Upon hearing her name, Silvia took a deep breath, turned to Cyril and Liam, and said: "Wish me luck!"
Both Cyril and Liam nodded without saying anything.
After getting their response, Silvia gracefully walked up the stairs in their direction, immediately catching the attention of the others due to her gorgeous looks and cute appearance.
However, that only lasted for a moment as no one really cared about her beauty. They only cared about what kind of talent she would awaken.
"Whenever you're ready, place your dominant hand on the awakening orb!"
The dignified and aloof old man instructed.
Silvia solemnly nodded, took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves, and stepped forward. She placed her left hand on the awakening orb, instantly arousing a strong reaction from it.
A brilliant pillar of white light immediately shrouded her entire body, making her appearance resemble an angelic being. The effects of the pillar of light were similar to when Liam and the others underwent their awakening, but the intensity and sheer size of the pillar of white light this time were much wider in comparison. Not only that, but when observed closely, there was a notable spark of golden light mixed in with the white pillar of light.
A short while later, the brilliant pillar of white light that had taken longer than usual finally dissipated. Silvia's appearance was revealed, and then the awakening result was displayed on the scroll-like projection.
Enlightened Talent: Dual Body Talent
Talent Assessment: Possess the legendary divine soul. Able to split the soul into two equals to construct an incarnation. The incarnation would possess their own body and individual talent.
Further Assessment: First and main talent is 'Superior Comprehension' as a result of having a divine soul. This talent would increase your comprehension of all arts in existence. The second talent would be awakened when an incarnation is created for the first time.
Talent Potential: Grade 9 and above.
The entire square instantly turned silent.
"What did we just see?! A Grade 9 and above?!"
Someone suddenly broke the silence, causing everyone in the audience to follow suit.
"Holy Moley! To think that there's a talent above Grade 9?! And someone from our Edge City actually has the potential to reach such heights in the future?!" "That's not what's important! This girl also seemed to have an ordinary background! She doesn't even have a surname!"
"Damn! Two people with ordinary backgrounds awakened extraordinary grade talents in the same awakening ceremony! Not to mention one of them has the potential to transcend grade 9, which was thought to be the highest grade of talent!"
"Forget that! What is with those ambiguous descriptions of her talent assessment? Does it mean that she had more than one talent or what?!"
Everyone commented on their thoughts loudly amid their shock and surprise. The discussion was truly heated with everyone fixating their eyes on Silvia, who was also dumbfounded by her enlightened talent.
Even the aloof and indifferent old man had his eyes widened with shock as he read the contents projected by the awakening orb.
One had to know that he had seen many talented youths over the years, so seeing extraordinary grade talents wasn't anything to be shocked by. However, the young girl before him brought him an unprecedented shock for the first time in a long while.
A Grade 9 and above talent! What did it mean? It meant that there was no limit to her talent development, and she could even reach heights that only those monstrously talented young men and women from the prominent families in the Central Stronghold who were groomed to be the backbones of humanity.
He wanted to approach her and recruit her on the spot, but now was not the time for him to display his interest. There was still a chance for him to do so after the awakening ceremony. Once the awakening ceremony was over, he would take the chance to invite her to join the Central Stronghold.
Naturally, he was very confident that he would succeed in his poaching. With his status as an Envoy from the Central Stronghold, there was no way she would refuse his tantalizing offer.
Though he had no idea why he was commanded by his superiors to disguise as a person from South Stronghold to conduct the awakening ceremony this year, he still reluctantly came to the rural city on the edge of the South Stronghold.
Now it seemed that his coming there was the right decision and not a complete waste of time. Who would have imagined that there would be hidden talents in such a backward location?
Without a doubt, the foresight of the leaders of humanity was too profound and incomprehensible to the likes of him! Especially the Grand Empress, whom he heard from his direct superior, was the one responsible for his current order.
The dignified and aloof old man put his wandering thoughts aside, then glanced briefly at the departing young girl with anticipation of how many contribution points he would receive if he managed to successfully recruit her.
…
Below the Awakening Platform.
Under the shocked gazes of Cyril and Liam, Silvia rushed toward them with an elated expression. She was so overjoyed that she didn't even bother to take the stairs and directly jumped off from the edge of the platform in the direction of Cyril and Liam. Out of instinct, the two of them reacted to catch her.
However, Cyril, who was unusually energetic and fast, caught the falling Silvia, and then an unforeseen accident happened, shocking Liam who was a step too late.
The moment Cyril caught Silvia, he immediately realized that he didn't have much muscle strength. As a result, when he caught Silvia, her weight caused him to tumble backward, falling on his back.
The fiasco caused Silvia's teeth to hit the bottom of Cyril's lips, receiving a cut wound on his bottom lip in the process. This caused Cyril's mouth to bleed profusely from the cut wound.
From an objective perspective, it may look as though the two of them had kissed momentarily, but that wasn't the case as Cyril instantly covered his mouth and groaned with an unbearably painful expression. For some incomprehensible reason, every wound Cyril received throughout his life had the tendency to inflict more pain than necessary, as though his pain receptors were not working correctly, making it exaggerate the degree of pain he received each time.
After the accident, Silvia instantly reacted and got off Cyril's body as she was well aware that he had a weaker body than her. She instantly felt bad for him as she knelt on the side of Cyril, who was lying on the floor with his hand over his bleeding mouth.
Silvia felt regretful for her careless action, her previous happy expression turned into a worried expression, and she asked: "Cyril? Are you okay? I didn't mean to hurt you…"
Silvia was teary-eyed as she spoke. She could tell that Cyril was experiencing excruciating pain as he had a twisted expression on his face while nodding his head in response. She didn't think that her impulsive and careless action would cause Cyril to become hurt in the process.
As Silvia had robust body, jumping off the awakening platform wasn't particularly dangerous for her, as she wouldn't get hurt, even if she landed from the dangerous height of the elevated platform with her slender figure.
"What are the two of you doing?!"