Alex and Mira didn't leave his living room for the next 30 minutes.
They just sat there on his couch, deep in their thoughts about the events that had just occurred before theirs and trillions of other people's eyes.
'Aliens exist...'
This was the one take Alex got out of the broadcast.
He was unsure of their existence beforehand, just like most other citizens of the federation.
They found no evidence of their existence in their own galaxy consisting of hundreds of billions of stars and star systems, so what was the likelihood they would exist elsewhere?
Well, it turns out that it was pretty high.
However, when he saw the Divine tiger and learned that it, like many other beasts of its class, had sentience, he became more sceptical.
After all, there was a saying back in the old days of the human race, when the Earth was still split into countries and humans were warring with each other all the time.
If there was no evidence of Aliens, it just meant they didn't want to be found.
This thinking went in line with what the system had announced to every awakened in and out of the federation.
They were given a 200 year grace period, where they would be completely hidden from the universe, so it was pretty obvious that other races that came into contact with it around the same time would be offered the same thing.
"The future looks bleak for us now..." Alex spoke, breaking the tense silence between him and Mira.
It wasn't like there was any awkwardness between them.
They were just too absorbed in their own thoughts that they had forgotten the other was in their presence.
"Yeah..." Mira replied, feeling a mix of anxiety and uncertainty.
If what that Alien, Zorath, said was true, then humanity would soon be facing their biggest crisis in history.
'At the very least, there should be some strength requirements for who can fight in this war.'
Alex thought to himself.
However, all of this deliberation would be useless until they learned more about who they were up against.
For all they knew, the worst case scenario could happen, and every member of Zorath's race could have the strength of an A tier awakened...
If that happened, the humanity was no doubt fucked...
Even with his King class, S+ rank strength, the Principal would still end up dying to such a foe.
He may be strong, but he didn't have infinite stamina.
The enemy could send a constant barrage of cannon fodder until he ran out of juice, in which case they could go in for the winning blow.
'It seems I need to increase my strength rapidly...' Alex mused.
He was still only a D- rank Mutant.
It was quite astounding for a freshman to have such a status, but like Zorath said, in the grand scheme of things he was just another speck of dust.
'But how do I even know the requirements for reaching the next rank? The system never mentioned anything about that?'
Alex was confused, as he constantly heard about how there were requirements to be met to rank up.
But he had never heard of anyone mentioning what they were, nor did anyone seem to be willing to share any info on it.
However, he decided to use his brain for once, and tried something out.
'Since I can find out more information on my talents by putting more focus on them, can't I do the same with my soul core?'
Putting his theory into practice, he opened up his details while walking over to the clearing, and poured his concentration on his soul core.
And sure enough, he had gained a reaction out of it.