Kaelen waited for a few moments for Leon to leave.
Once that was established a smile appeared on his face and he sprinted towards the strength testing machine, the Pure Abomination moved with him as well.
"What do you think my base strength is?" He asked it
Naturally, there was no reply.
Smiling anyway he patted the monster on the head.
"We'll do a bit of dual training in a bit, why don't you go rest in the meanwhile."
The large being looked at him and rubbed itself against him as it moved towards the corner of the room, laying down on the white covers thrown to the side.
Kaelen turned away.
"So, Sunny's base strength was 9 and Nephis was sixteen." He started counting the scores that he knew using his fingers.
"Caster had twenty one but that was using his aspect."
He was curious.
What would his own strength score be ?
"One way to find out."
Kaelen lacked formal martial arts training but he had been in a few skirmishes when on the streets, very few but they still taught him how to throw a punch and how to take one as well
He rotated his feet and hips generating power from the ground moving up towards his fist, hitting the large disc on the machine.
Bam!
The machine rang lightly as it began to measure the score
Seventeen.
"Nice!" He put up a fist in glee
It was truly a good score from his eyes. His muscle structure was slightly denser compared to Nephis due to the gender difference, but unlike Nephis, he was not as proficient in martial arts at all.
So, those two factors balanced out the score and factoring in the slight increase to his strength after becoming a monster, seventeen was amazing.
'...Did becoming a monster increase my physical strength at all?'
He thought genuinely curious.
From what he knew, the additional soul cores provided an essence boost but were dormant monsters stronger than dormant beasts?
He wasn't sure but he felt it did play a small, insignificant role.
Then, a smile crawled onto his face.
"Sunny had a score of eighteen with his Aspect, double his own strength."
A manifestation appeared and wrapped itself around his arm and since he did not call forth an element it acted just as an enhancer.
Then, he repeated the process and attacked the machine once more, this time the machine shook visibly.
Thirty four.
Kaelen stood there, blank faced.
Then, he raised his fist and looked at it, then at the machine and repeated as if in disbelief. He swallowed and then turned his gaze towards the Pure Abomination who was looking at him with a bit of surprise too.
Then he brought out a second manifestation which overlapped the first one and struck again.
This time the machine did not just shake, it also moved back several steps back, Pure Abomination also stood from its spot due to the sound.
Fifty one.
Kaelen had a nervous smile on his face.
"...Is this comparable to an Awakened strength...?"
It was a possibility.
An Awakeneds strength varied from awakened to awakened, if comparing his current strength using both of his manifestations as well it was very likely comparable to a lower tiered awakeners natural strength
This naturally was excluding Essence involvement since the moment an Awakened utilized their own essence the chance of winning lowered significantly.
Regardless of the nitty gritty of everything, the strength he possessed was great especially since right now he had no idea of what he may encounter in the Dream Realm.
A light bulb went of in his mind at that moment and he called the Pure Abomination over.
"Hey pup, can you hit this thing." He made a motion gesturing for what he wanted the beast to do.
And it walked over and did so, though the motion was rather flimsy due to its physical body being different than a humans so the attack was more so a slap than punch
The poor machine had been through so much today after being left here alone in peace for so long.
Seventy.
He simply stood there for a few moments and looked at the number
It was not what he had expected.
From what he understood there had been an intricate connection established between him and the Pure Abomination once he had received the beast, Their abilities seeming to be quite connected
But now, the creature had displayed strength larger than his own, by a large margin
"How in the..." He whispered but stopped when he looked at the horror besides him that looked far to proud.
His muscles may have been slightly denser than Nephis due to hormones or some nonsense but the Pure Abominations body was several times more muscular than his own.
'So its base strength as a Beast should be about 35? somewhere there... so eighteen more than my own...'
He swallowed
"A point above being double my own."
He smiled and patted its head.
'I wonder how fast he is...' He thought
To his surprise the Pure Abomination shifted away from him and got into a position as if preparing to run.
"Did you... just respond to my thoughts?"
It nodded.