Zectas Volume III: Malediction of Veneficatl Valley
the place up?"

The dark ember sprite increased his luminance. Smoke and Adder had fallen into a jagged pit. He was surprised that they weren't impaled by the deadly stalagmites that stuck out of the floor.

Adder's new virile arm kept on growing and drew Smoke's attention.

"Just what is this thing? Igniz, can you come closer to Adder?"

With his purple hue, Igniz came closer and illuminated over the injured Condortlian.

The virile arm was almost the same length as Adder's right limb. The green hands and fingers were still small and disproportioned, but it was still growing.

He examined the peculiar looking stone and was equally surprised when he read the stone's information.
     
      Matera Vitalis

  This rock sends out energy waves and transforms ordinary rocks within a hundred meters into vitalis stones.

  Other Info: [LOCKED]
    ???
    ???
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    This stone was the reason why the Condortlians were enslaved. Smoke thought that Adder's recreated limb may have been caused by the Matera Vitalis' unknown information.

'If this Matera Vitalis has such a small reach then that would mean there are other Matera Vitalis scattered all over this mountain.'

He wanted to learn more about the Matera Vitalis, but there was no other helpful information. So, he decided to focus on returning to Condortl.

Smoke tried to use his Earth Manipulation ability to flatten out the spikes and elevate himself and Adder back to the ledge where they fell from.
     
    - Cannot control this Earth with your current Earth Manipulation ability.
- Cannot control this Earth at your current level of Earth Affinity.
    His eyebrows crossed. He never saw that notification message before. He tried using his ability again and got the same notification.

"Inspect ability, Earth Manipulation."
     
    Ability: Earth Manipulation
        Active
        Level: Intermediate Level 8
        Experience: (287,698/1,000,000)

        The intermediate form of Earth Manipulation.
        Earth forms may retain the shape if the user continues to supply his mana into it.

        Strength and Durability depends on the user's Earth affinity,
        knowledge of the created object, and the current level of this ability.

        Can only manipulate Earth upto the Archean era.

        Earth Affinity: 60%
        Mana Consumption: 200 mp/sec
    'Man, this place is old. I wonder if it reaches up to the Phanerozoic era?'

Smoke sat in front of Adder and kept on observing the growing limb. It had finally grown to same size as the Condortlian's normal hand. With nothing else to do, he took out two books and began acquiring their knowledge.

However, the green color was slowly changing. The virile arm had now taken on the color of brown and began to crust all over. It had taken on the form a brown scaly cast.

Another fifteen minutes passed and Adder came to.

"Ugh... Smoke? What happened? I felt like a wild rhinomouse rammed into my chest."

"Hey, how are you feeling? Does anything feel new?"

"Huh? New? Oh... I haven't seen anything like this before."

Smoke couldn't help but smile and nod his head slowly.

"I know! I was surprised myself when I saw it, but I think this could be the best thing that could happen to you."

Adder looked puzzled, he thought that Smoke was talking about the glowing green boulder. He himself had never seen such a big vitalis stone, but he wondered why it could be the best thing that could happen to him.

"Sure, such a big Vitalis stone is a rare find, but this thing is only valuable to the Lizard people."

"No, I'm not talking about the green boulder. I am talking about your left arm."

Smoke pointed towards Adder's scaly brown crusted arm.

Adder's eyes grew wide when he saw his new arm. A million thoughts raced through his mind, but nothing came out of his mouth. Then he heard Smoke speak.

"Do you think this Matera Vitalis stone is a

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