Novels online

Chapter 258

"I'm not going to save a piece of grass, if you don't drink the serum, I'll kill you right away" Pernod didn't mince his words.

"Then, now that I've drunk the serum, does that mean you can give me the fake eye?" Chromie's eyes were empty, he let go of his thoughts and asked Pernod.

"That thing was modified from an unknown creature's eyeball, if you continue to wear it, it will contaminate your elven bloodline" Pernod gave a reason that he couldn't tell if it was true or not.

"That's why I'm going to be blind from now on" Chromie said with a bit of self-deprecation. Even so, he brought this upon himself. The more he used the Tome of Sacrifice, the more unfortunate he would become.

However, humans always had so many desires that they wanted to fulfill. They always yearned for those things that were out of reach and would never be satisfied. Therefore, they would sacrifice again and again, using what they had to exchange for what they desired.

"The elven race has the Mana Eye, this magic art itself requires both eyes to be blinded in order to learn it, I can teach you the relevant knowledge"

"Not only does the Mana Eye grant you powerful senses, it can also provide you with the ability to see through illusions as well as destroy the energy structure of spells"

"This kind of knowledge was something that only Divine Warriors and Magic-breakers could learn, yet a half-elf like you managed to learn it"

"Just stay here for a while" Pernod rambled on and on.

Pernod rambled on and on, after living underground for thousands of years, even if the elves were long-lived creatures, their ability to endure the passage of time far surpassed humans. Even so, during these thousands of years of loneliness, they had become somewhat abnormal.

Pernod quickly left, leaving Chromie on his bed to think about life, or rather, the life of a half-elf.

As invaders, the seven Gods Church had a policy of exterminating all elves. After so many years, other than one or two elves like Pernod who were hiding in a corner of the world, the elven race could already be declared extinct.

If I awaken my elven bloodline and appear on the surface as a half-elf, the only thing I would face would be endless pursuit.

Even the blood of evil that couldn't awaken and could only turn into monsters was being harvested by the church, it wasn't hard to imagine what would happen to me next.

Chromie could feel his entire body becoming restless, his joints itching, if he were to touch his ears, he could clearly feel them becoming sharper.

His appearance would gradually become closer to that of an elf, becoming neither an elf nor a human half-elf.

If he did not want to die, the best way was to hide in the underground ruins, away from humans and the Church.

However, Olga's body could only be safe for a month. If he couldn't save Olga's soul in time, she would die forever.

"Return to the surface within a month?" Chromie chuckled bitterly. Right now, he couldn't even protect himself, having become a blind man, his freedom was also being restricted by the old elf Pernod.

In any case, Chromie was temporarily in a difficult situation. He could only slowly adapt to the time when he was completely blind, as well as the situation in the underground ruins.

On the other side, Darr's body was undergoing a new round of mutation. When he first mutated, it was because Chromie's sacrificial magic had splashed the corrosive blood on his body. After the mutation, the corrosive blood was absorbed into Darr's body, causing his blood to also have a corrosive effect.

But after swallowing a Gluttonous Demon Ghost whole, Darr's body obtained a new bloodline element, causing another round of mutation.

If this was a stable evolution, then he would only absorb the excellent elements of the Gluttonous Demon Ghost's bloodline into his own body, but an unstable mutation wouldn't differentiate between them. His absorption of the bloodline element was completely chaotic, at most, Darr's own willpower would be able to influence it to a certain extent.

Darr's body was constantly twisting and distorting, some parts of his body even directly exploded, causing greyish-green blood to flow out. Various deformed limbs began to grow, then withered away.

Darr howled in pain, his entire face twisted. Compared to the previous mutation, the pain this time was much more intense. Gradually, Darr felt a sense of hunger that came from every inch of his flesh and every cell in his body.

It wasn't hunger due to a lack of food or nutrients, but rather an addictive craving for something unique.

"Where is it? Where is it? Give it to me! " Darr crazily twisted his deformed body, his face twisted in pain, drooling uncontrollably.

The elves' dependence on mana was engraved deep into their souls, and the Gluttonous Demon Ghosts that evolved from elves were even more so. In order to preserve their mana, they gradually stopped using it, but at the same time, they became extremely sensitive to it.

Darr's body wriggled as he slowly felt the presence of mana, the Gluttonous Demon Ghosts, as well as the bright light of mana that shone like a new star at the center of the city.

Without any hesitation, Darr followed the will of his body and headed towards the place where he felt the mana.

A Gluttonous Demon Ghost was silently gnawing on the body of its own kind. Its sharp claws tore open the gray skin of the Gluttonous Demon Ghost, wolfing down the mana-infused organs into its mouth. Feeling the pleasant sensation of mana flowing into its body, the Gluttonous Demon Ghost let out an indistinct moan.

Suddenly, it raised its head, its crimson tongue twitched. The tongue was the most sensitive part of their body to mana, not only to taste it, but also to search for the source of mana.

It was also because they were able to sense each other's presence that the Gluttonous Demon Ghosts hadn't killed each other for so many years.

They would wait until it was time to breed to temporarily lower their guard and mate, then quickly leave, afraid that their mating partner would be killed.

The survival rate of a Gluttonous Demon Ghost's newborn wasn't very high either, if the mother couldn't hunt for food, they would simply turn back and devour the newborn without hesitation.

After several thousand years, the elves had become a lifeform with a unique pattern of reproduction and survival.

And right now, this Gluttonous Demon Ghost sensed a weak source of mana slowly approaching it. Glancing at the corpse of its own kind in the hole, its crimson tongue twitched non-stop. In the end, greed took over. The other party's mana source was very weak, perhaps it was injured, and being injured meant that it had become food.

Such a thought appeared in the Gluttonous Demon Ghost's simple mind, so it stood guard near the hole, its body twisted into a crouching position, ready to leap up and kill the enemy as soon as it sensed them approaching.

Finally, the Gluttonous Demon Ghost leapt out from the grass, only to see a deformed tentacle reaching towards it. Several grey arms grabbed it tightly and dragged it towards the monster.

Deformed limbs and disgusting pieces of flesh were mixed together, there was even a layer of mucus on the surface, some eyes were blinking on it.