That explosion was so strong, it blew alpha back to the air, smashing him at the wall with a tremendous power
A large portion of the wall was covered in cracks, and a human shaped hole was left behind
As soon as Alpha fel to the ground, he started screaming like crazy, he kept on twitching and turning from one side to the other, while screaming with all his might
But.... Not from the impact, alpha was holding his head and pressing at it with both hands
That was the crazy headache the mask talked about! The headache that was supposed to make a grown up man cry
Alpha knew what he was doing will cause a tremendous amount of paint, and man He would rather suffer that pain instead
What he was dealing with was not a mere headache, it was aking to having his soul ripped apart
Alpha was twitching, trembling, sweating and screaming for hours, he even lost his voice
Eventually, the pain stopped, and alpha fell asleep, it was a horrible experience, yet he never lost his consciousness until the very end
The mask that had to watch that horrible scene for hours without being able to do anything, was left speechless
The same boy that he kept looking down on, the same boy that he kept scolding, that same boy has managed to withstand a pain no one could
Normal people would pass out after a minute, and the exceptionally gifted individuals might hold for five
Yet alpha had lasted for hours, thus the mask had to reconsider all of his previous dissisions
He couldn't care about safety any more, he had to test alpha's limits, but he can't do that right now, the kid is still sleeping, so he can only wait
After a few hours, alpha woke up, and he was feeling a bit light headed, as if nothing happened last night
That was a good sign, it means he's tougher than he looks, or in other words, he can withstand harsher experiments
"Hey you, you're finally awake, you were trying to cross the border right? going to the afterlife and leaving me behind, quite rude if I say so myself"
Alpha had just woken up, and still not fully aware of his surroundings "huh? .... what?"
"Sigh.. Look at your self, don't you remember what happened? weren't you in pain?" The mask was probing for more informations, he wanted to know the aftermath that incident left on alpha
"Huh? Oh, yeah, right, the pain, it did hurt a lot, but I'm all good now"
' huh? All good? He was screaming and suffering for hours, yet now he's all good!? That doesn't make any sense ' the mask thought to herself, she who've witnessed the whole thing, knows exactly how horrible it was, yet alpha doesn't care?
And to top it all, he was calmly checking his status screen, as if nothing happened
But in reality, a lot of things happened, and he gained a lot of new skills and titles
Skills:
Active skill [body strengthening]: 1MP/min , STR+10%. DEX+10%
Active skill [wind bomb] : 40MP , shoot a ball of compressed air that explodes and release a strong wind
Titles:
[Apprentice magician] : learn how to control your Mana , INT +10%
[Magician] : cast a magic spell , INT+20%
[Great magician] : use two deferent types of magic at the same time , INT+30%
[Magistrate] : cast magic without incantation , INT+40%
Alpha and the mask were looking at the status screen in utter silence, until alpha spoke "hm, ok"
"ok? OK?!!! You've gained two new skills and four more titles, AND ALL YOU SAY IS OK?!!!!!" the mask was fuming, what alpha did can be considered a great, legendary achievement, yet alpha brushed it off just like that?
But alpha was still unfazed, as he calmly replied "calm down, and stop making a big deal out of everything"
' a big deal? nononono, that IS a big deal, why can't he understand?' the mask was wondering to herself, then she finally understood
Although alpha didn't develop a new trauma, he still lost something very important