Chapter 42

==Summery==
After Astrid's slip up about the Tree of Life, Marcus plays it off as if he didnt hear her, and she switched the conversation to shapeshifters. When Marcus asks why they graft the Dead Vitae to the skin instead of placing it inside their body, she says its because that would result in a slow painful death, which makes him worry. Then she explains that Living Vitae is the opposite, as it could only be transferred by blood and is injected into the warrior one drop at a time, allowing them to adapt slowly over the coarse of years, while they live and hunt with the beast. She then states that only when the essence is not prepared correctly that’s a problem, and when such a mistake happens, the candidate inevitably goes mad. A quick execution is the most merciful method.
This again makes Marcus concerned, since he had no Priestess to insure the operation went properly. While she examines his scales, he notices that her mana is similar to pure mana, but more orderly and obedient. She then states that Living Essence of some kind of snake beast was used on him, claiming that he doesn't have a lot, but it was far more essence than any sane person should give to initiate the transformation. Marcus realizes the Dragon Heart must have been a Living Vitae, but in some kind of slumber, and his attempt to break through my mixing four elemental vitaes had managed to awaken it.
Marcus asks her to teach him how to reverse the transformation first, explaining that the ones responsible for his transformation are not happy about his escape and are searching for him, and he would feel safer if he could hide his transformation. She agrees, but says its easier to spread essence than reverse it. That usually Holy Warriors only learn how to regain their human form after their transformation is complete. That doing it the other way around waste the true essence of the Holy Beasts, and if a warrior choses to do that, they may may not be able to restart the transformation until they get more essence to retrigger it. He agrees to complete the transformation first, but only if she teaches him both the method of advancing and reversing the transformation. And she agrees as long as he promised not to completely erase the transformation.
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