Trap

The shapeshifter's body melted into a puddle of liquid. Ordinarily, Punk should have rushed forward to collect that possibly useful fluid, while Kane should have charged in without hesitation to seize it by force.

After all, the shapeshifter had truly been a Legendary powerhouse, and its body had been modified by a Morningstar Archmage. Even after such a being died, the remains it left behind were bound to be valuable.

But at this moment, neither the greedy mad knight nor the frowning spellcaster approached the pool of crystalline crimson liquid. On the contrary, both of them swiftly retreated to the edge of the vast chamber.

Because... from the instant the shapeshifter died, faint, obscure Law fluctuations suddenly appeared within the previously empty Alchemy Crater. The already slightly unstable energy showed no sign of calming down; instead, it grew increasingly violent.

"Hey, Sian, why does this feel wrong? Don't tell me this monster activated some mysterious mechanism before it died!"

Watching vigilantly as rings of Law energy began to shudder violently around the shapeshifter's body, even the Legendary Knight could recognize that something was amiss. No one had expected the shapeshifter to remain quiet and harmless while alive, only to cause the calm Laws to go berserk after its death, like a smashed valve.

In an instant, both the Legendary Knight and the Legendary spellcaster were thrown into an extremely passive position.

"This monster said it possessed the ability to devour and assimilate. It spent a billion years merging the spell model of 'Tide of Radiance' into its soul. But... it appears that it did not reveal all of the information. I suspect that it merged more than just a 'Tide of Radiance' into its soul. Some magic formations capable of activating the magic tower's mechanisms have likely become one with