LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 579: Test (Bonus)
''…" Nathan fell silent. "So, even with your herb, it's not possible to do it now?"
She shook her head. "No. The gap is too far. Just imagine swallowing 12 mature class cores at once. That's usually the safe number. We have been using it most of the time. Even if you are going to push it to the limit, it will be 10 cores.
"Just like the first time you swallowed a mature class core, your limit was 10 cores back then, which caused all that hellish pain.
"Then again, you could actually pass out. It's not like your body will cease its function if you pass out. Besides, if the ena veins are big enough, it will be able to contain the ena whether you're conscious or not."
Nathan looked down, feeling a bit disappointed. It appeared he had no other choice but to absorb only the mature class cores.
No. It should be fine. This was his limit, and it wasn't like he had to consume a large number of cores either way.
To their surprise, Anubis suddenly opened his mouth. "How does the enlargement process work? From what I can see, you're like training a muscle."
Vivian was startled for a second before nodding her head. "Yes. It's like muscles. You break it and strengthen it as well as expand it. I don't know if you notice it, but once your ena veins become larger, you can use more of your ena at once. That's the sign of it expanding."
"Does it have a physical body or something?"
Vivian shook her head. "No. It doesn't. The veins are basically the ena particles' own path that is forcefully created, even if it means going through muscles or other organs."
"How about soul?"
"Soul? That's a hard question. No one has ever proved whether it's a soul or not."
"Hmm…" Anubis tilted his head to Nathan. "Summoner. Are you willing to die for a few minutes?"
"What?" Vivian looked at Anubis in disbelief. How could a familiar suggest its summoner die?
On the other hand, Nathan remained calm, as though he had seen through Anubis' ploy. "Do you want to test something?"
"Yes. Although I can't forcefully rip your soul out, I can make your soul appear… or more like surface? You will feel light-headed, as if you don't have any strength, but it's only temporary. I will try to utilize my ability in a different way."
"Sure. Let's do it." Nathan nodded.
"Nathan!" Vivian was shocked that Nathan even agreed to this.
Anubis didn't wait for Vivian's approval and just activated his domain, turning this house into a courtroom.
"!!!" Vivian frowned. She had to observe closely and stop them if things got dangerous.
Anubis then summoned his scale of justice as well as the ankh of immortality.
"!!!" Nathan widened his eyes in shock when the scale tipped. It felt like his insides were being ripped apart.
This wasn't what Anubis used as judgment. Instead, Nathan recognized this was Anubis reducing his physical ability.
Anubis then used the ankh of immortality to heal him while squinting his eyes.
"Anubis. I felt heavy instead of light-headed," reported Nathan.
"This is where we will begin… though, I never thought I would be using my new ability for something like this." Anubis activated the scale of justice once again, this time with 'Punishment.'
"!!!" Nathan's body shook. It felt like he was losing something important from his life.
He looked down and found his right hand falling to its rest position. He couldn't feel his entire right arm. It felt empty, as though there was nothing but a void from his shoulder onward.
"This is…" Nathan gasped.
"Can you channel your ena into your right arm?" Anubis asked.
"!!!" Even Vivian came closer and inspected Nathan's right arm, only to notice something absurd. "What? You deactivated the ena vein?"
Nathan shook his head. "How can I channel my ena when I feel there is a void after my shoulder?"
Anubis reactivated his ankh of immortality before asking, "In that case, can you do it now?"
Nathan furrowed his eyebrows. All of a sudden, he felt a bit of connection.
That connection was rather familiar but strange at the same time. Still, that connection allowed his ena to travel to his right arm or even the tips of his fingers. Experience exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire
This time, Vivian was even more shocked. "What is going on?"
"I'm just testing whether my ability can actually heal the ena vein or not. And it seems I can do it… even though the process is rather troublesome.
"I have to first 'kill' the certain body part and activate my other abilities to make the ena veins the only thing 'alive,' which allows me to pinpoint the ena vein and restore it with my abilities.
"However, if he is going to do it all over his body, this means his heart or his mind will experience this thing. He will truly feel what it's like when he's missing a head or a heart. You can say that he will feel like he's dying during the process.
"Since the enlargement process is like a muscle, if we can forcefully increase his veins even if it ruptures, I will heal it and strengthen it. Repeating this process several times will be enough, right?"
Vivian was completely speechless. She never thought such a method was possible. Still, having him experience death multiple times might be too much, even for Nathan.
"This is too reckless." Vivian tried to stop both of them. "Do you think I can accept this and proceed? One wrong step, and you will be consumed by death and don't even wish to continue living!"
Anubis nodded in agreement. "That's true. If it's someone else, I wouldn't bother to suggest such a thing. Still, his motivation, although shallow and impure, is much stronger than that of average people. He will definitely be back because he wants to continue to chase after a woman's skirt."
"Oi." Nathan's eyebrows twitched.
On the other hand, Vivian couldn't help but remember something. During the encounter with Elysion, he remembered that Elysion mentioned there were at least two people who had experienced death in this world. It was him and Nathan.
She didn't know what that meant, but if Nathan had experienced death, wouldn't that allow him to endure the second death much better?