Chapter 934: The Ripened Fruit (1/2)

”…Damn it…haah…damn…hah…ahh….” Krune muttered as he gasped for air, still unable to heal as he felt his body had become heavy. Of course, he couldn't leave as is. After all, he didn't have enough rations in his cave.

On the tablet, he saw the message telling him that he earned one Godly Point, muttering, ”So, they were indeed called Monster Geckos. My naming sense is getting pretty accurate these days. But…”

He sighed, continuing, ”I earned one Godly Point, but I also spent one. So, the only extra I got from this was my injuries.”

His left hand was useless as he felt pain all over his left shoulder. He didn't even know the extent of his injuries, only barely alive thanks to the Water Essence he had consumed. It was still taking effect, so Krune was able to remain conscious and move.

He retracted the tablet and picked up his two daggers, beginning to work on the Mutant Monster Gecko, cutting its limbs first. Even though it was difficult, he didn't wish to waste anything that might serve useful to him, especially a carcass as valuable as the one before him.

He used the bone tree branch to suck out all the blood. And upon pondering over it, he broke some branches that he felt would be useful for him later, intending to experiment with them.

Once he cut up the Mutant Monster Gecko's carcass into numerous pieces, he used the thread on its fishing rod to tie up the pieces, dragging the lot with him as he moved. Even though it was tremendously difficult because he was in pain all the time, making it difficult for him to even walk, not to mention pull such a tremendous weight with him, Krune felt like he was about to die.

Though, unwilling to waste away, he grit his teeth and continued to move, making a round-about path as he arrived before his cave, inspecting the path behind he had traversed upon using his Neon Radiance, taking note that there weren't any traces of him dragging the Mutant Monster Gecko's carcass.

With that, he transported each piece into his cave, making numerous trips, at the end of which he felt he was closer to death. Setting aside everything in his cave, he laid on the floor right next to the pool, closing his eye as he fainted, no longer able to bear the pain.

His left hand was unnaturally twisted, bent alarmingly. Once he passed out, the effect of the Water Essence kicked in with greater potency, causing mild cracking sounds to emit from his broken left arm.

Such sounds also resounded from the ribs on his left, same for the legs and hip on his right. It seemed that he was injured in a lot of places, enough to die as a mortal if not for the Water Essence's help. A day later, Krune woke up groggily, barely managing to get up as he drank water, carrying some with his pouch before heading to the place where he had stored all the meat, sprinkling the water on them to keep them fresh.

He then ate some meat, returned to the place beside the pool, and fell asleep immediately. Cracking sounds began to emit from his body once again, a sign that he was still healing. The Water Essence was adjusting his muscles to tighten and loosen gently, aligning the broken bones back in their original positions using the muscular contractions and expansions.

As he was injured, and as his body was expending a lot of energy to help the Water Essence in healing, Krune was immensely tired.

With that, he spent most of the day sleeping. In the remaining time, all he managed to get done was drink some water, sprinkle some of it on the meat, and barely relieved himself. After that, he continued to rest, passing the days in such a fashion.

He didn't even know how many days had passed, having lost track of time because the place was dark all around. After a month had passed in such a fashion, Krune managed to recover completely, feeling that he had become a bit stronger than before.

He was already able to move normally for the past four days but decided to rest until he was completely healed. He also noticed the wounds that he had sustained while adrift on the ocean had also closed up completely, not even leaving any scars behind.

A month was enough time for Krune to finish all the meat on the Mutant Monster Gecko's carcass. That was the only way he could still keep an approximate track of the time. Krune judged that as he lacked energy and was recovering, he would have at most eaten twice per day. So, for every two meals, he counted it as a day had passed by.

Even though it was a rough calculation, he had a general estimation of the situation. So, he was able to plan himself accordingly. ”The ticket to this place costs about 5 Godly Points. And, I have already consumed one Water Essence. So, my expenditure is at 6 Godly Points. I have to earn at least that much to say that I've broken even. My profit will only start after that.”

He shuddered, thinking about having to face more Mutant Monster Geckos and even the Monster Gecko Kings. After all, there were five Kings and 10 Mutants on this Primary Landmass. All he had managed to do so far was kill one Mutant.