As Viking spoke, a knock suddenly sounded from outside the inner room's door.
"Come in."
As the door was pushed open, Snow and the female puppet from earlier entered. Perhaps still shaken by Angel's fleeting burst of pressure, Snow did not dare look in Angel's direction after coming in.
"Tr... Transcendent Dimension, this is the Demon Flower Sprite Bloodstone you requested." Snow's voice trembled slightly. As soon as he finished, the female puppet beside him presented a tray.
At the center of the tray lay a blood-colored stone that seemed unremarkable at first glance.
Yet beneath the inner room's candlelight, beautiful patterns faintly emerged across the blood-colored stone. They looked as though they had formed later, but blended with the Demon Bloodstone with flawless harmony.
After staring at those patterns for long enough, one could almost hear eerie laughter curling around one's ears.
As Angel looked at the blood-colored stone, a faint gleam flashed through his eyes.
Countless symbols rose from the stone, transforming into data that poured into the "server" Angel had constructed within his mental space.
This was the Eye of Nalda!
As Angel's strength increased and his horizons and knowledge broadened, the "server" had become countless times more efficient. The moment the stone's data entered the "server," it was swiftly identified by combining it with the knowledge already in Angel's mind.
It was indeed a Demon Flower Sprite Bloodstone! And one of superior quality, at that.
Normally, each activation of Fate's Boiling Melody consumed one corresponding Demon Bloodstone. The quality referred to here was medium quality. But if the Demon Bloodstone reached superior quality, it meant the number of times he could activate Fate's Boiling Melody would increase as well.
One Demon Flower Sprite Bloodstone of this quality could activate Fate's Boiling Melody twice.
Viking asked, "What