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Noah was strong!
Very strong!
At the very least, judging by the intelligence gathered by the Five Wings Society and the feats known to people all over the world, Noah's strength was plain to see.
He had once destroyed a Stage V Zodiac Gastrea with a single blow.
He had once wiped out an army of thousands of Gastrea in an instant.
From a human perspective, such achievements were simply horrifying.
Even from the perspective of mechanical soldiers, such achievements were nothing short of unbelievable.
It had to be known that, until now, the only people capable of single-handedly eliminating a Stage V Zodiac Gastrea were the top three ranked Promoters in the IP Ranking.
And they had to be Initiators who had reached the Domain.
Rentaro alone had used the means Noah left behind to destroy a Stage V Zodiac Gastrea, thereby entering the top ten of the IP Ranking.
As for humans, it was fundamentally impossible for them to deal with a Stage V Gastrea alone.
And instantly annihilating an army of thousands of Gastrea was something even the strongest Initiators could not accomplish, much less humans.
Therefore, in the eyes of others, Noah's feats were truly terrifying.
Yet even so, people all over the world merely found it unbelievable and difficult to accept. They had never regarded Noah as an omnipotent god.
That was because Fairy Village had publicly declared more than once that Noah had achieved those feats through secretly developed weapons.
Crushing Bullets, for example, were Noah's explanation.
Furthermore, Rentaro had used the same kind of bullets to eliminate a Stage V Zodiac Gastrea, lending even more credibility to that claim.
Thus, in the eyes of others, Noah had only achieved