"The power of superhuman strength". The lean man commented with a slight smile creeping up his face, lighting up his facial features.
It was while they had a conversation that Paul suddenly had an epiphany.
It was like a trance, and in it, Paul saw himself pushing a boulder.
Once he saw it, it could not leave his head and telling the lean man about it, the man led him to a boulder in the farm.
Paul did the impossible that should not be possible for a human or even an awakened warrior. He moved the boulder with sheer physical strength.
It was self-explanatory, this was undoubtedly the miracle of superhuman strength. The problem now though was, which Divine God did he get this from?
Both Thor, the God of Thunder and Ares, the God of War were renowned for producing awakened warriors with superhuman strength and Paul just happened to be acknowledged by both of these combat Divine Gods.
Which one did he get this power from?
It didn't matter though, once Paul's uncle came back with food and found it, he rejoiced as they celebrated it by eating.
While they celebrated, Paul calculated in his head. 'Healing plus superhuman strength, this is even better than I expected'.
'With these 2, can I kill the people who murdered dad?'
'Can I get revenge finally?' He clenched his fists tightly.
"Paul, are you alright?" Mr. John asked on noticing his current state.
Paul nodded. "I'm fine, just thinking about something".
"Oh, ok".
For the rest of the afternoon after eating, Mr. John used his minimal knowledge of the remaining 3 Gods that acknowledged Paul, trying his best to push the boy to discover his awakened powers.
Of course, since they didn't know which exact Divine God bestowed him with the power of superhuman strength, they also focused on the 4th God.
Hours later and still no progress, a frustrated uncle decided to change his strategy. "If we continue like this, we won't make any progress".
"I don't like making you remember it but to discover your powers, Paul, you have to remember". This man stared at Paul with a sharp look in his eyes.
"Tell me, when your mom was killed yesterday, you must have felt a rush of emotions overwhelm you".
"After awakening, every awakened gets access to God essence".
"It is the energy that enables us to make use of the power of the Gods".
"In most cases, God essence have been recorded to peak when awakened warriors are in a heightened emotional state".
"Strong emotion pushes awakened warriors to their full potential".
"I want to know, yesterday, did you feel any kind of affinity to some power when it happened? Was there any physical manifestation?"
Paul just looked at his uncle, trying hard to remember but this was when the lean man interjected. "Yes".
Both men turned to look at him.
"When Sophia Arrakis died, Paul lost control and entered the Cosmopolitan State". Noticing Paul's confusion, he explained. "Like your uncle just explained to you, God essence overflows when awakened warriors are emotional".
"This is even more powerful and chaotic with Cosmopolitans since you didn't just awaken a single God essence, but God essence from multiple Gods".
"One advantage of Cosmopolitans over other awakened warriors is their God essence. Since your father was acknowledged by 2 Gods, he has 2 times the normal God essence of an average awakened warrior".
"As for you, you have 5 times the God essence of an average awakened".
"In the Cosmopolitan State, all your God essence and your God powers overflow, entering an overcharged state".
This man stared at Mr. John. "Yesterday, while Paul was angry, thunder struck in the sky and the clear skies changed, turning cloudy and gloomy".
"Weather manipulation!" Mr. John exclaimed. "Or is it Storm control? Afterall, he was acknowledged by the God of storms and seas too".
Once they had a target to work towards, it became easier, Mr. John made Paul focus more on the weather and sometime later, Paul grasped it.
It was not weather manipulation, but rather storm control.
Weather manipulation was one of the domains of the Divine Thor. The God of Thunder could manipulate weather and the same applied to his followers.
Its wielders can sense, channel, shape, create, and manipulate the weather. It grants them an innate connection to the Earth's atmosphere.
As for storm control, a domain of the God of seas, Poseidon, it enables its wielders to sense, create, shape, and manipulate storms, including strong wind, hail, thunder and lightning like thunderstorms, heavy precipitation like snowstorms and rainstorms, heavy freezing rain like ice storms, and strong winds like cyclones.
While Paul tried his best to focus on it and get the vision, before he knew it, in this part of the farm, the bright sunny sky suddenly turned cloudy.
Before he knew it, rain came accompanied by strong wind.
That was all that they needed to confirm it.
"Healing, superhuman strength, storm control," the eyes with which Mr. John looked at his brother-in-law changed.
3 awakened powers, this was something that could only be possible in normal circumstances for advanced rank awakened.
For a mere apprentice to have this catalogue of God powers, he could not fathom how fearsome Paul could become in the future if he got the right training.
"Uncle". Paul called on noticing the distracted look on his in-law's face.
"Umm," Mr. John coughed and cleared his throat. "Ok, let's continue".
For the rest of the day, they tried their very best yet they couldn't fathom the powers of the remaining 2 Gods that Paul awakened.
Around 5 in the evening, Mr. John called it in. "That's enough for one day, let's rest".
While the man left to check up on his workers after being away for so long, with the lean man following behind him, Paul left to finally check up on his sister.
Since yesternight after their mom died, he never got the chance to meet his twin sister alone since he had been occupied with one worry or the other.
Paul had so much in his mind that he wanted to tell his sister about.
Besides, he finally awakened his God powers, he was excited.
Despite his excitement though, when he finally found his sister working in the farm, Paul could not help it as that tingling sense of sorrow pricked his heart.
'It's me and you remaining now,' he thought.
He went closer. "Hey". He called.