A Fungal Dream

Chapter 55. Three of a kind

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I read the letter several times to understand what it was about.

"Mr. Gift? King of Crossroads? Is he some sort of demon? Am I making a deal with a demon... again?

In any case, I wrote down the prayer at the bottom of the letter onto a small piece of paper that I had with me and set the original on fire.

Once I was sure that there was nothing more of it, I took off the gloves I had already on and put the new ones on.

I felt nothing from them, they just looked like normal leather gloves to me.

Slowly, ready to tear it off my hands the second I felt something strange I put them on.

I clenched my fingers, but I felt nothing strange.

"At least it will be a good way for me to protect myself.

Next, I took the mask and examined it more closely.

As I expected it was made from gold.

When I took the mask into my hands, I felt something pulsing inside of my chest, calling out for it.

"This isn't good!"

Afraid of what would happen to me, if I put this thing on, I tried to put it down, but my arms didn't obey me.

As if I was a puppet with its strings being pulled, the mask was getting closer and closer to my face till it reached my face.

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"...Nothing?"

[[Necklace of Nergal] reacted to artifact]

[Commencing absorption]

For a second, I felt nothing, but soon it started to burn.

I screamed and screamed as I was trying to pull the thing off, but it stuck completely still, and couldn't feel the edges of the thing.

The worst thing was that I believed that the burning metal had entered my bloodstream, as I could feel the pain moving through my body.

It was so altrose, that I fell to the ground, seizing as I was screaming my lungs out.

[Absorption Complete]

[New skill received: [Face Switch]]

[Skill [Plague Mist] Been connected to skill [Face Switch]]

Maybe it became so painful that I couldn't feel it, but slowly I couldn't feel anything.

Shaking, I slammed my hand on the table and hoisted myself to stand.

"Last time... Last time I accepted any gift from anyone! The next time it happens, I will put it through fucking testing!"

Drip.

Something fell from my face.

It was a small drop of a black liquid. The wood around the liquid was quickly covered with my mold and started to spread.

"Great. Just what I need."

I looked around the tables till I found a mirror so that I could examine the degree of damage.