-1455- A higher goal

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Just like that, Rozen once again appeared on the battlefield and quickly spread the tale of how he annihilated the Variant known as Shinjuku (2) in a single blow.

Not only in Vebel, but also in the other floating cities, this event sparked intense discussions.

This was indeed quite an unbelievable feat.

As we know, while the floating cities are interconnected, due to the threat of Armored Beetles, very few people choose to travel between them. As a result, information and news rarely spread between the floating cities, unless it's something significant enough to draw the attention of all humanity. Otherwise, someone well-known in their own floating city might be completely unheard of in another.

However, Rozen's achievements always seem to spread, quickly becoming known to everyone. This indicates that the entire human race is paying attention to him, making his every move and achievement widely recognized.

To be so famous that even the Pope can't compare is quite extraordinary.

Under such circumstances, if the other floating cities were already abuzz with this news, one can only imagine how lively Mistgun—the main stage—would become.

In the days that followed, no matter where you went, you could hear people discussing Rozen's exploits.

"I can still recall the scene where he shot an arrow through Shinjuku (2)—it was absolutely amazing."

"You weren't there, so you didn't feel the shock as we did."

"To think that before graduation, I would witness the Hero of Humanity on the battlefield and even receive his orders."

"Rorelai Arneet is a miracle among us humans."

"With Rorelai-sama's strength and abilities, he might be able to completely eradicate the Armored Beetles and lead humanity back to the land."

"This was something we never dared to imagine before, but if it's him, maybe it's possible."

People kept talking about it, and even after a few days, the discussions were still as intense as ever.

As a result, the previous discussions about E601 Squad's performance in the ranking battles were overshadowed.

With this in mind, it's easy to imagine the uproar that would occur if Rozen were to appear before the public eye.

Thus, over the past few days, Freon Flamel—in her capacity as the head of the Sky Wizard Division—granted Rozen permission to stay home, under the pretext of "resting."

However, that day, Rozen had completely crushed Shinjuku (2) in a god-like manner, obliterating it in one blow—there was no need for any rest!

To this, Freon responded:

"Rorelai Arneet used High-Grade Mana to defeat a formidable enemy, placing a significant burden on his body and consuming a vast amount of mana. He needs a good rest now."

This explanation was accepted by everyone.

"Even using Compressed Mana can fatigue the body and drain mana. Since Rorelai-senpai used High-Grade Mana, which is even stronger, it's only natural that he needs to rest."

"That's true."

"Hopefully, he can fully recover."

"If something were to go wrong, it would be disastrous."

People discussed this and accepted the idea that Rozen needed rest.

In reality, Rozen was full of energy, while it was Chloe Sevegny who actually needed some rest.

Unlike Kanata Age, who used a mana reactor to forge Compressed Mana, Chloe used her own body as the reactor to forge Compressed Mana, and not just any mana, but high-precision Compressed Mana, infusing all her mana to unleash the most powerful blast, which naturally caused her body significant fatigue.

Chloe used this as an excuse and even moved into Rozen's villa, shamelessly staying there for several days, much to Rozen's exasperation.

However, Chloe retorted:

"I'm not like you, who can freely use High-Grade Mana without the need for forging. Your mana has already been completely converted into High-Grade Mana!"

Indeed.

The mana within Rozen's body had long since been entirely transformed into High-Grade Mana.

That was only natural, right?

If he didn't prepare High-Grade Mana in advance, starting to forge it during battle would be a waste of time, wouldn't it?

Moreover, just like forging Compressed Mana consumes a large amount of mana, High-Grade Mana—being superior to Compressed Mana—requires even more astonishing amounts of mana.

Frankly speaking, even with Rozen's mana, if he were to use it all to forge High-Grade Mana, he probably wouldn't be able to produce much.

Because of this, Rozen fully utilized his terrifying mana control ability. He first transformed his mana into High-Grade Mana and stored it within his body. After his mana recovered, he continued forging High-Grade Mana, repeating this process until now. The mana within his Magic Circuits had all been converted into High-Grade Mana.

From then on, whenever Rozen consumed High-Grade Mana, he would immediately convert the recovered mana, keeping his body constantly filled with High-Grade Mana. Therefore, there was no longer any ordinary mana left in his body—only High-Grade Mana.

If a regular person attempted this, they would likely have exploded by now.

However, the reason why Compressed Mana or High-Grade Mana impacts the body after use is entirely due to the fact that as mana becomes stronger, it becomes harder to control, leading to mana potentially harming the body.

But for Rozen, after his Mind's Eye reached its peak, although he might not be able to directly glimpse the records of the world and know everything—since receiving too much information would destroy his mind—the perfect mana control brought by the Mind's Eye remained completely unaffected.

In other words, Rozen's mana control had already reached the level of the fully realized Mind's Eye. No matter how wild or powerful the mana, he could tame it and control it flawlessly.

Thus, Rozen could confidently transform all the mana in his body into High-Grade Mana. The mana he used now was always High-Grade Mana. If necessary, he could even dilute High-Grade Mana back into ordinary mana, thus unleashing far more mana than before.

The ability to forge High-Grade Mana and convert all the mana in his body into High-Grade Mana was all thanks to the perfect control brought by the Mind's Eye.

Without the Mind's Eye, Rozen couldn't have accomplished this.

This is why only Rozen could use High-Grade Mana with his own power.

Simply put, his mana control had already transcended the realm of gods, reaching a truly perfected state.

And according to Rozen's judgment, High-Grade Mana could be on par with Divine Energy.

Originally, Divine Energy was a force one level higher than mana and spiritual power. Now that Rozen had evolved his mana into High-Grade Mana, this power was enough to rival Divine Energy.

After arriving in this world, Rozen's transformation had been this profound.

Yet, Rozen was not satisfied.

To achieve the goal he came to this world for, he still needed to elevate his mana to another level.

For this, Rozen was still conducting research.

But on this day, Rozen received a letter.

"Oh?"

Reading the contents of the letter, Rozen smiled.