Leroy looked at Arthur with growing amazement and horror as the full implications of what he had just experienced settled into his consciousness.
The ease with which Arthur had absorbed multiple S-rank attacks fueled by his wind talent without any visible defensive technique or protective equipment spoke of power that went beyond his understanding of what individual awakened could achieve.
Despite his lowered stats from the Winter Beast's domain effects, Leroy knew with absolute certainty that the difference in their strength was catastrophically vast. It wasn't a gap that could be measured in conventional terms—it was an abyss that separated different orders of existence entirely.
The disparity was so enormous that Leroy felt genuine inferiority for the first time in his beta player career, a sensation that challenged everything he had believed about his own potential and position within the global hierarchy of power.
