CHAPTER 186: MANA CORE CREATOR

[You have accomplished an impossible task]

[You have gained the skill Mana Core Creator]

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Mana Core Creator

You can create multiple mana cores, even artificially.

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Drayken stared at the glowing blue panel hovering before him, momentarily stunned.

He hadn’t expected such a reward, not even remotely.

To artificially create a mana core, it sounded simple, but the implications were monumental.

"Drayken, you really did it!?" Synthia’s voice rang out, her words bursting with disbelief as she practically screamed.

Drayken winced and rubbed his ears. "What’s the big deal?"

"Even my grandpa, a Rank 9 dragon, can’t help someone form a mana core!" she exclaimed, eyes wide. "Just how high is your mana manipulation? Are you, are you a blessed man of mana or something?"

Synthia bombarded him with question after question, her words tumbling out in rapid succession. To her dismay, Drayken simply stood there in silence, offering no answers until she grew exhausted.

"Relax."

Finally, he placed a firm hand on her shoulder, trying to calm her down.

"You need to breathe, listen, and try to understand the situation, okay?"

"Hmm." Synthia nodded slowly, though her body still trembled from the mental shock.

Drayken let out a silent sigh. ’Is this really that terrifying?’ he wondered.

But as he thought it through, he realized it was terrifying.

Until now, only dragons had been capable of properly wielding mana. But if he could casually help others form a mana core, then the power of an entire race could shift in the blink of an eye.

’Alright... the implications are huge. Like, world-altering huge.’

Drayken’s thoughts paused as his gaze shifted, drawn to the human Telekinetic Master.

She stood quietly off to the side, eyes darting nervously, barely masking the hesitation within them.

The moment Drayken’s eyes locked onto her, her face turned pale as snow.

Yolanda immediately bowed.

"P-Please... I won’t say anything," she stammered, her voice trembling.

Drayken’s expression was blank, devoid of warmth. "And what guarantee do I have?" he asked, his voice deep and chilling.

Yolanda clenched her fists. "A Life and Death Pill..."

But before she could exhale in relief, Drayken’s next words froze her blood:

"And what guarantees you won’t reveal my secret to a human Paragon before you take your life?"

"I... I..." Yolanda stammered, paralyzed by fear. Cold sweat streamed down her face as Drayken stared her down with his eyes.

"What do you think?" Drayken suddenly asked, turning to Synthia.

Without hesitation, Synthia raised her hand and made a slicing motion across her neck.

"Wait! Master, don’t kill her!"

To everyone’s surprise, it was Rowena who spoke up, defending Yolanda’s life.

Drayken raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

"Because..." Rowena stepped forward, "I can make a contract with a Commandment Spirit. It’ll allow you to place binding restrictions on her, she won’t be able to betray you."

Yolanda, who had been moments from death, visibly brightened. Hope flickered back into her eyes.

Drayken gave a short nod. "Then hurry."

"Okay." Rowena didn’t waste a second. She sat down cross-legged on the ground, already beginning the process.

Then she joined her hands together and started to chant in a mysterious tone.

Drayken could feel the movement in the air, another faint but similar energy he could feel:

’This feels similar to the Naga.’

That was his thought as he gazed upon her.

However, unlike the one that Zarek felt from the Naga princess, this one he could feel clearly and see through with the help of his title Creator of New Energy.

This allowed him insight into any energy and was obtained from Chun Ma when he created Atherion.

Anyway, he immediately grew insight upon it.

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Ability: Unnamed

Description: The mutation from the Yggdrasil tree has caused an unknown change in the species’ bloodline, which allows the creature to connect to the spirit world.

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This is the thing he could infer from the energy, an unnamed energy from the bloodline that helped one to open the gate to another world.

Then his eyes were drawn towards her intently, looking at her with focus and every being.

After some time, Rowena opened her eyes, and the light emitting from her body suddenly stopped all at once.

"Have you contracted with the spirit already?"

"Yeah." Rowena nodded her head.

"Where is it?" Drayken looked around her; except for her, he couldn’t see anything or even feel anything.

"You can’t see it, master?"

Rowena was confused. "What about you, mistress?"

"No." Synthia commented with a shake of her head.

"Eh," Rowena paused for a moment, her head turned to the right where she blankly stared at the air and talked for some time.

"She said that she doesn’t want to talk to you, that’s why she is hiding. Dragons seem scary to her."

"I don’t need this nonsense. Can we finish the job?" Yolanda was the one who was the most desperate here.

Never would Drayken have thought that someone would be so excited to become an entire servant to someone.

Anyway, Rowena extended her hand, and a paper appeared in front of her with a quill. Then she handed it to Drayken:

"Write your condition, master, and as long as she signs it without any of your coercion, then the contract will be sealed to the very soul of the servant."

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Drayken asked with a frown.

"Yeah, yeah." Yolanda nodded and signed the contract after Drayken wrote it, without even looking.

The contract vanished and merged into her body.

"Rowena, can you draw more spirit?"

"Yes, but I would need to replenish my mana again."

"Do it."

Drayken patted her head, and a surge of his mana immediately entered her body, replenishing her reserve:

"Summon as much as you can and strengthen yourself."

"Thank you, master." Rowena smiled happily.

While for Drayken, he wanted to test out the skill he had gained, Mana Core Creator. This skill was not only available to him but also to the main body and all the clones, which made it even more convenient.

First, he simply tried to use the skill.

His mana surged outward and gathered in front of him. It was almost like an automatic process, in just a few minutes, a crystal core had completely formed while Drayken’s mana was almost completely exhausted.