[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-solflare-the-painter-s-secret":3,"chapter-solflare-the-painter-s-secret-solflare-the-painter-s-secret-chapter-33":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Solflare: The Painter's Secret",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1322861,1757,"Chapter 33: The Assessment Orb","solflare-the-painter-s-secret-chapter-33",33,"\u003Cp>\"We can see you’re already fit and strong,\" Feng smiled as he closed in with Mr. Lee and Leon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile tore on Leon’s lips in response to Feng’s words, but shifted quickly to Mr. Lee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are you feeling today, Leon?\" Mr. Lee placed a hand on the boy’s shoulder and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m... I’m,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Don’t—can’t you see how strong he is, by walking to this window’s angle?\" Feng interrupted, turning as he pointed to the empty bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Lee’s expression tensed the moment he turned and faced Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can see it. But hearing from him will let us know whether to continue with the test.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What test is Mr. Lee talking about?’ Leon said low in his thought, noticing a sudden change in Feng’s action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, yeah. What you’re saying is true.\" Feng shifted the black bag at his side to his front and unlocked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon’s eyes flickered from Mr. Lee’s, Feng’s, and lastly on the black round object being pulled from the bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’WHAT IS THAT?’ Leon screamed in his thoughts the moment he saw his reflection drifting in the glass-like object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tilting his gaze aside, Leon saw still looks on the boy bound in bandages, who was also staring at the object being stretched toward Mr. Lee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is that?’ The questions reeling in Leon’s mind paused when he saw Mr. Lee’s hands grabbing the rectangular two-inch platform on which the black object was fixed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forgetting how to close his mouth, Leon saw a still look on Mr. Lee’s face that made him blink twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the look on your face, I can clearly say you’re thinking about what this can do, right?\" Mr. Lee added his right arm to the square board and stretched it a bit forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Assessment Orb.\" He paused, turned toward Feng, and raised his eyelid slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’An Assessment Orb? Is that what they use to check the levels of soldiers in the history books?’ Leon’s expression changed as he focused his gaze on the black orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For two minutes, Leon stood there, staring at Mr. Lee and Feng as they also stood there staring at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they said no word, Leon could imagine how their expressions would be if he turned out to have no grade, skill, or even an ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the ability, with the experience of the golden power he’d witnessed himself using at the crash site and the Shattered Land, he could clearly state it wouldn’t fail him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leon,\" Mr. Lee turned toward Leon, breaking the thoughts and questions racing inside Leon’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rays of the late morning sun fell on the orb, and at that instant, a light flashed from the orb and slammed into the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evaporated air gushed out from the spot at which the light fell the moment Mr. Lee pulled the orb from where the rays could touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shit!\" he cursed under his breath and grinned. \"I forgot not to let it touch the sun as instructed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng moved and stood behind Leon, blocking the sun’s rays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon swallowed hard as he felt as if his existence was being consumed by Feng’s presence that loomed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat traced down Leon’s forehead the moment his right arm hovered on the orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you afraid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful voice slammed into Leon’s ears immediately after he felt Feng’s palm touching his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body shivered, yet he shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With two silent inhales, Leon closed his eyes and moved his arm downward, letting his palm touch the surface of the orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the air moving around his palms and face, Leon cracked one eye open and stared at his arm and the orb in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Nothing?!’ he said low in his thought, but the words lingered on the face of Mr. Lee, who also stood there with a shocked expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of gold light appeared and vanished in the orb the moment Leon opened his closed eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that it?\" Feng’s voice echoed in a shocked tone as he moved from Leon’s back and stood at his right-hand side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought I saw something,\" Feng squeezed his eyes and leaned closer to the orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Lee closed his eyes and exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least there is something in you that can be trained.\" Mr. Lee’s voice echoed in a sobbing tone, but had a face that looked as if he was pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon’s chest hummed the moment he tried removing his arm from the orb, letting his hand tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth when Mr. Lee tried to pull the orb away from under the boy’s palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Feng, the branches of the trees shook heavily, letting all the birds that rested on them burst into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud cry shot into the air the moment the last bird moved from the branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, countless birds shot up into the sky, flapping their wings hastily, then tilted toward the roof of the WinJi Central Hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Managing to pull the orb from the boy’s grip, a loud thunderous sound erupted from the sky, followed by gold lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng turned and stared at the blue sky and white clouds, now turning darker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his gaze slightly to Mr. Lee. \"Did the weather forecast state there would be rain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face tensed when Mr. Lee shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, a strange smile tore on Feng’s lips as his eyes fell on the shocked boy’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile stretched slightly wider as he paused and stared at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Close the windows!\" a booming voice echoed from inside the room, drawing Leon and the two men standing beside him and behind him forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A force pulled Leon’s hair upward the moment he saw the face of a female doctor who seemed to be in her teens standing by the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A growling sound erupted as saliva slipped down Leon’s throat and entered his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, a bright light shot out from the orb, gleaming on the skin and faces of all those standing close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiny gold sparks flickered in Leon’s body, snaked through his face, and to his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orb hummed for two seconds, then blasted the moment the gold light snaked from Leon’s arm and into the 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