Chapter 257 (1/2)

Chapter 257

Chapter 257: Forbidden Fruit

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The purplish-red core thru to be unleashed

I could feel the grin plastered on my face, impatient to test out e to let loose, I had one thing to test out first—perhaps thea deep breath, I ed core and the a us, I slowed my breath

Force of habittechnique that I had utilized to gather a aether That wasn’t the case, however, concentrating onit caused a change to stir outside my body

Almost immediately, the effects were is asked i at the horned will-o-ith a sather ais’ nonexistent jaw dropped, his white eyes widening “Seriously?”

“Consu the aether from these chimeras directly is definitely faster andinto beasts fueled by aether Even if the monsters here are filled with theeon,” I explained

Regis nodded “That’s good Now I don’t need to worry about you dropping dead because you couldn’t get aabout your master?” I teased

“Master shmaster, my life is tethered to your pasty ass,” the black orb of fire scoffed

I rolled my eyes “If I knew that my weapon would turn out like this, I would’ve takento white core by myself”

“I love you too, ! We need to know exactly what your lie”

Concentrating on my core once more, I released a bit of aether and focused it on my hand However, as soon as the aether lefththe problem Out of desperation, I tried once more, only to be met with the same result The short concentrated burst of aether that I had expelled froain distributed evenly throughoutwrong?”

“I can’t control the distribution of the aether fro once thening my body but the amount left by the time it reached the hand that I actually wanted was just a sis frowned in confusion “Huh? But what about your h “Even when I finally think things are working our way, there’s an even biggertoward the unlocked exit “Nothing we can do but o back to the sanctuary”

“You’ve got to be kidding me”

“If I’m not able to control the aether inside then ets harder here, we at least knohat to expect on this floor,” I explained

“Ugh…” Regis groaned as he wobbled his way towardon the next floor Looking at these skinlessits toll on , we opened the door back into the sanctuary Imy pants from my knees down, I fixed up a sash to safely store Sylvie’s stone and wore it across my shoulder Then, I made a crude waterskin out of as left ofsure water didn’t leak from it, ent back into the hallway

“Why aren’t they waking up?” Regis said as we reached the center oncehallway had been put back into its pristine state e had left the sanctuary, but no matter how many times I walked back and forth in the hallway, the statues wouldn’t budge

Regis flew up to the statue of the warrior wielding a sword “Are they broken?”

“Maybe?” I walked up to one of the to use more than a tenth of the aether instatue, sending splintering cracks throughout its leg

Not bad, I thought Ounce for ounce—or whatever unit of measurement was used—aether was much more potent and efficient than is Occupy ht pal”

“Okay, but we should really make a name for this”

“Why?”

“Well it’s better than having you shout out, ‘Regis, enter is stated “It can come off as a little sexual to others, don’t you think?”

Infusing ain, I slapped the black will-o-wisp This tih hiround

“Ouch! What the hell? You can hit is fuood,” I s a string of curses, Regis flew intoe

Iravitate toward Regis After the rest of the aether in ht fist, I punched a different statue

However, there was no expulsion of aether like before when I had used this saainst the fused chih aether to release it as an attack,’ Regis explained

I gritted my teeth “Fine Tell me when”

I released more aether froht fist After about half of the aether stored insidewith the sais barked, his voice suppressed in concentration

I thrusta torrent of black and enta from my hand

The very air seee statue and the wall behind it

Regis fell out of my hand, dazed “I can probably use thaton ReadReadNovelFullonlinecom

“Same here,” I replied “That used a bit less than half of the aether in my core”

“Well, it definitely see the afterreed Without the chi, it er, so after spending the next half hour replenishi+ng my aether core, alked toward the door that’d lead us to the next floor

“Let’s go” I pushed open the tall h