

"Whatever..." Hael said, shrugging his shoulders.

"I think I might have just found the perfect class of cybernetic fighter for you..." Captain Aelia said as Hael whipped his head up...