Myths Reawakened - Chapter 16: The Gate of Truth

... eath. He felt as if he’d drunk a glass of iced water in the dead of winter. The cold pricked at his gums, and he couldn’t help but shiver.

The Book of Greed breathed rhythmically, inhaling the maddening stillness in the mana. The turpid corruption dissipated, leaving an elegant, tranquil mana shimmering clearly like a creek.

He could tell that the book hadn’t swallowed the mana itself, but an energy intertwined with it. And the book was picky. It had actively tasted Monica’s mana ...