The other voice was sothing that hardly spoke… especially during these recent tis.
The other voice appeared in Harry's head the first day he got the system, and even till now, it was still a mystery to him.
All Harry knew was that it was related to the system and only spoke once in a while whenever it felt like.
"What do you an?" He asked.
[Manaless mage pride isn't just a quest, it is actually… well, that; Manaless mage pride.]
[Your pride, in simpler terms]
'Still don't understand… what does my pride have to do with defeating this mana beast?' Harry asked, his confusion rising rather than lessening.
This was why talking with the other voice was so annoying most tis.
It would only drop little vague bits of information once in a while and then disappear for days… or even weeks.
While Harry didn't want to be spoon-fed all the ti, he didn't like to be left on the edge all the ti also!
'And it always speaks… so slowly.' He mumbled with gritted teeth.
[Just saying… be careful. Don't let your pride get into your head.]
[Don't overdo things…]
Harry sighed before piercing the dagger into the beast's head, continuing the process of digging out the beast core.
At first, he thought the other voice was going to say sothing… really important. But since it only seed to be advising him, Harry's nerves cald down a little.
However, he didn't dare take those words—aningless as they may seem—for granted.
Even though he didn't see himself as soone stupid enough to let his pride get in the way, he still took note of it.
Don't let pride and power get into your head—that was how he translated it.
[As a manaless mage, that "pride" could be your strength or your downfall. If you notice, whenever you're in a fight against soone… or sothing, your mindset is subconsciously focused on ultimately defeating that person.]
[Not just defeat in the sense of it, but humiliation…]
Harry's eyes squinted slightly at those words, he subconsciously stopped his actions and focused on what the other voice was saying.
This was the most the other voice had spoke in a while hit that wasn't the main reason he paused.
Though it was still quite vague, he could now sowhat understand where the other voice was getting with all this.
[It's quite difficult to explain and understand… even I don't know the best way to say this.]
[But this is sothing sowhat unique to Manaless mages. Sotis, you tend to view others as lesser than you… condescendingly and you gain a lot of joy being in a position where you dominate them.]
[Just like I said earlier, quests aren't just random things ford by the system… most of them are things you desire… deep down.]
[Like the "Manaless Mage's Pride" Quest, it is sothing that only pops up when you feel the need to humiliate soone, or make a pay back.]
'You an… sothing that only pops up when my… pride is hurt? Sowhat…?' Harry said, finally understanding what 'it' ant.
[Yeah… sothing like that.]
"Wow… you're definitely chatty today." Harry mumbled. Ever since he got the system, he doubted that the other voice had ever spoken this much.
[…]
It seed this matter was really sothing it considered important enough for him to explain throughly.
Its words were true though, Harry couldn't find any way to refute it.
Whenever he was in a fight with soone, overwhelming his opponent and seeing that defeated look on their face always filled him with much joy.
At first he didn't think much about it, but it seed it was because of this "Manaless mage's pride" of a thing.
There was one more thing that also caught his attention in what the other voice said.
"Sothing that is unique to Manaless mages… there's an 's' behind it, does that an there are other Manaless mages?" Harry asked, silently hoping the other voice would give him an answer.
[…]
As expected, the other voice went silent.
'I'm not sure what you are yet, but you're really annoying… you know?' Harry sighed in disappointnt.
But even though the other voice said nothing, inside his mind, Harry started considering the probability of other Manaless mages existing.
He couldn't help but wonder…
If his suspicions were true, and there were truly other Manaless mages out there… what were they abilities…?
Did they also have a system like him…?
Did they also receive quests like him…?
[You're pondering too much on unnecessary things, don't think about it too much. You'll understand everything in due ti…]
"Due ti huh?" Harry muttered while staring off into the sky.
For so reason, this whole conversation with the other voice had sowhat killed his desire to hunt mana beasts.
Even though he didn't know much about the other voice, he still felt that he could trust it.
Whether it was simply blind trust… or sothing deeper, there was just this strange resonance that he felt with the voice that made feel at ease.
"Whatever." Harry said. He suddenly shook his head while pulling the beast core out of the mana beast's body.
"All I need to do is focus on hunting more mana beasts, and getting stronger!" He said and then clenched the beast core in his hand.
His hands were tainted dark red from the blood of the beast, and so blood was still around the beast core, but Harry didn't seem to care and gripped the beast core anyway.
A system ssage suddenly flashed across his eyes.
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[Does the Host want to absorb stage one beast core?]
[Yes/No]
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"Yes…" Harry said.
Imdiately, the mana inside the beast core swirled rapidly as it rushed into Harry's palm.
[Absorbing beast core…]
[10%]
[89%]
[Beast core absorbed]
[ 3000EXP]
Harry's brows creased slightly when he saw the low amount of EXP he got from the beast core.
If it was before, that amount of EXP would have been a lot to him, however, his level had been steadily rising and the EXP required was also rising too.
His eyes drifted to the beast's body riddled with cuts and injuries in the ground.
'Since I can no longer sell it, I should just absorb the mana in it.' Harry said inwardly and then placed his hand on the body.
"Mana steal…" He muttered.
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