Unlike Flaxseed, Jared did not care about Tigris' skin and tendons because the statue before him was worth even more.
Having been around for thousands of years, the statue has probably absorbed an immeasurable amount of spiritual energy. If I can use it as a source, I believe I'll be able to improve myself even further. I might even become a Manifestor.
Jared's spiritual sense slowly emanated from his body to envelop the statue.
He hoped to uncover all the statue's secrets with Tigris finally out of the way.
However, just as Jared's spiritual sense was about to shroud the statue, a flash of golden light suddenly cut him off.
Immediately after that, the statue's eyes lit up as if it had come alive. "Ignorant human, you will be punished..."
Bursts of bell-like sounds could be heard from inside the statue before Jared felt blood crawl up his throat and out of his mouth.
Flaxseed, Colin, and the others covered their ears and rolled on the floor in pain.
"Let's get out of here!" cried Jared before turning around to make a break for it.
Even though the statue was not actually alive or able to move, it managed to cause Jared and the others a lot of suffering with noise alone. Jared would rather not stay to find out what else it could do to them.
At that point, he had already given up on the spiritual energy in the statue because keeping himself alive was more important.
Not long after Jared and the others escaped the forbidden ground, the place collapsed and fell into ruin.
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