Standing atop the body of the Luminary, Ethan stopped for a second.
He had been relentlessly killing beasts for the past hours, ascending floor after floor like a robot. The constant combat, the devouring, the endless pursuit of advancement—he had nearly lost himself in the rhythm of destruction and consumption.
All he wanted was to reach the next floor, then the next, then the one after that. The tower had become an addiction, each challenge feeding his hunger for greater power until everything else faded into background noise.
He checked the reward for floor twenty-four completion, and it made him raise an eyebrow.
[Stone Heart]
[Advanced]
[Details: Stops illusion spells, makes the person less empathetic toward others who aren't close to him. And more lenient with those who are.]
