The more I looked at the special effects of my newly awakened race… the more I began to understand what had really happened to me during the evolution.
My core had exploded back then.
And those strange, root-like structures that spread through my body, forming terminals at key points.
So that was it.
That was because of this.
The Soul Circuit effect.
My body had transformed into a core in itself.
I closed my eyes, focusing on the flow within me… and then I felt it.
My mana… it was being pumped out from the metaphysical heart nestled inside my real one, coursing through the root-like terminals, storing some amount in them before looping back again.
Over and over, the cycle repeated like a seamless rhythm of energy, life and power.
And that wasn't all.
With every inhale, new mana seeped into me as if the very air was feeding my core, replenishing little of what I spent, restoring me endlessly.
