madnovel Chapter 44: Now I’m grateful
Chapter 44: Now I’m grateful
Chapter 44: Now I’m gratefulRiley stepped forward, his eyes reflecting the pulsing glow of the crystal.
He carefully crouched down, wrapping his hands around the crystal.
It was surprisingly cold—far colder than the air around it—and as soon as he held it, a faint vibration trembled through his palm.
He lifted it, observing it with narrowed gaze.
The crystal was no bigger than a small rock or stone, enough to fit into his palm. But despite its weight, it had a strange oppressive aura to it.
Its core kept shimmering with twisting purple light, cold wisps of darkness slowly oozing out of it.
Riley kept on staring at it, his mouth parting slightly, but no words came out.
’I wonder... what will happen if I eat it?’ The thought came out of no where, and he quickly shook his head, brushing it off.
’Control yourself...’ he mumbled inwardly, exhaling.
He didn’t know why such a thought would creep into his mind in the first place, since he could only absorb from living things, not objects.
Besides, doing that would be such a stupid thing.
[Dark Crystal (Rare)]
[Description: A crystal formed from compressed darkness. Corrupts mana.]
The item’s description appeared before his eyes, and his grip on it tightened slightly.
His grip on the crystal tightened slightly.
The description on the crystal might be short, but it spoke volumes about its power.
It was something more dangerous than any random item or monster drop... one that could twist and corrupt mana itself.
This... was how the demons had done it.
How they had managed to infiltrate Earth.
Riley’s face twisted into a frown, and he clicked his tongue.
Long before the first rift opened on earth, dark crystals—some even more powerful than this, had already been planted all over the game world.
Over time, these crystals had worked like seeds—slowly poisoning the invisible boundary between Earth and whatever world this was.
No one even knew the truth of the world inside the game. People just called it "the game realm" or "inside Apocalypse."
But there were many more things buried underneath the game, and even in his past life, the full truth about Apocalypse hadn’t been discovered.
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