The air in the room was thick with a silence that felt heavier than a physical weight. Serian was on her knees, staring at him, her eyes wide with an awe that was deeply unsettling. The faint, dark mist that clung to his skin was a visible sign that something had fundamentally changed.
"Nox," she whispered, the name a question, a plea, and a statement all at once. "What… what have you become?"
He just looked at her, the last vestiges of that overwhelming power receding, leaving him feeling hollowed out but incredibly alive. His mind raced, scrambling for an answer, for any lie that could possibly explain what had just happened.
'Shit, what do I tell her?' he thought, his brain spinning. 'I ate a magic gacha seed and broke the System? Yeah, she'll totally buy that. Fucking hell.' He knew she was too smart, too perceptive to accept some bullshit excuse about a sudden power-up.
