Chapter 182: Bite me?
Mark’s body was already reacting, faint veins of silver energy crawling over his skin, while Sylvara’s icy aura formed delicate frost spirals that evaporated just as quickly as they appeared.
Aurora, however, was something else entirely. The moment she consumed the stone and began channeling the core’s energy, her presence erupted like a silent explosion. A dome of light flared around her, tinged with gold and violet hues.
Damon instinctively took a step back. Holy shit... he thought. If he had ever doubted her class or background, this completely erased it. Whatever priestess class she belonged to or whatever her bloodline was, it wasn’t something basic.
Kate came to stand beside him, arms still folded, her eyes fixed ahead, but her tone calm. "Who is that woman? Do you know her beforehand?" She asked softly.
Damon immediately shook his head. "No. No. Never. She is just a really good player. And has some sort of special bloodline. I really do not know anything else about her."
"Ok." Kate nodded. Surprisingly, she did not ask him anything more than that about Aurora. Instead, she spoke about what was really on her mind.
"Hey, I think I should evolve too. Sylvara might have a low-grade evolution stone that I can borrow." She started, but once again, Damon immediately interrupted her. "No need. If things really come down to that, then you can do it later. You don’t have to burn your potential right now."
Kate looked at how serious he was and decided to let it go for now. "Can you tell me a little bit about blood manipulation? How do you do it so easily? Is there any special trick to it? What about blood energy and mana? How do you seemlessly interconnect and use both?"
Others might not see it this way, but Kate knew that Damon was extremely knowledgeable about many things. Sure, he was overpowered because of some bloodline or something like that, but it was his fundamentals that really set him apart.