Chapter 42: A Glimpse Into Rank 4
[Your Understanding Defies the Heavens. By manifesting your intent to walk, you have comprehended the Low-Innate Skill ’Embryonic Ultra Development’.]
’This makes Innate Skill twenty-three, I believe,’ Jin thought, already making use of the newest one to crawl out of his crib.
Getting used to his stubby limbs and small body, he walked around the room. After some time, he sneakily opened up the room’s door and made his way down a hallway.
It didn’t take very long for a particular area of the palace to come into view.
This area, the Royal Library, was guarded by numerous palace guards. There were far more stationed here than throughout the whole eastern side of the palace, which was where Jin stayed.
’I had to sneak past the maids stationed outside my door, as well as the dozen-guard team guarding the perimeter of my room, and now there’s this...’
With the Innate Skill Spiritual Sight, Jin could determine the approximate strength of anyone in close proximity. This skill, after being further comprehended and improved by him following his rank-up to Rank 2, now enabled him to gauge the strength of anyone at or below the peak of Rank 3.
The maids typically lingered around the early levels of Rank 1, while the majority of the palace guards were in the later and peak levels of Rank 1.
As for the security keeping watch outside the Royal Library...
’I count 17 Early Rank 2’s, 8 Mid Rank 2’s, 2 Late Rank 2’s, and... 1 Peak Rank 2.’
If this wasn’t enough to emphasize the importance of the Royal Library, then Jin didn’t know what would.
And for reference, even the King of the Kingdom, a known powerhouse, was only in the beginning stages of Rank 3. With this in mind, the Royal Library’s security seemed like overkill.