‘Is this Chen Long?’ Hyeonu looked at where Bakar was pointing and cocked his head. The man sitting there was so different from the Chen Long he knew. This Chen Long had skin that was so white it looked blue, eyebrows and hair that were frosted over, and a frozen body that was like an ice statue.

Hyeonu turned his head and asked Bakar for clarification, “Why did he change into that? Was he doing some type of magic? He is like a statue.”

Bakar met Hyeonu’s intense eyes and sighed deeply. His sigh gave the illusion that the ground had completely collapsed. Bakar hesitated a long time before carefully opening his mouth and saying, “He was too impatient and in a rush. He became greedy, now that he can afford to do so.”

Even while speaking, Bakar never removed his eyes from Chen Long. There was a deep sadness in those eyes. Based on the information he got from Bakar’s words, Hyeonu speculated on why Chen Long’s condition had changed.

‘In a hurry? Greedy? Did he eat something bad?’

Chen Long must have eaten the wrong essence. This was the idea that Hyeonu came up with. There was nothing that matched...