Seth waited for a short while, standing still as he observed the effect of his ability.
The fragment of fate he had consumed earlier slowly faded from his mind, like steam disappearing into open air.
Ahead of him, the young man who had been exhausted earlier now looked normal again.
His steps were lighter, and his breathing had returned to its regular rhythm. Within a minute, he was running as if nothing had happened at all.
Seth quietly followed from a distance.
There were no visible side effects.
The young man did not stumble, nor did he collapse, and did not even become suspicious of what had happened.
His tiredness had simply vanished, and Seth's own body just returned to normal...
'I don't feel any recoil or consequences after consumption…'
This puzzled him as he had expected danger.
When he experimented with his Authority earlier, he had noticed how objects could become damaged or weakened after their purpose was changed.
