Kara stared at the tract, her heart pounding. The weight of the words before her was impossible to ighis was more than just an agreement; it was a binding partnership, ohat demanded plete trust from both of them.

  "You're asking a lot of me," she said softly, her fingers lightly brushing the edge of the tract. "But you're also giving a lot."

  Sora nodded, his gaze steady. "I am. If we're going to survive what's ing, we o be on the same page. And I o know that when things get rough, you won't hesitate."

  Kara's breath caught, but she didn't take long to decide. With a deep inhale, she pced her hand on the tract. The moment her palm touched it, a surge of mana pulsed betweehe tract dissolved into a fsh of light, and a notification appeared before both of them:

  [tract Sealed: Trust and Preemeween Kara Delmont and Ralph Eden.]Save a small nod, satisfied. "Now we begin."

  Kara exhaled slowly, still processing what she'd just itted to. She wasn't sure what y ahead, but the weight of the tract made it clear—there was n baow.

  Sora stood, her closely as the tract sealed. He could feel a shift in the energy between them, an unspoken bond f. Kara, still reeling from the iy of the moment, asked, "Where do we start?"

  Sora's gaze sharpened. "First, I o know what you're w with. Your skills, your status... everything."

  Kara blinked, surprised. "What? My... status? You wao share that with you?"

  In their world, sharing one's status was sidered a deep viotion of privacy. It was like revealing yreatest strengths and vulnerabilities, something most pyers guarded fiercely.

  Before she could respond, Sora acted. Without hesitation, he shared his status first, and his windoeared in front of her.

  Kara's eyes widened as she read the details. Her mouth opened slightly, but the words seemed to fail her as her gaze nded on his real name:

  Sora Hashino.

  Two names? Why did he have two names?

  Her eyes darted downward, sing the rest of his status, and that's when her shock deepened.

  Power Level: 36 billion.Her breath hitched. That was... absurd. How could a level 62 have that kind of power? 'What the heck!'

  She kept reading, eaew detail adding to her fusion.

  His skill list was endless—skills spanning multiple csses, ranging from swordsmanship to mana amplification and body f, all mastered at a level she hadn't thought possible. Many of his skills were perfected, the ultimate form of a skill hoo its maximum potential. She was aware that skills could be upgraded to such level when perfectly honed, but she had always expected it to be something for the endgame.

  But then, something else caught her attention.

  Supreme Skills:

  There were two. He had two supreme skills. Kara had never heard of people possessing even one, and here was Sora with two. Her fingers hovered over the details, but she didn't dare open them. Instead, her gaze moved lower, falling upon something even more personal.

  Innate Skill: Prestige.Her breath caught ihroat. "He has an innate skill… like me," she whispered, barely able to believe it.

  Sora stood quietly, watg as Kara's eyes sed his status, her expression shiftiween shock, fusion, and awe. Her mouth opened and closed several times, as if she were struggling to process everything she was seeing.

  Kara's hand trembled slightly as she took in the full scope of his abilities. She had always believed her innate skill was unique, something rare in their world. But here was Sora, not only with an innate skill but also two supreme skills. Who was he?

  Notig her shock, Save a small, knowing smile. He had anticipated this. It wasn't every day someone entered a background as strange as his.

  Finally, Kara found her voice, though it was barely above a whisper. "What... what is this? You're called... Sora Hashino? And you also have an innate skill?"

  Sora nodded. "Yeah. Ralph Eden is just the name I use for now, but my real name is Sora. And yes, I have an innate skill. So do you, apparently."

  Kara blinked, still trying to her mind around it. "But your power level... 36 billion? How? And... supreme skills? How one person have so many abilities across so many csses?"

  Sora shrugged nontly. "It wasn't easy. But I've reset several times using my innate skill, Prestige. Each reset gives me a multiplier, and every time, I grow faster, stronger."

