Raze stared at the notification. The violet crystal pulsed in his palm. Warm. Inviting. Dangerous.
His mind raced. Processing. Calculating. Weighing options with what little cognitive function remained through the exhaustion and pain.
Pros: Unknown power. Bloodline awakening. Potential strength increase. The system wouldn't offer absorption if it was purely detrimental. Would it?
Cons: Irreversible. Unknown effects. Could be catastrophic. Could kill him. Could transform him into something monstrous.
His thoughts drifted to the Mercurian experiments. Five hundred children. Four hundred ninety-nine dead. Aslan the sole survivor. Transformed into a weapon. A monster wrapped in human skin.
Was this the same? A gamble with his humanity?
But then again. He'd already been reincarnated. Already had his core reconstructed. Already absorbed three skill cores in rapid succession. Already survived things that should have killed him.
What was one more impossible risk?
