Chapter 126: Knight of the High Elf (4)
Ketal had endured demonic powers and a spirit’s onslaught using nothing but his physical body, absent of any Myst. By all conventional logic, it should have been impossible. There was only one plausible explanation: his body itself was some kind of Myst, possessing a unique rank or level all on its own.
But is that really possible? Can one’s body possess a unique rank? Arkemis thought.
Even with all her knowledge as a High Elf, Arkemis couldn’t conceive of such a thing ever existing. If this theory were untrue, she had no way of rationalizing Ketal’s overwhelming strength. Eventually, she simply accepted the one certainty in front of her—that Ketal was extraordinarily powerful.
She gazed at him pensively. He had struck down an Epic spirit in a single blow. Not even the strongest Transcendents could usually manage that.
That places him at least in the highest tiers of Transcendent ability, she thought, maybe even on the verge of Hero level.
However, she couldn’t be certain, because the realm of Heroes fell beyond her usual frame of reference.
As these thoughts churned in her mind, Arkemis recalled something Ketal had mentioned about hiding from even stronger monsters back in his homeland, the White Snowfield.
That can’t mean this same Ketal was once considered a prey, can it? If so, what kind of horrors roam that place...? Arkemis wondered. She shuddered involuntarily, still believing that Ketal had to have lived in hiding to escape the worst terrors of his homeland.
“Anyway,” Ketal said, breaking into her thoughts. “What will you do now?”
Arkemis blinked, leaving her private musings behind. “Oh, right... I’m going back home. It’s not merely a personal matter anymore.”
She had originally decided to return to Elfo Sagrado because evil forces were targeting her, a concern unrelated to her study of alchemy. Thanks to Ketal, there was no longer any reason for her to give up her craft, and returning home still seemed like the wisest course of action.
“At least now I can do so without feeling burdened,” she continued. “Thank you for that, Ketal.”