Chapter 261 (2/2)
“Come on, you pea-brained rats! Try and touch me with those manicured claws of yours now, bitches! Hahahaha!”
“Now!” I roared as the final wave of giant rodents clambered atop their brethren and leapt off in a desperate atteis
I usedoff the colu my body, I stepped on the heads of the crazed rodents, cliet as close to the other side of the crevice as possible With the river of lava below me, et to the other side
Just before the giant rodents underdown, I leapt off the crest of the rodent pile
I pushed away the thought ofinto the river of lava that was blowing hot air even all the way up here I doubted that even enerate me faster than the lava would eat away aton ReadReadNovelFullonlinecom
My eyes locked onto the rodent up ahead in the air It had et Regis
Sta rodent’s back, I pushed off of hiain the extra distance I needed to reach the other side
“You’re not going tojust a few feet shy froer, I su sliver of aether to reinforceit into the face of the cliff
The very air distorted in ripples fro closer
‘Use is sent asblack and purple
With no time to waste, I unleashed the aether coalesced into ht at the rocky cliffside
The i for a second until I barely e of the depression that I had created
My hands—along with the rest of ed to hold on
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Clinging for dear life until I was able to pull myself up, I fell flat on my back in the small cave that I had created with Gauntlet Foris cheered as I struggled to breathe The air was thick here, but it was a bit different froure out why, I was te unconscious this close to theed nonchalantly “Meh, I’ out what happens to er chunk of aether next ti back to themy body with aether, I should be able to cliet as far away as possible from this river of lava that I had clearly seen bake those puma-sized rodents alive in mere seconds
However, ree Staring down, for so river of lava would help me
“So, you all rested up? Ready to cliis asked cheerfully as he continued to watch a few dumber rodents chase after us and fall to their fiery deaths
It hen I spotted several glints of purple floating away in thethis way
“No Not yet,” I said asthe inside of the man-sized cave I was in, yet another brilliant plan ofinto place
“Tell me the truth, Arthur You’re a masochist, aren’t you”
“No, I don’t particularly enjoy feeling pain, Regis,” I stated, loweringyourself in lava for shi+ts and giggles?”
I stopped “Do you mind? I kind of need to concentrate if I don’t want is rolled his eyes “Oh, I’ in lava”
“Apology accepted, now shut up” I took a deep breath Even after hours of testing dozens of tiemy entire body into the strea, but tolerable heat coursing throughaether fro but it didn’t take long forthis I had been right, except, it had gone beyondpurple claws of the rodents had confirmed my instincts and had set the plan into e was the most uncertain Just like how the last level had its own unique ecosystem, so did this one
When I had consumed the aether from the rodents’ claws, I realized that they were only coated in aether Their natural clahile sharp and near-indestructible—were just black Seeing how their bodies weren’t able to innately wield aether like the chimeras, monkeys, or the millipede, I assuh soround, using their sharp claws to dig tunnels, so I speculated that in the ground was soh in order to layer their claith aether
After hours of usingand punch deeper into the cave that I had is and I had found it…
An aether crystal
The one that we had ed to find was about seven feet in diameter and extremely dense in mana
If the first part of my plan had been uncertain, then the second part of my plan should be described as painful
With no way of knowing if my body would fare any better than the rodent claws, I did the only thing any wise and intelligent person would do: test
After another several hours ofthe aether crystal, and doing it again while adjusting the input of my aether, I had finally co on one of the shallow ends of thea boulder into it
But it had paid off My body felt as if it was going through the tee of ain every second
Because of how much aether I needed to expel constantly in order to keep , as well as to be in a state of equilibriu within this molten river, I could only be inside for about a minute at a time At least at first, that is
“Wow Five ed with a nod “New record”
I stared at the aether crystal that had now dulled into a hazy gray color “Just in tiis’ eyes sparkled like a puppy in front of a steak I felt a little sorry for iven up on trying to chase after us, Regis’ favorite shoatching the rodents fall and sizzle in the molten streao in and out between the ave hiand the white dagger I had grown fond of, I draped the teal fur-lined cloak over is declared before stopping abruptly and turning around “But before that… was it worth it?”
I let aether erupt froenta cover my entire body, however, my aether burned a brilliant purple—all traces of the reddish hue now gone What really surprised Regis though, was the fact that alht fist
My lips curved into a sape stupidly “You tell me”