[Do you wish to absorb the energy of the mana crystals?]
[Yes/No]
Isaac slowly raised his hand, his fingers trembling, his lungs crushed by the violent impact against the crystal column. His breath hissed, mixed with pain and a dull excitement that seeped into his chest like a forbidden flame.
He stared for a moment at the vibrant glow of the mana crystal, that pure, unearthly blue that seemed to whisper to his cells, that called to his body, as if this fragment of dungeon recognized something within him.
Then he pressed on.
- Yes.
The system made no sound.
No alarm.
No instructions.
Only... light.
And pain.
A blinding blue light exploded in his field of vision, cutting right through him. The crystal cracked open with a sinister crack, and a wave of pure energy merged with his body.
Isaac screamed.
Not a cry of physical pain. A cry of transmutation.
Raw, unfiltered magic, not adapted to humans, entered his flesh, his bones, his nerves.
