Chapter 930: The First Step (1/2)

Even though Krune was raring to go, his mind was calm. The blood and killing he had done mechanically in the ocean waters ensured that the adrenaline didn't get to his head and make him form heated decisions. The moment he began to run forward, a hook flew towards him, aiming at his right thigh.

Krune directly activated his Neon Radiance soon after, causing his opponents to flinch while allowing him to see everything better and evade the attacks. He still wasn't used to only relying on the Sonic Radar to move around. After all, all his life, he had relied on his eyes.

Moreover, sensing through the eyes was faster when compared to the Sonic Radar. It was also more accurate, especially in cases like the hook and the thread connecting to it. In his Sonic Radar, such tiny objects weren't clearly registered.

Moreover, when stretched tautly, the thread vibrated, causing unnecessary sounds that further threw off his accuracy. So, Krune just decided to rely on his Neon Radiance. Through his prior probing, he determined that there were only these two Monster Geckos in this place.

So, as long as he didn't waste his time, he wouldn't get caught. And now, he threw a Whale Tooth Dagger with all his might, using its inherent weight to his advantage. As the two Monster Geckos screamed due to the intense light he emitted, the Whale Tooth Dagger he threw pierced the chest of one of them.

Sadly, it wasn't a critical wound. With that, Krune followed it up with a kick, lodging the dagger all the way in. His kick sent it flying, causing it to wheeze and struggle to get up. It seemed like the dagger had pierced through its lungs, preventing it from getting up for the time being.

Followed by a swift jump, Krune arrived at the back of the other Monster Gecko, stepping on its tail as he slid his hands under its armpits, aiming to do a chokehold. Once he had done so, he exerted strength in one hand while tumbling, using his body weight to cause the two of them to fall.

At the moment they fell, the impact pushed his hand further, dislocating the Monster Gecko's shoulder, making it scream in pain. He stomped on its other hand and pressed on its head using his hands, taking out the thread he had saved up.

Krune swiftly tied up its head, increasing the pressure he applied with his legs, soon dislocating its other shoulder in the process. Now that it was largely incapacitated, he used the thread to tie up its legs. He had used the thread from the fishing rods he had collected.

They were fairly strong, stronger than anything he could make in the current environment. After tying up the incapacitated Monster Gecko, Krune rushed towards the other Monster Gecko that was dragging itself over the ground, intending to escape.

He plunged the dagger into its neck, rending its life. Thanks to the light he emitted, Krune noticed that some of the blood pooled on the floor had moved towards a bone tree nearby, touching it. Then, as if it was vacuumed, the blood flowed towards the bone tree and was fully absorbed into it.

After pondering over what he had seen, Krune dragged the Monster Gecko's carcass and made an open wound of it touch the bone tree, watching the blood within be sucked out at an alarming rate. Soon, the Monster Gecko was devoid of any blood.

Upon noticing that the flesh wasn't affected, Krune went silent for a bit, dragging the alive one as he stopped before the bone tree situated right next to the one he had experimented on. And now, he made a tiny hole on its tail, gently touching the bleeding tip on the bone tree.

The same magical phenomenon happened once again. It seemed that the bone tree had the property to attract blood towards itself. Even though this property had a small range, only being around a centimeter from its surface, it was still pretty great.

Within a couple of minutes, all the blood in the alive Monster Gecko was sucked out. In any case, Krune could notice some differences. Unlike the other bone trees in the surroundings, this one began to develop scales over itself. Moreover, it was slowly growing in size. It seemed absorbing the blood of an alive one had differences as compared to that of a dead one.

Krune didn't know what the end result might be, but he sure didn't plan on observing it from such a close distance. After making sure he made a small marking on the floor nearby to point at the tree exhibiting such changes, Krune dragged the two Monster Gecko corpses with him. Along the way, he made a couple of discrete markings, stuff that one might not notice even if they stared right at it.

After all, there were numerous scratches on the floor, everywhere. It was like finding a needle in a haystack. But for him, he just drew a small image of the Pestlor. Since it was a unique item that he took a great liking to, he decided to etch that.

The direction the Pestlor's head pointed towards was where the tree exhibiting the changes was. This way, he would be able to find it more easily. Eventually, he exited the forest, making a similar marking near one of the bone trees that he was sure he could identify thanks to its alarmingly stout branches.