Chapter 186: Sorcerer’s Eye
Upon seeing the new Decree take shape in his Status, Percy was ecstatic and, most of all, relieved.
The weeks of blindly brewing pills in an air-tight cooking pot at the bottom of an alien ocean, and the several hours spent in agony trying to repair his Status…
It had all been worth it! He could finally get some well-deserved rest!
Or so he thought.
While his Status was back in order, his mutation was still underway. His headache might have disappeared, but his eyes still felt like they were on fire, greedily absorbing his mana without end, forcing him to keep both Synchronization and Mana Sense active. Too scared to interrupt the process half-way through, Percy was left with no choice but to grit his teeth and soldier through it, running his boosting art at full power for however long his eyes demanded.
Nesha stayed up with him the first night, keeping him company. She gave him some excuse, saying she didn’t feel comfortable sleeping when House Tantalus could attack them at any time. She claimed she was worried Percy wouldn’t be able to fight – or even run – like this, so it would be up to her to get him out of town.
It was all true of course, but Percy could tell there was more to it than that.
Feeling her genuine worry warmed his heart up, reminding him he wasn’t on this journey alone. Besides Nesha and Micky, there was also Baldy and Elaine out there, fighting alongside him against their common enemy. They might have not coordinated – or hell, even spoken – in the last two years, but it was because of them, applying pressure on all fronts, that Percy had been able to develop peacefully during his stay in Bogside town.
The second night, he asked Nesha to just go to sleep and not worry about him. She argued back a little, but her exhaustion won out in the end. Besides, Micky would warn them if something were to happen. It wasn’t until the third day that Percy’s eyes finally finished mutating. Naturally, he was quite eager to discover all their secrets, but something else took precedence.