"Maybe... I should go back and ask Bottom-Saver Bodhisattva after all!"
Nameless sighed, baffled and beginning to feel like giving up on figuring it out himself.
The problem was that the red stone absorbed that feeling too. It fell outside the Nether Mist's range of observation, so Nameless had no idea he was giving off negative thoughts.
Just as retreat filled his mind, the red stone cracked, and a large amount of blue liquid flowed out.
The liquid immediately formed a Blue Imp about sixty centimeters tall, which lunged straight at the Dragon Exoshell.
Nameless's first thought was to fight back, but the thought came a step too late. The Blue Imp touched the Dragon Exoshell, and its color changed from red to blue in an instant. At the same time, Nameless himself turned negative and listless.
"So that's it. I understand!"
Nameless had worked out what kind of evil this was.
Evil Thought!
It absorbed any bad thought, then spawned monsters to attack the person who had thought it.
Evil Thought might also be able to guide or tempt people into having bad thoughts. After all, Nameless was certain he hadn't been angry at first.
Yet when he saw the stone formed from Evil Thought, he had become extremely angry.
So I can't have a single negative thought or idea. That's so hard. Maybe I should just give up. Nameless's mind was clear, but the Blue Imp kept interfering with his thoughts, and the urge to quit struck him again and again.
It reminded Nameless of that character in One Piece who could release white ghosts that made enemies lose their drive.
Nameless reckoned the Blue Imp was far more powerful than that ability. His mental resilience was monstrous, after all. Influencing him was no easy feat.
"I have