335 Scroll (1/2)

----

”Bummer…”

Raven murmured as he felt quite disappointed that he emptied the Soul Purifying Water at the cistern. He gave a longing look before walking away while sighing.

It was then he suddenly realized something...

”Wait…” Raven paused as he just thought of something. ”There must be a source right?”

He suddenly felt electricity coarse through his body as he thought of this. He raised his senses and inspected the spot where the cistern was. And even though he couldn't see it, he knows that there is some sort of tubes connected to the cistern.

”If I follow this tubes around, I would arrive at the source. Who knows how much Soul Purifying Water is still there? Who knows how much recovery my soul will get once I consumed it.”

Raven's heartbeat quickened at this thought. A grin was plastered at his face as he found a new objective here. Now aside from the ingredient that he needs, he has to search for the room which leads to the main source of this cistern.

He let out a long breath and calmed himself down. Haste makes waste, he told himself. There was no need to rush and charge in blindly. He has time and patience, he could use them to make sure that he won't miss anything that this castle has to offer.

His attention was then brought to the bookshelves nearby. Feeling curious, he walked towards them with the intent of reading every single one.

As he stepped closer to the bookshelves, the tentacles around him wriggled, giving one an impression of threat. Raven raised his brow and ignored this.

Mere inches away from the bookshelves Raven suddenly felt movement all around him. He glanced around and saw every single tentacles on the walls, ceiling, ground, even the ones far away from him, all aimed at him and tried to strike his soul with overwhelming fury.

”Hmph.”

A snort was released from Raven's nose and all of a sudden, the tentacles were frozen from where they were.

Every single tentacle was trembling, it was almost like they were being electrified but they weren't.

Each of these tentacles have a little bit of consciousness within them, this is how they could differentiate their targets and follow orders from the Kraken Priestess. Needless to say, it also became their biggest flaw since they could also feel the unadulterated might of Raven's soul.

Comparing his soul to that of the Kraken's Priestess would be a disservice to him.

To these tentacles, Raven's soul didn't feel human at all. Instead, it was like a natural disaster that had a very bad temper. All of their attacks before were ignored by him because it didn't harm him in the very slightest, in fact he found it a bit cute. But this doesn't mean that Raven would just allow them to strike him indefinitely. There is a limit to his patience.

”Go back your posts and don't bother me. Else I'll erase you and your priestess.”

Raven snorted once more and ignored the tentacles. The fearsome presence of his soul and his unshakeable will caused the tentacles, who were used to punish the souls of their targets, to obediently go back to where they come from and shrivel in their place.

In fact, it wasn't just the tentacles inside this room. Every single tentacles that is present in the castle shriveled and didn't dare to move, lest they irk him once again. Their shriveled state looked like they were just some aloe's growing out all over the place, and this was their original state to begin with. It was just on the orders of the Kraken Priestess that they unfurled themselves and waited for their target.

It just so happens that their target is too much for them to handle. Now, even if their priestess were to order them, they would most likely not listen.