"Earth Rhythm has advanced to Master Level. Your talent has increased by 2,000."
"Talent: 65,000 → 67,000."
The familiar notification sounded in Ian's ears. He slowly opened his eyes and sensed what had changed.
The Earth Element particles drifting around him seemed different all at once.
It resembled Ian's previous advances in the other rhythms.
But this time was different.
The notifications weren't finished yet.
"You have gained the talent 'Universal Empathy.'"
"You have gained the talent 'Elemental Dominance.'"
Universal Empathy?
Before Ian could check the details, he sensed the four elemental rhythms gradually merging within his body.
A new ability grew within him, almost like an instinct.
What is this?
Ian had been sensing the elements, so his awareness had been filled with various elements and the energies he knew well.
But now...
More points of light—or rather, more kinds of energy—gradually emerged between those familiar energies.
It was as though more stars were lighting up among the ones already there.
They weren't newly born.
They had always been there.
Energies Ian had never been able to sense, or had never thought to sense, were now revealing themselves.
Heat, kinetic energy, vibrations...
These energies, once difficult to observe, appeared clearly within Ian's perception.
What shocked Ian even more was what followed.
These energies were completely unfamiliar.
Yet despite sensing them for the first time, Ian could clearly feel how they flowed, moved, and even changed.
It was almost unbelievable.
Ordinarily, a Wizard could never reach this level of understanding of even one kind of energy without years of observation and study.
Yet Ian could do it without studying at all. His grasp might fall short of the four great rhythms, but even with these rhythms he had never deliberately studied, his proficiency was well above Proficient Level. For some,