It felt so good to be close to the witch!

But before she could even speak...

The next second, the world before Roy's eyes froze completely.

"Kakaka..."

The pitch-black cracks tore everything apart, like a ruined painting.

As his gaze gradually receded, a vast and unknown force pulled Roy's body, dragging him toward the endless distance.

At this moment, Roy's consciousness also fell into a sea of ​​chaos.

……

"Lord Roy... Lord Roy..."

In his hazy consciousness, a gentle voice seemed to call out, like a beam of light piercing the darkness and awakening Roy's slumbering mind.

He slowly opened his eyes, and a soft, orange-red candlelight emanated from the side not far away.

He had just woken up and his eyes were still a little unfocused, but soon his gaze became clear.

"are you back……"

With a complex mix of thoughts, Roy sighed and met the overjoyed gaze of the ram-horned girl by the bedside: "Thank goodness, you're finally awake! Three whole days, you scared me to death."

Overwhelmed with emotion, Shanika, dressed in a pale yellow dress, hugged Roy tightly.

"It's been three days... I'm sorry for making you worry."

Raising his hand, he gently stroked the girl's soft hair, feeling the slightly trembling body in his arms, and said apologetically.

Time within the Talent Evolution Space is in a one-to-one ratio with time in the outside world. He spent about three days in the "Seventh Realm of Original Sin: The Realm of Lust," which translates to three days in the real world as well.

After calming down the emotionally agitated Shanika, Roy lay on the bed, enjoying Shanika's "healing" while reviewing the gains from this talent evolution.

First and foremost is the most basic reward—the first perfect evolution of the talent [Infinite Desire]!

Roy looked up at the gray character panel in front of him; the description of the talent [Infinite Desire] had changed.

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【Infinite Desire - God (10%)】: Can devour any energy to satisfy its own desires.

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The description of the talent's effect remains unchanged, which is consistent with the "simple" style of the gray character panel. The only change is the talent's name, which has changed from [Infinite Desire] to [Infinite Desire·God (10%)], with the addition of the suffix "God (10%)".

Based on what the lustful demon Tycel said to Roy at the end, about sharing a portion of the power belonging to lust, it can be inferred that the current [Infinite Desire God] should have added some "divine" status and abilities to the original, and the 10% should refer to the proportion of "lustful power".

The 10% figure is neither high nor low, which reminded Roy of Ais, Lilia, and Vivian's experiences with talent evolution.

In the talent evolution space, they need to climb ninety-nine steps, but if you include the highest platform, it should be accurate to say one hundred steps. Their limit in the witch stage is the ninth step, which, proportionally, is 9%.

In comparison, could the staircase that Ais and her friends climbed also be a concrete representation of divine "authority"?

This guess left Roy with a strange sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, mixed feelings).

Compared to the cultivation of fighting spirit, the path of a witch, though fraught with difficulties and twists, is the path to "divine" status.

Roy took out a high-purity magic crystal from his spatial ring and briefly tested the effect of the evolved [Infinite Desire God (10%)].

The test results brought him a huge surprise.

The upper limit of energy that his body can hold, the range of energy absorption, and the rate of energy absorption have all doubled.

After advancing to the Gold rank, Roy's body could store up to 1000 units of energy, but now that number has increased to 4000.

Before its evolution, [Infinite Desire] had a maximum effective range of 100 meters, with absorption efficiency decreasing every 20 meters. Now, its maximum effective range has reached an astonishing 400 meters, with absorption efficiency decreasing every 80 meters.

As for the energy absorption speed, without any attenuation, it would normally take Roy about 20 seconds to drain the battle aura of a peak Gold Knight, but now, it only takes 5 seconds!

This is an extremely terrifying change. The increase in the upper limit of energy, the expansion of the absorption range, and the improvement in the absorption rate mean that he can absorb all the energy from the enemy from a considerable distance in a relatively short period of time.

Even at their peak strength, it would take four Gold Knights and Grand Witches of the same rank to fill his body.

The fact that his absorption rate didn't decrease at all within 80 meters meant that most attacks would have a hard time reaching him. Even against a witch who had mastered ranged attacks, he could easily keep his distance by another hundred meters. As long as he maintained that distance, the absorption rate would only be slower, but he would still be able to completely drain the witch's magic power.

A witch who has lost her magic power has negligible combat ability.

The evolved [Infinite Desire God] grants Roy unparalleled strength in one-on-one combat against opponents of the same level.

Moreover, even when facing a higher-level legendary being, [Infinite Desire] can absorb 4000 of their energy and still weaken them significantly.

Now, Roy even has a premonition that if he uses [Infinite Desire], he might be able to defeat even a legendary one-star knight.

The tremendous improvement in strength brought Roy an unprecedented sense of security.

After calming down his excitement and joy, Roy began to think about the second important gain from this talent evolution.

That is the Magic Mark system, which is not on paper.

The three top-tier lineages—"Pure Saintess," "Sun Pope," and "Starlight Holy Knight"—that allow cultivation to reach the pinnacle below divinity and the "Seventh Realm of Original Sin: Realm of Lust," can greatly assist him in perfecting his battle qi system.

