And after all that talking, it finally came—Renan had reached the front of the line. It had taken nearly an hour to reach that point.
"Release your aura," the Elf guard at the gate said with a serious expression.
Renan did exactly what the guard asked and released his aura, but only to the level of a fourth-stage warrior. Due to his perfect control over mana, it was absolutely impossible for anyone to see through his real power—unless the person attempting to sense it also possessed the same level of flawless control over mana, which was extremely rare and difficult to achieve.
The guard, who happened to be an eighth-stage mage with high-level mana control, tried to sense it, but even he couldn't see past the carefully disguised aura that Renan emitted.
"Hmm," the guard hummed softly with a nod, seemingly satisfied, and after asking Renan for his name and stamping a tree-shaped mark on his hand as proof of entry, only then did they permit him access.
