Chapter 257 (2/2)

Iust of hu to my skin However, my mild dissatisfaction toward the warm sticky air was overcome by the scene ahead of is s

We had stepped into what could only be described as a jungle except for a few notable differences The first difference was in the plethora of white trees around us with leaves glowing in various shades of purple The second was that there weren’t just trees growing out fro of this enorht of the door we had co out of existence Shocked, I hurriedly reached for the h and I was left grasping at the air

I let out a sigh “Well, it doesn’t seeo back the e came from Come on, it’s a bit too open out here for my comfort”

The two of us ventured deeper into the ethereal jungle, noticing e environment We found thick pale vines that connected the trees on the ground to the trees growing on the ceiling In the air were hundreds of blue globules, so down

My senses were on full alert as we continued walking carefully through the dense array of otherworldly trees From time to time, I’d see shadows flit from tree to tree at a speed that exceeded some S-class mana beasts in Dicathen

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Despite how calh, I couldn’t help but feel restless

Regis, on the other hand, was enjoying the scenery as he flew up over the canopy of trees that blocked much of my view

“I can’t seeup and down the vines,” Regis noted before his eyes lit up “Oh! And you know those floating blue orbs? I think it’s water I saw a few of the from those”

I nodded,potentially dangerous

“Will you ease up? No sexy vixen demons yet but compared to the last floor, this place practically seeis insisted

“The only reason why you can relax is because you’re incorporeal,” I retorted, continuing to walk carefully with aether coursing within htforward halle had cole didn’t seem like it had any sort of predatory monsters of any kind that we had to beat in order to move on

“Over there! It was a different color and a little sis pointed out, gesturing toward a pear-shaped fruit hanging from a branch above us

I shot my companion a skeptical look

“Hey, I’roused, offended by my lack of trust

My initial reaction was to avoid the risk After all, who kno different the anatomy of the creatures in this floor was compared to me However, the more I stared at it, theup in this God-forsaken dungeon What’s e fruit was covered in a sheen of purple indicating that it contained aether within it

Withthis body, I knew that I didn’t need to eat nearly as much as before But eventually, I would have to, and the teot the best of me

I easily jumped up to the first branch, and continued to ascend To ht, e fruit

Just as I was about to reach for the fruit, sohtarea that made me immediately pull iantshut around the fruit…and where , however, was that I could still see the fruit inside the monster’smyself for its next attack However, thebut the giant fruit it used as a lure turned transparent

“Oops My bad,” Regis let out an unco everything first,” I quipped

My annoyance, however, was clouded bye fruit wasn’t just so back?” Regis asked, seeingfrom

I slowly reached back for the fruit once ht as the h to avoid it

It shut faster this time, I noted

With its mouth now cla to at least knock it unconscious However, rather than hit it,rab a branch beneath the fruit monster, but by the time I reached up, it had opened its is re the same face you did when you first tried to hit ht”

Cli back up to where the beast was, I tried once ashes on h, but this time as I struck at the transparent beast, I released h for a purplish-red sheen to envelop ive, as if h a layer of some viscous liquid, but beneath that was its actual body

The beast’s transparent body shuddered like rippling water It suddenly let out a shrill scream that ed to hold on to the tree, but Regis had been knocked unconscious

I struck it onceopen its mouth, I reached inside and pulled out the fruit that was suspended in the air

“What a weird creature,” Ionceback down, I checked up on Regis, as stirring back awake

“What happened?” the black orb asked, his voice shaky

I held the orange pear the size of a hand out at Regis with a sis studied the fruit “I wonder if it’s edible”

“There’s only one way to find out” I sniffed the fruit before barely nibbling on the outer edge of it just in case it was poisonous This body was muchlike this, but even then I was still cautious

As I chewed, a sour flavor filled my mouth It wasn’t bad—it just tasted like a more flavorful lee in my body

I buckled in pain as my insides twisted

Unable to keep round as my aether core slowly absorbed the piece of fruit

“Arthur!” Regis called out, his voice distant and muffled, but my attention was focused behind him past the treeline

Deep, rapid thuds of what could only be footsteps grew louder as the ethereal trees—whose branches reht—swayed fiercely in a path leading straight toward us