Chapter 937: Monster Gecko Traditions (2/2)

It was like he was on drugs. No matter what he did, he didn't tire out easily. Though, Krune realized that it was only because of the boost from the Blood Essence Crystal. His body was still becoming physically exhausted. The moment its effects wore off, he would collapse in exhaustion and wouldn't be able to move for a long time.

So, after understanding it, he realized what the Blood Essence Crystal truly was. ”It's a concentrated mass of the energy in our physical body. Or in other words, a condensation of muscular energy.”

Krune trained for two hours like a maniac when he felt the energy from the Blood Essence Crystal eventually wear off. He immediately ran towards the pool and jumped into it, noticing immense exhaustion set at the moment the effects wore off.

The exhaustion was to the extent he almost lost consciousness, feeling unbearable pain all over his body. Thankfully, he jumped into the water, feeling a bit relaxed as he drunk it, gulping it down until he couldn't drink any more water.

The healing property in the water alleviated his strained muscles little by little as Krune fell asleep, only waking up after half a day had passed. He woke up groggily, feeling a splitting headache when he noticed his body was feeling brisk.

Krune clenched his hand into a fist, feeling that his strength had increased a tad bit as compared to the day before. The improvement was staggering, something he would need a couple of weeks to obtain.

”Just this alone makes this an amazing treasure for mortals.” Krune laughed, finding a path that he could proceed upon now to develop himself in this dangerous place. Now, he was no longer afraid of the Monster Geckos. Rather, he saw them as a tonic that would boost his growth.

Though, that didn't mean he planned to go on a massacre. It didn't conform with his ideals. He only planned to kill based on his needs, no more, no less. It was a simple rule of survival of the fittest. It was what he had been following all his life until now, and that was what he planned to do from here on out as well.

Krune soon exited the cave, hunting some Monster Geckos from the second village while in the presence of some witness, driving a wedge between the relations of the two villages. He used them to grow the bone trees, returning to his cave as he consumed another Blood Essence Crystal and trained himself like mad.

When he was done, he rested in the pool, healing his body slowly. He determined that he could only consume a Blood Essence Crystal every three days for maximum benefits. Before that, his body would still be damaged, and the effect would drop. Moreover, he would injure himself further and would require even more time to heal.

If he delayed beyond three days, then it was simply a waste of time. So, Krune maintained the time correctly, using some of his resting time to hunt the Monster Geckos. The Monster Geckos needed to eat daily. With that, groups of Monster Geckos roamed through the forest daily at regular intervals to harvest the ripened fruits.

With such a schedule, this gave Krune a lot of opportunities to hunt them. Moreover, during one of the times when he spied the first village, Krune noticed that when a female Monster Gecko gave birth, it usually laid 6-8 eggs.

On top of that, it seemed that the time period for her to lay the eggs was short, only spanning around two months based on his observation. ”But if their fertility is that potent, then their population should have exploded massively by now.”

Thinking as such, Krune passed the foggy layer one day, now being able to see using the sunlight. He noticed that there were indeed a lot of Monster Geckos on the Primary Landmass. It seemed that they had a tradition to follow, the cause for their controlled population.

Every month, a large batch of Monster Geckos that had matured would leave the Primary Landmass and head into the ocean above to hunt for fish. The bigger the fish they hunted, the stronger they were, and the greater they were lauded.

And that basically determined if they had a chance of becoming a Mutant in the future. But it wasn't as easy as that. After all, constantly swimming in the ocean surface touching the Primary Landmass's face were dangerous predator fishes that were massive and dangerous.

So, most of the Monster Geckos lost their lives in this way. Though, that also meant that the survivors were praised all the more. At these times, the survivors would drag in massive fishes that they had killed in the waters.

Most of the time, they would only eat the fishes a little to celebrate their victories before dropping them whole on the bone trees. After all, eating the fruits on the bone trees was more beneficial to them than eating the fish. Hunting them was just one of the traditions they followed.

”So, that's why their population hasn't snowballed out of control yet,” Krune muttered before descending through the foggy layer, arriving at the bottom of the Primary Landmass, returning to his cave to train.