The ringing sensations were unlike anything Noa had experienced before.
Yes, it was painful, but that wasn’t all. He felt like strength was leaving his body to search for sothing.
It lasted only a heartbeat, as Noa quickly started regaining his energy.
Still, standing up was too much for him, forcing him to stay on his knees before Thalia offered him a hand.
She looked at Noa with worry.
There were many questions she wanted to ask, but instead, she spent her ti looking after him. Thanks to her support, Noa managed to glimpse the system ssages.
[You have defeated the final boss of this tomb]
[Special reward chest obtained]
[Your hidden reward is closer than you think]
[Collect the ashes to ignite a part of your bloodline]
’Now we’re talking,’ he muttered, letting his shadow senses wander around the chamber.
Not only had he conquered his first tomb, but he had also found the ashes he had been seeking, and now the only thing left was to claim them.
Fortunately for him, he wasn’t alone.
Noa wasn’t the only one with the original Ashe’s bloodline. He had a younger Ashe by his side, her lineage even stronger than his.
So he looked at his tiny worm.
It was hovering right behind him, flickering in and out of existence.
Her senses were better, so she knew more than he did about where to find the ashes and even what to do with them.
As Noa released Thalia’s hand, he cald her nerves by nodding once.
He then let his beast do her own thing and waited for her to discover the remains of her ancestors.
Slowly, she circled Noa at first.
After that, she slithered through the air and approached the dead leech.
"What are you doing, little one?" he questioned, following her lead while the girls watched him in a daze.
Ashe, of course, couldn’t speak.
But she could show him.
That’s why she didn’t stop and landed on the Leech King’s dead body, its blood completely gone from its flesh.
Its scent was even more unbearable than before.
Yet the worm didn’t seem to mind, her tiny maw pointing at the creature’s shattered core. She didn’t stop there, nor did she wait for Noa to catch up to her.
In an instant, she opened her jaw and inhaled the pieces of the destroyed core.
"There is no way," Noa mumbled.
He hadn’t expected the Leech King’s spirit to be corrupted by the forgotten ashes—ashes that once belonged to one of the strongest species in this world.
Still, there was no denying it.
Graveworm was devouring the fragnts as if they were the most delicious al of her life.
With each bite, her small body pulsed with energy.
Noa was watching the scene with a satisfied smile, his thoughts wandering. He was anticipating a sudden flood of power; he even hoped for her evolution.
But nothing like that ca.
Instead, cold warmth spread through his veins. It sank deep into his chest, forcing his heart to pump more blood.
Then, out of nowhere, his vision went completely dark, and sothing pulled him.
It felt like he was waking up from his vision. But this ti, he was transford into it, putting his spirit in another dinsion.
In this place, Noa beca a spectator.
He had no thoughts, no wishes, and no desires.
The only thing that existed was his instinct, turning him into a soulless creature driven to watch sothing perish.
A scene he hadn’t expected to see unfolded right before his eyes.
Mountains and oceans split apart under the wings of a colossal dragon, its scales looking tougher than any tal.
Every beat of its wings sent storms across the world, destroying and shaping the very structure of the planet.
It wasn’t Ashe.
This dragon might have been powerful, but compared to her, it lacked sothing.
He didn’t feel awe. He felt nothing.
Not even a single question was born in his head.
The vision shifted.
This ti, the dragon no longer looked all-powerful and invincible. It was bleeding heavily, its flesh torn apart by magic that Noa instinctively recognized.
It was different.
No elental mana was used.
It seed pure, like raw mana, but it was far beyond what he could comprehend.
Regardless, Noa only found it familiar, though he had no explanation for it.
As for the dragon in question, it was surrounded by a dozen figures, cloaked in power itself. Seeing the scene, Noa knew the creature was dying.
The dragon didn’t roar.
It just watched the figures in silence, accepting its fate like it had long known sothing like this would happen.
Then it collapsed under its own force, its body turning into ash.
At that mont—
Noa’s spirit was pulled again. He snapped back into his body, gasping heavily.
For a mont, he didn’t know what was going on—everything had happened in a flash.
’What was that?’ he questioned inwardly.
His thought process was back, allowing his mind to analyze the scene he had witnessed.
Just then—
The system popped up a transparent window right before his eyes.
[Fragnt of the Fallen Dragon witnessed]
[Bloodline resonance for Zerathion the Skybringer established]
[You have to gather the second half of its ashes to revive it]
There was silence for a mont.
And just before Noa glanced at Ashe to see her progress, the system continued.
[The main ingredient for the evolution ritual has already been consud. Now you have to gather other key ingredients and finish the advancent]
Despite this notification being useful for Noa, the system forgot or didn’t bother to explain one more thing.
Ashe’s powers had increased.
Her every ability, be it passive or active, was augnted, giving her better mana control overall.
Noa exhaled slowly. It was only the beginning.
Collecting ashes wasn’t a simple power-up he was used to in stories he had read.
It was part of a small process.
But the wait was worth it.
With everything done, it was ti to see what other rewards the chest held. Only then could he leave the tomb.
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