A similar situation occurred in all of Sanctuary, including where Elurian was. However, due to the strong protection that the Master put up, not many turned into monsters.
Unfortunately, Elurian forgot to pay attention to himself. He also almost turned into a monster.
"Cough! Ugh!" Elurian rolled around on the floor of his room.
His violet eyes alternated between gray and violet. Indicates an abnormality in his personality. He was already unstable enough due to the possibility of assimilation, so with that massive wave of madness weakened, Elurian was still receiving the impact.
The entity remained silent, making no attempt to help him. This made Elurian wonder whether the entity wanted to test him or just didn't care about him? But, if the entity didn't care about him, it wouldn't awaken him from assimilation before.
The wave of madness colored his mind to dark, he heard voices of unknown origin muttering in a language he did not know. The devil's whispers, then the deep pain that coursed through his spirit.
His skin grew silvery scales and his nails became sharp, Elurian felt panicked, he didn't want to become a monster! He tried to grab onto anything that could save him, he remembered and remembered anything that was useful to him now.
At that moment, he bit his own lip, letting out blood that dripped down his neck and onto the crystal pendant. All the other guides in this Sanctuary didn't have time to pay attention to him, obviously they thought he would be fine.
So, Elurian couldn't help but try his last resort amidst the urge to self-mutilate.
"M-Master ...," he called.
The crystal pendant glowed as if it heard his plea.
-... I will be there
The voice came from the crystal pendant, giving Elurian a sense of relief, even though he didn't know when his Master would arrive. Rex Violet must be busy dealing with other Sanctuary problems. That was because he was the only one who had the power to instantly wipe out all the monsters at once.
This was a situation beyond Elurian's expectations. He forgets his own condition and that leads to bigger problem.
The pain was almost unbearable, as if he was being dragged into hell. His breathing was labored and more and more of his skin was turning into silver scales. Elurian was afraid that his Master would arrive too late.What if he failed his mission and breached the contract due to his negligence?
The entity did not provide any response at all. It was very strange as if something was preventing the entity from helping him.
When Elurian felt various things attacking his spirit and the speed of his body's changes could not be stopped.
No, I must have missed something! Let's think, what can save me from this! Elurian tried to crawl towards his bedroom window.
He had to at least survive until his Master arrived. So, he looked for something that could delay his body's changes. That's ....
That's right, the blue moon that monitors this world, is considered to be the embodiment of the highest entity. Elurian once read a passage that stated that one glance from that blue moon could prevent his death for a few minutes.
His hands that were scratching the floor and the edge of the window started to fester and bleed, but he endured the pain and stubbornly looked at the sky outside the window.
Without realizing it, tears flowed from his eyes when the beautiful blue moonlight appeared from behind the dark clouds. His pupils caught the light and the changes in his body stopped.
The blue moon that was originally covered by dark clouds began to appear and the entire disaster of the mad wave slowly disappeared. Elurian maintained his position, continuing to look up at the blue moon, even if he knew about his carelessness this time, he couldn't help but be grateful for being able to remember the most important thing.
Something he strangely couldn't remember every time he finished the novel. As if he wasn't allowed to remember.
It was the supreme entity symbolized by that blue moon, the true identity of that entity was not even mentioned in the novel. What is certain is that because of that supreme entity, the Tower of Desire cannot flatten this world and the appearance of the guides is also at the will of that supreme entity.
At that moment, a reddish light appeared in the room and Rex Violet's figure came out from the illusory door. He hurriedly returned after controlling the huge chaos due to the call of his dying disciple. He couldn't help but worry because he didn't expect that his disciple could be affected by that wave of madness under his protection.
Elurian was finally able to release his tension and his eyes, which had felt heavy, began to close. His small figure swayed and was about to fall; Rex Violet immediately caught him and hugged him.
"Sorry, I'm almost late." Rex Violet checked his disciple's state and used his aether to correct the changed in his body.
Rex Violet clearly knew that he was actually too late if there was no way to delay the monster transformation process. He raised his head towards the sky outside the window, the blue moon was reflected in his eyes.
For a long time, Rex Violet was silent. His expression was hidden in the shadowy darkness of the room. Suddenly, he muttered softly, "Eventually, it will find me."
...
Finnian, Lazorie, Elya, bowed in front of Rex Violet. They were guilty of not paying attention to Elurian at all. Master Rex's beloved disciple almost turned into a monster.
They really didn't expect that. Especially Finnian couldn't believe that the child who had just spoken to him was now lying limp on the bed.
Rex Violet glared at them, his own negligence and their carelessness must not be repeated. For some strange reason, Rex Violet held a little emotion towards his disciple.
It is because he caught my attention, that's all. If he's dangerous and boring in the future, I'll kill him! For now, Rex Violet couldn't admit his own feelings.
"One of you must take turns guarding him from now on," Rex Violet ordered the three guides in front of him.
"Yes, sir." The three answered at the same time without hesitation.
Rex Violet turned around and walked towards Elurian's bedside. His disciple was still unconscious for these three days. He planned to bring a healer who was in another Sanctuary to come and see if there was anything wrong with his disciple.
"From now on, the barrier must be strengthened. Also, a wave of madness might occur again, so you must be prepared."
Finnian, who had something to say, couldn't hold it in anymore, so he asked, "Sir, is the Tower of Desire getting stronger?"
Their mission was to prevent the Tower of Desire from destroying this world, it was clear that they couldn't let the cursed tower grow stronger.
Rex Violet didn't answer him for a long time and just continued to watch his disciple. After a strange silence, he finally answered, "Right, maybe we should execute that plan sooner than expected."
The three guides' expressions stiffened. They feel it should be a last resort and it's best they don't do it.
"Of course, we have to get Lord's permission to carry it out." Rex Violet chuckled, gesturing for them to leave after he said that.
After they left the room, he muttered, "That permission is impossible to grant."
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