Higher studies I

Lex slept for over two days, consumed by his exhaustion and overexertion. When he woke up, a high pitched sound sang in his ear while a minor headache had gripped his head. It was unusual for a malady to affect him so long, so the first thing he did was to investigate.

As it turned out, the effects of the rook had not completely elapsed yet, though they were slowly fading.

The high pitched noise was not from his ears ringing, but was a wail from his sword intent which was plagued by lethargy. Although it was no longer weakened by as much as 50%, it was still taking time to return to its normal peak.

Similarly, the headache was not because he was ill, but because the digestion of the sword aura had been artificially slowed down since even his sword intent's growth speed had been artificially reduced. When it finally returned to normal, and absorbed all the additional insight he had harnessed from the sword aura, the headache would vanish.