Chapter 73
Slip.
Without going through the arduous process of realization and understanding, Lancelot, an aura user himself, was able to clearly see Cruze’s aura. Of course, since Cruze’s aura ability was much greater than his, she could have hidden her aura and its properties if she wanted, but Cruze didn’t feel the need, so Lancelot was able to see her aura flickering above her right shoulder. Moreover, it was not formless as auras typically are. It was shaped like a hand. The hand-shaped aura rose up to a nearby apple tree and plucked off an apple. Normally, when an object made contact with a materialized aura, the object would be greatly affected in some way; the object may explode, burn, be worn out, or crumble. However, the apple was unaffected.
“I don’t know. Since it was put up on the Announcement Board, the Undead army surely set out… since the Undead army set off from a southern island, perhaps their ship sank?”
Lancelot couldn’t help but be surprised after seeing Cruze take a bite out of her apple. Just moving his aura from his right hand to left hand took a tremendous amount of focus and concentration to do, never mind forming an aura shield around himself, which often left him drenched in sweat. However, Cruze was able to carry a casual conversation while materializing her aura to pluck an apple, and bringing it to herself totally unaffected and whole. She didn’t even seem to have done any of it consciously; she seemed to be more focused on her complaints and conversation than controlling her aura.
“That doesn’t make any sense. There’s no way a ship carrying ten thousand undead and a Lich could sink so easily.”
“That’s true, but… well, I don’t have any information, so I don’t know either. Maybe they awakened an inner peace that resided deep within their hearts.”
“What the hell kind of awakening is that…”
Even if he was being generous, Lancelot could only see the idol-like cute girl in front of him as a middle school student, or a high school student at best. Additionally, Cruze was a beauty; even with the relatively young-looking and beautiful NPC next to her, Cruze stood out. Cruze’s looks would better suit being on television than in an online game, in a few years’ time.
Relative to Cruze’s aura ability, Lancelot felt incredibly inferior. Of course, he didn’t feel a sense of rivalry, or anything of that sort. How could he, when the divide between them was so huge? Lancelot had simply realized the reality of his situation. Once he realized this, he understood why his special skill set and attribute affinity was not showing up.