Chapter 168

“I need to improve my aura and domain before I advance,” Hector said. He didn’t comment on the obvious flaw he saw in Matthias’ approach. There was no doubt the man was doing an excellent job growing stronger. However, Hector didn’t understand how someone could experience the pointless life and death of Volithur and then decide to live only for their own benefit. Wasn’t that the greatest lesson to be had from their shared dreams? That life without a grander purpose was a bottomless pit of nihilism?

More than that, Hector questioned whether the strength of Matthias would ever translate into combat prowess. Not being a hollow spear was more than training apertures, he’d come to understand. There were skills and mindsets that had to be developed. Walking onto a battlefield for the first time as a lord seemed like an entirely different breed of foolishness. How did a level ten individual learn to fight when threats on their level were so few – and also likely to be extremely experienced in violence?