Nip In the Bud

"There is no need for that."

Ian shook his head at Ignysyl's suggestion. If not for the recent reward from the system, he probably would have needed to use that form.

But now that he had the "Abyssal Adaptation" attribute, this level of corruption shouldn't affect him.

This once again proved that the system rewards were always based on what he needed the most; although Aurora's quest being Intermediate one might brought attribute reward only after 80 points of favourability.

"Swish!"

And just after he replied, the darkness that was slowly creeping over the ship finally engulfed the entire Silver Gull, as if something had stuffed it into a giant maw, ready to crush it to pieces.

"Shrrkk...."

As soon as the darkness swallowed everything, Ian heard a chilling shriek from the front that could send sent shivers down the spine.