Curse the Mainframe! 402 Entering The Meister Stage

Alec slowly woke up, feeling the changes in his body.

He'd finally broken through to the Meister stage.

It was truly not a lie for them to say that everyone below Meister didn't know about the true path of cultivating their magic yet.

Just breaking through to Meister alone allowed him to realize that his strength previously had been a ruse that he'd used to pacify himself, even if he hadn't realized it.

He'd only fought those Meisters who had only broken through for a few years. They weren't considered experienced, and with how Meisters naturally had to use their bodies to fight more, Alec had been able to meet them move for move.

Now that he knew what being a Meister felt like, it was… a wonderous feeling that couldn't be described.

He punched out, and he heard the deafening sound of the air parting before him. A picture that was hanging on the other end of the wall dropped and shattered, startling him.

Even before, his strength hadn't been that much. At least, not enough for there to be a shockwave that could cause visible movements and effects on something else.

Truth to be told, he'd been wondering when he would break through to Meister. After all, the no one had ever heard of someone of the Awakening Magitype breaking through to become a Meister before.

Alec's path was entirely self-discovered. While he had faith in himself, there was no telling how long it would take.

But the battle between Illyuken and Fade had given him insight into the path that he could take.

Below Meister, most people used their magic abilities that they painstakingly built, but at that level that Illyuken and Fade were fighting, they were mostly using the capabilities of their bodies.

The abilities were used on the side to enhance and weren't the main component. That was because a lot of their abilities couldn't keep up with the fast pace of the battle, meaning that it was mostly useless unless if affected their own body.

Just this insight alone gave Alec great inspiration.

It was the moment that inspiration hit him that his mind had undergone a change, causing him to break through into Meister alone.

It was unprecedentedly quick, considering that he had only entered the advanced stage not too long ago. So many people were stuck on this stage for a long time.

While part of it had been Alec's determination to increase the quality of magic in his body quickly, it was also because of this miraculous inspiration that allowed him to break through.

He wondered if anyone else in his Spectres had gains? Perhaps, soon, the Spectres would have more Meisters other than Dominique and himself.

At this moment, someone entered the room.

It was Elysia, who was grinning at him.

Alec raised a brow when he realized that she too, had broken through into the Meister stage.

She hugged him tightly. "Congratulations!"

Alec smiled. "Congratulations yourself. Did anyone else break through?"

Elysia shook her head. "They're not too far off, though. They need to think about it a while longer. I think Rosabel is actually the nearest. She's still in deep mediation now."

"How was the battle between Illyuken and Fade?"

"The two of them fought it out for more than two hours before Fade tried to run. Illyuken chased after her, and we've yet to hear back from him."

"Illyuken will probably win. Unless Fade has more trump cards that she's hiding somewhere."

Elysia agreed. "It's likely that she does, but I doubt that Illyuken will allow her to flee that far. After all, as a dragon, his speed far outstrips her."

"That's true. A dragon is born for flight, whereas a human gains insight into flight once they step through to Meister."

"In the domain of the air, humans will never win against a dragon. There's a reason why dragons were considered kings of the skies. According to my dad, the only reason why dragons left to another realm was because the humans kept bothering them, giving them no peace."

Alec was a little surprised. Did that mean that dragons had only retreated because they were annoyed, not because they had been losing against the humans?

He thought about it deeper and he realized that it made sense. After all, even the young of a dragon was rank five, and they increased to rank six once they reached maturity.

And… judging by Elysia's tone, there weren't that few dragons. In fact, there might be quite a few of them!

He remembered that Haphira said that he was going to the dragon realm to check up on a few things. It was likely that the top existences there were dragons.

Dragons had been the top of the food-chain back then in Incantix, but now humans ruled the planet.

It could be predicted what kind of reaction the humans would have if they realized that the feared dragons from before that had seemingly went extinct suddenly one day weren't actually extinct at all. If they reappeared…

No doubt that they would rally troops and try to go against them, which was the most foolish move.

There would always be fools that weren't content to leave the dragons alone.

They would bring catastrophe onto Incantix.

Humans never learnt from their past mistakes.

Alec's brows furrowed lightly before they smoothened out again. Only the dragons, himself and Elysia knew about this.

As long as someone didn't discover a spatial crack to the dragon realm, they would be safe…

Elysia saw that Alec was thinking hard and she tugged him lightly. She didn't want him to dwell on bad thoughts.

"Alec, let's go spar!"

Alec's expression softened. "Spar? Alright."

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The two panted harshly, laying on the ground as all energy was drained from them.

Overenthusiastic as they were trying out their newfound energy, they'd completely wrecked the training room in the company headquarters.

Now that they'd killed majority of the company's people, they casually used their space to try out their new 'upgrades'.

A loss of control and power led to numerous dents and fissures in all parts of the room. Even the ceiling hadn't been spared. After all, they were getting used to their newly enhanced body, and it was even more of an increase in Alec's body, which had already been Awakened by himself more than a few times.

Alec let out a chuckle seeing the various dents in the wall. Elysia had made those while she was first trying to fly.

She's slammed into it at such great speeds that it had actually fractured off.

He didn't know what her head was made of. Apparently, this room was supposed to be rather padded even for Meisters, but she had actually made so many holes in it.

The other holes had mostly been made by him as he'd been learning how to control his strength again.

The increase was too much, and it wasn't a magic increase. Instead, it was his physical strength that had suffered.

In the end, after quickly acclimatizing to their strength, they'd gone hard against each other.

Blood and sweat had both flowed, but they healed at an unprecedented pace.

Even his healing when he was in the middle of battle wasn't this quick. It was the upgrade to Meister that did it.

Alec couldn't help but feel impatient.

After seeing Illyuken and Fade battle, his blood burned in his veins. He was both jealous and envious. He'd wanted to be the one flying in the sky, exchanging blows.

He knew that it was his Sin blood instincts talking there, but that didn't change how he felt.

He hauled himself up, holding a hand out to Elysia.

"Let's go find Illyuken. He's probably killed Fade already."

Elysia grabbed his hand, grinning. "Okay, let's."

Chapter end

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