Chapter 277 (1/2)

Chapter 277

Chapter 277: One Step Forward

As my vision was flooded in a sea of purple, I could feelAs my senses entered the stone cube, I attempted to look deeper inside It felt like the further in I ‘traveled’, the h this space, the mud-like viscosity soon thickened and hardened until eventually it felt like I was pushi+ng against a brick wall

Even while I was disconnected froed, as if I was breathing through a wet cloth Straining to push through this wall stoppingforth, I pumped more aether out of h the wall

To describe the experience ofthe surface of the cuboid relic into words would be under the sheer coly random patterns and movements floated around me I couldn’t see an end to how far these polyhedrons went but for some reason, I knew that there was a boundary within this chaos

As more aether flowed out from my core and into this reale I was no longer just observing but actually affecting these geos

I found myself lost in a trance as I tried to make heads or tails out of the patterns, movements, shapes, and sizes of all of these polyhedrons thatthe aether within orized these polyhedrons in an effort to understand what this convoluted guidebook was trying to tell me

Finally, when my aether reserves fell to around a tenth of its capacity, I was pulled out of the realm As my consciousness returned, I found myself seated in the sa that had changed was that the roohtly lit by the afternoon sun—was now alis asked, lifting his head while curled up besidehave I been out?”

“About five or six hours I lost count after falling asleep”

“You need sleep?” I asked

Regis let out a wide yawn before answering “It’s like a battery-saver mode I consume less aether when I’m asleep so I can accu you are”

“Shove it,” he groused before hopping off the couch “So did you learn anything from the cube?”

“I don’t even knohat I’h “And the worst part is that I use up aether trying to study this piece of rock”

“daoing to be easy,” Regis said sarcastically as he walked away

I kicked hi a sharp yelp out of ht I’d ru tofor a ht as well learn a bitI’d want to check out along with the schools tohtly stunned expression

I frowned “What is it?”

“Nothing It’s just that, I thought you’d be scratching off your skin trying to find so,” he e lately, haven’t I?” I scratched ed, his“It’s understandable I don’t have a family aside frooing on with the ones I cared about”

I stood silent, taken aback by Regis’ nonchalant mention of me as his family It never occurred to me that he didn’t have anyone else except is as a weapon?

Regis narrowed his eyes “What Why are you staring at ot up from oing?” he asked, trotting along behind me

“Didn’t you hear what Loreni said earlier? There are a ton of mana beasts just outside of town” I shot my companion a smirk “I haven’t had the chance to really practice the lis a bit and earn soood”

I breathed in the crisp night air, our feet crunching against the foliage as the two of us rushed through the woods We wanted to get further away fro aether, but that didn’t mean we didn’t kill a few rocavids on the way These massive deer-like mana beasts had antlers not only on their heads, but down their spine and thick tails that they used as deadly clubs

Deadly for nores, anyway The er between their eyes, since their hides as ould need to sell

Regis had a harder ti his kills clean, but between the two of us, it took less than an hour to hunt down half a dozen of the rocavids roaht The only reason we stopped was because we ran out of space in the extradi crystal said you can’t put organic things into the rune on your ar that led to the base of the hill

“It seems like I can only put it in once they’re dead,” I answered,

Stopping in front of the boulder that stood at least a foot over h-level mana beasts ahead’ were carved with ominous splashes of dried blood on its surface

We crossed over to the other side of the clearing, where the ground began to gradually slope up as we trekked up the hill Whileunable to sensetask

While I was able to augic, I’d been unable to find a way to utilize aether to sense non-aetheric beings and objects

However, not having any sort of er and more predatory wildlife here saw us as an easy meal

The first mana beast that came after us was one I hadn’t seen before in Dicathen It reminded me of my sister’s bond, Boo, if he had four arms and a crocodile-like jaith three rows of serrated teeth

“Keep watch in case of any passerbys,” I ordered Regis while I faced the beast

With a gruesoed at er, I faced it head on

While oal was merely to test out my new Godrune I didn’t knohat tier this mana beast would be classified under but it would serve as a good guinea pig