The body double at the side of the hall dies, and the shock from my attack makes the white threads and divine energy streaming out from the dragon and clones go wild.
The screams from within the dome make the mansion itself shake and rattle.
My purple barrier transmits all of the offputting emotions and thoughts rippling through the man being burned alive directly into my mind. There is an intense underlying emotion of bliss and genuine pleasure coming from the dying man inside the orb being heated up to temperatures nearing the surface of the sun...
It's as if his greatest artistic fantasy is playing out as I burn him to ash.
First he wants more than anything to turn me to stone, and now he enjoys his own death as I'm certain to take the victory.
I can't quite wrap my mind around his twisted view of reality, but don't let the madman's actions deter my attack and continue to put my all into it.
With a yell from me as I completely drain my soul energy stores, matching the height of the man's screams, I hear and see notifications roll into my mind's eye. Then, feel the extremely pure divine energy being pulled out of this man's true core and flowing directly into mine.
In the next moment, her eyes close, and I lose the connection to her conscious mind, but a link of loyalty is formed, and her status is added to my rising Emperor's domain interface.
My attention shifts to sharing my mythic-grade hibernation skill with her and forcing it to activate through my control panel as her mind is on autopilot.
Through my palms, millions of MP are drained from the outside world and siphoned into the activation of this skill.
However, millions are far from enough.
The necessary amount to cure all of her ailments is over double what mine cost.
[Use Hibernation] [Mythic Grade]
Cure: Mana Fatigue [Raven Blackwell], Soul Energy Fatigue [Raven Blackwell], Divine Energy Fatigue [Raven Blackwell], Divine Energy Poisoning [Raven Blackwell], Divine Energy Internal Combat Injuries [Raven Blackwell], Petrification [Raven Blackwell]
Cost: 1.26 Billion MP
Time: 549.9 Days [YES][NO]
Cost: 209.33 Billion MP
Time: 156.1 Days [YES][NO]
Cost: 400.05 Trillion MP
Time: 7.0 Days [YES][NO]
Cost: 556.04 Quadrillion MP
As more and more mana is channeled into the skill, Raven's lifeforce gets weaker and weaker, and I'm more certain that instantly healing her isn't an option.
I myself have used hibernation two times in the past. Each time, once the skill is activated, the user is placed into a state of suspended animation, where no harm can be done. Even if I press the lowest option, she'll be safe.
However, the questions I have need to be answered a lot faster than 550 days from now...
I grit my teeth and do some quick calculations in my head about how long it will take to absorb enough mana from the atmosphere out here, and the only possible option I can choose is [Slow Mode].
As the seconds tick away, it's clear this is the only option. I reluctantly choose it, and a flash of white light fills the mansion as hibernation is activated. Through the mind link I share with her, the ringing instantly stops.
Her brain and body function do too.
The pulsing and flickering core in her chest calms down to a steady low burn.
All of the mana I siphoned into her circulates through her body as the skill slowly gets to work.
It's quite interesting to see the skill at work from the outside. It now makes far more sense why I lost my full cognitive ability while I was healing.
A new textbox shows up in my interface.
[Use Hibernation] [Mythic Grade]
[Time Remaining] 549.9 Days
[Add Mana To Accelerate]