Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

The group around the table continued sifting through the data the Pioneers had collected on the Red Demon race after finding out their name.

And they found out some very interesting things.

Such as the fact that Zorath had exaggerated the capabilities of his race, probably in an attempt to scare the human race to destroy their morale and motivation before the war between them even begins.

As it actually turned out, Zorath was very strong amongst his race. Which relieved everyone around the table, considering Zorath had killed Captain Ciril rather easily, even though Captain Ciril was an A+ ranked human.

This was a very welcome piece of information for not only the group of S tiers sitting around the table, but the human race as a whole.

If they were faced up against an army of Zoraths, then they were practically doomed from the get go.

But now, things were much more flexible.

They had also discovered that the Red Demon race wasn't as advanced technologically as Zorath had claimed.

In fact, this should have been obvious from the fact that the Pioneers had managed to perform reconnaissance on them for 2 whole months before they were discovered.

In terms of technology, the Red Demon race was around the same level as the human race, with both sides maybe being more advanced than the other in some esoteric areas.

However, the biggest discovery of them all left even Principal Farnes and Admiral Olgierd shocked.

The Red Demon race got their strength from the Primordial Expanse as well.

That's right, they were also a race of awakened.

This left the S tiers around the table, and even Major General Lyndal concerned.

This was because from what the Pioneers had found by spying on a remote planet of Red Demons, where the highest ranked being was a C+ rank, that the Red Demon race weren't the only other Alien race that had access to the Primordial Expanse.

But, in fact, every single sentient race in the universe had access to it.

This completely flipped the conventional theories about the Primordial Expanse that humanity's top scholars had come up with.

So far, they had only ever come across other humans in the Primordial Expanse, native or not.

But now, it seemed that once the 200 year protection period the system afforded them was over, their sector of the Primordial Expanse would integrate with the Primordial Expanse that the entire rest of the universe had access to.

And the human race had just been so gracefully informed by the system that not only was their 200 year protection period cut short because of their own curiosity, but that it had just ended for them as well.

Things were going to get much more complicated for the human race in the Primordial Expanse in the near future.

As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.

And the human race were praying they didn't end up like the cat…

***

"He's 10 minutes late already… Is he even going to show up?"

One of the students sitting in the middle row of the Soul Studies class asked.

The entire class had been waiting 10 minutes for Dr Zoric to show up now, and they were quickly getting impatient.

To waste 10 minutes of all their time was pure disrespect to them.

10 minutes may not seem like much, but considering the fact that their schedules were so tightly packed, as well as the fact that they didn't even know how long the human race had left, they needed all the time they could get.

They could have spent those 10 minutes training their techniques etc.

But after another 2 minutes, Dr Zoric actually showed up, looking dishevelled as his suit wasn't even fitted properly, and his tie looked crooked.

"Let's get started then."

However Dr Zoric didn't seem to care for the student's dissatisfaction, nor would he do anything about it.

That was their concern, his only concern was finishing this damn lecture and getting back to his research.

'What's today's topic then?', Alex thought.

He had been eagerly waiting for Dr Zoric's arrival, unlike everyone else who was hoping he'd reach past the 15 minute mark of being late, where the students were allowed to leave the lecture to do their own thing.

"Today's topic is the link between energy and the soul." Dr Zoric started.

Instantly, Alex was intrigued.

He had been pondering on this topic ever since he had found out the link between his comprehension and his Soulforge talent.

But he wasn't able to make any progress in it so far.

Perhaps today would be different? Dr Zoric might provide some insights into the topic that Alex hadn't even considered yet.

"We have always known there was a link between energy and the soul ever since the Primordial Expanse came around. Can someone explain to me why this is?" Dr Zoric started the lecture off with a question to the class, like his usual style of teaching went.

He liked to get the class engaged.

Even though he hated giving lectures, he hated people who didn't do their job properly even more.

If he was going to be forced to give a lecture, he was going to make sure it was a damn good lecture.

"Is it because the energy we gain from beast cores gets sent to our own Soul core?"

A student answered him right away.

Alex recognised this student from last time.

It was the big chested girl who answered most of Dr Zoric's questions from the last lecture.

"Correct. This is exactly how we know the two are linked." Dr Zoric praised her for her correct answer.

But then he proposed another question.

"But, why are they linked? That is the question we really want to know."

This question left the class stumped, including Alex.

How were they supposed to know why energy was linked with their souls??

That was for the system to know, this seemed way too complicated for them to figure out.

"It's good that none of you answered that question, otherwise I would have questioned your sanity." Dr Zoric laughed and commented.

"That's because this question is still unanswered today, and will likely remain unanswered for a very, very long time."