750. The Price of Envy

The huge waves on the sea gradually calmed. Purple Blood spread with the currents, dyeing the entire stretch of water a murky dark violet.

The soldiers of the Fungal Fortress moved through the water, dragging their comrades' remains out from the churning wreckage and gently pushing them toward the Fungal Carpet floating on the surface.

Mycelium slowly climbed over their corpses and granted those loyal souls new vessels.

Kees's corpse lay across the edge of the Trench like a massive island. Those once-ferocious Flesh Pillars had now become nothing more than heaps of dead meat.

Clusters of Fluorescent Mushrooms sprouted from its body, their blue-green glow scattered like little lamps lit in the darkness.

Unified Integration.

This Discarded Draft seemed to be the source of Kees's ability to fuse with other creatures, while [Gluttony] provided it with enough energy to sustain so many flesh Puppets.

Kees's connection to the abyss came from that Abyss Core, but a simple Abyss Core should have been nothing more than a device that supplied power to Abyss Beasts.

Who knew what Kees had gone through to cause this kind of mutation?

Linden looked west. At the edge of his perception was a vast expanse of white mist.

Was it because of the mist?

And what was Aether?

This was the second time Linden had found this term in the abyss. One of the Ark's functions seemed to be converting Aether, so was this thing some kind of energy source?

If only he could get more information.

As Kees's flesh was gradually broken down, before Linden seized its skills, he first obtained a massive amount of experience.

[Level Up: LV73→LV77]

The experience Linden needed to level up had already been unusually high, and that was even more so after reaching higher levels.

Yet Kees's corpse