Chapter 556: Sparking

Chapter 556: Sparking



[Scorpion Warlord (???) (Inheritance Crystal)]

[???]

There was no other explanation, as though all the information about this item had been wiped from existence. Maybe it was a surprise that he got a name for it at all.

In the end, he had to ask the Madness Key about it.

[What is an Inheritance Crystal?]

[Inheritance Crystals come in two forms: Complete Inheritances and Partial Inheritances. Partial Inheritances are often tests, seedlings that an expert might spread throughout the universe in order to find worthy successors. Complete Inheritances are most often left behind by dead experts and are the rarer of the two. An expert is unlikely to hand out their full Inheritance without testing the character of their student first.]

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When Sylas saw this, he was almost 100% certain that this was a Partial Inheritance.

This statue was left to the Dogons and had been studied by what was likely quite a number of people. It was more than likely a test or the first hurdle for becoming a student of whoever was in the background. Or...

It was a form of control.

Sylas was instantly very wary of this crystal, and his next question confirmed it.

[What are the dangers of Inheritance Crystals?]

[Some Inheritance Crystals have no lingering danger at all, some may immediately kill you if you circumvent their requirements somehow, and some might only show their true colors after centuries of usage.

The danger is ultimately dependent on the temperament of the expert that left the Crystal behind.]

Sylas sighed inwardly.

If it was based on temperament, and his assumption that whoever left this statue behind was the same person who turned Earth's Runes into a cesspool of cancerous garbage, then the answer was all too obvious.

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[Who can I use this Scorpion Warlord Inheritance Crystal and avoid all latent dangers at the same time?]

[–]

Taken aback, Sylas took another step forward, only for the wall to shrink again.

When he took his third step, a hole appeared in the shrubbery.

Sylas couldn't help but wonder if this was a trap or not.

Bending his legs, he suddenly sprung forward at his fastest speed, a flash of red gold

appearing on his back for an instant.

He had already landed on the other side of the wall in a blink, but there was no movement at

all.

'It's scared. It can't be so afraid of me, can it?'

Sylas didn't have a mirror. If he did, he would have noticed that there was a blackened violet hidden deep within his green eyes. This didn't come from his irises but rather his flickering

Will hidden within.

His Will now carried a poisonous sort of aura to it. However, he wouldn't notice this for a

small while... that was because he was advancing too fast, so fast he actually began to slow down on purpose, worried that he would run into the BOSS before his mind had fully recovered. At that point, he might be throwing himself to an early death.

He took his time to circulate <Maddened Enlightenment>, and when he reached a certain

threshold of recovery...

[Title Upgraded]

[A Tangible Will > A Sparking Will]

[Your Will is truly one of a kind and has begun to forge its own Path. While immature and still

growing, it carves out its place in the world. Continue to forge it, young man]

[+50 Will]

[+50% Will]