Chapter 864 Acquisition (4)


    The story Can told Kyran was not that long. It only took him about two hours— at least, that seemed to be the case inside the Kyran''s sea of consciousness— to finish his story.


    After that, it took Kyran almost an hour to digest everything. Something that rarely happened to him. He would normally absorb everything easily, which was advantageous when he was learning theories and such.


    But rather than not understanding Can''s story, Kyran had trouble connecting the pieces of Can''s to the things he knew.


    Put simply, everything Kyran discovered by himself, was only a small piece of a huge puzzle. Thus, when more pieces were revealed, the initial guess of how the puzzle would look was actually different.


    In the end, Kyran stopped connecting the pieces and chose toy them out first on the huge canvas. Once he gathered the rest of the pieces that was the time he would connect them.


    As to where he could gather them, Kyran believed the tablets Axil and her people discovered might had them.


    When Can sensed Kyran''s resolve, he did not bother to ask his thoughts and simply started teaching everything he knew about the Void.


    Teaching Kyran took quite some time. Nevertheless, his learning speed was still very fast because of his ability. If not for this, it would take him a year to digest and apply in practice everything Can taught him.


    At the end of every lesson, Can would give Kyran a task he needed to aplish in a fixed duration. If thetter failed, he would have to redo it until he seeded. Only afterpleting the task would Can proceed with the next lesson.


    Completing Can''s tasks did not really pose any problem for Kyran because of his ability. Thus, there was no dy in his learning, which surprised even Can.


    It should be noted that when Can learned his magic, it took five years before he could confidently say he understood its nature. It took him an additional three years before he became proficient in its use.


    Apparently, his n to produce the most suitable body to inherit the Void core had also produced cheat-like innate abilities.


    That was right. Abilities with the -ies.


    A mage would normally possess one innate ability proportional to the number of one''s innate magic. For example, if a mage possessed two innate magic, he would likely receive two innate abilities. Of course, having two innate magic was close to impossible. One could learn two magic but at the end of the day, he could only have one innate.


    As for Kyran, he actually possessed more than one innate ability. One was his ability to graspbat and magic theories, allowing him to executebat moves or magic attacks even without practice, or prior experience. Second was his natural healing ability, which he initially thought to be due to the dragon blood he drank before. Third was his ability to overwhelm beasts with his presence which he inherited from Can.


    And then, there was his special innate ability of being immune to the Fates'' interference.


    Kyran was unaware of this, however, and only Can knew of it— or to be precise, only those who had been exposed to the truth knew of such a special innate ability.


    "Did I do it right?" Kyran asked after recovering from thest task Can had given.


    Snapping out of his reverie, Can looked at him with a wry smile.


    "Are you trying to destroy my confidence by asking that each time youplete my task?"


    Kyran shrugged, "What''s there to destroy? You''re only a remnant of consciousness staying inside my sea of consciousness. No matter what, you can no longer perform any of these outside."


    Can''s brow twitched at Kyran''s response. He basically told him there was no merit in destroying a dead person''s confidence!


    "More importantly," Kyran continued. "You''re the only one who can provide good feedback regarding my use of the Void being my predecessor."


    "Fair enough," Can sighed in resignation. "Thus far, you have managed to grasp a lot of the Void''s usage. There are still more, but they are mostly abination of two or three theories. Thus, it is unnecessary to discuss them all."


    Kyran nodded in agreement. He preferred to experiment with thosebinations rather than ask Can to borate. Moreover, eachbination might not necessarily produce the same results. Depending on which theory was the main focus of thosebinations the result would vary.


    At that exact moment, the Shaiha suddenly shed several times before a familiar magic energy appeared inside. The way it shed looked as if it was agitated by the new magic energy''s appearance.


    Kyran''s brow furrowed as he sensed the Shaiha''s internal struggle. The sensation was simr to when the Shaiha lost control because the Macabre cier seeded in influencing it. Still, there was a slight difference from that time to now.


    Previously, the Shaiha failed to resist. This time, it managed to limit the area where the magic energy moved.


    Kyran''s expression turned solemn. Obviously, he knew who that magic energy belonged to and was torn between feeling relieved and apprehensive.


    He was relieved because the appearance of that magic energy meant she had finally decided to wake up and was assisting in his recovery. But he was also apprehensive because having her magic energy enter his body might trigger an event wherein the Macabre cier would force the Shaiha into submission.


    Nevertheless, between the two sentiments, Kyran was more relieved than apprehensive especially now that the Shaiha could resist better.


    "It appears, your body has more or lesspleted its evolution," Canmented after seeing the Shaiha''s activity. "And the owner of that magic energy has contributed a lot."


    Sensing Kyran''s doubts, Can added, "I am unsure if it is because she does not possess the Soul core, but she has a better hold on the Macabre cier."


    Kyran stayed silent. Recalling what Can told him about the reason he did not destroy the Macabre cier gave him a huge headache. Kyran repeatedly asked Can if he truly meant ''could not destroy it,'' rather than ''did not.'' Because if it was the former, then it meant the Void magic was not enough to aplish this. Kyran could then try using Draconic magic to destroy it. But if it was thetter, then that meant he could not touch it.


    "There is no use agonizing over the matter," Can told Kyran, seemingly knowing what thetter was thinking. "You must at all cost, protect the mirror. Only after it aplishes its purpose, can it be destroyed. In any case, even if you do nothing, as long as it serves its purpose, then it will shatter on its own."


    "But aplishing that is too troublesome."


    "I know, which is why I decided to pass the task to a more capable sessor."


    "..."


    Kyran was speechless.


    Whether it was his ancestor or his predecessor they were truly an annoyingly handful of pricks.


    "In any case," Can decided to change the subject. "I believe this is your cue to return."


    Kyran looked at him and raised his brows, "We''re already done?"


    "Do not give me that look," Can said incredulously. "Were you not the one unwilling to stay? You even asked if my story would be long."


    He had a point.


    Kyran sighed, "I just wondered if you have more things to tell me."


    "I have told you everything you need to know."


    "But not everything that you know."


    "This is strange," Can said while furrowing his brows in exaggerated confusion. "You don''t strike me as a person who wants to be spoon-fed with everything."


    "..."


    Kyran was rendered speechless once more. While it was true he did not want to be spoon-fed, that did not mean he could not be bothered to learn everything in one go. Since Can had more information, why would Kyran bother searching for another tform to know the rest?


    Letting Can share all he knew was far more efficient.


    In the end, Kyran did not urge Can to tell him the rest. Instead, he asked, "Will this be thest time?"


    Can turned sober at Kyran''s question.


    Although Kyran did not borate on his question, Can knew what he meant.


    "Yes, it will."


    Kyran did not know why his answer saddened him. Can was only a remnant consciousness and would eventually disappear even if Kyran did not trigger another meeting.


    Can could not help but smile after sensing Kyran''s conflicted emotions.


    "I was not expecting you would feel that way at this point," Canmented with a slight smile. Sensing Kyran was about to wake, he continued, "You might think that we have manipted your life because of our desire to find the most suitable inheritor of the Void core, but you will know soon enough that it was not the case— because it is simply impossible to manipte your life given your special innate ability.


    "I hope you will seed where I have failed. And though it is close to impossible, I do pray that we will meet again."