The body had been calling Neil since the moment he had arrived, as if it had sensed something familiar.
Especially the moment when he transformed into a phantom, when he evolved the call got stronger.
And now that he was finally here, it seemed to have found its long lost soul, rapidly climbing onto his body.
Within moments, Neil was swallowed by the dark fluid that started to rip him apart.
His skin, flesh, organs, bones, to the very cell, all of it was being swallowed and replaced, and merged by the terrifying phantom.
Neil felt so much pain that even he ended up screaming, feeling as if every cell of his body was getting destroyed.
At one point, he couldn't handle the pain and fainted, the process was completely out of his control.
He wasn't even sure if it was going to kill him, but there was nothing he could do about it.
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Time passed, from minutes to hours, to days…
