Chapter 33: The Abyss and the Architect
Neville Hennessey floated in absolute, suffocating darkness.
There was no sound. There was no light. There was only the crushing weight of his own shattered pride.
This phenomenon was known as a Soul Blight.
It is a state of crisis and opportunity at the same time. It is a battle of mental will which various Masters reach, but Neville was not at that level yet.
What he was experiencing was something same and different at the same time.
If he did not overcome it, the festering darkness would trigger a violent and unstoppable berserk state, which will lead to madness.
His mana core would detonate from the inside out.
"You were quite amusing till you lasted, Golden boy!" a voice echoed in the void.
It was not a human voice. It sounded like a thousand venomous snakes hissing in perfect unison.
Neville tried to turn his head. His body was entirely paralyzed.
