(Ceruno)
"Sis, did your Bubble Membrane not work at all?"
Xiaoling tried to use her other hand to pry the Black Crystal off my leg, but I stopped her.
"Don't touch it! You'll be contaminated too! These Black Crystals have already fused with my flesh! If you rip them straight off, I might pass out from the pain!"
The Bubble Membrane hadn't been completely useless. Without that layer, my entire body probably would have turned into black crystal already.
It was just that darkness in this state eroded and assimilated things faster, becoming considerably more aggressive.
"Anyway, don't go near this black mud or these Black Crystals."
I raised the heart-shaped cube I was holding.
"I took Miluno's heart out. The black mud can't gather inside it anymore, and the descent has been interrupted. We can breathe a little easier for now, but how to turn Miluno back is still a problem we can't avoid."
Could she even turn back?
Even with her heart removed and the two forces prevented from merging, the massive amount of darkness inside her hadn't changed. That was despair even Mono couldn't withstand, so even retaining her sanity had become too much to hope for...
"Ugh-"
My body collapsed against my will, and my head was a mess, as though I'd blacked out from drinking.
Apparently, Miluno wasn't the only one in trouble. The Earth Crystal was devouring my sanity too...
"Ceruno!"
Xiaoling hurriedly tried to catch me, but she couldn't...
"Stay back!"
Just getting close to me could expose her to contamination from the darkness in the heart and on my leg. Only the Earth Crystal's power let me barely hold my own against this darkness. If I canceled "Crystallization" now, it would probably assimilate me in an instant...
Though if I didn't cancel