(Thank you very much to 'Wufeng Haotian,' 'Xianyu Laike,' 'Invincible Origin,' 'Chao Zhe An An,' 'Ah Heng,' 'Hip Hop 3,' 'Long Lian Qingxue,' and 'Lei Xiang' for the tips!)
In the dim Elf Forest, Vivian, a Cursed Gear Crest merchant from the Skull Syndicate, carefully examined Velsaria, who was bracing herself against a tree trunk with one hand while clutching her heart tightly with the other. Her face was pale, her expression contorted with pain, and sweat nearly covered her entire body. She looked extremely weak. Vivian made no effort to hide her regret.
"You really have reached your limit. I originally thought you would be able to adapt to a Cursed Gear Crest carved directly into your heart. What a pity."
Although Cursed Gear Crests brought powerful side effects, if the recipient had an exceptionally high affinity for them, those side effects could be reduced to a minimum.
In the past, among the Elf Users who had received Cursed Gear Crests during the Lanbar War, some died less than an hour or two after the transplant, while others endured for several years before dying only after the war had ended.
A Cursed Gear Crest carved directly into the heart was the most potent and most dangerous kind.
Once successfully transplanted, it could grant its recipient an astonishing increase in power, one far greater than that of other Cursed Gear Crest recipients.
Take Velsaria, for example. The effect of the Cursed Gear Crest carved into her heart was to provide her with an inexhaustible supply of divine power.
That was precisely why Velsaria could squander the power of her Spirit Armament without restraint, unleashing terrifying destructive force like a true fortress with no limits.
Of course, Velsaria's divine power could not truly be called infinite.
Unlike Noah, who could store