Soren exhaled in relief.
His pathways were clean. His Core stability was optimal. Nothing had cracked, nothing had scattered. For a breakthrough as violent as that had been, the condition of everything inside him was frankly immaculate.
Then his eyes landed on the Mana Capacity.
'...50,000.'
He stared at it for a moment.
'...That's insane.'
From what he knew, an average Second Circle Awakened possessed around twenty thousand units of mana, with the exceptionally talented reaching at most thirty thousand. His own capacity was 50,000.
While he lacked the perspective to judge how others would rank his genius, the implications for his own path were clear. Starting with such a massive reservoir secured a stronger foundation, raising both his immediate potential and his ultimate ceiling.
Yes, it would take longer to fill. Yes, breaking through to the Third Circle would require far more effort than it would for someone with a smaller capacity.
But it was worth it.
