Chapter 473: The Grand Forest - Part 4

And that was the truth of it. Although he'd broken through to the Second Boundary before his first goblin quest, he was nowhere near Lasha's current strength back then. It went against all the supposed normal of Blessings. An individual was meant to get an instantaneous burst of strength as soon as they broke through that barrier. That hadn't been the case for Oliver.

For him, his ascension to the Second Boundary had only meant one thing: that he was able to progress, despite the Curse of Ingolsol bearing down upon him.

He knew enough to realize that he couldn't compare his own situation to others. It was too unique, and there were too many variables. If Dominus was to be believed, there wasn't another case like it in the history of the Stormfront.