"Oh, you noticed?" Benjamin's face lit up with a bright, childish smile, the same one he might have worn if someone had complimented his new shoes. "I think I got…uh..."
{Answer: Master has grown up to 10 times the power he had at that time.}
[Thanks, General Sys!]
"Yes," he continued without missing a beat, still smiling as though announcing the weather, "I grew ten times more powerful than I was then. And I'm an arch human now."
He said it with the casual pride of a child showing off a shiny new toy he'd just bought at the biggest store in town, not simply just boasting, but flashing genuine delight.
However, the words landed on Dynamis like a Warhammer wrapped in cotton.
She understood from that naïve smile of his: Benjamin was not lying to her.
She made sure not to flinch outwardly. Her face remained composed and her dark eyes steady.
But inside... calculations began racing at frantic speed.