  Kara stared at him, torween admiration and intimidation. She was starting to uand why Sora had insisted on the tract. This wasn't just about trust—it was about sharing the kind of knowledge that few people oh possessed. And now, she art of that secret. She felt relieved, though, that he saw her as worthy of this level of trust.

  "So... this is why you o know about my skills too?" Kara asked cautiously. "To make sure we're on equal footing?"

  Sora nodded. "Exactly. If we're going to train together and fight together, I o uand your abilities. That's the only way I help you grow and ensure we both survive. You've seen mine. Now it's your turn."

  Kara hesitated for a moment. Sharing one's status was deeply personal, but Sora had already taken the first step. It was only fair she reciprocated. With a deep breath, Kara summoned her own status window and shared it with Sora.

  [Status Update]

  Profile: Kara Spirius: AliveCss: Vital Sage (Css level 1 / Pyer Level 66)

  Power Level: 3 billionBody Level: AAEnergy Level: AA

  Skills:(…)

  Innate Skill:? Time-Bending

  Sora's eyes quickly sed through her status, his expression remainiral as he analyzed her skills and abilities. It was clear Kara had potential, particurly with her ability to manipute life force directly in addition to mana thanks to her new css. However, it was also evident that she had much to learn before she could stand alongside him as an equal. Her new css owerful, but her skill levels were too low since she had just retly ged.

  "Your basic skills," Sora began thoughtfully. "They're good, but the levels are low. You've got a lot of room frowth sidering the css ge and the ck of css skills. And... you have an innate skill too. That's… impressive."

  Kara nodded, her fidence faltering slightly. "Yeah, I thought it was unique. But now I see… maybe it's not as special as I thought."

  Sora shook his head. "No, it is special. Your innate skill has incredible potential. We just o refi."

  He paused as he checked the description of her innate skill.

  Innate Skill: Time-Bending

  Description:Time-Bending grants the user the ability to manipute time within a trolled zone, including themselves and aies within the area. The user slow, accelerate the flow of time ihe zone.

  Effects:

  Option 1: The affected zone be pced away from the user, redug mana ption.

  Option 2: Locked (Level 70)

  Option 3: Locked (Level 90)

  Option 4: Locked (Level 100)

  Sora's gaze lingered on the description. Kara had incredible potential with this skill. With the right training, her ability to manipute time could make her a key pyer in future battles. He nodded, knowing they could work with this.

  "You're strohan you think," Sora said quietly, his toter-of-fact. "Let's discuss how you grow now."

  Snced back at Kara after readiatus, his eyes narrowing slightly as he sidered her abilities. Her Time-Bending skill was intriguing, but he khat raw potential wouldn't be enough. They o put it to the test.

  "Alright, Kara," he said, stepping bad gesturing toward her. "Let's see what you do. Use [Time-Bending]."

  Kara blinked, slightly startled. "Right now?"

  "Right now." Sora's tone was firm but calm. "I o uand how your skill works in practiot just theory. Let's try a few things."

  Kara nodded, a little u ready to give it her all. She closed her eyes, summoning her mana aing it flow through her body. A faint shimmer rippled through the air as her [Time-Bending] skill activated, f a trolled zone around them both.

  Sora immediately noticed the shift. Everything outside the range of Kara's skill seemed to speed up drastically, but within the zone, everythi normal. The world around them blurred, the trees swaying faster, the sun moving quicker across the sky, yet iheir time-altered space, it was as if nothing had ged.

  He took a step forward, testing his movement. It felt pletely natural, just like before. He moved his hand through the air, expeg resistance or sluggishness, but there was felt just as it always did.

  He g Kara. "I don't feel any different," he said, his voice sounding pletely normal to both of them. But as he looked past the boundary of the time zone, he could see the world outside rag by. It was clear that from aernal perspective, time inside Kara's field had slowed signifitly.

  Kara nodded. "Ihe zone, we don't feel the ge. But everything outside is moving faster. From their perspective, we're moving in slow motion."

  Sora stepped closer to the edge of the field, watg the outside world zip past. "Iing. So from i's normal, but from the outside, we're slower."

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