As the hours bled into one another, the Venom Element detaching from the dark green waters of the pond was being drawn into the vortex upon Mel's right wrist. While stockpiling the Venom Energy—which previously inflicted agony upon him—into the seed within his vessel, the young man was remarkably tranquil this time.
No one arrived to seek him out at the noon meal hour, and the Venom Element, which had declared the Energy Crystal Mine an impenetrable perimeter, persisted in mutating into a fraction of Mel. The Heir, capable of deducing how much span had elapsed due to his unsealed consciousness, did not budge from his location until he concluded claiming what belonged to him.
