Chapter 949: A Second Hovering Blood Essence Crystal (1/2)

Days passed in such a fashion as Krune did everything in his capacity to heal himself faster. He gorged himself with meat until his belly felt like bursting while making sure to keep his Ocean Heart activated all the time.

Four weeks later, Krune was back in good shape, having regenerated his right leg. Sadly, he had lost three of his five energy rings in the process. Then again, as long as he accumulated energy in his body, he would recover it later.

At the very moment he recovered fully, Krune directly infiltrated the first village and dragged out a couple of Monster Geckos. It was easy considering all he had to do was emit his Neon Radiance, and all the Monster Geckos would faint.

Using this as an opportunity, Krune roamed around the village, trying to see if he could find anything that he could use. There were indeed a lot of items in the place. Though, most of them were derived from the ocean. As for Krune, they weren't exactly useful. If it had been him from six months ago, then he would have taken them all.

But now, he had crafted everything he needed, no longer interested in the tools used by the Monster Geckos. After roaming through the entire village, Krune checked the tents of the two Mutants, noticing that the items inside were of superior quality.

But just as before, he wasn't interested in them, heading towards the King's tent before finally noticing a suffocating presence emit from the bones of the tent. At the moment he felt this presence, Krune could feel a mild itch in his throat, realizing the owner of the bones immediately. ”This is from a Sonic Radar?”

”Damn, this Monster Gecko King actually managed to hunt a Sonic Radar?” Krune shuddered, thanking his intellect once again for not trying to fight against it head-on. After all, even after he had trapped them significantly and gave them a sense of urgency using the bone trees that grew out of their bodies, he was still significantly injured.

And out of all the attacks, Krune didn't even take any direct hits. Even the ones that sent him flying were only reflex actions by the Monster Gecko Kings. If he had taken a direct hit, the bones in his arms would have broken into pieces then and there.

Now that he looked at the bones of the Sonic Radar, Krune could determine the strength of the Monster Gecko King. He looked around, noticing the simplistic arrangement of the place. There was a throne in the center. In front of it was a tiny pool.

Judging by the traces of blood in it, the Monster Gecko King had been using it to heal its legs. Krune then noticed a certain box behind the throne. The box was made using the same material as their fishing rods.

He opened it to see a large yarn of the thread—used in the fishing rod. It was around a meter in diameter. In other words, the amount of thread in it was a lot. Upon seeing it, Krune smiled as he muttered, ”I'll be taking this.”

He was just about to return when he used his Sonic Radar subconsciously, immediately frowning as he could spot a faint line underneath the throne. Surprisingly, there seemed to be a stairway that led downwards.

Krune pushed the throne sideways, toppling it with great difficulty as he noticed a slab. Once he pulled it up, he looked at a stairway proceeding deeper into the ground. Judging by the size, it seemed to have been frequented by the King.

Using his Sonic Radar, Krune scouted the interior first, descending through the flight of stairs as he muttered, ”It doesn't seem to be too big.”

Sometime later, he reached the bottom, staring at a small cave that only spanned a height of five meters, barely enough for the King to remain standing within. The floor was covered with slick mud that seemed to glow in the dark.

Krune then touched the cave walls, noticing that the ocean water was seeping through it, collecting in the cave. It was surprisingly similar to his cave. Though the most eye-catching thing in the cave was a tree growing in the center. But considering its height that barely reached a meter, it was only a shrub.

The moment he looked at it, Krune figured out the source of the thread used in the fishing rods. As for the shaft of the fishing rod, it was the shrub's stem. Krune noticed some holes in the area around the shrub.

Judging by the width of the holes, it seemed similar shrubs had been planted in the place. The shrub only consisted of a straight stem that spanned a meter in height. And hanging from its top was what seemed to be strands of threads, numbering in the hundreds.

And finally, fixed at the top was a fruit. Upon seeing it, Krune could glean that by planting the fruit, he would be able to grow another of the shrub.

”If I have this, I'll get a constant supply of thread. That's the most important thing out here,” Krune muttered, plucking the fruit first to see if he could grow it normally. He then returned to the cave with the box, removing its contents before filling it with the soil from the ground.

He then left the place, blinding all the Monster Geckos along the way as he arrived at his cave, placing it in his boat, Paddle. He then stored the yarn of thread in another compartment.

Planting the fruit in the box, he watered it, hoping to see how it grew. Along the way, he had placed the throne back in its original spot to ensure the other Monster Geckos wouldn't stumble into the place and damage the shrub.

Done with the basic preparation, Krune muttered, ”I'll call you the Rope Bush.”