Chapter 254 (1/2)

Chapter 254

Chapter 254: Round Two

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I toppled forward, collapsing hard on the cold an spreading around rasp that threatened to rip my consciousness away, I crawled away froet as far away frois muttered, his voice soft

With the plethora of wounds driving hot needles throughto keephand over ripped the shaft of one of the bone arrows lodged in my back

I stifled a scream as tears rolled down my face Without mana to protectthe arrow sent spikes of burning agony through uttural yell, I snapped the shaft off A wave of nausea overca in my stomach, I heaved water and sto

It took a few minutes for er since I blacked out a few tith I had left, I brought the bone shaft up toto—oh, yup yeah you are”

Regis regarded rimace but I didn’t care The aetheric aura was pure nourish to ed inup I consu of hoas going to get out of here now that I only had one leg

The pool of crin that I wasn’t bleeding anyeddown rew liainst the side of the marble fountain and let the darkness overcome me

I was jolted out ofinfor air as the wounds on is shot out of ?” I asked, controlling

“I swear that wasn’t uilty expression

I shot hi back a few more feet “I’ll tell you what I found out while you were sleeping, but first, check out your body!”

Confused, I looked down, preparing otten shot three ti had been blown apart by a shotgun that I could only iaze reached s, I couldn’t help but let out a sharp breath There it was, h down but completely intact and without a scratch I touched, prodded and pinchedto make it sure it was real, to make sure that it was mine

“Neat, huh! You’re like sois said excitedly

I let out a laugh, unable to contain my relief “You can’t think of a better life for to say lizard but they can only regrow their tails and that’s not technically—”

“Okay, I get it,” I chuckled before studying ashes and puncture wounds butwas completely blown off Do you have any idea hoas able to do that?”

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“I was getting to that,” Regis began “I don’t kno you got the idea of eating the aether co from those monsters but that saved you—no, it more than saved you”

“What do you ht now is neither hu in between because of the sacrificial aether art Sylvie used on you The problem you had once you becaed beyond repair Unlike a lesser, without a functioning and rather powerful mana core to boot, you can’t sustain this body”

“That doesn’t make any sense Hoould my own body not be able to support…my body?” I asked

“If you think of why asuras are so innately powerful, it’s because unlike lessers, their body is reliant on mana to operate Since thetaxed to even sustain their very lives If their mana cores broke, their whole body would slowly collapse”

I grimaced “Okay, so since I don’t have adown?”

“It was, until you savagely started eating the aether frois explained “After that, your body began to sustain itself a little better”

I looked down atat how different this body was compared to my old one It wasn’t just ed

“And et in ly siht that it was the aether froht? It was actually the aether you already had inside your body For some reason, when I went into your hand, all of that aether you had consuhout your body—ca…wait, does that mean you can basically siphon aether out of my body and use it for yourself?” I asked, suspicious

“Maybe,” Regis answered before hurriedly continuing “But I didn’t! Okay, er! Until then, I went inside your leg and made sure all of the aether you had left in your body was focused on regenerating it That’s why your leg is in perfect shape while the injuries on your back aren’t fully healed”

I let out a sigh, tired by howto pull fast ones over o walk over to that door and trigger the range liive me a few hours and I can think of even more creative ways to punish your incorporeal ass, but I don’t think keeping you on a tight leash is hoe’re going to get out of here”

Regis’ eyes widened at the thought before he nodded fervently

“So you said that the aether I consu and strengthening it before it’s all used up, correct?” I asked

“Yup Froathered, the aether tries to keep you at an opti wounds first, which is probably why you don’t feel thatthat if you consuer too in soht now, didn’t you notice?”

I raised a brow “Notice what?”

“My horns! They grew like an eighth of an inch!”

I stared at hih

“Anyere you were saying, my beautiful master?”

I pointed at the o back out there and try to harvest as much aetheric essence as possible either from the arrows or from those chireide “Seriously? To what end?”

“Until I get strong enough to kill theh the door and walking up to the triggering point in the hallasn’t any easier the second ti actually hter and stronger, plus I knehat to expect

With a ru chimera broke loose from its statue first—the same as last time

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I broke into a sprint back toward the door to the sanctuary I couldn’t allow oal was simple Consume asas little injuries as possible The fewer injuries I had, the is and an as we continued fleeing back while“We split the aether 50/50?”

“Nice try,” I scoffed “80/20 after ue…or y-ass”

“Maybe if you becoer, I can allocate so back over my shoulder

The two of us parted ways as the chimera leapt off the podiu its beady eyes at ed its needled teeth-filled jaw and let out a monstrous wail that sent chills downfaster than a brisk walk took more control than when I was a toddler

Still, I h to the sanctuary door without tripping this ti around to face the chimera, I stared as it ripped off one of its spiked vertebrae and nocked it on its bone bow

The chi the bone arrow in a piercing howl that tore through the air

I rolled out of the way, not trusting in As the arrow struck the wall, the entire rooather myself, the chimera already had two arrows ready to fire in its bow

It didn’t do that last tiis had reached the chi crazily around its face