Maeve's body... Maeve's former body had also been a Blood Vampire, and strictly speaking, a part of [Primordial Blood].
And the Path she followed was [Restoration].
So controlling [Primordial Blood] now felt quite smooth to her. After the initial unfamiliarity, she could direct it as easily as her own limbs.
Strictly speaking, controlling it through [Shadow of the Lunar Eclipse] was not like controlling a body. It was more like holding a sharp needle and threatening [Primordial Blood] into moving.
But Maeve got the hang of it quickly, and driving it along grew increasingly easy.
Yet precisely because they followed the same Path, Maeve gradually noticed something was wrong.
"Why does the seawater down here... feel sweeter than the water above?"
Her Path already leaned toward desire and devouring, and after entering [Primordial Blood]'s body, her senses had instead grown even sharper.
She tried making [Primordial Blood] drink a great mouthful.
"Wow... wow!"
Maeve's eyes lit right up!
[Shadow of the Lunar Eclipse] could transfer all of Primordial Blood's beneficial effects to her. Although [Primordial Blood] had drunk that mouthful, it had ended up in her stomach.
That utterly wonderful sensation left her beside herself with excitement, and she drove [Primordial Blood] upward to be scalded twice more.
"What's drunk down below goes into my stomach, while the scalding up above hurts [Primordial Blood]?"
Maeve marveled, took another great mouthful, and offered praise in her heart.
These abilities the Lord bestowed on me are just too useful!
Ever since Maeve set foot on the Path of [Restoration], her appetite had never been satisfied.
She was always hungry... except when she was stuck in the passage's rift and the Believers forcibly stuffed ore into her stomach.
Almost any ordinary food Maeve ate could only slightly suppress this hunger and thirst, never