Green mist swirled above the ruins.
"Move out!"
Jackson pointed toward the Court of Sin Punishment, his voice laced with a bewitching power.
"Go hunt down those traitors!"
"Take everything they have!"
"Roar!"
More than a thousand players afflicted by Jealousy Infestation let out inhuman roars.
Greedy green light flickered in their eyes, and the sinister power within them surged now that they had a clear target.
The warrior whose claws had just grown out licked his black nails, his gaze fixed on the direction Jackson had pointed.
All he could think about was the Holy Spirit's magnificent Light Wings.
The scrawny player who had stolen the Heartguard Mirror greedily stroked the cold plate over his chest, imagining himself clad in the Holy Spirit's radiant armor.
This newly born army of the envious had no discipline and no formation. Like a filthy green tide, it surged toward the Court of Sin Punishment.
They were no longer players.
They were predators.
Boom!
A level-fifty Corrupted Giant Lizard blocking their path was swallowed by the green flood before it could even show its might.
A dozen players, their minds consumed by envy, rushed it at once.
"This beast's hide is tough! I want it!"
One player's eyes gleamed. He envied the lizard's resilient scales.
No sooner had he spoken than an invisible green claw shot out of his body and raked across the lizard's back.
The lizard shrieked in pain. The hardest scale on its back rapidly lost its luster, turning as brittle as rotten wood.
Meanwhile, the skin on the player's arm writhed, then formed a dark-green plate with the same texture.
"Its venom spray isn't bad!" Another player stared at the venom swelling in the lizard's throat sac, overcome by greed.
The Power of Theft struck again.
The venom