Starting as a Class Five Mutant

Chapter 200: Chapter 200



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Although the belief in the Norse gods has mostly faded, Norse mythology still holds a significant place in Scandinavian culture, especially in literature, art, and tourism.

Moreover, in some modern pagan movements, it retains a certain influence, albeit with a relatively small number of adherents.

Overall, while Norse mythology is no longer a mainstream religious belief, it continues to play an important role culturally, and there are still some individuals who hold private faith in the old gods.

After understanding this, Syd temporarily ignored the prayers he was hearing and focused his attention on the faith energy surrounding him.

He could feel the faith energy circulating around him, trying to enter his body, and he frowned slightly.

He knew that if he accepted this faith energy, it could very likely enhance his strength and even provide another source of light energy to replenish what he expended.

However, Syd had a feeling that it wouldn't be that simple.

Could the energy born from the desires, whims, and pleas of ordinary people really be absorbed so easily?

Thanks to his heightened perception from Chaos Magic, Syd sensed something strange and off about this faith energy.

He had a nagging feeling that if he absorbed it, it might cause problems for his spirit and mind.

In many stories, faith energy was known to be a double-edged sword, with both positive and negative effects...

After thinking it over, Syd decided to leave the faith energy alone for now and deal with it later.

"Maybe once Balder is fully unlocked at 100%, there'll be a way to resolve the drawbacks of faith energy, or even a specific ability for that," Syd mused.

In addition, he noticed that the amount of faith energy gathering around him was quite small. Even if he absorbed it, the effect likely wouldn't be very significant.

"It seems that while some people still believe in the Norse gods, most of them are only shallow believers, offering casual prayers at best..."

This faith energy might also have something to do with Thor, who had recently appeared and saved many lives.

Syd figured he was benefitting from Thor's deeds.

Putting the issue of faith energy aside, Syd turned his attention to the newly unlocked ability -Divinity.

[Ability: Divinity (0/100) Level 1]

"How do I level up this ability?" Syd wondered aloud.

Instinctively, he tried circulating the divine light energy within his body.

[Divine Light Energy Experience +1]

[Godly Body Experience +1]

Although he heard those notifications, there was no corresponding increase in the Divinity experience.

Syd's face shifted slightly as he thought of a possibility.

"Could it be that Divinity requires faith energy to level up?"

His mouth twitched, sensing this could be problematic.

After some deliberation, Syd hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided to try absorbing a small amount of faith energy.

After all, he couldn't just let a potentially powerful, all-encompassing ability like Divinity sit idle without leveling it up.

The next second, he carefully guided a tiny portion of the faith energy into his body.

The moment it entered, the energy was immediately absorbed, feeding the mysterious force of Divinity as if it had been waiting for this nourishment.

[Divinity Experience +1]

Hearing the notification, Syd wasn't surprised. It was just as he had expected-Divinity required faith energy to level up.

"This is going to be tricky..."

Even though he had only absorbed a small amount of faith energy, Syd could keenly sense a subtle shift in his spirit and mind.

Thanks to Chaos Magic, the effect was negligible and vanished quickly, but he knew that if he absorbed large amounts of faith energy over a long period, it would eventually influence him.

As he pondered this, Syd's gaze instinctively fell on the Mind Scepter in his hand.

Corruption of the mind and spirit...

The Mind Stone inside the scepter...

Syd's eyes lit up with an idea.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Let's give it a try!"

Without hesitation, he gripped the Mind Scepter, linking his mind to the powerful artifact.

At the same time, he carefully absorbed more faith energy while using the Mind Scepter to filter out the negative mental and spiritual influences.

The gem on the Mind Scepter glowed with a white-blue light.

[Divinity Experience +1]

In an instant, Syd felt a difference.

With the Mind Scepter acting as a filter, the previously impure faith energy was transformed. What had been murky now felt pure and refreshing, like clean water after being purified.

Thanks to his heightened awareness from Chaos Magic, Syd could clearly sense that all the negative influences in the faith energy had been removed!

"As expected of an Infinity Stone..." Syd couldn't help but be impressed.

Feeling pleased, he continued to absorb all the faith energy around him without hesitation, now that the Mind Scepter was effectively filtering out any negative side effects.

[Divinity Experience +1]

[Divinity Experience +1] ...

In no time, the faith energy surrounding him was completely absorbed.

And soon after, a notification appeared!

[Ability: Divinity (478/500) Level 2]

In just a brief moment, Syd could feel noticeable improvements in various aspects-his mental resilience, physical defense, the strength of his divine light energy, and even his flight

speed had all increased.

Returning to the place where he had conducted previous tests, Syd casually ran a quick

experiment.

Boom!

The sound of a sonic boom echoed through the air.

To his surprise, Syd discovered that his speed had increased from four times the speed of

sound to 4.5 times the speed of sound!

And this was only at level 2, one of the least noticeable levels of improvement...

Looking at his Divinity, which had just reached level 2, Syd felt a sense of exhilaration from

the rapid progress.

"If I had enough faith energy, wouldn't I be able to level this up to level 5 in an instant?"

This was even faster than leveling up his floating ability or "God Speech!"

However, there was one problem...

"The faith energy is a bit lacking..."

Feeling the now-depleted faith energy slowly trickling in again, Syd sighed.

"At this rate, I won't reach level 5 until who knows when..."

Despite the slow trickle of faith energy, Syd wasn't too concerned.

Now that his identity as a divine figure was more or less exposed, he was confident that future

events would lead to more people turning to him in desperation.

Even helping Magneto and the mutants could bring in some faith energy.

Glancing at his remaining 3,000 energy points, Syd couldn't resist the urge to pour them into

his unlocking progress.

[Energy Points: 0]

(Unlock Progress: 71%)

Syd shook his head.

"Reaching 75% or 80% could take a while..."

"I wonder, what's the next ability to awaken?"

His eyes shone with anticipation.

The further along he progressed, the stronger and more unique the abilities became.

And at 100%, he was certain something unprecedented would occur!

After these thoughts, Syd set aside his concerns about energy points and shifted his focus

back to leveling up "God Speech" and his other abilities, aiming to get his divine light energy

to level 5 as soon as possible to trigger a transformation.

As for the constant prayers he was hearing...

(End of Chapter)