Cryptomining Supervillain Chapter 66: 066 RING OF GREED

066 RING OF GREED

"Dan Dark!!! It's not so easy to catch ," Kurt hissed, his hand gripping Dan's.

The Ring of Greed flared violently, trying to siphon Dan's ta power. Instantly, Dan felt his strength ebbing away, each heartbeat heavier than the last.

The Ring could drain a person's life force in minutes; even a brief touch had already leeched much of his power.

"Damnit! Are you stealing from ?" Dan shouted, pulling out his phone and tracked his stats in real-ti.

Kurt laughed. "What, you need a photo of … for an autograph?"

Dan quickly tapped his own stats to check what he had lost. His eyes widened.

Strength, Charm, ta, Command—were all taken without discrimination. Every point Dan had secretly stolen since his return from Fort Myrone had vanished.

His scores were plumting below his Rank F baseline.

"This is a bloody disaster. I'll revert to Rank F in no ti," he muttered.

Kurt roared with wild exhilaration, his face twisting with manic delight. "I feel strong… invincible!"

Dan opened Kurt's stat screen again. All his tas had skyrocketed—but two unfamiliar attributes had appeared: Blood and Armor. Both were rising fast, faster than any other stat.

A grin crept across Dan's face. "This is perfect. I was racking my brain for a way to get rid of this damned curse, and you just volunteered to save ."

Kurt frowned. "What the hell are you talking about? You think draining you will save you?"

"Take it," Dan said softly, almost taunting. "Take more."

Kurt didn't hesitate.

He drew from Dan with reckless hunger. But he didn't know—what he was absorbing wasn't just ordinary ta energy. He was also taking the blue blood of the Annunakins coursing through Dan's veins.

"I feel invincible!" Kurt scread, his veins pulsating with stolen power.

"Soon," Dan said quietly, "you'll feel nothing. You'll beco a mindless monster."

"No! That won't happen!" Kurt protested, but Dan's smile only widened, knowing the transformation had already begun.

Sounds echoed from the hallway. The teachers and guards were on their way.

"Damnit, I haven't lost enough blood yet… but the guards and teachers are coming," Dan thought.

"It was ti to end it."

"Hey, monster," he called to Kurt. "People are coming. Do you really want to continue this? You're not going to kill , you know."

Kurt hesitated. The leech from Dan felt different and there was no sign he would be fully drained soon. "I'll co back for you another ti", Kurt told Dan.

Then he released his grip, preparing to flee.

But Dan's hand was faster. He caught Kurt's wrist and aid for the Ring of Greed from his hand.

"You're not taking this with you," Dan said calmly.

"No…" Kurt snarled, his hand curling into a fist.

Suddenly, blades of bone burst from his knuckles, slicing the air and forcing Dan back. Fist form Blade was a ta skill granted by the blue blood and Kurt already manifested the ability.

"Damnit—he's turning into a Deacon already?" Dan hissed.

Shouts echoed down the hall.

Security guards and teachers were flooding the corridor, their weapons raised and eyes wide at the sight of Kurt's mutation.

Cornered, Kurt's gaze darted wildly—then he spun, sprinted for the balcony, and vaulted over the rail. He crashed through the night air and disappeared into the darkness below.

Dan didn't move to follow.

"With his Live Feed," he murmured, a satisfied smile creeping across his lips, "I can track you no matter where you go."

Zairgid stumbled out of the room, nearly falling into Dan's arms. "Buddy… you saved again, I was praying for you to show up," he gasped.

"I heard noises from your place and ca out to check", Dan replied.

He quickly helped Zairgid and his girlfriend back into the room.

Suddenly, Zairgid froze, staring at his girlfriend. "Who… who are you?" he demanded.

The woman had changed. Her youthful form was gone, replaced by the appearance of an old, haggard woman.

"I'm Betsy… darling, don't you recognize ?" she cried.

"No…" Zairgid whispered, horror-struck him like lightning.

Dan stepped back, closing the door behind him, leaving them to process the shocking transformation.

Then the teachers arrived at the scene.

"What happened here, Dan?" Principal Misk asked, with narrowed eyes.

"An intruder attacked Zairgid," Dan explained. "He chased him out, and the intruder jumped from the balcony into the fields."

"Weewoo weewoo"

Within minutes, the police arrived, followed closely by the SIA team. The situation was under control — for now.

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"What happened here? Was anybody hurt?" Dorin asked Dan.

"A girl was hurt, but she lives," he replied.

"How badly was she hurt?" she pressed.

"You'll know when you see her," Dan said quietly.

"Was it Kurt who did it?" Lander asked.

Dan nodded. "He was trying to steal ta power from the girl, but my friend was there and stopped the process midway…" He explained what had happened — leaving out the part about Kurt stealing from him.

"Were you hurt?" Dorin asked.

"No, I'm fine. Just a little exhausted, that's all."

"We'll post more guards around the school in case he cos back," Lander said firmly.

"Yeah, that's comforting," Dan muttered under his breath.

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After the SIA team left, Dan was alone in the dim corridor. He pulled out his phone and opened his personal stats display.

Na: Dan Dark

Rank: F?

Strength: 53 | Charm: 49 | ta: 42 | Command: 41 | Blood: 82 | Armor: 127

Dan stared at the numbers for a long mont.

He'd lost all the human ta stats he had gained since returning to lrose City and probably dropped a rank — but the loss wasn't that bad.

The bulk of what Kurt had drained was his Blood, followed by Armor, though at a slower rate.

Cursed blood still remained on him. The Ring of Greed hadn't been able to cleanse him of every drop of blue blood.

Dan smiled faintly. "This is a big harvest for ," he said under his breath.

He'd purged much of the blue blood still lingering in his system while keeping the majority of the Annunakin armor intact.

Dan exhaled and turned his phone back on. His thumb hovered over the interface before he activated Live View.

"Let's see where you're hiding, Kurt…"

The screen flickered, then steadied. Dan's eyes widened.

The Live Feed showed a park—probably Central Park of lrose. Bodies were scattered across the ground like discarded dolls.

"What the hell… he's started killing again?" He asked shocked at the scene.

Suddenly, the killing stopped.

At the center stood Kurt, trembling, facing a woman whose hand shimred with an eerie, otherworldly light.

Then the feed cut out—static, then darkness.

"Damnit," Dan muttered, slamming his fist lightly against the phone. "This has been happening a lot lately… damn connection."