After Gilead had left, Eugene sighed, “Looks like even Patriarchs have it hard.”

As expected, Eugene still didn’t want to become the Patriarch. After reaffirming this desire, Eugene walked over to the unicorn’s heart. There was no reason for him to pointlessly procrastinate, so he was thinking of absorbing the unicorn’s heart right here and now.

There were several methods for doing so.

Although eating it directly was an okay way to go about it, Eugene didn’t choose to use such a barbaric method. While circulating the White Flame Formula, he reached out to the heart.

‘This is the cleanest and easiest way to do it,’ Eugene nodded.

He would only be extracting the mana from the heart. This was the cleanest way to do it if one could exert complete control over the mana. Eugene concentrated his focus and grabbed the unicorn’s heart.

Vwuuuu!

The heart began to shake from vibrations. The mana contained...