Mayfly Quasi-Emperor

"Master Bronze Lever, what are you staring blankly at?"

Richard's voice jolted Great Wizard Bronze Lever out of his shutdown. When he looked at Richard, his eyes were half shocked and half fervent.

Wizards were always curious.

Great Wizard Bronze Lever was a pure Wizard. He loved exploring all things unknown. Richard's overwhelming combat strength, along with the special abilities he had displayed in battle, had hooked his curiosity out from the numb depths of his heart.

He had keenly noticed that the blood Richard had dripped was far from simple. The ground tainted by that blood was now spreading outward like a fungal mat.

"Oh, Master, your combat strength caught me somewhat off guard."

Great Wizard Bronze Lever gave a vague explanation for his daze, but his attention remained fixed on the tainted ground beneath Richard's feet.

That tainted ground was expanding at tremendous speed. Before long, spore-like particles rose from it.

There was no doubt that this was a means of accelerating the contamination.

But what sort of alterations had Master Richard made to his blood? A few simple drops had created a patch of land that continued spreading without end.

Curiosity clawed at his heart like a cat's paw. Great Wizard Bronze Lever could not help asking, "Master Richard, your blood... seems quite extraordinary."

Richard glanced at Great Wizard Bronze Lever and casually nodded. "Just a minor alteration."

"That is no minor alteration. That ground is... changing living creatures."

"Yes, that's perfectly normal."

Richard was not surprised by Great Wizard Bronze Lever's curiosity. As a Great Wizard, it would have been strange if he had failed to notice the Abyss Erosion.

"This is the Council's newest weapon for delaying the Star River Mayflies' advance. Researching it is extremely dangerous. Once eroded, it cannot be reversed by any