After Noel mentioned that the final method to improve his Shadow Energy was to kill a Shadow Serpent, Valyr's eyes widened for a bit in surprise. Though, not long after, his expression returned to normal as he inwardly facepalmed, thinking to himself as to how he had not gotten to that conclusion before.
After all, since absorbing an orb of Shadow Serpent Essence allowed him to gain access to Shadow Energy, then it would make sense that killing a Shadow Serpent would also work as well.
"Now that I mention it, I just remembered that these three are also the methods one would have access to in order to become a Shadow Serpentine Lancer in the first place," Noel said sometime later. "Of course, that's considering they didn't have [Shadow Serpent Combat Style] and had access to Shadow Energy before obtaining the subclass like you did."
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