Chapter 188: A Nap (2/2)
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You have completed The Swallowing Jungle!
Difficulty: Fiendish.
Number of Participants: 1 | Average Level of Participants: 63
Rewards: 30 000 Talys, Seed of the Gem Flower.
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You will now be transported out.
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Rakna huffed as he read the spell's description. ”A multi-directional spell with high attack and a vast range. The risk of friendly fire aside, it's the dream AoE ability.”
”{It is indeed very good,}” Fray commented.
The therian nodded and closed the window. He was teleported out of the Dungeon right after and he appeared in front of a cavern covered in vines and moss. He yawned again but quickly sobered up when another System prompt chimed.
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The inter-dimensional transport has been finalized. The items have been placed inside your storage. The System apologizes for the wait. There was a delay due to dimensional turbulences in the place from which the items were taken.
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”Finally!” Rakna cried out and opened his Item Box. He pulled out the drug first and a vial of blue liquid appeared in his hand. He took a closer look at it and checked the label. ”Good. There wasn't any mistake,” he said and stored it back.
”{Are you not going to take it now?}”
”Are you crazy? I'll blackout the moment I use that thing,” he retorted. ”I need to inject it in a safe place. Hmm, there's only the Ordeal left to do for me to promote… but whatever, I prefer returning to normal as fast as possible. I'll do it later. Alexa; First Plateau.”
[Understood.]
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Rakna reappeared on the roof of the building he was on when he left the First and unhesitatingly jumped down. He free fell for a few seconds before deploying his wings. He used Stealth and flew right to the girls' hotel.
He retracted his wings mid-flight and flashed-stepped to the entrance with his hair and fur back to black. He hurried to the last floor of the hotel and ringed the bell at the girls' door. In just a few seconds, Evelyn opened the door.
”Ah, Rakna! You're back,” she welcomed him happily. ”I saw you on the news. Flavia told me about the full shift. Are you still…?”
”Yeah, I am. But I got the stuff that will turn me back,” he replied and she could tell right away that he was different. The tone of his voice was very obvious, of course, but even his vocabulary seemed slacker.
”Welcome back,” Nyx greeted him the moment he entered the lounge.
”Are you okay?” Flavia skipped straight to the questioning and worriedly examined him.
He rolled his eyes and snickered, something that took Nyx and Evelyn by surprise. Only the Chaos Witch was relatively used to it, though she had always been uneasy when she saw him like that.
”Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired as fuck,” he said and tossed her a vial of Poraxidium along with a syringe that came with it. ”Help me out, will you? I will sit down and you will inject me this to the back of my neck, just above the spine. Don't worry about hurting me, the syringe's size is tailored for that use. So, you can stab it all the way in and press the button.”
Flavia nodded seriously. ”This should be less dangerous than last time… right?”
”I don't know. To be fair, there might still be a chance of causing irreparable damages,” he said and took a seat on a couch. Flavia followed him and anxiously clutched the medicine. ”But I don't have a choice at this point. Do it. I'll try not to kick the bucket, so don't make a fuss.”
Nyx faintly smiled from the side. ”You really have a loose tongue in this state.”
”You've seen nothing yet,” he laughed. ”Sadly, I'm too tired right now. Flavia, go ahead.”
She nodded and placed the vial on the small table. She grabbed the syringe and pierced through the cap to load one dose. ”Are you ready?”
He nodded and turned his head so that she could see his neck. She took a deep breath and thrust the needle of the syringe into it. Rakna grunted and she pushed the content inside.
Without delay, he convulsed and his muscles contracted. The veins around his neck bulged as the drug spread through his nervous system. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
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❮◈❯ Pain Resistance has leveled up! ❮◈❯
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”Fuck, this crap hurts way more than I remember,” he growled out, feeling his consciousness fade away bit by bit. His eyes were already flickering between red and purple while his hair was now a mix of black and red.
”Is it a bad thing?” He heard Flavia ask worriedly.
”Nah… it's a good sign actually… means... my brain signals… are still… working… properly,” he said softly and his eyelids got heavier. The red finally went away from his features and he let himself fall on the couch.
”I'll take a nap… for a while…” That was the last thing he said before falling unconscious.