Chapter 1958 Contrast
"…Kane." Rui's voice was detached.
Devoid of any emotion.
It was as though he simply uttered the word instead of greeting a friend.
Raw terror erupted from within his soul.
Kane's face grew horrified at what he saw. Gone were the eyes lit with enthusiasm, excitement, and ecstasy. Where once would have been unyielding joy at having finally inherited priceless knowledge that would have revolutionized his Flowing Void Style against the Beast Domain, was…emptiness. It was like he was looking at a corpse.
The Rui that Kane knew would have been beaming with energy, eager to test out his new power against various beasts and monsters.
Yet the man sitting before him was different.
He was detached.
His eyes were cold, devoid of the warmth that once was there.
"Why do you look at me like that?"
His tone was chilling.
It startled Kane.
Yet there was an ounce of sincerity, cold as it was.
It was as though he couldn't see why Kane would react the way he would.
Kane stared at him, his expression growing grave.
"…How do you feel?"
His eyes sharpened to slits as a smile appeared on his face.
A cold smile.
"I feel incredible."
In any other circumstance, Kane would have heaved a sigh of relief, cracked a few jokes, and moved on.
Yet he couldn't move.
He was frozen.
Frozen in horror.
edge in Rui's
to notice,
reduced to sharpened
They were dark.
should get yourself checked out by
stared at him with uncertainty
to
of fear flickered in Kane's
trading a few extra
felt his
friend, right?"
his voice and tone
if he was threatening Kane. Being friends with Rui had always been a crazy experience,
STEP
Rui stood up,
CLASP
into his eyes, grasping
eyes were
"Are you ok?"
words on paper and his
know what to
know what
eyebrows with uncertainty. Rui stared at him. "I told you, I feel great. I just finished inheriting the Elder Tree's knowledge of the biosphere of the Beast Domain. And
smile that crept up
chills across Kane's
STEP
He walked past Kane.
manifest the Tree of Life within
figure of his friend with horror. 'What happened to him?!' Kane barked
not an expert on psychology. However, if I had to make an educated guess, I think his subconscious mind, in response to extreme emotion triggered by extreme stimuli, has astronomically elevated the threshold for triggering both negative
legitimately have no idea what that
far more for him to experience agony, ecstasy, and other emotions closely related to
basically a different
could suffer tremendous mental damage. But unfortunately, he was adamant about pursuing this course of
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