Although Gauss felt that the hunger didn't come from him, Alya had already given him the berries, and he didn't want to reject her kindness.
"Thanks."
He tossed a few Mana Berries into his mouth. Their energy quickly spread through his body.
As expected, eating the berries did nothing to ease his hunger. The White Egg was still sending him the feeling of hunger, which in turn affected him.
You want to...
Gauss looked at the writhing doorway in front of him and swallowed.
Thorin and the others were surprised by Gauss's sudden, ill-timed hunger, but this wasn't the time for idle chatter. Their attention was fixed on the rock wall in front of them.
"Is this Ladug's Evil God aura?"
Feeling the evil, ominous aura emanating from it, they all frowned.
Dwarf Thorin, in particular, instinctively tightened his grip on his warhammer. He felt an instinctive revulsion rising from the depths of his heart.
The aura from the writhing dark-red patches of fungus made the air thick and foul, as if breathing it into their lungs would corrode them.
Fortunately, Elton's Holy Emblem had released a barrier of light. Without it, most of them would have passed out before long.
The light of Nancy's detection spell grew brighter at the tip of her staff as she probed the archway's carvings. Her voice turned grave. "This Evil God aura is far stronger than we expected. Thorin."
They had received the prophecy beforehand and knew there was an Evil God aura here, beginning to awaken, but they couldn't clearly foresee details such as its strength.
The Evil God aura before them had evidently been awake for some time. Not only had it maintained a stable form, it was also slowly tainting the Material Plane.
Elton's expression was solemn. "We have to