MMORPG : Ancient WORLD

Chapter 281  Unknown Entity

In a dimly lit massive throne room with enormous dark crystalline pillars holding the abyssal ceiling and at its center, the space was distorted to various colors, and next to the distorted space stood a breathtaking beauty, her cold, emotionless gaze fixed upon the phenomena.

It was the same throne room that Zero visited just before Alex awakened in the real world, and the lady who stood close to him was also the unknown entity named Lady Enigma.

In just a few moments, the space reverted to its normal state, leaving behind an unconscious man suspended midair, adorned in intricate, tiny dark runes that shimmered with an eerie, pulsating darkness.

"You will need to stand against a monster in the near future, and to do that, you at the very least need to become one yourself and even though you have the talent and resources to become one and more,"

"But the question is, will you embrace your darkness or get consumed by it?" Lady Enigma questioned in an emotionless voice as she stared at Alex, with her eyes having turned into a spectacular marvel.

Lady Enigma's eyes bore the captivating semblance of an entire galaxy encapsulated within them, her irises in a state of perpetual metamorphosis.

They gleamed with an ever-shifting palette of colors, transitioning seamlessly from the profound obsidian of cosmic voids to the intense crimson of nascent stars, all set against a backdrop of deep, starry darkness that seemed to stretch into infinite depths.

After a few seconds of staring in silence, Lady Enigma raised her hand, and the darkness in the room started to gather toward her, cloaking the floor in pitch darkness while white and green runes began to manifest around Alex.

In the mere span of a few heartbeats, tendrils of darkness came to life as they swirled around Alex and swiftly merged to form a giant cocoon around him, with thousands of intricate runes pulsing with radiance around the cocoon.

If one could see inside the cocoon of darkness, he would see how it was hollow from the inside with extremely thin strands of darkness that would be impossible to see if not for their immense number moving from all directions toward the center where Alex's unconscious body lay suspended.

Alex's body, by this point, had started to experience changes as it was covered in an ethereal radiance, as the vast amount of untamed energy from the evolution fruit flowed through his body, reaching every fiber of his being.

If right now, even an Elemental Ruler, a peak exitance, could examine Alex's body, he would see potent energy unlike anything in a cycle of constantly destroying and rebuilding the body, improving upon it every time at an unimaginable speed.

What he would not see would be the uncountable number of extremely small ethereal runes guiding the untamed and raw energy covering every seen and unseen fiber of Alex's body.

Lady Enigma had her ever-shifting eyes fixed upon the cocoon, watching the profound transformation that Alex's body was going through on a cellular level while she simultaneously controlled the millions of dark strands invading Alex's body.

Alex believed that after consuming the evolution fruit, it would depend on luck as his very being gets forcefully evolved to a higher stage, mutations were bound to occur in such a complex and uncontrolled procedure, and when those mutations would reach the point that could collapse his very basic structure keeping him what he was, the evolution process would automatically end.

However, what he didn't know was that the evolution process was not completely uncontrolled and instead was very closely monitored by the unknown entity standing by his side.

It was not the evolution fruit that had a failsafe that prevented its consumer from turning into an abomination or outright getting killed as his DNA collapsed, but it was manually done by Lady Enigma, who was also the entity responsible for giving the fruit to Alex, and every other Ruler.

What Allex knew and believed was not false as other than stopping the evolution process forcefully, Lady Enigma couldn't make him experience better results by absorbing more of the fruit energy, so all she was doing was saving him from eventual death.

As the raw energy from the Evolution Fruit surged through Alex's body, his very essence was undergoing a profound and rapid transformation.

It was a metamorphosis that defied the limitations of his previous state, with every fiber of his being caught in the throes of evolution.

His DNA, the very blueprint of his existence, was experiencing a dramatic overhaul as it rapidly shedded its previous constraints, rewriting itself with newfound complexity and potential.

Mutations, guided by the untamed energy, occurred at an astonishing pace, pushing him beyond the boundaries of his former limitations.

Simultaneously, his physique underwent a parallel transformation as his muscle fibers, once ordinary and humane, underwent a remarkable metamorphosis.

They expanded and strengthened, carving out a new and more formidable form while his circulatory system, a complex network of veins and arteries, experienced a similar evolution, adapting to the heightened demands of his flourishing power.

Organs within his body were not exempt from the sweeping changes as each of them underwent recalibration, adapting to the influx of energy and the higher standards of his evolving form.

Systems that were once confined to their previous capabilities now thrive with enhanced vitality and efficiency.

Even his bones, the very structure that upheld his form, were growing denser and more resilient, reinforcing his newfound physical prowess.

As the minutes passed and the changes became increasingly evident, it became clear that the untamed evolution was far from a seamless process.

The bones were growing in various directions, ripping through Alex's skin and drenching him in blood, their cellular structure changing and evolving to something new, something better.

Alex's body had experienced many changes as fangs like a vampire had grown, extra bones in his rib cage, his skull was growing larger, and his heart was changing its shape as its internal structure evolved, and so did his other organs.

This transformation, however, was not left to chance. The intricate, ethereal runes woven throughout his body guided and controlled the untamed energy, ensuring that the evolution process remained controlled and balanced.

The unwanted changes, like the fangs and the growing skull, started to turn normal, but simultaneously, his tailbone started to grow, and small blunt horns started to protrude from his forehead.

The changes on a cellular level were even more, and everything was being observed by Lady Enigma, whose emotionless eyes held a slight unease as she observed the changes like she was not pleased with what she was seeing.

If one were to examine Alex's body at this moment, it would appear as a maelstrom of potent energy and utter chaos, a continuous cycle of deconstruction and reconstruction that defied comprehension.

It was an ongoing improvement process, as every aspect of his being was relentlessly aiming toward perfection, but it was also causing chaos, which would very well result in things going downhill.

Unaware of everything, Alex was in deep slumber, feeling nothing and having dreams that may mean something or could be just the creation of his imagination.