Chapter 256 (1/2)
Chapter 256
Chapter 256: The Core
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“This is crazy It’s not going to work”
“It ,” I quipped, flexing the fingers of is zipped up to ht blow yourself up bothering you?”
I swatted hi coer “Why are you even atte this anyway? You just demolished the hidden boss of this level with a punch! I think you’re strong enough”
“I can’t just rely on sustainingaetheric essence off of monsters”
“So your plan is just to form your oer source? Geez, I wonder why the wise and powerful dragons of the Indrath Clan haven’t thought of so like that…oh wait, they have!”
“Yes, I re to form a core out of pure aether within the body of an infant clan member that was born without a core You literally just told is asked as if he were speaking to an infant hihed “That the baby was met with a bloody death”
“So why are you still trying to do this?” Regis seethed
“Because I have no other choice if I want to get stronger I don’t want to rely on te another lifeform’s aetheric essence You sa fast it depletes fro”
“‘That’s no reason to kill yourself over this!”
“Regis” I stared coldly into the eyes of the black will-o-wisp “I’ fed ainst retainers while scythes are in a whole other league I’eon or ruin—whatever this place is I’th that can put etting out of here justis remained silent as he studied me, his expression laced in a mixture of frustration and concern
Finally, he let out a sigh “Fine Aside from the fact that you can physically eat aether, why do you think that your attempt won’t be any different fro that I was responsible for preure so out”
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The first step ofthe chimera
I studied how the aetheric essence had become bound to the chimera corpse Despite the fact that the chimera couldn’t control or e of the essence
Utilizing my unique perception of the aether around me, I conducted experiments on the corpse
Because it had been killed, the aether didn’t actively try to regenerate the broken parts of the chimera corpse Instead, it seemed like it was in an almost suspended state
Injuries that I had inflicted on the corpse postenerated, and while there was some loss of aetheric essence frois, try going inside the chi my eyes off the corpse
“Well, I wasn’t able to when it was alive, but I never tried it on a dead chiiant body
Rather than sink inside the surface of the chiis let out a pained grunt fro to me “Happy?”
“Not particularly,” I replied, not even bothering to look at hi the flow of aether around the chi particularly insightful, II’d learninto form my mana core
The entirety ofhow aether moved within ans, and how it dissipated from the surface of my skin constantly
Next, I focused on the shattered pieces of ather or produce er there ThatStatic Void or Realmented shell of my mana core was still here insidethe broken pieces ofthem as imperfections in my body that needed to be discarded since it served no purpose
Thinking that all of the painstaking years of work refining and strengthening h my chest, and it took all I could to pry myself out of that pithole
That’s when it struck me The aether saw the broken shards of my mana core as an injury… however, because it didn’t serve a function any to reht that it did?
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My eyes shot open, surprising Regis who had been observingup to my feet, I looked at the various sections of its body where ether to for the creature oncethe chi—but the fact that the aether determined that this course of action was the best choice told , I went back to ly, just like how the chimeras couldn’t actively control the aether that powered their bodies, I was unable to actively manipulate it as well
I tested a few theories I would purposely injure myself to study how the aether would behave and interact withinclose attention to hts My actions would be considered insane to any passing set of eyes but I didn’t care
I had learned soainst the chiainst the fused chi profusely
It took a few dozen ti myself to actually confirm my hypothesis, but what I realized was that intent influenced the movement of the aetheric essence within me
This was nowhere near the point of ht that regenerating a certain part of my body took precedence over another part, the aether took heed of that advice
I wasn’t able to forcefully manipulate aether like I had been able to with mana But the very fact that aether could be influenced to do soether meant that the chi on ReadReadNovelFullonlinecom
What if I can soetherrid of it and have it build a new core over my broken one?
But the aetheric essence were too dispersed within my body At this rate it would just slowly eat away at the broken reether