Chapter: 284
The cube had an internal mana converter with a mana pool. The converter was meant to absorb the ambient mana and convert it into its own usable mana.
Viladore could easily sense the mana flowing into the mana pool, as well as mana flowing through coming from the mana converter, but the strange thing was that the mana converter wasn’t pulling in any of the ambient mana.
He furrowed his brows seeing this, dumbfounded.
“It has to be coming from somewhere…” he focused harder – but nothing.
“Is it absorbing something that isn’t mana? But what? Mana converters don’t just make mana from nothing, it must be absorbing something…”
Suddenly, it stopped. The mana conversion shut down.
[…Mana sense lost. Appendage growth 22% complete. Re-initializing mana detection routines…]
Viladore clenched his fist in frustration.
“So close to a breakthrough.”
The cube normally was charged by Viladore’s mana to carry out its routines – mana sensing. However, growth was a different matter because it had to use its own mana, and for some reason it was converting some other non-mana energy into its own mana.
Viladore began scribbling notes in his book, detailing his new discovery before trying to brainstorm what the cube was absorbing.
Whatever it was, he couldn’t sense it.
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“Well, since my lesson has been postponed, I might as well try to make it to the second pyramid in the mist keep dungeon.” Jay thought, he had already left the association.
“I’ll check back there after lunch.”
Jay ran over the hill, past the quarry and entered the mist keep dungeon.
There were more adventurers around now that the morning had progressed, but it still didn’t matter to Jay; he ignored them all without a second glance towards them.
Entering the dungeon, there was already a small pile of crystals waiting for him.
“Good job boys” he smiled, pocketing them.
[Soulstone] (Empty) x 6
With a single thought, he summoned the skeletons. It only took a moment for them to come rushing over.
“Looks like you guys have been having fun huh?” he asked rhetorically.
The skeletons lined up before him once more with Blue in the front.
Jay nodded seeing this, he liked how disciplined they now seemed – not that they required it since he controlled them all, but they were more structured; as soldiers should be.
Jay walked to each of them, using his [Shell Restoration] skill. It didn’t use too much mana because they had only been here for a few hours at most.