The pressure vanished, and the soul aura that had been leaking from the stone was retracted, leaving it as a simple Opal that was practically vibrating with power.
"You really did it. I can see the system message that the reward is calculating."
Karl gave Lord Nacht a weak thumbs-up as he sat down on the gemstone gravel to catch his breath and let [Void Body] overcome the damage that had been done to his soul.
[Reward Calculated]
[Evolution Stone] Awarded
[Error: Some Functions unavailable]
[Randomizing]
Nacht began to laugh as they both saw the message at the same time.
"I will see you shortly, friend. Good luck on remaining a Dragon." Karl laughed.
They had gone through all that, only to get a glitched reward that didn't even work properly.