Soreness and stiffness in his limbs were signs of the appearance of the hollow feather shaft. At first, there was only a slight prickling sensation, and it was intermittent, so Norb did not pay much attention to it at first.
It was not until the soreness on the back of his hand and his limbs began to stiffen that Norb realized the severity of the situation.
It was also at this time that a strange feather shaft suddenly grew on the back of his hand. The faint brown mark was like a dark scar, and it was very uncomfortable to look at.
If this was his usual state, the negative reactions of soreness and stiffness in his limbs would not have made Norb so weak. It could only be said that this inexplicable symptom appeared at the wrong time. It happened when he was tired from eliminating the entrance and exit of the apartment.
* Drip. *
Sweat dripped to the ground.
Norb stood up with the help of the wall, raised his wrist, and grabbed the door key on the handcuffs.
He was about to open the door and go to the Flaming Tree Silverflower to seek help from his companions.
However, before he could insert the key into the lock, the door opened automatically with a crisp sound of a lock.
Norb was stunned when he saw this. Suddenly, the soreness on the back of his hand intensified, and he could not help but frown.
Looking down, the feather shaft on the back of his hand seemed to have grown longer, and even its diameter had changed slightly.
"What's going on …"
Norb's right arm trembled slightly, not because he was afraid, but because his body had sensed danger and was reacting.
The handcuffs on his wrist made a soft sound as his arm trembled. Just as Norb's gaze was focused on the feather shaft, rust appeared on the handcuffs that locked the key. Starting from the end, the handcuffs soon rusted into dust and fell to the ground.
The sudden turn of events caused Norb, who was both physically and mentally exhausted, to feel like his mind was in a mess.
"The door opened automatically, the rusty handcuffs disappeared …"
Norb forced himself to calm down and watched as the handcuffs turned into rust and disappeared with his own eyes, leaving only the master key of the fourth-dimensional apartment.
"These changes should be what my subconscious wanted to happen."
"Opening the door at will is impossible in the original design. If it was designed like that from the beginning, there wouldn't be a four-dimensional apartment now. But just now, I just had the thought of going to the Flaming Tree Silver Flower as soon as possible, and then …"
"If this is the improvement of my telekinesis, it is not something that can be done overnight. And the handcuffs …"
Norb looked at the master key between his fingers with a solemn expression.
He had a feeling that the several abilities and conditions that originally restricted the four-dimensional apartment no longer existed.
It was a bit strange and contradictory. Before the phenomenon happened, as an ability user, he had no self-awareness. But this kind of thing was indeed happening, and the irrefutable proof was that the handcuffs that locked the master key suddenly rusted and disappeared.
The master key that could open all the doors of the fourth-dimensional apartment would appear together with the handcuffs every time it was summoned. This meant that the master key could only be used by the owner and could not be passed to an outsider.
This kind of restriction was reasonable, but if the main key could be transferred to a teammate to use, the value of the strategy could be extended.
It was because he couldn't do it before that he created a spare key for Law.
Speaking of which, at that time, the difficulty of creating a spare key was almost zero. However, at that time, he thought that the reason why the difficulty was reduced was to create it for the person he liked.
In addition, there was the further development of [Window Opener]. The actual effect obtained was not proportional to the difficulty of development.
Norb seemed to have thought of something. Just as he was about to reach out to grab it, the soreness on the back of his hand interrupted his train of thought.
"Damn it."
Norb cursed in a low voice. He saw that the feather shaft on the back of his hand not only grew longer again, but there were also small gray spikes around it. There were about twenty of them, and they formed a cross around the feather shaft.
In contrast, the soreness was even worse.
Norb stopped thinking about it and walked into the depths of the open door and returned to the interior of the Silver Flower.
He closed the entrance and exit of the apartment with his mind and then went straight to the room where everyone was.
He originally wanted to find Law, but Law seemed to be busy these days, so he refrained from disturbing him.
Enduring the physical discomfort, Norb walked quickly through the corridor and came to the room where everyone was.
Before he entered the room, he heard Biscay's scream.
Norb was startled when he heard it, but he quickly realized that Biscay was strengthening. Only that kind of thing could make Biscay scream like this.
Without thinking much, he pushed the door open and walked into the room.
He didn't use much force when he pushed the door, but everyone in the room except Biscay looked at the door first.
"Norb?"
Everyone was stunned when they saw Norb, who was wet with cold sweat and looked quite embarrassed.
Norb stood on the wall and looked at the people in the room. When he saw Law, his tense nerves could not help but relax.
"What's wrong?"
Luo Hejin was the closest to the door. When he saw that Norb seemed to be in a bad state, he came over immediately. The others did the same, except for White and Sambucca, who were guarding Biscay, so they did not come over.
Norb raised the back of his hand and faced Luo Hejin, who was the first to come over, and said weakly: "This thing suddenly grew on the back of my hand, making my body very stiff and sore."
"This is … a feather shaft?"
Jin looked at the feather shaft on the back of Norb's hand.
"It is indeed a feather shaft."
Law confirmed Jin's judgment, and his eyes showed that he was thinking.
There were no external thoughts on the feather shaft, and there was nothing special about it.
"Could it be … No, Norb did not participate in the battle. How could this thing grow out of nowhere?"
Sa Ling also came over and looked at the feather shaft. She only felt that her eyes were stinging, and she was a little uncomfortable.
At first, she thought that Norb was infected by something in the battle with the Risfa Clan, but she quickly realized that the logistics staff did not participate in that battle, including Norb.
In that case, it was impossible to come into contact with the thoughts left behind after death.
Hong Zhu stood quietly behind Law, not saying a word.
The feather shaft on the back of Norb's hand should not be related to the Risfa Clan. Otherwise, Hong Zhu should have reacted.
Luo Hui glanced at the silent Hong Zhu, then looked at Norb, who looked very pale, and asked: "When did this feather shaft grow out?"
"About fifteen minutes ago, no …" Norb shook his head halfway, "It should be half an hour ago, or even longer, but at that time, there was no reaction at all, so I didn't notice it.
Law heard this and pondered.
"Actually, I probably have some clues." Norb hesitated.
"Huh?"
Under everyone's gaze, Norb raised his hand and materialized the main key, which he held in his hand.
The handcuffs were gone …?
Seeing the master key in Norb's hand, everyone immediately noticed that something was wrong.
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