Chapter 298: The Wanderer
?? POV
Standing on a cliffside at the edge of the world was what any studied person would call a traditional wizard. Long black robes, circular glasses, and green eyes. In his hand was a thick, multi-thousand page book. He managed to make holding it appear simple.
The Wanderer was reading when he had glanced over his book. From across the dark world, certainly hundreds of kilometers away, he saw Akihiko’s kill and whistled. "Not bad. Not bad at all."
His gaze flicked back down to the book. He smiled. "The Hidden Objectives won’t be completed this time around, it seems. That’s a shame. I liked this group. They were funny. Especially the girl with the gum."
The Wanderer hummed. "Odin’s Eye is developing far too well. Much more than in previous generation." He tilted his head. "Oh? Not only that but...the first Valknut has already manifested. Huh."
He tilted and tilted and tilted until his head was in an unnatural angle.
"Has he...Ascended? The way his mana flows within him, there is no minute mistake. No waste. Ah, but he’s freshly awakened. No wonder. His soul and mind are too far ahead of his body. The true abilities of an Ascendent has yet to be awakened, as it should be. No one has ever Ascended this quickly. Deviations from the norm are to be expected. To Ascend means to be forcibly injected with Class Nine levels of mana and not only to live, but to learn and understand. The strongest of the strongest, a power worth the universe, and for a feeble human body to comprehend it. You could a million, a billion, no, a trillion mortals and never find a human who could do it. But anamolies exist. Geniuses exist. Geniuses beyond geniuses exist."
The Wanderer stood. He stared. For once, he did not understand.
"Kazi Hossain...just who is this man? I doubt Thales intended for someone so...willed to wield it." His head returned to its normal angle. "He needs to die."