She really looked like a total fraud!
Fu Qian took the key, feeling its icy chill against his fingers.
Still, no matter how you looked at it, this trip had been incredibly fruitful.
The Witch had casually used the Pus Stone to catalyze a corrupted dragon's breath. She clearly had a profound understanding of this world's powers, so what she said was fairly credible.
The Pus Stone—or Human Pus, as it was also called—was something the Witch had spoken about rather obliquely, but she'd still revealed plenty of valuable information.
First, it was the opposite of the Loss of Color. That meant it was safe to conclude that the increasingly severe Loss of Color Curse was connected to its appearance.
She'd also warned him to be careful not to get infected, which suggested that it was contagious. Even Awakened people weren't immune.
She'd called the Loss of Color "fading," too. That was an interesting term, but he couldn't yet tell what it meant.
[Current mission complete. Objective updated]
[Find and eliminate Human Pus]
Just then, a new prompt sounded in Fu Qian's ear.
That was it? Mission complete?
Fu Qian was a little surprised.
All he'd done was come up with a few guesses. He hadn't confirmed anything, yet the mission had already updated?
Still, this confirmed his earlier suspicions: Human Pus was the source of the worsening Loss of Color Curse.
And judging by the new mission, someone here had probably already been infected.
That was why more and more Loss of Color people were appearing.
"Time is short. Don't say I didn't warn you!"
When Fu Qian didn't respond, the Witch in the corner spoke languidly and casually drew a circle in the air.
Specks of starlight quickly gathered into a ring, then expanded until a person could