In the darkness of the night, within the small village, a bonfire continuously burned.
In another quiet corner, Yana followed Maido to a tall tower.
"This feeling …"
After walking to the tall tower, a strange feeling appeared in her heart, causing Yana to feel quite surprised, "It's the power of the altar."
"Congratulations, you're right."
Maido raised his head and looked at the tall tower, "A few years ago, a disaster broke out. The altar that we've been protecting for generations was destroyed, and the sealed curse was released, causing our clansmen to die one after another.
"Back then, I secretly took a piece of a god stone from the broken altar and placed it on the tall tower in front of us to set up an altar to protect the entire village.
"It's just that the curse's power is too terrifying, and if we only set up a barrier, when the god stone's power is used up, we will die sooner or later."
Standing in front of Yana, Maido said coldly, "In order to change this situation, I looked into almost everything and finally found a way."
After saying that, he turned around and faced Yana.
After seeing Maido's face, Yana was given a big fright.
His face was very pale, and his murky eyes were deathly still. There was a faint red light in them, and it was clear that he was not a normal person.
"You …"
The instant that Yana saw his appearance, her face became filled with terror. Deep within her heart, she seemed to have awakened some terrifying memories, and they once again occupied her mind.
Driven by her fear, she instinctively wanted to run away, but she could not move her body at all.
Her body seemed to be controlled by some kind of power, and she could not even open her mouth to speak.
"The method is to find a clansman with a powerful enough bloodline as a medium and graft all of the curse onto them. They will then use the god stone's piece to make an altar and seal the medium."
Maido walked in front of Yana, wearing a thin black robe. His pale face seemed somewhat savage, and the red light in his eyes could not be hidden, making people feel quite terrified.
"I originally thought that Saul was the most suitable candidate, but when I saw the child in your arms, I knew that she was the most suitable candidate!!" A low roar resounded.
As he spoke, a faint black aura rose from his body. Bit by bit, it floated from his body and gathered together, as if he was wearing a thick black robe.
However, he didn't seem to see any of this. He walked forward stiffly, his right hand slowly reaching out towards Suo Lanna in Yana's arms.
"No!!"
Understanding the other party's goal, looking at the other party's pale and trembling hands, Yana could no longer be bothered with fear and roared in her heart.
However, she was too weak. No matter how hard she tried, she was unable to break through the layer of protection around her body. She could only stare futilely at the hand that the other party had extended towards her. Despair filled her heart.
Bang!!
The crisp sound reverberated in the same place, as if it had hit glass.
A faint, distorted barrier appeared in front of Yana. It was a moonlight barrier that blocked the arm that was reaching out.
Before Maido could react, a powerful force field appeared in front of him, sending him flying. He slammed into a stone stele and made a loud noise.
Boom!!
A muffled explosion sounded out, and in the distance, the tall stone stele was broken by Maido. The intact stone stele broke into many pieces and flew out.
Only then did Yana realize that a figure had unknowingly appeared beside her.
It was a handsome young man with black hair and wearing a white robe. He had a curved sword at his waist, and just by standing there in Silence, he gave off a calming aura.
The young man stood quietly by Yana's side. His eyes had unknowingly turned silver, and a terrifying aura radiated from his body. It resonated with the energy particles in the surroundings, forming rays of light that seemed to have materialized.
"You are …"
Maido climbed up from the ground with great difficulty and looked at the young man who had suddenly appeared in the distance. A trace of confusion flashed in his deathly red eyes, and he seemed to have not recovered from the shock from before.
"He was slowly affected by the curse, causing him to completely change?"
Looking at Maido's appearance, Adil sighed.
"What curse, I clearly …"
Maido stiffly stood up from the ground and suddenly paused.
In front of him, a mirror condensed from moonlight appeared, clearly reflecting his current appearance.
"That's right, I've already …"
A trace of understanding flashed in his heart, and the willpower that he had been able to maintain disappeared.
Under Adil's gaze, Maido's appearance started to change.
Berserk black aura started to gush out, covering his entire body as if he was wearing a layer of black clothes. His deathly red eyes and head shone with a blood-red light, and even his pale white arms became a pair of sharp claws. He looked no different from the black-clothed people that Adil had seen before.
He had transformed from his original human form into this. His consciousness seemed to have completely disappeared. With a low growl, he charged toward Adil.
A faint forcefield started to appear, first shrinking, then condensing, and then exploding out.
In that instant, a large hole appeared in the black-clothed person's chest, and his entire body seemed to have received a heavy blow. He was instantly compressed and crashed into the ground.
"Roar!!"
The berserk roars continued to sound out, sounding like the roars of an injured beast.
A figure quickly rushed out from where he was, bringing with it a violent gale and a faint black aura as it pressed towards Adil.
Standing there and sensing this scene, Adil's expression did not change, and he only lightly sighed.
Faint moonlight exploded out from his body, and berserk energy particles condensed into rays of pure light that turned into countless moonlight blades that exploded out.
In that instant, the cold moonlight shone on the black-clothed person's body, causing his movements to become sluggish. His entire body continuously exploded out, giving off intense explosions.
As the explosions sounded out, his body started to scatter, turning into a wave of black aura that dissipated, not leaving behind any traces.
Since he died long ago, he should have died cleanly.
Looking at the scene before him silently, Adil felt a little disdainful. He then turned around and looked at Yana.
