When Cale stepped out of the monitoring room, he was accompanied this time by eight additional people, at the lead of whom were Axle and Candor, who had regained consciousness after Cale converted her.Seeing his numbers increase in size, Cale felt himself burgeoning with confidence and power. Naturally, his strength had increased, and although no new abilities were uncovered, Cale’s control over his few abilities had increased considerably. The sensing range of his spatial perception had increased, and he could now glean more deeply into the intricacies of spatial structures and their composition, allowing his spatial powers to become much stronger.But not only that, with the addition of these new eight faithfuls, the number of converts that Cale had under control had become twenty, and with that number, Cale finally began to notice a qualitative difference in his physiology.Cale felt his body getting stronger as it filled with raw physical power that made him feel like he could ax

The lighting was down in this area of the laboratory, leaving the dim emergency lights as the only source of illumination, allowing anyone to see. Krasin made a note to also add an estimation for the repairs that needed to be done in the laboratory once all of this was over. For now, he was more concerned with who would be appearing before them in this darkness.The figure in the darkness drew closer, and at a certain point, they were close enough for Krasin and the guards to realize that there wasn’t only one person coming toward them but a whole group of them, the sounds of their footsteps ringing chaotically in the dim lighting.Immediately, before the figures could draw any closer, a guard in the lead quickly raised his voice and shouted at them from afar.“All of you, halt where you are and identify yourselves. You have two seconds to respond, or you will be treated as hostile and swiftly dealt with.”Hearing the voice of the lead guard, the people coming toward them quickly stop

Immediately, the guard attacked, and Cale’s group quickly moved, following up with a devastating attack of their own.The other four guards pulled out their rifles and fired at the guards closest to them, taking them down immediately, while the researchers, each holding a small device, quickly threw it into the crowd, which immediately expanded into humanoid robots that swiftly attacked the remaining guards, following their preset commands.These robots were Selene’s A.G.R.C.W.’s, whose numbers had increased after her scrap with Cale before. Now there was a host of them—enough to handle a lot of opponents at the same time. But they still weren’t enough to deal with all the guards that Krasin brought along with him.Just then, a stretch of darkness appeared in the area, expanding rapidly into a giant rift in space from which Cale swiftly jumped out, appearing in the midst of everything.As soon as Cale appeared, he didn’t waste any time and swiftly threw the two guards closest to him,

In that moment, Cale’s mind went back to the memory of the day when all this started—blessing day—when he had awakened.In particular, Cale remembered the graceful and agile youths who scaled up and down walls like reptiles and vaulted across roofs and the tops of buildings in defiance of gravity, like it wasn’t a thing at all.Back then, Cale had been jealous of such youths, wishing for a day when he would be like them, soaring over the skies, not through flight but through the movement of his own body.And now, that day had finally arrived. Cale, having overcome the congenital weakness of his heart and body, could finally laugh out loud at the world for his first act of defiance against fate.While Cale reveled in his newly enhanced physical prowess, the battle continued uninterrupted as the throwing stars that Cale dodged made a swift turn in the air before heading in a beeline for Cale’s exposed back.Yet Cale’s attention remained fully focused on the battle, and without thinking,

Spurt!Feeling a sharp pain in his abdomen, Cale looked down only to see bright red blood trickling down in a gentle stream from his body, staining the hand holding the knife that was driven into his body.Pain!Shock!Pain and shock coursed through Cale’s systems like a raging fire, and in that moment, a deep fear that he had never felt before overcame him instantly at the sight of his own blood flowing out of him.“I’m going to die!”This thought came to Cale’s mind, chasing away the thrill of the battle and the high of invincibility that came from his increase in strength.Death had never seemed so close to Cale as in this moment, and faced with his own mortality for the first time, Cale panicked as his emotions spiraled out of control—and so did his powers.Argh!From the moment he was stabbed, Cale’s mind processed everything in an instant, and in the next, Cale let out a terrible scream filled with fear and malice.“Get away from me!”Cale’s eyes were red with ill intent as he l