A strange, suffocating silence reigned inside the cave. Noa removed his hand from the skeleton's skull and paused for a moment in thought. The skeleton stood rigid, as if testing itself from within.
Noa slowly rose and turned to the skeleton:
"This ability and this mana… they will serve their master," he said, his voice indifferent yet resolute.
The skeleton snapped angrily in a harsh tone:
"You intend to make what is mine yours?!"
Noa took a calm step forward and kicked the skeleton away. The skeleton slammed into the cave wall; the echo swallowed the entire cavern. Noa spoke in a careless tone:
"I granted you the honour of becoming my servant, I became the reason you were revived, I freed your mana from the crystals… and this is your gratitude?"
The skeleton slowly stood, looked at Noa, and thought to itself:
Did he deliberately hold back the force of that blow? He's trying to deceive me…
Scratching its head, the skeleton replied:
