Chapter 460: Discovering a Magius (Bonus Chapter, Seven More Owed)
Xiao Yu's movement was so abrupt that the team leader spun around and roared, "Are you stupid? Do whatever the President tells you to do! Is there something you can't let people see?!"
But aside from gritting his teeth and staring fixedly at Xiao Ran, Xiao Yu made no other move. The more he acted like this, the more certain Xiao Ran became of his identity. During the so-called "blood test" just now, Xiao Ran had noticed that his actions were extremely strange. He had taken the cotton swab himself, casually scraped his finger twice, and then put on a bandage. Even so, Xiao Ran had sharply noticed that the wound had already healed.
Healing such a wound within seconds was something even he, a participant with a data-based module, could not do. In this world, only one kind of creature could accomplish it: Magius.
Strictly speaking, Haruto and the others could also be considered Magius, but they were known as Third Generation Magius. They were fundamentally different from true Magius. Their inability to use magic was the greatest difference. Yet because their bodies had been modified, they also possessed certain advantages over those Magius who had to constantly change bodies.
In Xiao Ran's view, if the strongest individual were to emerge in this world, it would inevitably be one formed when a Magius possessed the body of a Sakimori Academy student. They would have an ageless body, skilled magical abilities, and perfect control over their own powers. They could actively absorb anyone's runes to become stronger, train that ageless body until it grew ever more powerful, and pilot a machine like Unit 1 without suffering any side effects.
They knew exactly what runes were, how to maximize their effects,