Chapter 941: Krune’s Preparations to Retain Mental Sanity (2/2)

Even though he didn't have such plans, at least, when he had such an intention, he could do it readily. Moreover, Krune had a lot of the Monster Gecko skin that he had hunted over the months. He was using this to form a flooring on the boat, giving a leather finish in its interior.

This way, he would have comfort while being able to train. He had been planning some rooms to add as well while he was at it. In the chamber where he had been sleeping was now the construct that he had been working on for almost six months.

In the first two months, he had been creating some tools that he could later use, other than the traps. After all, everything he was doing was to not go insane. Krune knew for a fact that if he didn't have anything to think about during this time, he would literally go insane.

So, he busied himself, resting when necessary and working for the rest of the time. This way, he kept his mental erosion in check. As long as he was busy, he would remain sane. But even then, once he began to consider the Monster Geckos as just food, Krune stopped caring about their life and death.

That was why his schemes became crueler as time passed. And now, if any Monster Gecko saw what he was about to do, they would lose their minds. After all, having grown before him was a bone tree that spanned 40 meters in height.

And what ripened on it was a fruit that was twice his height. Similar fruits were hanging all over the bone tree. But, a single glance at the Mutated Monster Gecko was enough for him to determine the real deal among them. The rest of the fruits were just fakes of similar size and without any real substance. They weren't even worth a normal bone tree fruit.

Having been observing it for the past two months, Krune was able to guess its emotions by now. As he noticed the unabated excitement in its eyes, Krune realized that the colossal fruit had ripened at this moment.

He grabbed hold of the two ropes, clutching the second one with greater strength as he tugged the first one. The moment he tugged it, the thin branch holding the colossal fruit snapped, causing the colossal fruit to fall.

If it fell from such a height, it would just shatter into mush. That was why he had tied it with the second rope. As the colossal fruit fell, its weight pulled the second rope that was hung over another branch, used as a pulley.

Holding on the other end was Krune, immediately pulling into the air as the colossal fruit fell. Krune had jumped accordingly, making his body move up. The pull from the second rope then continued to pull him up as the weight of the colossal fruit was almost the same as him. Even though it was twice his size, their weights were similar.

The colossal fruit wasn't as dense as its size implied. This worked in favor of Krune, whose body moved up. He used his legs to walk over the stem of the bone tree, controlling the speed at which he moved up, applying more and more pressure as the fruit moved downward.

Eventually, he used the tension and weight differences to make the colossal fruit stop a meter above the ground, slowly making it land. Krune then leaped from one branch to another, landing on the ground soon after.

Over the past two months, as the bone tree grew, he had been practicing climbing it. After all, time was of the purest essence now. He couldn't waste it by climbing down slowly. Krune noticed that the bone tree hadn't shown any signs of wilting yet.

After all, it was robust and was massive. Even the twenty-meter-tall bone tree took almost half a day to completely wilt. And, this seemed to take even longer. It was exactly what he desired. Krune used his Whale Tooth Dagger to cut the Mutant Monster Gecko's bindings, kicking its shoulder joints to set its arms back in place.

Though, he didn't set them up perfectly. The Mutant Monster Gecko was still able to move its hands, but it couldn't use them to fight. To the current Krune, it wouldn't pose as much threat as compared to a normal Mutant Monster Gecko.

Moreover, over the past two months, his vicious practices had almost tamed the Mutant Monster Gecko. After all, the moment it was able to get up, it whimpered, bowing a little while facing Krune.

There was a limit to the duration a mortal's mind could remain steady. Even the two-century-old monster Krune had succumbed to his mortal state of mind, not to mention a mere monster with lacking intelligence. Moreover, its opponent was Krune, a monster that had lived past two centuries.

So, it lost the battle of wits, becoming subservient to Krune.

”It's all yours. Become a King now!” Krune kicked its ass, watching it pounce on the colossal fruit immediately. Among the two Mutant Monster Geckos, the current one seemed to have been older. Physique-wise, it was a tad superior. That's why he had chosen it. Sometimes, even the subtle differences meant a lot.

Also, since he had seen the two fight, he could determine the extent of their development. With that, Krune then watched the Mutant Monster Gecko devour the colossal fruit in a frenzy.