Jake awoke with a huge yawn, only to cringe at the pain in his whole body. He opened his eyes and stared at the sky, realizing it was now night. Not that night and day mattered much anymore. Any human, even in E-grade, was totally fine with seeing at night, and with sleep not being a thing for so many and the need reduced for everyone, there was no reason for society to function off a day-night cycle.
With a bit of struggle, he sat himself up. The period of weakness was still going strong, as Jake reckoned he had only slept for an hour or so. He had really pushed himself with that Arcane Awakening, and flooding out all the earth mana had caused quite a lot of damage, as pure destruction didn’t discriminate.
No rest for the wicked, Jake joked as he forced himself to stand. He started out
