This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 280 - 218: Reincarnation (6100 words) _1

Chapter 280: Chapter 218: Reincarnation (6100 words) _1

"What do you believe the method of crafting a magic crystal is?" Rather than answering the question regarding the Forest Spirit, Vivian suddenly asked something else.

"The crystal..."

Mu You was taken aback. Theoretically speaking, a magic crystal was created using the most basic logic of black magic after unravelling its principles, forming a harmless magic circuit.

Though it sounded easy, stripping the core of black magic and extracting its purest components was anything but simple.

"A pure black magic circuit essentially requires artisans to painstakingly create it from scratch. But black magic is not like normal magic; it can’t be freely studied. Each study is like dancing on a sword’s edge, risking a loss of control upon failure."

"Under such conditions, a Forest Spirit, who can absorb black magic contamination, freely change form, and perfectly simulate human magic circuit operations, is the ideal test subject."

"..." Mu You fell silent. From Vivian’s words, he had begun to grasp the underlying implications.

"The Forest Spirits are a peaceful race, gentle and averse to conflict. Their daily tasks involve absorbing various pollutants from the earth. Each Forest Spirit’s core can hold a vast amount of pollution, and they have the ability to eliminate the pollution within them. They can dispel most pollution on the spot, only a small amount of extremely difficult-to-remove pollution will accumulate."

Vivian glanced at the berserk Forest Spirit in the distance: "This Forest Spirit is the most polluted among its kind. It was born with weak ’detoxification’ abilities, causing it to contain far more black magical pollution than its brethren. It’s set to lose control sooner or later if it continues like this. Such Forest Spirits, with inept abilities, are usually fated to perish before they lose control."

"I found this one and made a deal with it. I hoped it would assist me in creating magic crystals. With the power of the crystals, I could help it flush out its accumulated pollution. If this idea worked, it would be a permanent solution to the issue of eliminating poorly performing Forest Spirits, thus aiding their entire race in surviving."

"It agreed?" Mu You asked.

"Yes."

Vivian nodded: "The Forest Spirit agreed. We conducted countless experiments and finally succeeded in crafting a complete magic circuit. But countless failures also severely increased the Spirit’s pollution level. It was abandoned by its own kind and took root here, forming the Black Forest, and established an intricate Maze Barrier to prevent the leakage of black magic through the forest’s creatures."

"The Forest Spirit handed over its heavily damaged core to me, asking me to help it cleanse its contamination. Everything was proceeding as planned, but then..."

Vivian didn’t finish her sentence, but Mu You already understood what had transpired.

It was only after crafting the crystal that the sorcerers discovered a deeper curse associated with the usage of black magic: a curse on human nature. The only one who could carry out this plan was a Fool who could ignore the curse on human nature.

So, the purification plan had to be momentarily put on hold. Vivian stayed in the Black Forest, waiting for the arrival of the next generation’s successor.

Regrettably, the Forest Spirit collapsed before the successor had a chance to rise...

Having figured all this out, Mu You took a deep breath. He hadn’t expected such a poignant history behind the crafting of the magic crystal.

"You should go. Leave this place to me," Vivian suddenly said.

"Hmm? Are you sure?" Mu You was taken aback.

"Yes." Vivian nodded, "Lend me your strength through the Reaper’s Pact, then retreat and meditate to restore your magic. The upcoming battle will be magically intensive, you need to be in a quiet place."

"Alright..." Now was not the time to waste time. Mu You didn’t dawdle and immediately leapt through the hole in the ceiling, quickly surfacing above ground.

Now, the spot previously housing a quaint forest cabin had turned into a massive sinkhole, pitch black down below.

Mu You settled down at a spot about ten meters away from the sinkhole. He couldn’t stray too far because he needed to maintain a distance of less than one hundred meters from Vivian.

Mu You took out the Reaper’s Pact card, stamped it into the crystal, then activated the pact seal on the ground. Standing on the seal, the power of the two magic crystals was instantly transferred to Vivian beneath the earth.

"Boom!"

An immediate muffled boom echoed from below, followed by the roar of the Forest Spirit. A battle seemed to have begun.

Feeling the swift depletion of his natural magic and common magic, Mu You hurriedly sat down to meditate, carefully placing various magic recovery potions in front of him to take at any moment.

As Vivian had predicted, the magic consumption had quickly intensified. Natural magic wasn’t an issue; the concentration of black magic here was dense to begin with, and Mu You had several black crystals that he had just collected, guaranteeing enough supply of natural magic.

However, the recovery rate of his common magic couldn’t keep up. There was a cooldown period between using the same magic potions. He had only a few kinds of recovery potions on him. Mu You drank one as soon as the cooldown period ended, yet was still barely keeping up.

Mu You couldn’t see what was going on beneath the earth, but the increasingly intense booms from below and the occasionally trembling ground told him enough.