2 The Escapee Test Subject

"He is the least successful of our test subjects here. Even the beggar was better than he. What should we do? Is he really the son of the strongest magician?"

"There is no doubt about it; he is the son of the strongest magician, but also the best healer in our kingdom. This means there are two different components of energy in him. To keep it simple, it makes sense why he still hasn't awakened at 16 years old."

"Let's continue the experiment for a year and see if he really can be the strongest tool."

The head scientist sighed, but there was a glimmer of hope on his face. He couldn't help but be excited at the prospect of a breakthrough in their studies.

"Listen to me carefully. He may still be special. As we all know, two different components of energy should be present in him since he is the son of the strongest magician and the best healer in our kingdom. Hypothetically, it could be hard for him to awaken. But, did you see it earlier? He survived the awakening serum."

The head scientist was able to persuade the others, but their faces still showed some reservations. He couldn't blame them; they had been working with him for almost eight years without any significant results.

'Awakening his powers was meant to be another breakthrough in the experiment. As the prototype serum has already shown signs that it can copy the genes of E-rank awakens, proceeding to reach higher ranks would be a great tool for the kingdom.' A cruel smile appeared on the head scientist's face.

"Head scientist, what will happen if he doesn't awaken? We already know he survived the awakening serum, but that doesn't mean he will awaken soon."

The head scientist lowered his head and opened his palm to show them some papers. These were the initial reports of the serum's effects on the young boy's body as soon as they injected it.

"Read the findings. You will see why I still have some hope in him."

The other scientists looked at the papers he gave them and were speechless as they read all his words.

"This means..."

"He has shown some results. The genes he had were slowly appearing as we expected. He has the power of the two strongest assets of the kingdom."

The young boy, Victor Hunt, had true potential. If not for the incident that killed his parents, they wouldn't have such a great test subject.

As the child of two major awakens in the Protish Kingdom, the child is entitled to all the inheritance and support the government offers to awakens. Therefore, even if one of them dies, the other parent will retire from their service to focus on their child, unless another apocalyptic threat emerges.

However, that didn't happen. Victor's both parents died, and he became vulnerable to the government, which ignored the legal issues the two best awakens filed to serve the kingdom.

The government announced that the child had also died from depression after his parents' deaths. This enabled them to falsify papers and send Victor to the experimentation facility on the outskirts of the kingdom for experimentation.

Wang! Wang! Wang!

Everyone looked at the flashing red lights and horns, asking what had happened. Some stood up from their seats, hysterically asking while others remained composed. As soon as they heard the reason for the alarm, everyone became panicked and displeased.

However, there was one person who was happy about it. The head scientist was aware of the threat, but he was more intrigued by the results of the session earlier.

'The awakening serum worked!'

"Head scientist, test subject Hunt has escaped. He is currently facing the watchtower guards."

The head scientist nodded with a wide smile on his face, then ordered everyone to be heavily armed to prevent the top test subject from escaping.

He took out his left hand and clicked on his smartwatch; a holographic image appeared showing maps with exclamation points indicating which places were in danger and needed attention.

'Everything happened in his chambers. And for sure, pure and fresh mana is still there. I need to get these subjects!' The head scientist cried out with extreme joy.

He then ordered every awakened guard to go to the possible escape routes, while the assistants rushed to the scene. And as they arrived there, the head scientist was deeply pleased with what he saw. Everything was glowing. Despite the fire in the surroundings, he was more focused on the mana that was scattered in the area.

'The test subject. That Hunt kid, we need to secure him.'

He swiped at the holographic image and reached for communication with the guards.

"Is the test subject secured?"

While the alarms were still activated, the head scientist waited for the other end to answer, but he was about to be disappointed.

"Negative. The test subject escaped and killed all four C-rank awakened watchtower guards."

When the head scientist heard this, he scoffed and grinned bitterly at the same time. He held his forehead in shock and leaned against the wall.

'I don't know if I should be happy. He has awakened but has escaped. I have lost my precious test subject...'

"What are you fools doing?! Track him! Use everything you can! A subject like him who can kill C-rank awakenings in his awakening is more important than the current awakenings in the area now! Go and find him!"