Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

Chapter 547 Internal musings

Chapter 547  Internal musings

Alex strolled around the streets, not quite sure what he was looking for. He came to the Primordial Expanse to escape the expectations that were placed upon him now that he was a higher life form and held significant power in the Federation, but also to increase his strength even further.

But that was the extent of where his plans went, it ended at that. After all entering the Primordial Expanse was entirely unpredictable for him, and he was still just as clueless as ever for the reason to that. Everyone else, aside from Mira, entered the Primordial Expanse at the last location they were at, after all.

Alex was somewhat glad that nobody had questioned him on why no-one had encountered him in the Primordial Expanse yet, as surely after spending such a significant amount of time in there, someone should have recognised him in one of the cities or towns or villages he'd come across?

But that wasn't the case, and he could only be thankful that it was so.

However now that he was here, once again all alone just like his first time in the Primordial Expanse, he felt lost. He simply didn't know where to start, or what to do.

'The path to power is fraught with many difficulties,' he thought to himself, reminiscing a little over the journey that led him to this current moment in time. 'But who'd have thought that my most difficult moment right now would be indecision.' He chuckled a little inside at the thought of it, as it was rather silly when it came down to it.

But it didn't make it any less real.

'I only have about a month's worth of food and water in my spatial storage, so perhaps I should start there.'

He continued moving along the streets, looking for any place that resembled a general goods store or the like. However, he stopped suddenly in his tracks, startling some passerby, as he palmed his face.

'I'm a higher life form now… I don't have a need for food and water anymore!'

The realisation hit him all at once, and he still didn't quite get used to the feeling. He, the poor orphan from a shitty mining colony in the middle of nowhere, had become a legendary, revered higher life form?

Even now, being used to all the strange things the System had thrown at him over the years, it still felt quite surreal.

However he felt that even this level of strength was still inadequate. In fact he had even concealed Brontes' real level of strength despite being a Divine beast, and possibly the strongest being he had ever encountered before, with Phoenix maybe being the only one that came close or surpassed him, since he didn't exactly know how the levels of strength worked beyond S rank and King class.

Why did he conceal Brontes if he had such considerable power? Well, it was due to the fact that others could also have just as much, if not even more power than him. Phoenix, again, was the perfect example of this.

For all Alex knew, there could be a hidden monster living in this city and he, or perhaps even Brontes might not even know about it. He saw the looks on Althea, Isla, Olgierd and even Principal Farnes' faces when he revealed to them that Brontes was Divine class.

They concealed it well, but they couldn't hide their jealousy and greed. What if they were the ones in control of such a beast? The prospect of such power falling into their hands could tempt even the purest of hearts.

And even if there wasn't such a power hidden amongst the city's inhabitants, that didn't mean that nobody here could have connections to one. This city, which he still didn't know the name of, was the size of an entire continent back on Earth, with billions of inhabitants all living together.

Was it unlikely that someone here was stronger than Brontes, or knew someone that was? Probably yes.

Was it impossible? Absolutely not.

Alex's thoughts continued to churn as he walked the city streets, unsure of what he was looking for exactly, but his instincts told him that if he kept looking he would find out eventually.

The vibrant city life contrasted sharply with the heavy musings his mind was undertaking – the people moved about him, living out their own lives, with their own thoughts and agendas. To them, Alex was just a passing face that they would forget within seconds of seeing, but Alex couldn't shake the thoughts and paranoia that any one of them could be a danger to him.

He passed by a group of street performers juggling flaming torches, with their skillful act drawing in a small crowd who cheered and clapped along with their performance. However Alex saw nothing except for cheap tricks.

He could sense their auras, each one of them being D rank Ordinary class awakened, and were clearly there to scam the people gullible enough to throw some change their way. There wasn't any skill involved in their performance, they were simply putting their strength as D tiers to their advantage, with the normal fire being unable to harm them whatsoever.

Children darted past Alex, laughing as they chased each other through the streets. The lively scene should have been a comforting reminder that perhaps there was more to life, but no matter what, the negative side of things were all that occupied Alex's mind.

Sure, these innocent children could be living their happiest lives in their ignorance, but at any moment some powerful drunk awakened could mistakenly squash them into a meat paste with any passing thought.

'Strength…' Alex thought to himself.

'How can these people live their lives so ignorantly without it?' He struggled to understand the lives of these commoners.

Even he, when he was just an ordinary unawakened person, didn't quite understand this lifestyle.

His life as a miner was miserable, and he barely survived day to day life, barely earning enough change to afford food and water. Whenever he saw kids like those running around, playing with each other so freely, he could only sneer to himself and think about how they didn't know how lucky they were.

He stopped at a corner, pretending to examine the wares of a merchant selling small trinkets.

However his mind was far from such a small matter.

'Looks like I have company, and they don't seem to be apart of the city guard's surveillance…'