Chapter 516: Relic of Andira, [Providence’s Will].
“The deceased light elemental emperor’s power—grant us the privilege of reveling in this ancient creature’s light!” Michalik roared once again as golden particles began to cover his eyes, sparkling like stars. “You cannot hide it from us, Princess Hestia! To us light dragonkin, the primeval mana of a primarch of light is the embodiment of power from the age of ancients. We can smell it even when others cannot!”
“Smelling” it, huh? They probably meant it figuratively since we dragons were pretty attuned to mana. Whether it was ‘cause we cast a lot of magic or ‘cause of our huge mana pool, there wasn’t one exact answer to this. However, I did have one idea that I believed made me able to sense the flow of mana even without [Mana Eyes].
[True Draconic Lineage], the generic “end-game” skill for us dragonkin, was described as an ancient skill that only true dragonkin were allowed to possess.
For me, the skill was the latest evolution after it first started as [Primal Magics], one of my starting racial skills, before it upgraded into [Draconic Magics] when I evolved into a rank D. [True Draconic Lineage] has been with me since the start of my life as a rank B, but even before it, its previous versions had been the backbone of my mage career since it naturally allowed me to cast spells without needing to gain the necessary magic casting skills everybody had to acquire.
As such, I was quite attuned to mana-sources, even to the point I could feel the mana as if it was the wind, although most of the time, it felt more like an aura attack. Regardless, I was sensitive to magic. Similarly, these light dragons must have felt something special from [Providence’s Will] due to our elemental-alignment to the holy element.
To them, though, it probably felt nostalgic since they should be old enough to have witnessed the world before the Origin Gods. That meant, they lived during the time of the “divine” rule of the elemental emperors.
[Providence’s Will], the divine catalyst of Goddess Andira used during her mortal lifetime fighting the archdemons during the demon war, had been created from the remains of the Light Elemental Emperor, and was widely considered by the followers of the Church of Aurena to be the strongest holy catalyst in existence, if not the single strongest catalyst of any element. It was said to be powerful enough to wipe out armies despite the fact its true potential was sealed.
Considering how much the dragons wanted to bask in this catalyst’s presence, you had to wonder why they didn’t just steal it from Aureolis … Well, beyond the obvious reason, of course.