Zorya stared at Raziel's chest and kept her shaking finger pointed right at his heart.
She just formed the permanent bond with him using the third Forbidden Gift.
She felt the gold and black energy fighting inside his core through their shared connection, but she also felt something else buried deep beneath the magic.
"The seventh mark is inside you," Zorya repeated.
Raziel looked down at his own chest.
He placed his hand over and forced his Umbral Paragon core to flare.
He bypassed the holy light and pushed past the dark rot of the Shadow Parasite to search the absolute center of his soul.
He hit a physical wall. It was a literal spiritual vault door locked tight inside his own mana channels.
The blue interface erupted in his vision.
[GIFT 7/?: SEALED.]
[REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESS: Master Gifts 4, 5, and 6. Unlock the original memory of the Umbral Paragon.]
Raziel read the text and his breathing stopped.
