"I think I was greatly mistaken."
Michael muttered the words quietly as he stood before the pool, the pressure and allure of it washing over him in steady waves.
When Jester had spoken of an opportunity, Michael had assumed it was the experience points and the level gains.
It was only now he realized he had been looking at the surface.
This pool was the real opportunity.
Thanks to his encounter with Shojo and everything that had followed, he was now only a step away from attempting a breakthrough to Rank 4. One level was the only thing standing between him and the qualifications to attempt the next advancement quest.
One should know that barely a week had passed since his Rank 3 advancement.
Less than a week from advancing to a new rank to standing at the threshold of the next one. Michael did not dare claim he was the sole unique case in the entire universe. But in the universe, there should not be many with a progression speed comparable to this at his particular stage.
