The people of the residence of the Lord of the town treated Shiba the best they could, but Shiba remained unconscious.
Since no one knew what to do, they decided that it would be better if they just let Shiba rest for a while first.
They had never seen an enlightenment like the one Shiba had, so they weren't too sure about how to deal with the aftereffects.
That night, Lina visited Shiba's room.
"There is nothing wrong with his body, but I doubt that he can wake up in less than a month. He isn't in danger, so I can leave the people serving the Lord of the town taking care of him."
She wanted to check Shiba's state since the energy came from an Origin God, and she wanted to be sure that there wasn't anything wrong with Shiba's body, but fortunately, he was alright.
While Shiba was in slumber after the enlightenment, he already turned a legend among the guards.
There wasn't a single guard that didn't know of him, that was including those that didn't see him personally.
Rumors about a young boy capable of fighting against the Lord of the town also spread for the whole Border Town.
There weren't too many details leaked, so they didn't know Shiba's name nor that he was enlightened. They didn't even know that the Lord of the town admitted defeat.
However, that rumor was enough to motivate all the young boys of the town. Even some of those that feared becoming beast hunters for the inherent danger when hunting beasts decided to give it a try.
After all, the matter about the one fighting against the Lord of the town being a beast hunter was spread.
Shiba's details were confidential because the one who knew them the best had her salary doubled and received a huge quantity of money in exchange for her silence about the matter.
Of course, she wouldn't have spoken anyway, so it was more of a reward from the guild master for bringing Shiba to his residence.
However, a lot of people had seen that woman announce that she was going to the residence of the Lord of the town, and Shiba went with her, so some rumors were impossible to stop after the news of the battle.
After Shiba was the only one that the Beast Hunter Guild led to the residence of the Lord of the town, so it was quite clear that he was the guy of the rumors.
The Beast Hunter Guild never had so many people joining them at the same time.
However, most of them were unable to hunt a single beast or even died due to overestimating themselves. Thus, the people stopped joining the Beast Hunter Guild like crazy.
They knew that it wasn't realistic to imitate Shiba after seeing so many people fail.
However, it wasn't long until someone really managed to obtain quite a bit of fame among the new beast hunters.
She was strong for her age and managed to hunt beasts surpassing her level, so she attracted a lot of attention.
Moreover, she was a pretty girl, so it wasn't long until she had an official club of fans.
That girl was Eini.
She never cared about others of her age because, as far as she saw, they lived in different worlds.
However, Shiba was someone who also practiced the Fake Origin Path, and since he became so famous, she felt that she needed to obtain the same fame, or she would be letting down her family.
Moreover, Shiba also ignited her competitive spirit, so she decided to start attracting attention with her feats.
Before Shiba woke up, Eini really managed to get so much fame that she didn't lose to the fame Shiba got just from the rumors.
However, no one in the town knew the name or background of any of them since the Beast Hunter Guild didn't spread that information, and neither of them used their name in public.
Shiba had been disappeared from that battle, so no one managed to get details about him. Rumors said that he was training in seclusion under the supervision of the Lord of the town.
Eini usually appeared in public, but she didn't socialize at all, so she was still quite a mysterious figure for others. Moreover, she always hunted without a group, so her true battle prowess also originates from rumors by seeing the beasts she hunted.
After all, she always got less money because the deceased beasts were too burnt, so most people guessed that she was really proficient with fire skills.
Before Shiba woke up, there were already bets between the people about who would win in battle among the two most mysterious and famous young members of the Beast Hunter Guild.
Some felt that since Shiba could battle with the Lord of the town, it was obvious that he was the best. On the other hand, others felt that the Lord of the town should have gone easy and that the rumors were exaggerated, so Eini was better given the beasts she had hunted.
That discussion was the hottest topic in the town for a long time. When Shiba woke up, the people were still talking about that.
Shiba had slept almost a month, so he had been in a slumber less than what Lina predicted, but not by much.
It was already afternoon when he woke up, and he was a bit confused after sleeping so much.
"Did I really become so strong?"
Shiba could feel that he was far stronger than before, and the memories of that training battle started to appear on his head. In fact, even the memories of the time he was enlightened, were perfectly clear.
"That was really I? Did I manage to have such a battle prowess?"
The matter was still rather unbelievable, but he could remember it perfectly.
With a thought, he created Wind Claw and Earth Armor without difficulties.
There wasn't any problem with Wind Arrows either, but Earth Bow felt too difficult when he tried.
He still managed to create it, but he needed to concentrate for a while before being able to do it. On the other hand, he could use the other skills instantaneously.
"Level 6. Only four more until Rank 1. I think that my chances of reaching it increased a lot now."
Being just level 3 while being thirteen years old wasn't good enough for someone like him to reach Rank 1, but level 6 was far better.
Moreover, he could feel that his overall battle prowess had increased a lot, so hunting beasts should be easier than before.
After he stood up, a maid opened the door. She was surprised to see that Shiba had woken up, so he went to tell her boss the news as fast as possible. After learning about it, the Lord of the town rushed to the room to meet Shiba.
"Young friend, I am glad you are finally awake. You helped me to reach Rank 2, so I wouldn't know what to do if something happened to you."
Shiba was surprised that the Lord of the town was so grateful after just making a breakthrough, but then, the Lord of the town explained everything to Shiba.
After learning that the Lord of the town had been trying to advance for years and that he didn't expect to succeed without several more years, Shiba could understand his joy.
Moreover, the advance in rank had also double the lifespan of the Lord of the town.
For someone at the Mortal Rank, the limit of lifespan was considered to be a hundred years. Of course, most people at that rank would die of illness or be killed far before reaching the limit. Usually, only Level 9 Mortals managed to reach it.
At the Novice Rank, that was doubles, so the lifespan was two hundred years, and the aging also halved.
The same applied to the Apprentice Rank, so the Lord of the town already had a lifespan of four hundred years, and he wouldn't age more for a while.
Knowing that, Shiba could understand why the Lord of the town was that grateful.
After speaking with the Lord of the town, Shiba was invited to eat, and he was quite hungry, so he accepted.
While eating, he decided to ask the system about the increases in lifespan.
The system replied that the increase was the same for the Fake Origin Path. Only those who trained only the Warrior Path would find that their increase was less, but on that planet, virtually everyone trained both and knew how to complement them properly, so Magus Path and Warrior Path advanced simultaneously.
Moreover, he also learned that all the following ranks followed the same pattern, so his lifespan would grow more and more for each rank he reached.
The system also said that once one became a Law Master, the lifespan would become unlimited.
However, the system refused to tell any information about becoming a Law Master since Shiba was still too far from there.
After finishing his meal, he had left the residence of the Lord of the town and went to the house he obtained before falling in slumber for almost a month.
The Lord of the town had ordered his servants to have the house ready for Shiba to go at any moment, so when Shiba reached it, everything was clean.
The house wasn't too big, but it was more than enough for Shiba. If it had been too big, he wouldn't have been comfortable.