The awful pain abruptly disappeared, replaced by fatigue and sleepiness.

He was so drowsy that his eyelids felt heavier than anything he had ever lifted. Just keeping his eyes open seemed impossible.

‘Is it because I absorbed too much energy?’ Gi-Gyu wondered. Or was it because he was about to die?

Gi-Gyu had stopped resisting and was absorbing the mountain of sorcerous energy. His shell was beyond full, but he continued to expand it to take in more. It was a painful process. If someone stretched their body forcefully, they would feel the kind of pain he was feeling.

The pain would have killed any other human, but Gi-Gyu endured it. He also didn’t bother blocking the poison in the sorcerous energy from invading his body.

‘N…ot… y…et?’ Gi-Gyu asked Lou, barely holding onto his consciousness. He was accepting the toxin to learn about it. And Lou was the only one who could figure it out.

-G…ive… me a mi…nuit…

Lou was faring no better than Gi-Gyu. Gi-Gyu wanted to look at a clock to see how much time had passed. It felt like it had been days, but he knew it hadn’t been that long.

So far, he had been...