Cyttorak's Crimson Gem was a famous Marvel artifact. Most people learned of its existence through X-Men stories, because Juggernaut was Cyttorak's famous representative on Earth. Later, several people with the word "red" in their names also became possessors of the Crimson Gem.
The gem's effects were simple and brutal: it allowed the demon god to channel power from afar while granting its possessor immense defense and immortality.
Calling it power, though, it might have been more accurate to call it strength, because unlike the Magic Tools of other demon gods, it did not grant spellcasting abilities just by being held. It was more like a super-strength pill.
For example, a patient with severe myasthenia gravis might struggle to lift even a sunflower seed, but with the Crimson Gem, he could easily carry something as heavy as the moon and run around Earth tens of thousands of times without breaking a sweat.
This process was called transformation.
Cyttorak did not play mind-control games. He simply gave you the gem, let you experience the benefits of power, and before you knew it, you had grown attached to everything it brought you.
There was no mission system like the Serpent Crown's, no extra conditions, no preaching or Dream Communication. The gem was like an inanimate object, a tool capable of providing miraculous power.
After obtaining and using the gem, many people would naturally become addicted to the sensation of possessing power. They could no longer give it up, and would willingly and gratefully work for the Crimson Tyrant, helping realize that grand plan.
The transformation process was gradual. At first, it might only grant someone several hundred times the strength of an ordinary person. Later, as their adaptability increased, it would continue channeling even more power into them.
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