Chapter 140: Mysterious Tattoos (1/2)

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Oh Jesus, I really just became a Death Dragon now… That was faster than I had expected.

Well, I will do my best to meet your expectations, Fafnir-sama!

And thanks for giving me your name too, I guess?

I was renamed.

You see… Before this, I was plain Drake.

But now, after being given the Divine Protection… Fafnir was so benevolent he called me after him.

So now, my name is Drake Fafnir.

Why? I don't know. But maybe by being named by such a powerful being such as him, my growth can increase a lot, perhaps?

This evolution brought me a giant amount of stats, that's for sure.

So this is the power that Rank 3 Cultivators have, huh? Quite something!

Now I got Death Magic, but I have to train it well and also cultivate this new core located near my stomach.

How can I cultivate it? Just using the Mana and making it flow into it?

<Answer>

<You must be careful, as it was previously stated by that Ice Giant, if you infuse too much high-quality Mana into your Mana Core of Rank 1, it might shatter and explode, and you will lose stats and permanently lose Death Magic as well as the possibility to learn Null Magic.>

Eh?! Well, thanks for telling me something so important…

I am glad I can ask you stuff, or I would be completely lost.

No, well, I should have come out with that conclusion sooner or later anyway, I am quite cautious, despite what others might say.

<Answer>

<Sure…>

Yes, despite what others might say…

Anyways, then, I must use the mana produced by this Mana Core itself to Rank Up? What about eating low-ranked Mana Cores?

<Answer>

I see… Well, I will get to eat a lot of Mana Cores soon after we go hunt for some time. So there's that.

But I really didn't know that one could get more than one. Although it makes sense now that I think about it, they're just organs, and in most Cultivation stories, people can strengthen their inner organs or something, so why not just get two Mana Cores?

Now that I think about it, this thing might not be unique of mine, there should be others all around this enormous world that already got secondary Mana Cores one way or another, perhaps this I how they grow even stronger aside from the natural affinity they're born with?

But because people cannot evolve, I would guess that it might be harder to acquire, or they need to do some roundabouts… Such as… Wait, what if they just stuck Mana Cores from monsters or other Cultivators they kill inside their bodies through some special technique?