Faint glimmers appeared in Arthur's blood.
They were weak and dim.
They even seemed as though they might go out at any moment.
But they truly existed.
The blood threaded with those faint glimmers slowly gathered in Arthur's heart-
Thump!
The instant Arthur's heart beat, it sounded like a war drum.
Everything in the Secret Room trembled with the sound.
Even the walls shook slightly.
Then-
Wind arose on its own.
Shadows moved of their own accord.
As wind and shadow met, two golden lights shone within them.
They were a pair of eyes!
Golden slit pupils!
Those sharp, cold golden slit pupils, impossible to look at directly, held a trace of bewilderment, for their owner's attention was entirely absorbed by the changes inside his body.
Arthur "watched" his own heart.
At the spot where the faint glimmers gathered.
A glowing serpent shadow, the size of his little finger, appeared there.
The instant the luminous serpent shadow appeared, it began roaming throughout Arthur's body.
Arthur clearly felt the changes accelerate throughout his body, in places that had previously only been slowly nourished by his blood. At the same time, the power they fed back into his blood grew stronger.
But...
He was even hungrier.
Arthur poured more emergency rations into his mouth.
Only after Arthur swallowed all the food stored in the Secret Room-enough to feed a family of six for half a year-did his hunger ease a little.
At the same time, new text appeared beneath [death serpent, remnant]-
``` [Serpent Wings: Supported by a unique talent, you used "swordsmanship" to ignite the most extraordinary part of your bloodline. With the powerful stomach provided by the ritual as an aid, a small portion of your bloodline was restored at an unimaginable speed, as though it had gained a pair