Chapter 21

Lwanda stared in awe at his body, it felt stronger and lighter. He stared at the muscles that suddenly popped up, a few hours ago he was as skinny as a beggar but now... now he was toned, fit like he’d been working out his whole life.

Bulging muscles, more acute senses, a lightness to his body. He felt strong, he felt powerful.

“Is this them again? Must be, fits their manner perfectly. It's way too convenient to not be”

Lwanda frowned, once again he was playing his role as a puppet, moving as the puppet master dictated, he clenched his fist at the absurd position he was in.

“Wait, with how things are right now, I can do it right? I can use that”

Lwanda walked towards the panther. He hated being taken advantage of but this scenario had an upside, a blessing in disguise. Knowing the people behind this there was no way it was a coincidence or even a mistake, everything was always planned, always orchestrated, way too convenient.

He thought about it, he knew if he’d come to that realization then it was certain they came to the same realization, heck even planned it.

**haaah**

Lwanda sighed.

“Guess I have no choice; got to use what I've got”

Lwanda spoke as he pulled something out of his bag. It was the red crystal with a bright red aura around it. The crystal reacted as soon as Lwanda touched it, humming almost like it could sense something was different, something was right.

“With how things are now, I can use this right?”

Lwanda spoke looking at the crystal. He'd been limited by his physical capabilities but now things were different. He felt stronger, he was stronger. He was positive he could pull out more of the crystals power.

Lwanda stepped back from the panther, in an open space he felt on the crystal and channeled his intent to it. He’d used the golden crystal countless times, if it worked with the same principles then it would all be fine.

He imagined sending power to his legs to augment it, the crystal hummed quietly as its aura slowly spread throughout Lwanda’s body. Lwanda felt his leg muscles reacting as the aura covered them, it was like he was growing stronger exponentially.

The augmentation of the crystal was really something. If this was a novel or movie it would probably be one of those cheats the mc gets. Lwanda smiled at the thought.

He wanted to test the limit of this power, he knew things were different from last time, his body was stronger now, he could handle more of the crystal’s power. Even if it wasn’t all, he was sure he could handle way more than he did on his first try.

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Lwanda once again channeled his intent to the crystal, he needed more strength, speed, dexterity. At the thought the aura flowed smoothly as it covered the relevant parts of Lwanda, it was time to test it out.

Lwanda dug deep into the ground reading for the jump. He could feel his calves bulging as they gathered power from the crystal, some of the crystal’s energy seeped in through the skin and flawed through the black veins, in an instant he could feel power building up all over his body.

“So, this is the work of the black veins... interesting”

“But something still feels off”

With his body bursting in absolute power Lwanda leaped into the air, leap really wouldn’t be the best way to describe it as Lwanda easily broke through the 30-meter height and he was still climbing fast.

If there was an audience close by, they would probably have all their mouths dropped. What he casually just did was akin to feats only performed by superheroes in movies.

“Haha Lwanda the superhero”

He laughed as he kept climbing higher. He finally started slowing down at the 50-meter height but he wasn't done yet. Like a monkey he leaped from tree to tree climbing higher, climbing faster. He could feel the adrenaline rush through his body, it was all so exhilarating.

Lwanda climbed, kicked and propelled through the trees like a madman, he was aiming for the top. Using the trunks as a foothold he leaped off them propelling himself even higher, 70m, 80m, 90m, he could see the top of the monstrous gigantic trees clearly now.

With one massive push Lwanda launched himself through the branches and flew on top the tree.

“Wow”

It was really a sight to behold. He hadn't gotten a chance to enjoy it earlier but this really was a beautiful place. Trees covering as far as the eye could see. And over at a distance he could see mountains with snow on them, so this place did have a diverse weather system, he thought it would only be trees but his guess was wrong.

Lwanda closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling, the breeze, the warm sun gently caressing his skin as he hovered through the air. He knew it wouldn’t last long so he wanted to enjoy it was much as he could.

“Hmm guess it's time?”

Almost like it was on que Lwanda stated falling, 80m,70m the further down he dropped the faster he got. At 40m Lwanda was moving so fast he left traces in the air as he passed through, slight afterimages. This would be troubling to anyone but surprisingly Lwanda was calm, he was unfazed by the development.

He slowly closed his eyes as he felt everything around him speed passed. 20m, Lwanda was almost to the ground 10m...

The nonchalant Lwanda casually turned to face the ground, he smirked.

**Booooom**

A huge crash rang through the entire place. A massive blast that sent out a red shockwave leveling everything in the vicinity. The ground bellow was blasted and debris flew through the air.

The forest fell to a quiet, like a lake coming to a sudden lull after a big splash. Within the huge fog of dust that was created by the impact a figure could be seen slowly emerging.

The dust settled revealing Lwanda cloaked in a red aura on one knee deep within the pit created, this was the superman landing.

His eyes shown as he looked up. A faint red almost making him look demonic. With a cold look Lwanda spoke as he looked forward.

“Let's speed things up, shall we”