Eren was a bit taken aback when he realized Nira had started taking an extra interest in him.
He was more aware of his abilities than anyone. There was no doubt that he had co far and there were not many in his generation who could match his current progress.
Still, he didn't think that soone like Nira Nightshade would take notice of him. After all, he wasn't just a ranger or an archer, to begin with. It technically made him less qualified to receive Sage's legacy than soone with a ranger class or archery skills.
At least that's what Eren hoped Nira would read from his surface-level thoughts.
It was clear that Nira's apparition could read Eren's surface-level thoughts well.
Nira was just a vestige of the soul of her forr self. However, her authority as a Sage couldn't be questioned. At least not in her own castle. She also had access to her soul sense which allowed her to judge the participants on a deeper level.
She looked at Eren emotionlessly before comnting on his thoughts.
"Not having a ranger class doesn't make you less qualified to receive my legacy, Eren."
Eren breathed a sigh of relief deep in his psyche. After all, he knew that he would be able to incorporate any path and any specialty into his ranking journey.
Nira disappeared from her place and appeared right in front of . "You don't need to hide things from . I can sense that you are trying to incorporate multiple specialties into your path. As a result, your mana signature reeks completely different from any other ranker."
t in front of the kneeling Eren. She asked him to get up before observing him closely. She narrowed her eyes at him before speaking up.
Just like Eren's soul sense had a unique property to trap his opponents into grim illusions, Nira's soul sense also had a special quality attached to it. She was able to sll and almost taste the live and residual mana signatures of rankers.
As a ranger, Nira depended on her sense of sll to find her way about and track her opponents. She got so professional at using that skill set that when she awakened her soul sense, this was the peculiar power she unlocked with it.
Nira could feel that Eren was different from the rest of the rankers the mont all the participants entered through the spatial tunnels from various locations inside the Lama Ruins. Eren's uniqueness led her to take a closer look at him.
Nira started walking around Eren as he stood motionless. The butcher was feeling tense at the apparition of a Sage taking an interest in him. She had summoned only him out of all the participants.
Nira's speculative gaze and soul sense told Eren that Nira didn't care about the qualifications of the participants who would eventually end up getting her legacy. She must have created the preliminary rounds on the spur of the mont to get so alone ti to observe a unique specin like Eren Idril.
Nira's eyes shone as if she had figured sothing out. She flashed a knowing smile before comnting.
"No… it's not just your mana signature. This bloodline energy I'm slling… you are half-blood."
Eren narrowed his eyes when he heard Nira speak. Nira seed to have special attributes related to her soul sense that helped her discover his true identity. He didn't want to turn hostile against a Sage even if she was nothing but an apparition. However, it looked like things were bound to go that way.
Eren's aura started to change. There was no respect in his deanor anymore. He was ready to locate the array that kept the vestige of Nira's soul and destroy it for good. He had Alephee on standby to locate the array for him as well.
From being fearful of the Sages and completely helpless in their presence to being fearful of Sages and still being able to face them head-on, One had to say that Eren had co a long way. He had already started to plan multiple strategies to completely destroy the vestige of Nira's soul along with the entire castle.
Nira started chuckling when she sensed Eren's bloodlust. She decided to clear a few things before Eren started taking so drastic asures against her.
"Relax, Eren. I don't plan to hurt you in any way. Your half-blood status doesn't bother . I had faced many half-bloods in my past when I was in the land of Anfang.
I faced so of them as "rivals" and others as… let's say… "lovers"… by the rudintary definitions of those worlds, that is."
Eren didn't let his guard down even after hearing Nira's non-threatening response. However, he stopped himself from taking extre asures against her.
Nira could feel that the assurance she had offered to Eren wasn't enough. So she added further.
"Listen here, boy. I am my forr self's apparition forever locked inside this castle. I have no reason to lie to you. I gain nothing from abiding by the land of Anfang's rules anymore.
What's more? My real self is not in the land of Anfang. So I am no longer bound by this world's restrictions either."
Eren had to say that he was surprised by what Nira was telling him. The way she said those things made it seem like she was still alive sowhere outside the land of Anfang.
He had often wondered how the Sages of Anfang kept themselves busy after reaching the pinnacle of power in this world. It looked like so of them would leave this behind to seek greater heights.
It seed like Nira was in a mood to share things with Eren. She wasn't bound by Anfang's rules either. Plus, her castle was a safe place to talk about these things.
The ghost of the Sage-ranked ranger stood in front of Eren after circling him. She looked him in the eyes before continuing with a playful tone.
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