Escape from England

"Uh, wait. Is that Dark Energy Crystal you mentioned a sphere filled with black liquid?"

Caught off guard by his words, Osphia was slightly surprised that Fang Ran knew about it. She frowned as she answered:

"I learned from my ancestor that Lord Apocalypse did indeed describe it that way, but how do you know—"

Then, halfway through her sentence, she remembered that Fang Ran had broken into that manor last night. Instantly realizing something, she spun around and cried out in disbelief:

"Wait! Don't tell me the Dark Energy Crystal is in your hands!?"

"If that strange black sphere really is the Dark Energy Crystal you described, then yes, it was in my hands."

Having learned something else unexpected, Fang Ran confirmed the truth behind the "Strange Sphere" from Osphia. He immediately felt a headache coming on and sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"Until Ignat caught up with me."

"What!?"

Hearing him admit that he had actually seized the Dark Energy Crystal last night, Osphia could not imagine how he had managed it when he currently had no abilities.

But compared with that, she was clearly more concerned about what came next. Without time to ask about the process, she pressed for the result.

"It was taken back!?"

"No, it was eaten."

Then, the next second, she saw Fang Ran looking at her with an oddly complicated and helpless expression as he gave that incomprehensible answer.

"Eaten?"

"You'd be better off treating that thing as having completely vanished from this world. As for what exactly ate it..."

Seeing the figure standing before him amid the elven glow freeze in shock, Fang Ran recalled the scene before his fight with Ignat.

He spoke with a headache, unsure what effect this would have on the situation, then looked up at Osphia with