19 Till Death Do Us Apart!!! (1/2)

”But this is impossible! You are definitely a Divine, I've seen the golden aura! But how can this be?!” Ralfe started to mumble to himself ignoring the small clone in front of him.

The little manta frowned and spoke into his mind in a loud voice to awake him from his stupor. ”Explain!”

The white fatty jumped in shock quickly coming back to reality. ”Yes yes! I'll explain!” He took a few seconds to organize his thoughts before he started to speak again.

”There are a total of 6 elements in the world, earth, water, fire, wind, light, and darkness but there are some special creatures that are born with a new element that has a purple color which gives them a strange ability, we call them divergent. Those abilities are random and make no sense but give you a huge advantage against anyone at your level however, it is still considered a curse, do you know why? No creature that is born with a divergent ability is ever able to reach divinity! They are forever stuck in the realm of mortals! Forever stuck at the peak!” As Ralfe spoke he looked at the small clone in front of him with a strange gaze.

”I wasn't born with this ability. I gained it from another creature in the sea.” The manta spoke calmly. The fatty already knew he had a divergent ability anyways so he might as well tell him everything and get as much information as possible, he can think of how to deal with him later.

Ralfe shook his head as he started to speak once more. ”Creatures are indeed able to gain new elements through consuming others' core but this is an exception. I don't know the exact details but what i do know is that it's impossible to gain a divergent ability from consuming another creature. Do you know how many tried this over the years? There used to be just as many creatures with this seventh element as there were of every other element however, now they are almost extinct! Even today the church of light and church of darkness will reward anyone with huge sums of money for one of these creatures either dead or alive, even just information of where there could be such a creature will get a commoner enough gold for a lifetime!” Ralfe started speaking normally but was practically shouting by the end of the explanation.

'Why am I special? Could it have been the whale? No, or else little gold would have been able to gain this power as well… maybe?' the manta left his thoughts and turned his head towards the nervous fatty in front of him.

”What are the requirements for creatures to be able to gain a new element?”

”No one knows exactly, not even the divines know this answer. A creature can sometimes gain a new element on its first time eating a core but at the same time a creature of the same species could consume a core of the same element 1000 times and never gain anything. I heard some people say its luck others say it depends on your affinity with it, who knows? One detail they were able to confirm though was that it is impossible to gain an element from the core of someone lower level than you.”

'Affinity? So maybe it's my modern human understanding of how gravity works that allowed me to gain this new element?' After coming to this conclusion he got into a very good mood. Every reincarnator in novels always came with a cheat ability and he finally found his! Knowledge!

'Now what to do with this fatty? If word got out that there was a divine with a divergent ability I would probably be hunted down by the two biggest powers in the continent!' The small clone looked at the person in front of him as he went through his options.

Ralfe felt the change in the small mantas gaze. He knew he had learned some sensitive information so there was no way he would just be let off!

”Your holiness this little one wishes to follow you in the future whether it be through sickness and health all the way until I die!” Being fast on his feet he knew he had to speak first before the small manta made a decision so he quickly kneeled on the ground with his forehead touching the floor as he shouted.

'You couldn't have phrased that a little different!? For two lifetimes I have been single and the first person to confess to me is this human dumpling?!' The little manta was disgusted as some strange images flashed through his mind.'Well let's see if you really are saying the truth!' The manta then focused onto the fatties mana and started to read his mind.

[I'm really saying the truth! I would never lie to you!] Was what he heard being constantly repeated in Ralfe's mind.

”....”

'This fatty is an artificer which would be very useful, but he is too smart for his own good! If I don't kill him I would have to keep watch over him at all times!... But, I can't just kill him…. This fatty is so interesting and funny…. Wait a minute! I have an idea!'

Seeing as the small clone had no reaction, Ralfe slightly raised his head to take a peak and as he did he found the small black clone looking straight at him with shining eyes.