Stripping down to his briefs, Ace flexed his muscles, turned into the Drowned, and jumped straight into the Crimson Lake. He had better control now, so he inked only his legs and arms; the rest of his body stayed normal.
He couldn't turn his eyes back to hazel, so they stayed crimson whenever he used his new powers. That wasn't a problem.
If she has a child, I gotta say congratulations. That's the least I can do before she turns it into some kind of monster.
Tava'Az was the Priestess of the Crimson Shrine, the first Shrine that fell in Ace's first life.
That's why he aimed for it as soon as he reached Gravehaven Isle. Most Rankers who survived this Gate knew Tava'Az: a scarred noblewoman whose beauty no longer drew men, cast off by her house.
