"So, you guys provoked the Schneiders. Is that why we're forced to leave Heilburg?" Kiera asked, her tone a mix of disbelief and exasperation, her emerald eyes glinting in the dim light as the group moved stealthily through the forest.
Reno chuckled, shrugging as though it was no big deal, but the truth behind his casual attitude shocked them all. Minho and Kiera had both heard Reno's story and were left speechless.
His sudden and unbelievable improvement in cultivation—from barely entering the Mid Supreme-class to now being a Half-step Sovereign-class Auror and a Supreme-class Magister—was staggering.
"It's like you cheated," Minho finally said, his voice carrying a note of suspicion. "Cultivating to Supreme-class in mere days?" He looked Reno up and down, as if searching for an explanation.
What they didn't know was that Reno's very existence was an anomaly, a disruption in reality itself.
