Mage Manual

Chapter 462: Chapter 383: Little Bat and Meiwa

Ash had thought Valcas had something to tell him, but unexpectedly, he was met with a counter-question. However, Ash indeed had many questions he wanted answers to: “Starting from after your death?”

Valcas seemed to have no intention of keeping secrets and calmly said, “After being killed by the Titan Executioner, my soul left my body, pulled downward by gravity.”

“It was like sinking into the Deep Sea, drifting down unknowingly. But in the deep sea, there were sieves. As my soul flowed into these sieves, many impurities were filtered out, and then my soul was able to continue falling. After passing through six layers of sieves, I arrived in the Time Continent, constantly tumbling and floating without even their consciousness having emerged.”

“But 72 hours after my death, a drop of blood in my soul started to burst and spread, binding me while also awakening my consciousness.”

Valcas opened his black robe, revealing a Blood Lotus on his collarbone.

For some reason, this Blood Lotus gave Ash the impression not of a tattoo, but rather something blooming from within his body, like the livor mortis Harvey had often described to him.

“Then I became the Tomb Guardian Commander of the Blood Tomb.”

Ash blinked, “Wait, where did that drop of blood in your soul come from? Why would there be blood in a soul?”

“I don’t know, only that this drop of blood must have been implanted in Shattered Lake Prison. Or rather, anyone who dies in the Blood Moon Judgement as a redeemer is bound to have Blood Seeds in their souls.”

Valcas continued, “After I became a Commander, I also came to understand the mystery behind it. Us Blood Moon convicts, after dying for more than seventy-two hours, the Blood Seed erupts within our souls. If it discovers that we possess the talent of a Commander, the Blood Seed immediately activates our consciousness, turning us into Tomb Guardian Commanders.”

She paused: “All Tomb Guardians are born this way.”