In a separate room, Leona sat on a stone platform covered with some cloths as a temporary bed.
In her hand was an essence stone that had already lost its luster, but Leona didn't bother replacing it.
Instead, she sat there, sensing the new power flowing through her body after advancing to the Advanced sub-rank.
Now she felt that she could form layers of essence over her hand and weapons, even if they were fragile and not entirely stable.
She opened her eyes again, hiding the stone that had already lost its glow, before looking at her hand that was bound in a splint.
She extended her other hand and removed the temporary splint, then stretched and bent it repeatedly. She even threw a few quick punches into the air, a smile forming on her lips.
"This is much better."
It was true that she wasn't healed one hundred percent, but she could now fight comfortably.
Even so, she lay back on the temporary bed, covering herself with a blanket she had gotten from Caius.
