� I am used to this smell. I smelled it in the Black Swamp.

The scent of the dead mana slowly started to fill the room.

This was one of the items he received from the Whale King on their way to the Whipper Kingdom.

Unlike Cale�s other bottle, this bottle only had dead mana with no poison in it.

? of what he received from the Whale King was in this small bottle.

��You-.�

Cale slowly closed the lid back while seeing that Alberu could not continue to speak.

�Your highness, of course this present is not free.�

There was no way Cale would give something so precious for free.

It was poison for humans and not precious at all.

However, Cale remembered what Raon had said about Alberu the last time they were here.

�Why did this puny human called the crown prince dye his hair with magic? It is at a level that only a great dragon like me can notice. Did another dragon dye it for him? No, is it a different type of power?�

A different type of power. Raon was able to tell that it was different than natural mana because he was a dragon, but he was not sure of exactly what it was.

It made sense because Raon had never experienced it before.

However, he had experienced it now.

Dead mana.

Cale mumbled like he was talking to himself.

�Probably not a demon, black mage, or a necromancer.�

Dead mana.

It was used by those with the darkness attribute to use magic. Of course, it was very different than regular mana. Magic Devices that were made to detect mana could not detect dead mana. Especially if the dead mana was used by a high-tiered race.

�I heard that the late Queen was an average person but that people thought she was part Southerner because her skin was a bit dark.�

Raon mentioned that the crown prince had regular brown hair.

His hair and eyes were regular but Alberu was known for his looks. People also said that the crown prince�s mother was a beauty as well.

�Dark Elves have dark skin, but I heard that a mixed child of a Dark Elf have skin similar to the Southerners.� JrNovels.com