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The tone in the room had changed from what it was only seconds ago.
Some had been getting prepared to give the young arrogant cunt a piece of their mind as well.
But now that they saw how theirrade reacted, there was an underlying tone of respect and fear in their minds.
They only stared at Tyr with serious expressions, as that was the extent of what they felt they could do.
Tyr continued: "If you had the strength of ten times the men you have right now, you could go in and destroy that base while rescuing everyone simultaneously. The thing youck is strength... and that is exactly what I am providing you. You may not believe it, but I don''t care."
Some squinted their eyes as they heard thatst part, even Hs.
"That''s right, it doesn''t matter whether any of you listen to me. I am going to go on my own after this anyway."
A few shocked responses of awe murmured about slightly as Tyr said this.
"I am only offering a hand to you all as a sign of respect, a handrge enough to ce you all in its palm." With that, Tyr reached his hand out above the table in between everyone.
"So... will you take this hand?" He finally said, sending a wave of silence through the entire marquee.
Tyr was staring at Hs, and everyone''s eyes naturally moved toward him as well as they saw this.
Feeling the pressure of those around him to make the final decision, he stood up and raised his hand above the table.
"We will take your hand..." Hs said sternly. This wasn''t a small deal, as Hs wasn''t just epting Tyr''s recruitment, but rather, agreeing to go with his nspletely with all of his men.
He had just decided to ce all the lives of his men at risk in the hope that Tyr was going be their main front when it came to strength and strategy.
There were quite a few mixed reactions. Some were shocked that Hs would suddenly agree to the qualms of the young man.
Others were happy, liking the fact that someone much stronger wasmanding them from now on.
And some, who hadn''t seen Tyr''s fight with Ha, underestimated Tyr and weren''t satisfied with this.
However, another hand raised up slowly. It was the hand of the oldest warrior in the room.
"I am the wisest... and I know that as one climbs further up a mountain, the more he can see. In the same who, weakness is a blinding veil in front of the eyes of men, while strength is the cure. Those who are strong see more opportunities that the weak do not have... those who are strong worked to get there... those who are strong, are born to lead."
With this speech, another hand raised up.
After that, a couple from each side of the circle began to rise.
Before long, a ripple effect took over--as every hand around the table had risen.
Tyr''s eyes nced around the crowd: ''Of course some are still going to oppose this... but they have no choice but to follow the flock.''
He then looked out the door, ''I was going to go out on my own, but its good that at the very least, I have some men behind me as back up.''
He began to walk toward the exit.
"T-Tyr!" Hs eximed at that moment, "What about your ns? You are themander now... you have to inform us of everything before you just leave out of nowhere!"
Tyr turned past his shoulder to nce at Hs for a moment, "Everyone! Sit tightly and wait. I''ll be back to your benefit."
He left the marquee, leaving everyone confused and silent.
"That might have been a bad decision," Hs said at that moment, almost in a joking, pitiful tone.
The others simply sighed.
"If he wasn''t so strong, as I hear him to be, he would be thrown to the hunting dogs." The old warrior eximed, shaking his head.
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Noa and Tyr made their way out of the Zasean base of operations and headed out into the forest.
"Noa, what exactly are Aura arrays to you?" Tyr abruptly asked out of nowhere as they walked.
Noa was slightly taken aback by this, "Odd question," But she still replied, "Hmm... lets see, to me, Aura array''s are like binds and seals. They aren''t ced on people to entrap them, but rather on things to enforce them."
Tyr tilted his head slightly, intrigued, "Hmm... go on..."
Noa paused for a moment before saying, "Well... its like thews of the universe. Aura dictates thesews, and Aura arrays create newws in our universe that are enforced by Aura. When one is sealed, a neww is created in the universe stating that he should not be released until the Aura seal is released.
In the same way, when an Aura array is ced on an object, aw or rule is ced on it which the Aura has to oblige to."
"Hmm... if thats the case..." Tyr paused for a long time, looking to think.
Noa walked with him patiently, understanding that he was feeling stressed right now as well.
"Do you think you can break an Aura array in the same way you can break Aura binds?"
Noa''s eyes widened as she heard this. After an exhale, she said: "Well, I don''t see why not. Both are restrictions ced on something using Aura. All its about going into the deep coding of the aura and releasing whatever is binding the Aura together to create a rule in the first ce."
A smile appeared on Tyr''s face as he heard this.
Noa continued: "However, it will still probably take me a while to learn."
"A while?" Tyr''s expression suddenly turned serious.
"Like... 10 hours."
Tyr smiled again, "Thats no while. Thats perfect!" He stopped, turning and facing Noa.
"I want you to learn to do that. I need that as a crucial part of my n."
Noa also stopped, looking at Tyr with slight puzzlement, "But... the array breakers. Don''t we already have those?"
Tyr sighed, "Unless you want to travel a few hundred miles and buy another few of those, we don''t nearly have enough. Plus, I have a feeling the ones we have will hardly do the job. These are powerful arrays, and Trai''s array breakers are newly found. They are also scarce here."
Noa nodded after hearing this, "I''ll get to it." She turned, "Ten hours... it will be done before 10!"
She shouted as she left.
Tyr chuckled, "Thanks!" He said, turning around as his smiling face erased and turned into a serious expression.
His pupils turned a bright golden hue as a golden fire erupted from his be.
He dug his front foot into the ground as heunched himself forward.
He sprinted through the jungle almost like a blur, using Blink Step at times to travel farther distances at once.
He looked like a feather being carried by a string, weaving and ducking, jumping and gliding through the forest with haste and ease and fluttering in the wind.
He arrived back to the warehouse and noticed that it was gone. Instead, it was reced by onerge tree.
On seeing this, Tyr clenched his jaw. He tightened his fist and let out rip right into the truck of the nt.
A somewhat loud bang sounded as he removed his fist from the giant cavity that was now on the tree.
''Even when I go 20%, its quite strong.'' He smirked, ''Tsk... its annoying that they removed the warehouse already. But I guess its to be expected.''
"Oh?" A voice suddenly came from out of nowhere.
Tyr furrowed his brows, looking around erratically: "Who''s there?"
"To think I''d find you of all people again... isn''t it immensely lucky?"
Tyr turned, recognizing the annoying voice as the one from the puny slug from before.
He saw the puny-robed figure about 200 feet away from him. His eyebrows lowered, unimpressed.
"Is this what you do for a living? Wait till someonees out here and randomly ambush them? Or are you only following me? Get a job..." Tyr said, an irritated look on his face.
This time, the puny robed figure took his hood off.
He had normal skin, but red eyes. He looked to be a young man who was around 21. Unfortunate gics indeed. He had a lousy stubble and the nerdiest sses you can imagine atop his nose ridge.
"You should be thankful we found you here. We were actually on our way to your little hideout. Or... I suppose it isn''t really yours since you''re just an outsider. Hehehe!" The puny slugughed.
Tyr gritted his teeth in anger, but then he realized something, "Wait... why are you saying ''we''? Isn''t it just you?"
"Oh... well, my brother decided to go forward while I stay here with you. Im sure you know one of the two reasons as to why, right?"
Tyr''s eyes widened as he heard this, ''Shit... I need to get back there as soon as possible.''