Victor scanned the panel, and a smile slowly appeared on his face. As he had thought, the greater the danger, the more the System's reward was worth pursuing.
The next moment, the two of them entered the Seventh Magical Beast Trial Ground, and the barrier immediately cut off every sound from outside.
The forest was unnaturally quiet. Signs of fleeing beasts marked the ground, large stretches of trees had been snapped apart, and a faint gray silver mist hung in the air. Victor had barely inhaled when the System responded.
[Contaminated astral energy detected.]
[Mana Devour can break it down.]
[Activate low intensity automatic devouring?]
It could do that automatically?
"Activate it."
[Activation successful.]
A mana vortex, almost invisible to the eye, spread across the surface of Victor's body. Whenever the gray silver mist drifted close, the vortex absorbed and broke it down little by little.
[Contaminated Energy +0.3.]
[+0.4.]
[+0.2.]
