A Serpent's Tal Chapter 209: Mana Heart (1\/2)

Chapter 209: Mana Heart (1/2)

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I sat in a small pit that must have been made by my mana going berserk and bursting out of my body like what Ouroboros said it did.

I took a mont to breathe and calm down my body that felt like it was on fire. Then I realised that it actually was on fire.

Out of pure instinct and panic, I patted myself down to put the fire out before I rembered that it doesn’t do anything to . So, I stopped and cald down, which was a lot harder than before due to the fact that I could feel my heard beating much faster than normal.

Eventually though, I managed to calm it down enough to get a proper hold on my surroundings, and noticed that Kronia was staring at

in horror and incredulity, like she couldn’t believe what she was looking at.

I double checked myself and aside from my new heart, nothing seed off. And that’s when I got the notification.

[Ding!]

[You have created a [Mana Heart: LvL. 1]. One of only three that currently exist.]

Huh?

[You have levelled up the following skills; [Death Resistance; LvL. 1] by One.]

’Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... What does it an by "One of only three that currently exist?" Why has my soul scroll shown

that? It doesn’t say things like that normally.’

As I tried to wrap my brain over why my soul scroll added that extra statent, I heard the sound of soone, likely Kronia, take a step. When I looked up, I was right in that it was Kronia, but she moved backwards for so reason.

And before I could ask, a bunch of robed figures in black robes that had a dark red trim appeared all around us, and all of them had a triangle with an eye inscribed on it. The one leading them had so sort of golden threads lining his red trims.

The mysterious figure walked towards

and I flinched backwards, which made the robed person stop and look around before stopping their gaze onto Kronia.

"Kronia?" A male voice that had an air of elegance yet a hint of antiquity to it called out.

Kronia, who seed frightened by the presence of the robed figures just as much as , if not more so, beca less afraid upon hearing that voice.

"TH-Thalor? Is that you?" She stamred, still unsure if that was the voice of this Thalor person that she seed to know.

"Kronia what are you doing here?" The guy apparently nad Thalor asked vehently.

"What are YOU doing here?" Kronia shouted back.

"You know about the Mana Heart I told you about ages ago, right?"

"What about it?"

"This one here has just made one in themselves. Speaking of, why exactly is she able to move in stopped ti?" Thalor questioned back in an annoyed tone.

Kronia sputtered over her words for a minute before she could even form a coherent sentence.

"I-I was just escorting her out of my farm because that brat Robert wanted to kidnap her and that’s bad." Was the best that she could co up with.

"Ugh... Haven’t I told you to punish for his insolence? Like several tis already?" Thalor berated.

Kronia just winced and looked away in sha.

That’s when I decided to speak up. "Um, excuse

but, what’s going on?"

All of the robed figures then looked towards

in synchrony and began to circle in on .

In a panic, I tensed up and my body burst into flas reflexively. The robed people then stopped and the one called Thalor took a few steps forward.

"Calm down... Uh, what’s your na?" He started to comfort

until he went to say my na, so he asked for it.

I didn’t respond as I was too afraid to do so. These people were clearly more powerful than

based on their aura’s, and Thalor’s was greater than anyone else currently here, greater than even Kronia’s.

There was no point in trying to fight. They clearly had a Chronomancer or two among their ranks and could easily overpower both

and Kronia with their own prowess.

Thalor could clearly see my apprehensiveness so he spoke once more, "Listen, we’re not here to take you away or anything, unless you want us to but we’ll get to that later. As one of the only other people with a Mana Heart, I want to know how you did it."

"Y-You have a Mana Heart?" I asked in shock.

"Yes, I do." He said as he placed his hand on his chest where his heart would be, and then I could feel a resonance between my own heart and his, as if my heart was acknowledging his own due to their uniqueness in being so rare that there are only three in existence.

"Why do you want to know this then?" I inquired, not nearly as afraid, because I sohow could feel that he didn’t want to do anything unruly towards

thanks to the connection between out hearts. It was weird, but that didn’t an that I trusted him just yet.

Thalor then explained in a calm and sophisticated manner, "I want to know everything that happened to you in the creation of your mana heart, so that we can use this information to possible recreate it with the knowledge that we already have on this process. This way, we can hopefully give others a better chance at surviving the process of creating such a thing within them, as every ti it’s been a failure." He finished off with a hint of regret and sadness.

I squinted my eyes and queried, "Why do you want to create more Mana Hearts? I’ve heard how dangerous it is and the impact it’s caused when it appears in the past."

Thalor was taken aback by my inquiry, as shown by the way he flinched. "How do you know about this knowledge?" He demanded in a darker tone.

"Why should I tell you?" I retorted defiantly, crossing my arms and looking away from him.

Thalor sighed with a hint of tiredness. "You’re a Demon spawn, aren’t you? More specifically one of the demon lords of the many hells."

I tensed up and looked back at him. "How can you tell?"

"Because the last person that I encountered with a Mana Heart was also such a being. His na was Diavlo."

"Diavlo?" Why do I feel like I’ve heard that na before? And why does hearing it make

sad?