"What is happening here?" Alvin's voice rang with authority, cutting through the murmurings of the crowd. He advanced towards the centre, his gaze sharp and determined. As the sea of people parted, Alvin's eyes fell upon the boy lying at the centre of the commotion, his skin rough and prickly with emerging fur and and his nails transforming into sharp claws. It was a late sign of dark magic corruption. It shows the person had been exposed to dark magic to the extent that his mana core was eaten up by it,it, causing him to turn into a beast. "What happened to him?" Alvin was questioned again, this time with a more urgent tone. His voice carried a weight of concern as he watched the boy continue to struggle in pain. The onlookers exchanged hesitant glances, a few of them muttering among t