The instant that Macedo had died, the restrictions on Yana's body had been automatically released, and she had regained her ability to move.
Looking at the scene in front of her, she was a little astonished and a little puzzled, seemingly not knowing what was going on, "Lord Adil, this is …"
"A group of dead people lingering in their final moments," Adil's calm voice sounded out.
He turned around and looked in the direction of the bonfire in the distance. "I'm afraid most of the people in this village are already dead. They are possessed by a silent curse, and they are suppressed by the barrier here. That's why these people are able to maintain their appearance when they were alive."
In actuality, this was because there was a problem with the village's defenses.
Including Macedo, the ancient residents had evidently overestimated the village's barrier and underestimated how terrifying the curse was.
The legacy of these ancient survivors had long been lost. Even in Adil's opinion, the barrier that was set up was full of loopholes. There was no way it could block the curse completely.
It was just that the curse had been too hidden, causing the ancient residents to think that the curse had disappeared. After lowering their guard, the curse had slowly seeped into them.
From Macedo's situation, he had most likely been dead for a long time. It was just that under the curse's influence, he had maintained his appearance when he was alive and thought that he was still alive.
Thinking to there, Adil silently raised his head and looked at the black wooden tower.
Within the wooden tower, a faint ripple was being emitted from it. It constantly spread out, forming a barrier that surrounded the entire village.
Looking at the wooden tower in front of him, Adil silently walked forward and directly pushed open the wooden door.
Inside the wooden door was a small area, and there was a staircase leading up.
After walking in, Adil looked around.
It seemed that no one had been here for a long time, and there was dust everywhere. It was most likely that no one had cleaned this place for a long time.
After looking around and seeing that there was nothing, Adil continued to walk upwards.
Behind him, Yana looked at Adil's actions and held the child in her arms, and she hesitated for a moment before deciding to follow Adil's footsteps.
The staircase within the wooden tower was not very long, and with Adil's speed, it did not take long for him to reach the top floor.
This was a small room. There were a few exquisitely-made mirrors in the room, and they reflected a violet light.
At the center of the room was a small altar, and on the altar was a fist-sized violet crystal. From a distance, it looked like a crystal and gave off a violet light.
On the surface of this purple crystal, a layer of faint purple light slowly spread out, containing several different kinds of power.
As he stood next to the purple crystal, Adil could feel his heart palpitating fiercely from the bottom of his heart.
This feeling was similar to when he had encountered the World Stone, but it was much lighter. This was why Adil could control it, and even his expression was very calm.
"It is indeed the World Stone, but there are too many other things inside."
Silence stood in front of the altar and carefully sensed the power within the violet crystal. Adil could not help but frown.
With his Moon Elf Eyes, Adil could see that apart from the World Stone's power, there were also two other powers intertwining.
One of them was violet, and the aura it gave off was similar to the one on Sol's body. It was most likely left behind by the ancient Wizard who had suppressed the curse.
As for the other power, it was black and faintly condensed into the shape of a black snake. The power contained within it caused Adil to feel a little apprehensive. Affected by it, all kinds of restless emotions involuntarily appeared in his mind.
Without a doubt, this power was related to the curse, and it might even have been infected by the main body of the curse.
"Even the main body of the World Stone has been infected by the curse; it would be strange if this barrier could stop the curse."
Sensing this scene, Adil shook his head. Then, under Yana's astonished gaze, he walked forward and stretched out his right hand, grabbing at the purple crystal.
When his hand touched the crystal, a ray of violet light exploded out from the crystal, illuminating the narrow space around it.
This was the altar's protective measure, and it used some simple sorcery formations. If anyone tried to take away the World Stone, the sorcery formation would immediately trigger the shard's power to resist.
However, these sorcery formations were simply too crude. Let alone against Adil, even a true Magus would not be able to stop them.
Adil only needed to exert a bit of force, and his force field exploded out, completely destroying the sorcery formation's nodes on the altar. He then took away the shard.
At this moment, the A.I. Chip's robotic voice sounded in his mind, [Unknown power detected … Increasing World Energy …]
Under Adil's gaze, the World Energy in his body quickly increased, and it only stopped after a few minutes.
In just a short period of time, his World Energy had increased from 10 digits to 100 digits, and it was still slowly increasing.
When the rate of increase began to slow down, Adil stood where he was and looked at his stats.
Name: Adil Farcus. Strength: 35.7. Agility: 37.3. Vitality: 38.1. Spirit: 50.7. Spirit Purity: 91.9%. Realm Energy: 317.8. Bloodline: Pureblood Moon Elf (Young).
"Just this shard of the World Stone has increased the World Energy in my body by more than ten times."
Standing where he was and looking at the column for World Energy, Adil was a little surprised and felt that it was a pity. "This is a shard that has been used up for many years. If this altar had not been set up, the World Energy in it would have been even more terrifying."
He looked at the shard in his hand and said regretfully.
After Adil absorbed the World Stone's power, the purple crystal became much dimmer. Its color also began to change, from the beautiful light purple to a dark purple.
On the surface of the crystal, the image of a black snake slowly formed, and it could be seen very clearly.
Holding the black-purple crystal in his hand, Adil also felt a burning sensation in his palm. It was as if something was leaking out of the crystal and seeping into his body.
"Since I'm already inside, why come out?"
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