Chapter 114
Night fell.
---
Rudeus stood quietly.
---
Mana flowed endlessly within him.
---
His body—flawless.
---
His movements—absolute.
---
His path—his own.
---
He raised his hand slightly.
---
Not to train.
---
Not to test.
---
But simply because he could.
---
"…I've reached it."
---
Not the end.
---
But a point beyond everything that came before.
---
A place where—
---
Body surpassed mana.
---
Where effort became existence.
---
Where strength needed no name.
---
And as the night deepened—
---
Rudeus Greyrat stood alone.
---
Not as a prodigy.
---
Not as a swordsman.
---
But as something entirely new.
---
The one who created his own path.