Chapter 40: Potential Leap!

Chapter 40: Potential Leap!

[Seth's POV:]

Things were progressing as I thought except for the small episode which occurred in the first base of the temple.

I still can vividly remember how Anabelle lost control and ended up discharging her emotions through Soul Energy.

It was an advanced technique that very few people, having an immense amount of Soul Energy, can achieve. Or to say, those people could be summed up on fingers, that level of expertise this technique requires.

One could affect people or any living substance through their emotions. Like a happy Aura can make a grieving scene quite harmonious. And a single person can make thousands cry.

I was perplexed down to the core to realize that the main female lead had actually arrived at such a stage.

Well, she was destined to be one of the most powerful entities in the world but that would have happened after a certain period.

She needed a trigger to utilize the hidden potential she carries ever since her birth.

And in the novel, Arata's near-death situation worked as that instance where Anabelle snapped and got to know more about herself.

Today, no one was in the fatal situation. That explains that Anabelle has unlocked her potential prior to the plot and that's seriously troublesome.

I mean, she got attracted to the protagonist because being a damsel in distress on one of their expeditions. If the damsel would actually never find herself in distress then there was only the butterfly effect remaining to keep the plot in check.

Not to talk about her weird behavior toward me which had been troubling me ever since the spar with Kevin.

There was a lot to handle and this female lead is making things more complicated.

'I think talking things out with her might work...or not...?'

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[3rd Person POV:]

There are several rooms in any Temple that one has to clear out to proceed further and reach the Core.

Team A under the guidance of Seth cleared the upcoming stages without much trouble.

There was just one last stage on this path with and done. Direct walk into the core room.

However, there was a catch.

This Temple is a turning point in Arata's life. The reason was a Hidden Room.

As one could guess, such rooms are kept hidden because they contain some phenomenal treasures, and sometimes disasters as well.

In the novel, Seth found the room and soon discerned that it would be nothing but inviting death if they stayed there.

Since it was a great chance to seclude the hero, Seth didn't miss it and left only Arata inside while he helped everyone out, with his psychic powers.

The original Seth thought that Arata would die inside surely, but he returned.

And the Arata who walked out of the Temple after everyone returned, was no longer a naive innocent village guy but a tough man who had escaped his own death several times.

That was probably one of the highest leaps the protagonist took to get stronger and ultimately become the hope of humanity.

Of course, Seth had no plan to trigger the event since he knew nothing would go in his favor even though Arata ended up inside not because of him.

It was rather risky to even walk on this path that Seth chose since it had the potential booster of the protagonist. But Seth chose to follow the route which he was at least aware of.

In the novel, Seth was only the one in the student's group who was able to detect the room but now he would just put a blindfold on it.

Might the professor be suspicious of him not mentioning the secret room but that won't matter much. He will just pretend to never be aware of the place.

'Yeah... this would be for the best... '

With such thought, the group was walking just past the place that Seth assumed to be the secret room when suddenly...

"Hey! I can feel something from here! Woah...."

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