Breaking through to Rank 2 was not actually a very grand process.
No, it was not grand, but it was painful.
Who would have thought that the technique called the Pain-Tempered Circulation Technique was actually painful?
What a shocker.
Ronan breathed heavily as sweat dripped down his brow.
He opened his status screen, confirming what he already felt.
[Rank 2 – Initial Stage]
"Usually people would look a little more happy after breaking through."
Aura's voice cut through his lingering pain, and Ronan glanced at her standing near the window.
She had her arms crossed, expression flat, though her green eyes studied him with something that might have been concern if she were capable of admitting it.
Ronan felt no such emotion.
It was only Rank 2, and it was through no effort of his own. The Demon Leech had done the work while he lay unconscious, body broken, heart missing, and practically dying.
