At first, Sungjun thought that Sun Xiao's ability lay in the flame whip, but then, as he found the second flame whip, he wondered whether she could conjure any number of flame whips or something.
As he was engrossed in analyzing each of their powers…
*Screeech*
A powerful screech echoed in his ears, and the aura of a flaming bird appeared in his vision.
"What the…"
He cut off his power instinctively and returned to reality.
Beads of sweat appeared on Sungjun's forehead as he opened his mouth but was unable to speak. It was incredibly shocking indeed. "She was bonded with a fuc*ing Phoenix? That's a Spirit King… Why was she still an A-rank Hunter? That doesn't make sense."
This revelation made Sungjun wonder whether she was hiding her true strength or her overall potential might not have been unlocked. After all, spirit kings don't bond with humans with low potential.
While he was still digesting the fact, the hunter with stone fists admitted defeat, and in the end, Sun Xiao spotted his presence. She flared up right away, "You… This place isn't for rookies. What are you doing here?"
Sungjun got back to his senses and looked back at her. He simply commented with a smile, "It looks like you aren't exaggerating about yourself, after all. You have the potential to make it to S-rank in reevaluations."
"Thank you, I too was hoping that one day… Hmm…" She nodded in response before something clicked in her mind, "Wait a second… why are you commenting like you are superior to me or something? First of all, what is a newbie doing at this gravity chamber?"
"For training. What else?" He replied.
"Is that so?" Sun Xiao's eyes fell on his body posture. A sarcastic comment escaped from her, "It seemed like you got very comfortable with this place. Let's spar. I'm curious about your strength."
Sungjun understood the meaning behind her words, but he didn't take it to heart. In his eyes, she was just an immature brat. Why would he go and play what she wants?
He replied while maintaining his smile, "I'm not physically strong, Your Highness. And my powers are more useful in a real battle, not sparring. For example…"
Deciding to showcase a little of his abilities, he shifted his attention to the guy who was lying on the floor without bothering to speak up. Sungjun closed his eyes and opened them. They turned yellow. "Float." A mumble escaped his mouth.
The middle-aged fellow suddenly started to float in the air, going against gravity. "What the hell?" He screamed out loud before looking at the young man sitting in the corner of the room. "You, get me down, now."
"Relax, I'm helping you, but if you insist…" Sungjun deactivated his ability, and his eyes turned normal.
*Thud*
In an instant, the guy fell on the floor from 2 feet above.
"Telekinesis?" Sun Xiao was taken aback by surprise.
"Not exactly, but similar," Sungjun smiled and then took a deep breath as the guy got up on his feet and took a rest in another corner instead of getting angry. His Mana particles were consumed by more than half, just from that simple technique. That means he can only use a strong ability of his eye, once more.
"I'm Javion Gilmore." The middle-aged guy introduced himself before asking Sungjun whether he was an esper.
Sungjun denied that he is an esper, as his abilities were a lot more complicated. Unlike others who usually awaken their powers at a certain age or due to a certain incident, he was born with ocular powers. They were so powerful that it would put him in the realm of mythical gods. However, neither his human could bear that power, nor did he have enough mana reserves to use them to their full potential. One of them is telekinesis.
After introducing himself briefly, he said, "I have a telekinetic ability, but I prefer to be called an illusionist, though."
"Illusionist?" Both of them looked at him, wondering whether he was pulling their leg. After all, telekinesis and illusions are completely different paths.
Seeing the looks of disbelief on both of their faces, Sungjun unleashed another ability of his eye. It is a weak one, but he was confident that it would prove his point.
This time, as his eyes turned scarlet in color, Sun Xiao and Javion saw their surroundings change to that of a grassland. There was a starry night sky above them, and a few animals were seen roaming around.
However, Sun Xiao, who has great senses, cannot feel the aura of life. She tightly closed her eyes and pushed a little bit of Mana from her, dispelling the illusion around her. Meanwhile, Javion was looking around and admiring the view. He looked like a fool at the moment.
Sungjun dispelled the magic to save his Mana particles and brought Javion to reality.
"Aah…"
"Your ability is very good, my friend," Javion commented after coming out of daze. Sun Xiao, on the other hand, scoffed in disapproval, terming it a weak ability, and walked away to practice with her flame whips.
Meanwhile, Sungjun chatted with Javion.
For the rest of the day, they hang out together, basically Sun Xiao and Javion training, Sungjun just watching them or practicing the Mana Condensation technique.
At around 10 o'clock in the evening, Sun Xiao and Sungjun parted their ways with Javion and returned to their room.
CHAPTER-7
One week passed in the blink of an eye.
During this past week, Sungjun only focused on increasing Mana Particles through his Mana Condensation technique. His aura has slowly changed from blue to navy blue, indicating he was near his next breakthrough.
Based on the current progress, Sungjun was confident of reaching par with naturally gifted people like Sun Xiao within a year.
Just like the past few days, Sungjun woke up around 11 o'clock in the morning and found his roommate missing. He thought that she might be busy with her training as usual.
After finishing his morning activities, he left towards the exit of the dorm without bothering to pay attention to anyone on the way.
He knew that if ladies would take the initiative to converse with him first, then there was a 90% possibility that they were interested in him, and he didn't have any intentions to hook up with someone. And if it is a guy, there's a high chance that he will be belittled by them for being a newbie. Since he was planning on laying low, he never talked with anyone but Sun Xiao and Javion, keeping his inner circle as small as possible.
And now, on the 8th day, just like usual, he was stopped by Sarah, the receptionist.
Sungjun already knew what she would do, too. She was going to ask him on a dinner date, followed by a couple of drinks. She did that five times already. However, Sungjun rejected it by giving different but logical excuses so as not to disappoint her. After all, she was a great source of information for him. He has learned so much about the world from her that his original host doesn't have the knowledge for.
He planned to think of various excuses again to stop her advances, but to his surprise, Sarah spoke of another matter this time. "You are being summoned by Lt. Commander."
"Eh?" Sungjun wondered whether this had anything to do with the war against the werewolf lord. "Why?" He asked.