Ethan opened his eyes seventeen days later. The space inside the cube was quiet, almost serene, but his mind was alert, focused. A glowing message appeared in front of him.
[You have reached the threshold of leveling up. Now you will have to go through a trial to break through.]
Ethan looked at it calmly. He had expected this. After all, the trial depended on the potential of the one leveling up. The higher the potential, the easier the trial. And Ethan's potential was beyond normal comprehension.
[You have passed the trial. You can level up.]
He froze for a moment, disbelief flickering across his face. "What…?" he whispered. "I knew my potential was high, but it shouldn't be high enough for the world to just give me a direct pass. That's… impossible,right?"
Yumiko's voice appeared in his mind, calm and confident as always.
