Chapter 84: An Overwhelming Power

  "Oh? What’s on your mind?"

  Stone seemed quite ied. After all, as a mentor, it was his duty to guide his students.

  "It’s like this..."

  Alex carefully thought about his words as he began to expin.

  "In another world, I uionally acquired a new ability, but I’m finding it difficult to trol... I don’t uand why."

  "Oh?"

  Hearing Alex’s words, Stone’s curiosity piqued. He looked around before leading Alex behind a rge rock.

  "A new power?"

  "Yes."

  "…You’re a lucky one, kid."

  Stone clicked his tongue in amazement at Alex’s respohen squinted as he carefully examined Alex.

  "Hmm… but holy, aside from looking a bit bulkier, you don’t seem any different. I don’t sense anything unusual… How about this, use the ability a me take a look."

  "Alright."

  Alex nodded and looked at Stone. In truth, he really did need someoo help him uand what was going on. The power of time was undoubtedly a mighty force, something Alex had already experienced firsthand. However, there were times when it felt strangely fragile. Like when he faced that bald-headed mage—despite Fina saying the mage was only a three-star, roughly equal to Alex in strength, Alex still couldn’t accept how easily his time manipution had been broken by him.

  He o figure out how his time ability funed in this world, but this wasn’t something he could discuss with just aone was the perfect person to ask.

  Moreover, Alex wao test whether this ability had any effe someone of a knight’s rank.

  With that thought, Alex took a deep breath, pg his hand on the hilt of his sword, and focused on Stoanding before him.

  In the moment, the power of time unfolded.

  However, to Alex’s shock, as soon as his power enveloped Sto felt like he had been a bird s through the sky, only to be violently sucked into a tornado. His entire body trembled, and he instantly lost trol of his time ability. The frozen time around him resumed its flow, and the backsh surged bato Alex’s body, making him feel as if an invisible fist had smmed into his ans.

  "Ugh!!"

  A mouthful of blood spewed from Alex’s lips as he clutched his mouth, feeling searing pain all over his body. For the first time, Alex uood what internal energy backsh, as described in martial arts novels, truly felt like.

  "Hey, are you alright?"

  "I’m fine, just a minor injury..."

  Alex wiped the blood from his mouth, casting a healing spell on himself. He hadn’t expected this oute—he couldn’t even affect Stone, and his ability was shattered almost as soon as it was activated.

  "So, Mentor, any thoughts?"

  "Hmm..."

  Surprisingly, Stone didn’t answer immediately. He furrowed his brow, staring at Alex, deep in thought. After a long silence, he finally spoke.

  "…I don’t know if I should say you’re lucky or unlucky, but… well, I’d say your luck is definitely good."

  "…Mentor?"

  Stone didn’t eborate further. Instead, he gestured for Alex to sit down beside him on a rge stone.

  "You should know that on this ti, aside from those transdent beings, the most powerful individuals are legendary warriors. Now, what do you think makes a legendary warrior so powerful?"

  "Well…"

  Alex was caught off guard by the question and shook his head.

  "I’m not sure."

  "It’s simple."Stone smiled as he spoke, pointing to himself.

  "If a legendary warrior were standing here, even a hundred of me and a hundred Maltes wouldn’t stand a ce against them."

  "That ’t be..."

  Alex was stunned by Stone’s statement. He uood that legendary warriors were far more powerful than masters, but this seemed a bit exaggerated. A hundred of Stone and a hundred Maltes wouldn’t be enough? Surely sheer numbers would exhaust the oppo?

  "Haha."

  Seeing Alex's expression, Stone chuckled.

  "You’ll uand once you see it for yourself. The fact is, at the level of legends and transdent beings, numbers lose all significe. It wouldn’t matter if there were a hundred of me or even a thousand—against a legendary warrior, we’d just be lining up to be sughtered. Do you know why?"

  Alex shook his head. He had only heard about these rankings from Williams’ memories, but he had no real cept of how powerful a legendary warrior was. Williams, after all, was a low-level cultist who hadn’t eve someone like Stone, let alone a legendary warrior.

  "It’s simple."

  Storetched out his hand, gripping the air as if he were grasping the sky itself.

  "Because every legendary warrior possesses the power of a domain. In their domain, they are like a general, a king, with absolute trol over life ah. Unless you also possess such power, it’s impossible to resist their presence. Even I would stand no a battle against a legendary warrior who trols the domain of wind. I’d lose miserably."

  Stouro Alex and smiled.

  "Uand now?"

  "…What you’re saying is…"

  Alex wasn’t slow to cat, realizing that Stone wasn’t just telling a story.

  "You’re saying I have the power of a domain?"

  "More or less."

  Stone Alex’s question.

  "Once, I had the honor of meeting a legendary warrior and receiving his guidance. I experiehe power of a legendary domain firsthand. And just a moment ago, when you tried to use your ability, I felt a simir sensation. Of course…"

  Stone gave Alex a pyful look.

  "…pared to that great warrior, your power is far weaker."

  Oh, e on!Hearing Stone’s response, Alex rolled his eyes.

  Now he finally uood what Stone was getting at. Whehought about it, his power did resemble the domain Stone described. In previous battles against weaker oppos, Alex had been able to instantly overwhelm them without breaking a sweat. Even if there were a hundred of them, it wouldn’t have mattered to him.

  This aligned perfectly with what Stone was saying.

  The problem was… the gap in their levels of power was astronomical.

  Alex also uood why Stone had said he was both lucky and unlucky. He was lucky because he had access to a power only legendary warriors could wield—domain power. But he was unlucky because the reason only legendary warriors had this power was that only they were strong enough to truly trol it!

  It was a harsh reality.If Alex’s time ability was like a massive, sharp sword, then he was just a child. He might be able to swing it around a bit and strike some poses, but if he faced an adult, no matter ho his sword was, his ck of strength would eventually lead to defeat.

  And the only way to fix this fw was… to bee as strong as his enemies!

  But until then, his power robably only useful for bullying weaker oppos.

  Realizing this, Alex was left speechless.

  This was a trap!

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