The Congenitally Deficient Rune

It was a somewhat eerie sight. A character as large as a human head floated in midair, having absorbed an entire person's soul. Yet even when Benjamin gave the command to cancel it, it showed no sign of dissipating.

It was as though... it had developed an independent consciousness.

When Benjamin had first drawn it, he had merely casually used an "Elemental Command: Affinity," using only a small amount of water elements. But judging by its current appearance, it was completely unlike an Elemental Command now. Instead, it resembled the characters from the Pure Blue World.

"Can this thing hurt people? Could Spencer's consciousness still remain inside it?" he could not help asking.

"Probably... not." The system hesitated for a moment before saying, "I scanned it and didn't sense any hostility from the rune. It's like a newborn life."

Benjamin raised an eyebrow.

A newborn life?

He thought of those runes in the Pure Blue World that might possess self-awareness. Could it be... because Spencer's mental power had been imitated from runes, the moment Affinity was activated, he had been assimilated by the rune? At the same time, after absorbing an entire person's mental power, the rune Benjamin had casually drawn had also become something similar to the creatures in the elemental plane?

But... weren't those creatures from a different dimension? Could they really appear in this world?

Benjamin's heart was filled with questions.

He tried to touch the rune, but his finger passed through it emptily. This thing had no physical form. Unlike the runes in the Pure Blue World, it did not feel icy cold to the touch.

However, Benjamin could sense a magical power within it.

The surrounding water elements had long since begun gathering around the rune on their own. Some were absorbed into it and