Chapter 80: Pranic Echo (1/2)

Arion's lips parted in awe as he heard the story, and even though he wanted to believe that it was all just a myth, for the first time, he wondered if this story was really true since he heard and felt for himself, the final emotions of the woman.

So he was sure that a woman died on this spot and somehow this tree was related to it. But he still thought of Goddess Alara as a myth unless he saw her or something.

He was always someone who believed things with his own eyes instead of just words.

But at the same time, he was amazed by how 'powerful' this tree was to ward off all the Dreadlings. It's like people could simply just come here and stay, but then he felt that they wouldn't be too eager since they would have to go up and down the hills for all sorts of things.

And so he thought that only Old Zi had enough courage to come and stay here while not being afraid of the Dreadlings prowling in the hills.

Still, he wondered why there were Dreadlings hidden in these hills and if they had something of interest here.

Old Zi looked at Arion and said with a slow, disbelieving shake, ”I have always believed that the story was true. But to hear from you that you ever heard a sorrow-filled voice of a woman just confirmed the legend behind this tree. But the most astonishing fact was how you were able to hear the echo of this tree when you had just awakened it now?”

Arion knitted his brows and asked, ”Is what I experienced really that unbelievable? I mean, won't other pranic echo users be able to do the same thing?”

Arion thought that those with the same gift as his might have also experienced the same thing.

Old Zi slowly shook his head and said with a slight smile, ”This is the first time I am hearing about a pranic echo user being able to hear a voice and experience intense emotions. Since this tree is very old, it means it's almost impossible for even the powerful pranic echo users to trace back an echo over thousands of years.”

”The older the echo is, the harder it is to hear. That's how pranic echo mainly works. For example, usually, someone who has recently awakened like you should have only been able to hear an echo just a few seconds old, and it's not guaranteed you will be able to hear it. So it's very shocking that you were able to hear an echo that dated back to the origin of this tree. Maybe this was just an abnormal situation that had something to do with you awakening your ability,” Old Zi said with a thoughtful expression.

However, Arion was surprised to learn that this was how the pranic echo ability mainly works.

'So the older the echo is, the harder it would be to hear it, huh?' Arion thought and decided to quickly use his inner perception.

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Passive Abilities:

— Pranic Echo [Lvl. 1] : Acquire information about people or events associated with an object by touching it. Prowess of this ability depends on various factors

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And indeed, as he expected, he was amazed to find out that he awakened a new ability and wondered if he could use this ability on every object.

”Let me then try this stone,” Arion said as he picked up a small stone lying on the ground and closed his eyes as he tried to link his prana with the stone.

However, even after a minute passed, he felt nothing and opened his eyes with a perplexed expression, wondering how he did not even hear any echo at all, not even a few seconds old one.