Chapter 43: Flame Knight Ignaros!
Mana was an energy mixed with purified Essence and the madness of Corruption. When a woman leveled up using the mana of other monsters, they also ingested that madness along with it.
It accumulated slowly and affected them. But if it ever managed to conquer the sanity of the said person, they would lose control, and the Corruption would turn them into Abyssal Creatures.
Abyssal Creatures were abominations that lived in the Primordial Expanse. Their minds were perverted, bizarre, and alien. They were also known to fight amongst themselves on occasion, but mostly only inside the Primordial Expanse.
On Earth, their single goal would be the destruction of everything in their path.
They were indeed insane and filled with madness, but that didn’t mean they lacked sanity or intelligence.
Their sanity was rather perverted, sinister, and ineffable, contrasting sharply with what humans considered sane. The Abyssal Creatures had no strong sense of self.
Just imagining Amber falling to Corruption and turning into an abomination of Tier 11 sent chills down Leon’s spine. He didn’t even want to think about the consequences of it.
Just a single Tier 4 monster, as the inhabitants of Dungeons were called, was already enough to wipe out their entire class, let alone a Tier 11 who transcended mortal limitations.
"I was this close to losing control," Amber chuckled and said. "It really came off as a surprise. But I had your potion, so I hurriedly drank it to suppress the excited Corruption inside me."
"It wouldn’t have worked," Leon spoke softly, as he knew that his potion would have rather weak effects on all Ascended humans.
"If it were anyone else, the potion wouldn’t have been enough. But who do you think I am?" Amber smirked, making Leon wonder if this was her real personality or if she was still being affected by the Corruption.
She pointed at the bubbles and said, "That minor suppression was enough for me to take advantage of it, and although it did affect me still, at least I managed to return to normal. But I didn’t immediately help everyone."