As Erik entered the room, he immediately jumped onto the bed and lay for a little bit. The young man was disheartened because of his defeat by Nathaniel's hands and could do nothing but think about it. From there, his thoughts quickly trailed on what to do to improve his strength.
It was clear that he needed to train and spar more, but he also needed to hunt more thaids and get more neural links.
This last point was an especially concerning one because if he went to military school by only being SIGMA2, things would be much harder for him.
They would probably force him to train even at night, or worse, they would make his enlisting longer to make him gain more brain crystals.
His thoughts went to his journey. He remembered how he had gained the system, killed his first Thaid, and even leveled up the first time.