Black Crystal

To avoid disappointing this expectation, she became even stricter with herself.

This also made the Sacred Rite itself a perfect opportunity to break through her psychological defenses.

In the game.

Randolph seized this opportunity.

He planted his own people in the team of priests participating in the ceremony.

These spies secretly injected the magic of a black crystal into the spell array during the ceremony.

This magic had an extremely strong dyeing ability.

It would quickly contaminate the surrounding magical power.

This led to a period of time later.

The originally dazzling golden rain of light bizarrely transformed into a sky full of black raindrops!

At the same time, Randolph’s subordinates, mixed into the crowd of spectators.

Took the opportunity to spread malicious rumors.

Claiming that this was a sign of the “Saintess’s impure thoughts, wavering faith, and inability to receive a response from the gods.”

A sign that the gods were about to send down punishment.

Witnessing the auspicious sign turn into an omen of disaster, and with the continuous whispers of suspicion in her ears.

Kristine, who was already under immense pressure, had a mental breakdown.

This greatly stimulated the dormant Dragon King’s soul within her, causing the possession process to greatly increase.

For Black.

Preventing this was both simple and not simple.

The simple part was that he was very clear about Randolph’s conspiratorial methods.

It was nothing more than using spies and the properties of black crystal to pollute the spell array.

The principle was clear, and the goal was clear.

The not-so-simple part was, how should he break the situation?

The most direct method was to interfere with the personnel arrangements for the Sacred Rite.

And remove those spy priests in advance.

But for the current Black, this was simply impossible.

He could barely even enter the core area of the Church of Creation, let alone interfere with the church’s internal personnel arrangements.

Then.

The only remaining breakthrough point was the black crystal itself.

Black’s understanding of the black crystal was limited to its item description in the game.

Its magic was black and contagious.

He knew no further details.

‘Forget it, I’ll ask someone else.’

He opened his eyes and looked at Leon, who was chatting idly opposite him.

He asked.

“Leon, do you know about black crystal?”

Hearing this question, Leon glanced at Black in surprise.

A teasing smile appeared on his face.

“No way, brother. You don’t even know this? You’re too ignorant!”

The thought of being able to be a teacher to a genius like Black.

Leon’s spirits were instantly lifted.

He cleared his throat, sat up straight, and put on an air of profound knowledge.

He explained in a serious tone.

“The so-called black crystal is a type of magic crystal.”

“However, compared to those high-quality crystals, the magic contained in black crystal is pitifully small, almost negligible.”

“But!”

He changed the subject and emphasized.

“This crystal has a characteristic: its magic is pure black, and this black has an extremely strong dyeing ability!”

“Once other magic or items are stained with it, within a few minutes, they will be completely dyed black.”

“So this thing is actually quite widely used in our daily lives.”

Speaking of this, Leon pointed to the Dragon-Slaying Guard uniform on Black.

Black looked bewildered.

“What’s wrong?”

“Hehe.”

Leon smiled proudly.

“Look, our black Dragon-Slaying Guard uniform is dyed with black crystal! This thing is often used as a high-grade dye!”

This was greatly beyond Black’s expectations.

He had never thought this thing could be used as a dye.

Seeing that Black was a little interested in black crystal, Leon nudged Land next to him with his elbow.

“Land, I remember you bought a batch of black crystals last time, saying you were going to make a new dress for your childhood sweetheart fiancée, right? You should have some left. Take it out and let Black see?”

Hearing this, Land took out a glass vial from his storage ring and handed it to Black.

Black took it and examined it carefully.

Inside the glass vial was a small, thumb-sized crystal.

It was a pure, flawless black.

In appearance, other than its color, it was no different from an ordinary crystal.

‘So this is what the real thing looks like.’

Black thought to himself.

He turned the glass vial and looked at the product label attached to it.

On it were marked the mining date, weight, usage instructions, and other information.

His gaze swept over it quickly, finally stopping at the precautions column.

1. Do not touch directly with hands.

2. Keep away from high-temperature environments.

3. …

When he saw the second precaution, Black paused.

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck his mind.

He looked up at Leon and asked hurriedly.

“What happens to this thing when it encounters high temperatures?”

Leon was a little confused by his excited tone.

He answered subconsciously.

“What else could happen? When this thing encounters a high-temperature environment like a fire source, it will automatically dissolve and disappear completely.”

‘Just as I thought!’

An irrepressible joy surged on Black’s face.

He had finally found the key method to crack the Sacred Rite incident.

After returning home, Black found his cousin, Leán.

Under the bewildered gazes of Victor and the others.

He grabbed Leán’s arm and dragged him into the small wooden cabin in the backyard.

As soon as they entered the cabin, Black closed the door behind him.

He pinned Leán directly against the wall and stared at him with an unusually serious expression.

Leán was completely stunned.

When he realized that he had just been kabedon’d by a man, and his own cousin at that.

His mind went blank.

‘Holy crap!’

‘I’ve never even kabedon’d a woman in my life!’

‘And my first experience is being kabedon’d by a man?!’

His face was the picture of extreme embarrassment. He didn’t know where to put his hands and feet.

However, looking at it this way, his cousin’s sharp, handsome features were quite striking up close.

He was so handsome!

‘Well…’

‘I have to admit, in terms of looks, probably only my cousin is slightly better than me.’

‘Pah! What am I saying! I’m a straight man! One hundred percent!’

He stammered.

“C-Cousin, what are you doing?”

Black had no mind to interpret his cousin’s rich inner monologue.

He said directly.

“I have something important for you to do!”

“Something important?”

Leán was a little dazed.

“What important thing?”

Immediately after.

Black rattled off his plan and what he needed Leán to do.

Leán listened in a daze.

“Got it?”

Black asked.

Leán nodded, indicating that he understood.

But he looked confused.

“Cousin, this doesn’t sound like a particularly big deal, does it? Why are you being so serious, like you’re about to save the world?”

Black didn’t explain further.

“You’ll know when you see those things.”

After speaking, with a thought, he began to take things out of his storage ring.

The next moment.

Leán’s eyes widened, and his mouth hung open wide enough to fit an egg.

As if by magic, Black took out a mountain of magic scrolls from his storage space!