In particular, it embodies the special skills and energy composition of expertise.

Specializations and weapon skills are the key to the Demon Mark system's superior combat power compared to the Battle Qi system at the same level.

The existence of a specialty is similar to the secret techniques of breathing exercises, but their essence is completely different.

In layman's terms, a specialty is a passive skill, an ability that works without requiring additional resources or conscious activation. A secret technique, on the other hand, is an active skill, requiring additional resources to use.

The systematic weapon skills mean that demon-scarred professionals often have higher weapon proficiency than their peers.

Standing on the shoulders of giants, Roy believed that given enough time, he would definitely be able to perfect the battle aura system!

Besides the two major gains mentioned above, Roy's third and final important gain was learning about the existence of the "Abyss of Sin".

Black mud energy and black rain both originate from the "Abyss of Sin," a highly destructive and corrosive energy that, if its quantity increases, will bring unimaginable and profound damage to the world.

The "Seventh Realm of Original Sin - The Realm of Lust" serves as a cautionary tale.

However, the situation in his real world also seems far from optimistic.

The special energy extracted from the magical beasts by the "artificial miniature magic pulse points" should now be more accurately called the mutant Abyss Power.

This terrifying energy has a certain suppressive effect on both battle aura and primordial magic.

The appearance of "artificial miniature magic pulse points" means that the person behind the scenes has some kind of deep connection with "Abyss of Sin" and can use the power of Abyss of Sin to strengthen magical beasts to a certain extent.

Having witnessed the horror of the "Abyss" firsthand, Roy dared not be careless about anything related to it.

His original plan was simply to protect his territory and those close to him, but now he has a plan to find out who is behind it all and eliminate them.

We must never allow the power of the Abyss to run rampant in this world!

"call……"

Taking a deep breath, Roy suppressed the chaotic emotions in his heart. Although his thoughts were many, he was still too weak. Even if he really found the person behind the "mutant abyss power", he did not have the strength to kill him.

To achieve this, at the very least, one needs legendary-level combat power.

Roy believed that day was not far off!

As the warmth within him gradually subsided and Roy's body returned to its peak condition, he stood up and led Shanika out of the hidden place.

Three days have passed, and I wonder what the situation is like outside now.

……

As soon as he stepped out of the spatial portal, a cold "gaze" fell on Roy.

The evolved [Infinite Desire God] granted Roy even stronger sensory abilities, and the familiar "gaze" made him realize that it was Ais's perception.

Following the cold gaze came a joyful voice: "Lord Roy, you're awake! That's wonderful!"

Roy turned his head and saw Lilia rushing out from the shadows in the corner of the room.

After several days apart, the magical energy emanating from the black-haired, black-eyed girl in black clothes had become much stronger, clearly indicating that she had made some progress in basic meditation techniques during this time.

Her full thighs, encased in black leather pants, moved swiftly to Roy's side. About half a meter away, Lilia stopped, took a deep breath, her eyes slightly red, and stared intently at Roy.

"Sorry for making you worry."

Roy smiled apologetically, opened his arms, and gently hugged Lilia.

The sudden embrace froze Lilia in place, and it wasn't until several seconds after Roy released her that her stiff body softened again.

She pursed her lips, lowered her head, and blushed at her earlobes.

Roy smiled, pushed open the door, and went out.

The next second, several pairs of eyes fell on him at the same time.

"Brother Roy!"

"Lord Roy!"

Elena and Vivian, who were sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, happily stood up. A little further away, the mechanical witch Toni gave Roy a slight bow.

The azure light spots scattered and then coalesced, forming the slender, curvaceous body of the girl. Ais looked her up and down with a cool yet concerned gaze. After confirming that Roy was in good condition, she felt a little relieved and nodded gently to him: "Congratulations, your strength has improved again."

"Thank you."

Roy smiled, and at that moment, Elena and Vivian also approached.

The little fox girl's ears perked up with joy, and her fluffy tail swayed rapidly behind her, giving one the urge to grab her and give her a good stroke.

The little angel clasped her hands tightly against her chest, her bright, watery eyes fixed on Roy.

"It made everyone worried."

Roy apologized.

After expressing their concern, Roy and the witches took their seats at the stone table in the courtyard.

"Lilia, has anything important happened in the past three days?"

Roy turned his gaze to Lilia and asked.

With the contracted shadow creature monitoring the territory, and Lilia possessing the "Blue-Gold Communication Conch," she is undoubtedly the most well-informed person in the territory.

Lilia shook her head gently: "Nothing major, just some minor troubles. For example, in the forest near Star Lake, another ferocious animal appeared yesterday. The Black Stone Knights have already taken action to eliminate it, and there were no casualties."

"Another ferocious animal has appeared..." Roy mused.

As winter progresses, the frequency and probability of encountering ferocious animals will increase.

Even without the influence of the "artificial small magic pulse point", the aftershocks of the last Star Lake magic pulse point eruption alone would make the probability of ferocious animals and even magical beasts appearing within the Blackstone Territory much higher than in other territories within the Rafa Province.