329 Awkward

Khan had seen incredible things during his travels on alien planets. He had experienced unparalleled bliss and deep pain, and seeing Martha awake immediately went in the first category.

Martha and Khan separated after a few seconds, and both of them smiled as they continued to inspect each other. Still, Martha's level eventually forced Khan to voice an incomplete question. "How did you-?"

Martha had changed in that one and a half years. Her face had lost every trace of immaturity, and she had also grown thinner, but Khan's question was directed at the amount of mana inside her body.

Khan didn't need to see the single star on Martha's right shoulder to understand that she had become a first-level warrior. However, she had supposedly remained in a coma until recently, so he couldn't explain how she had managed to reach that level.