Chapter 30 - Light

Chapter 30: 30 - Light

Just now, Elias thought his head was about to be cut off, but King’s sudden change made Elias feel a little strange. His attitude suddenly changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and then King even started talking to the air. What was that supposed to mean?

For a few seconds, Elias even thought that King had some kind of mental problem. But this hypothesis was immediately rejected because what kind of lunatic could be this strong? At most, King was just an eccentric.

An eccentric finding another eccentric... Although their thoughts came from different worlds, it seemed they had some similarities after all.

Since King had no intention of causing trouble, Elias stopped talking nonsense and immediately took a deep breath. Then he took out some kind of white medicinal powder that looked a little like flour, inhaled it through his nose, then drank one-fifth of the potion.

He did not swallow it right away, but first held it in his mouth before quickly placing the potion bottle ten meters away from him.

Elias ignored King once again, but this time King did not feel as annoyed as before. It was just that King found Elias’s actions a little strange because they looked somewhat like...

After inhaling the white medicinal powder, Elias’s eyes became a little dull. It did not look like an anesthetic, but more like something that temporarily slowed down the nervous system to reduce pain. Calling it an instant painkiller probably would not be too far off.

As soon as he sat cross-legged on the ground, Elias immediately swallowed the entire potion. Within just a few seconds, the blood vessels all over his body bulged and became clearly visible, as if they were about to burst.

His skin and flesh turned red as if they were being burned by fire, and blood flowed out from many parts of his body. Some parts of his flesh split open, revealing the bloody flesh underneath, looking somewhat horrifying.

Despite being in extreme pain, Elias maintained his sitting position and did not make a single sound. Both hands rested on his thighs, his eyes tightly shut, his teeth clenched so hard that blood flowed from them.

The potion was extremely potent. Drinking it carelessly could easily kill someone. Drinking this much at once was an extreme test of willpower that few mages dared to attempt.

Ordinary people used potions little by little, so it was not as dangerous as what Elias was doing.

The effectiveness of a potion was inversely proportional to its safety. The safer it was, the weaker it was. So the usual method could only increase the speed of leveling up a little.

But Elias did not have many choices because the leveling speed of a shattered mana core was terribly slow.

If he used the normal and safe method, then even if he used up the entire bottle of potion, it would be difficult for him to become a mage. Only this extraordinary method could allow him to quickly become a mage and even reach rank II with these scarce resources.

The most suitable amount of potion to use at once had already been calculated very clearly by Elias. As long as his willpower was strong enough, he would definitely become a mage.

Five minutes later, Elias’s tattered, patched-up clothes had already been dyed red with his blood. The skin on his face and even some of his facial muscles had been torn apart. The two round lenses of his glasses were now dyed red. His originally handsome face was now gaunt and haggard, like someone who was about to die.

"System, he won’t die like this, right?"

King had always thought that he was a reader, so he was nobler than people like Elias, but even he had to frown at the endurance of this young man at this moment.

Thinking about it, ever since he transmigrated into the novel, although he had encountered quite a few annoying things, his life had been extremely comfortable. From the very beginning, he already knew that he would become invincible before long, so King had no reason to suffer like Elias.

[Master, don’t worry. Although I can’t guarantee that he will survive either, the Heavenly Dao of this world probably won’t just watch the protagonist die this early.]

The system gave up on analyzing anything related to scientific logic in this situation. If something was too difficult, it could just blame everything on the Heavenly Dao of this world.

"That’s true. The protagonist turns bad luck into good fortune, and when he’s about to die is exactly when he breaks through... What the hell?!"

Suddenly, Elias opened his eyes. His eyes were completely white and lifeless, as if there was not the slightest trace of reason left, making King frown.

"System, when you said failure would cause him to lose his mind forever, you meant like this, right?"

[How could that be? Losing his mind... That’s not right! Look carefully. There is still some reason left in his eyes. He is in the middle of an intense struggle with the madness of the fantastic beast’s blood.]

Although Elias seemed to be sitting still like a statue, his mind was extremely tense right now. He was being forced into a corner by the violent power of the potion, yet it still refused to submit.

"I... will become... the greatest mage!"

Elias suddenly roared. His hoarse roar sounded as if something was stuck in his throat, causing the blood inside to spray everywhere. His completely white eyes gradually returned to how they looked before.

After his eyes recovered, the wounds all over Elias’s body quickly healed at an astonishing speed. Before long, there were no wounds left on his body, and his complexion also became better.

It was just that Elias was now much thinner. It seemed to be because of blood loss, but he really was stronger than before.

The wounds had closed, but Elias did not stand up. Instead, he closed his eyes and slowly breathed. He was not only wounded on the outside, but his internal organs had also been damaged, so he needed more time to recover.

The external wounds took less than thirty seconds, but his internal organs needed nearly five minutes to be considered temporarily stable. Only then did Elias slowly stand up.

"I... finally became a mage!"

"Light! My ability has never appeared in any records before. Heaven really does not disappoint those who are determined!"

Elias lowered his head and looked at his trembling hands stained with blood. Tears that he could no longer hold back came pouring out.

Looking at the protagonist of a world becoming so emotional that tears streamed down his face, the corners of King’s mouth suddenly curled up.

He felt like he had witnessed the beginning of a truly extraordinary person’s journey, rather than just something meant for simple entertainment.

But when King heard Elias’s last sentence, he suddenly had a very strange feeling. It sounded fine when other people said it, but when a protagonist said it, somehow it just felt like something was wrong.