"You're already a mid-elder?!" Fulkar replied with excited confusion.
"Yes, but I'm still not fully recovered. The ascension helps but I only tried it because I felt so close after fighting both the panther and the pack leader, and that elixir almost triggered the ascension on its own," Oli clarified. "The real test will be reaching peak-elder before the finals start… If I can't pull it off before then, I have a feeling I'll be in trouble… Yeter, would Netra have struggled with that panther?"
"Nope!" Yeter boldly replied with a toothy grin.
Sighing, Oli nodded, "That's what I was expecting."
"And neither would Vant or Tilgron."
Hearing Yeter tack on those additional names, Oli felt even more apprehensive about his current strength. "I see… so I've go quite a ways to go."
"But do you think you'll struggle during this qualifier?" asked Freele.