Limitless Evolution: The Path To Immortality

Silas, who was in his room trying to manipulate and absorb the mana around him, could not help but smirk.

He could feel a certain gaze piercing through his tent's walls and watching him carefully. Watching every single magic molecule as it entered his body. 

'He knows...' Silas inwardly thought. He was certain that the elf teacher, Alazeed, would know about how magic worked. After all, his eyes were similar to his own, despite being far inferior.

"The ability to see mana... How fascinating." Silas smirked, his eyes fluttering open and staring back at the piercing gaze.

Silas' emerald eyes shone in the darkness, and within an instant, the man he was looking at felt like he was covered in hundreds of chains, each and every single one of them pulling him to the ground.

"I suggest you keep your eyes to yourself." Silas warned while fully knowing that the elf could read his lips.

The gaze quickly receded. Now that the elf was no longer looking at him, there was only one more gaze that he had to take care of. Well, only one more scrutinizing gaze. He could feel another, but he knew he couldn't stop that one since the person looking at him was using their connection to Gilea to see him.

"Is privacy not a thing in this world?" Silas sighed.

"My apologies. I needed to make sure that no one else was watching." Hundreds of small red threads formed out of thin air, slowly constructing the mesmerizing figure of a human's body.

After a few seconds, the figure became tangible. A woman wearing a pitch-black robe with a red lining appeared before him. Her silky black hair flowed down her back, reaching her waist.

"What do you want?" Silas asked while rubbing the bridge of his nose. He could feel a headache coming, and he did not like it.

"Can I ensure that you will guarantee nothing goes wrong during this... What do you people call it? Outing? I think that's the word."

"Sure. Can you leave now?" Silas sighed.

"I'm being serious. If anything goes wrong, I expect you to take care of it." She narrowed her eyes

"Pay me then." Silas stretched out his hand while putting on an innocent smile. Her eyes narrowed further. Her aura flared momentarily, pulsing through the entire camp and traveling through everyone there.

Yet, Silas didn't budge

"Sigh... How much."

"You're asking the wrong questions." Silas smiled brightly.

"It's not about how much I want. It's about what I want."

"What do you want then?" She asked with hesitation. She was a little worried that his 'what' would be outrageous.

"The blood of a dragon." Silas smiled.

"...That's it?" She asked with a raised brow. Her posture quickly softened as a sense of relief washed over her.

"Yep." Silas gave her a thumbs-up while Veronica looked at him weirdly.

The silence was deafening. So deafening that they could both hear each other's heartbeats without any problems.

'I can only think of a few concoctions requiring dragon's blood. But, I don't understand why he would need them. It's not like he needs the concoctions... Maybe he wants to learn how to use the blood of legendary beasts to create concoctions. But each blood needs a different type of manipulation. Each blood is different after all.' She thought to herself, her brows tightly knitted.

When it came to dragons, most people desired the hearts of a dragon, or maybe even its eyes.

Consuming the heart of a dragon would instantly have the effect of awakening a non-awakened human. They would gain the affinity of the dragon's heart they consume, and it would instantly be an S-rank affinity.

If the dragon's heart has the same affinity as the person consuming the heart itself, it would gain a significant boost in its manipulation of the affinity. Some could create spell circles without saying a word, while it was theorized that some would even gain the ability to manipulate mana without runes and magic circles. 

It was theorized that gaining an SSS+ rank affinity would have the same effect as forming spells without runes.

That's why the hearts of a dragon were so sought after. Some say you would even gain a core upgrade, while others have the gall to theorize that you'd gain a dragon's bloodline.

Despite being so sought after, it was still one of the hardest things to gain on Gilea. Killing a dragon was no easy feat. They were usually much stronger than their core would suggest, and always moved in flights[1] rather than alone. This means that you'd have to fight the entire flight of dragons if you wanted to kill one of them.

However, getting a little bit of their blood was another story. Dragons tended to be quite greedy, so for a bit of gold, they would give you as much blood as you want.

"Alright. I'll do it. You have to keep your end of the deal though." She said before letting out a sigh.

"I don't really get why you're asking me when you're here. Pretty sure you can take care of any threats." Silas shrugged.

"I can't just tag along because there might be a threat. I'm busy. Even now, this isn't even my real body... Though, I'm sure you already noticed." 

"Yeah. Just because its fake doesn't mean its not strong. You're about the same strength as that old man." Silas commented while leaning back slightly.

"You look just like a normal person too, so I guess that's a plus." Silas muttered under his breath while looking her up and down.

He was trying to see if he could win against her fake body without using his bloodlines. The chances were quite slim. Maybe if he activated his giant bloodline to its full extent, he could easily beat her.

The giant's bloodline gave him a small boost in strength when he consumed it. That was more of a passive gain. Activating the bloodline itself was a whole other matter on its own.

However, there was no reason to think about trying to beat Veronica. She was powerful, but she needed him alive to eliminate the curse she so desperately wanted to live without.

Of course, she would only get that curse-ridden when she completed her side of the deal. 

[1] Flight: A flock of Dragons. They can also be referred to as a thunder of dragons.

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