'Hm?'
Kael's words, which were closer to a whisper, were clearly audible to everyone in the area, as that was what Kael had been aiming for.
Noah's heightened senses allowed him to sense the use of mana in Kael's voice, yet he couldn't understand why the latter would whisper if he wanted everyone to hear him.
Though Noah was confused, it wasn't like he could keep quiet.
That would be, in a sense, a sort of defeat before Kael, or at least that had been Noah's mentality from the start.
"Hate you...? I abhor you."
Noah scoffed before once again concentrating on his core, which continued to increase its rank.
The layer of mana that had surrounded it had now become denser than before.
Noah could feel the third mana ring forming around his core, increasing his rank to Gold 3.
A new surge of untested power roared through his core, making Noah wince with pain.
A new ring forming in a matter of seconds wasn't something that could have been a blissful process.
