The buildings in the massive(yk what else is massive?) city were mostly made of wood and looked peaceful.
Naturally, the people living here had access to a lot of money, and they could certainly use some kind of rare metal or stone to make their houses, but they chose an expensive kind of wood.
The reason for that was warmth.
These were not horrible shacks but luxurious mansions made of expensive and sturdy wood harvested from plants in the Third Realm.
If one imagined a big wooden inn inside a cold winter storm, one would feel warmth.
That was the feeling the people living here were going for.
As Kyle entered the city, several Energy Senses locked onto him.
People threw him warning gazes and stood protectively in front of their children, who were quickly ushered into their houses.
The lively streets quickly turned silent and cold as Kyle walked through them.
The reason for their reaction was obvious.
Kyle had a Minor Sin Aura.
Kyle felt threatening to the Transcendents living here, and they didn't want to take any chances.
Kyle was like a dirty and grimy, strange man who shiftily walked through an affluent neighborhood.
For several seconds, Kyle just kept walking through the city.
Nobody talked to him.
Until…
"Sir, where are you headed?"
A person wearing armor appeared in front of Kyle.
Naturally, a city like this also had guards to keep the peace, and by the look of things, the local residents had called the guard.
"The teleportation platform," Kyle answered evenly.
"I will escort you. Just follow me," the guard spoke in a neutral tone.
Naturally, the guard wasn't there because Kyle was some VIP, but to calm the residents.
'He feels pretty strong,' Kyle thought, 'but his Energy feels a bit mechanical. That means he's probably a Failed Crusher.'
During his studies, Kyle had learned that there was another kind of adjective one could use for a person in a certain Realm.
Failed and Fake meant different things.
A Fake Transcendent was someone who had advanced without understanding a Full Law.
However, if someone had enough money, one could still become a Primal as a Fake Transcendent, also called a Nobody.
Via a mechanical augmentation, one could get an implant that would forcefully advance someone one more Realm.
A Fake Transcendent could get artificial Clusters implanted, which would allow them to become a Primal.
But at that point, they would not be a Fake Primal but a Failed Primal. These kinds of mechanical and artificial advancements only worked once, and they were not nearly as powerful as the real advancement.
A Failed Primal was just a bit stronger than a Standard Transcendent, and they couldn't advance inside their Realm anymore.
Meanwhile, a Fake Primal could still unlock Clusters, but they couldn't become Fake or Real Crushers. They could only become Failed Crushers.
An Advanced Transcendent was always stronger than a Failed Primal.
A freshly advanced Fake Primal was as powerful as an Advanced Transcendent, but after unlocking some Clusters, they could even become powerful enough to resist a Fulfilled Transcendent.
Since the guard was a Failed Crusher, it meant that they had, at one point, been a Real Transcendent.
However, they had advanced with a Half Level Two Pure Law to become a Fake Primal, after which they had received the mechanical implant to become a Failed Crusher.
As a Failed Crusher, he had the power of a freshly advanced Real Primal.
Kyle remembered that Wolfmistress had also had a mechanical implant, which meant that she was in the Failed Wisdom Fire Realm, not the Fake Wisdom Fire Realm.
He wasn't sure why she had said Fake instead of Failed. Maybe she was just too ashamed.

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