Chapter 935: Blood Essence (1/2)

The Monster Geckos seemed to be in a festive mood as the Monster Gecko King soon raised its arm, causing the crowd to bellow with a festive spirit.

Upon a general estimate, there were at least 5000 Monster Geckos in the place, causing Krune to feel fear. After all, this was just under one Monster Gecko King. There were still four other Monster Gecko Kings on the Primary Landmass. In other words, he still had to face a lot of enemies before his dagger would reach the neck of their leaders.

Then again, aiming for the Monster Gecko King was almost impossible, considering it was always surrounded by a massive troop of Monster Geckos. Even otherwise, given the situation where it was alone, Krune had no confidence in facing it.

He had to spring up enough traps to damage it first before daring to go against it. Now that they were in a festive celebration, Krune decided that this was the best time to place his traps all over the place.

After a month's preparation, he had more than enough traps to use. Krune made repeated trips from his cave to the Monster Gecko village, bringing with him traps that he carefully held, placing them on numerous paths that trailed out from the village.

Of course, he took precautions to ensure that they wouldn't notice anything amiss after stepping on the traps. He first treaded through the paths himself, feeling the sharpness of the rocks that jutted out unevenly.

In a place with a lot of sharp rocks, he laid the traps one after another, placing at least three traps on a path, separated by at least 30 meters from one another. He then did the same on other paths,  letting out a sigh in relief when he had placed almost 80 traps around the Monster Gecko village, covering almost all the paths that they took to traverse.

This way, he was bound to damage a lot of them. After laying down all the traps, Krune arrived near the village, hiding behind a large bone tree as he hooted continuously, using the repeated sound transmissions to get a better image of the scene happening within.

It seemed that the Monster Geckos were having a tournament to decide the winner for something as all the able-bodied Monster Geckos participated in the fights. Even though a lot of them suffered from varying injuries, none of them died.

After all, when approached with such a situation, the Monster Gecko King would stop the match and declare a winner. Eventually, two contestants managed to win all their matches without suffering from any serious wounds, reaching the finals.

Now, they faced each other, going head-to-head the moment they were motioned to. Throughout the fight, none of them used any weapons, relying on their bare bodies to fight, as was their custom.

The two Monster Geckos were significantly skilled. The moment he observed their fighting, Krune realized that if he fought against one of them, they would be evenly matched. This was considering the immense fighting experience Krune had amassed. After all, he was an old monster.

But now, the fact that two Monster Geckos had the same level of combat experience as him, Krune was left aghast, realizing that there was more to the Monster Geckos than what met the eye. It made him wonder how scary the Monster Gecko King would be.

The two Monster Geckos fought for a long time before one of them ended up as the victor, raising its hands as it hissed with all its might, causing the crowd to roar in response. It then arrived before the Monster Gecko King, bowing.

The Monster Gecko King stood up as its hulking figure caused the crowd to turn silent. It then grabbed hold of the massive fruit and placed it before the winner, motioning for it to help itself. The winning Monster Gecko immediately gobbled up the massive fruit, struggling to eat as time passed, its belly feeling like it would burst.

Though, without stopping, it still continued to eat, stuffing itself to the brim. At the start, it looked like it might burst. But some time later, it seemed as if it could still keep eating. In actuality, it was because its body was increasing in size.

Soon, by the time it finished eating the fruit, its body had ballooned, seemingly on the verge of bursting. The winning Monster Gecko was no longer able to even move, remaining in place as it looked helpless. Even though that was the case, its body was subtly changing as it was digesting everything in the fruit, causing it to evolve as even its bone structure was changing, becoming larger as its bloated body began to adjust little by little, causing the crowd to cheer in response.

Krune realized that by the time the winning Monster Gecko finished absorbing everything from the fruit, it would become a Mutated Monster Gecko. 'Is that how they're created? Then, why aren't they created en masse?'

He couldn't fully understand the mechanics of the system in place, just deciding to experiment and see if he could create a Mutated Monster Gecko on his own. As long as he killed it right before it finished evolving, there might be a chance for him to harvest some Godly Points.

'Well, it took a month for that fruit to ripen. So, if I plan to do the same, I have to plant a bone tree in a secluded cave. Since I won't suffer any losses even if there are more of them, I should try to experiment to the limit. If it works, then it's better for me,' he thought before muttering, ”Even if they're strong and have shown exceptional hunting capabilities, they don't seem sentient. So, that might explain the reason why they hadn't figured out this mechanic.”