The System

CH- 28: Vampiric fangs.

    One example for this are the Grasslings. They have enough brainpower to follow the order, but not enough to question the order.

Just enough, according to the queen.

Pure mana is mana with no intent or any essence. Unclaimed mana should be rare to find, but anyone can claim pure mana, and once claimed, the intellectual being's intent and essence are infused into the mana.

From a wild beast, it turns into a tamed dog.

If unique mana is sent into another object, be it inanimate or animate, they retain and transform the unique mana to their attributes.

Devour used on a rock depleted his mana pool significantly by using more resources to change the unique mana into his own.

Much later, Tetsu also discovers the rock to become much weaker. This was like when he used Target. As a rock has no other stat, depriving its inner mana makes it much weaker. It's almost like draining its health pool.

Out of curiosity, Tetsu also tested to see if the rock, being an inanimate object, could gain its mana back.

He didn't want to share the details, but the rock regained its mana much faster than Tetsu.

"Dumb rock has only one thing to do. Of course, it's a bit faster than me." He scowls at the rock.

The rock was so much faster than him.

"Hey!" He shifts the scowl toward the sage.

Devour paid his efforts in gold when Tetsu used the rune while devouring the black meat of the booger.

This satisfied his childhood fantasies and proved his many theories on vital energy. It is indeed created by a living being.

How is Vital Force in the environment? More experiments and theories were needed.

Above all, with an increasing appetite, he was looking forward to competing with the best.

"Must be something to do with its remnant vitality?" Tetsu wonders as he tears into the meat. "Hmm... surprisingly good." He mumbles with his mouth full.

Two little dings confirm his core theories.

For all the times Tetsu scolded, taunted, and praised the system, one sound never failed to raise his excitement through the roof.

Any heart patient with his condition would be long dead.

While Tetsu cherished a billion albums and trillions of sounds throughout his entire life, none ever came close to this sound. This unique sound held a deeper meaning to the most important aspect of one's life.

'Ding!' The sound of progress.

[Ding! Skill: Mana drain is available.]

"I've been waiting for you." Tetsu chuckles. "Der aaye durust aaye" He recites an Indian proverb. Better late than never.

[Mana Drain breaks and consumes other mana affinities into your own. A shell depleted of mana takes longer to recover, while the user can siphon new mana with much more ease.]

[Affliction: Mana drain increases over a recovering enemy. Level: Warrior. Rarity: Uncommon. Cool down: 00:00sec]

Strong skills come with cool-down periods, and crazy powerful skills take even longer timers. Tetsu notes down the discovery and places the skill in the skills tomb folder.

[Ding! Racial gift: Vampiric fangs are available: Quench your thirst by devouring the world from its claim over the life force. The deeper your fangs penetrate, the stronger shall your hold become. For the fangs mark your identity amongst the Bloodfeast races of the Vamp and every prey is but at the mercy of your fangs. Any and every affliction caused by the use of fangs has a stacking effect. Devour every form of vitality to your heart's content as you regain vital energy. Like the order of the Bloodfeast races of the multiverse, you have proven your hunger for blood.]