Five hours had passed since the commencement of the Awakening Ceremony.
The official proceedings had long concluded. Most of the graduates had already dispersed, leaving the grand hall to celebrate with their families or mourn their average results in private.
However, the center of the hall remained a hive of activity.
It all began with Aeron.
He had refused to vacate the Aura Gathering Circle, remaining seated in deep meditation with the sheer audacity of attempting to break through to the next tier immediately after awakening.
His stubbornness had sparked a chain reaction.
Leroy, the once-arrogant youth who had awakened Body Loci, had decided to follow Aeron's example. He had managed to stabilize his foundation in three hours, a feat that had the instructors nodding in approval, and was now gritting his teeth through the harmonization phase.
Seeing the two top students pushing their limits, a few others had joined in.
