Notifications bloomed one after another before Adam's eyes, each line pulsed faintly with authority as if the panel itself was acknowledging his breakthrough.
[You have stepped into the Apprentice Realm]
[Criteria have been met]
[Awakening Body's Affinity]
[Awakening complete]
Adam suddenly felt a sharp sting ripple through his body. It wasn't centered in his chest, so it wasn't his soul. Instead, the sensation spread through his flesh, his bones, his blood, as if something fundamental had been etched directly into his biological makeup.
The pain wasn't intense, but it was absolute, the kind that left no room for resistance.
Then, just as suddenly, it stopped.
Adam didn't waste a second. His gaze went back to his panel and froze. Not because he didn't expect to awaken an affinity. That much was guaranteed.
