Chapter 40: Cutting Free (1/2)

Arion was shocked to see that there were no visible injuries on his leg except for the dried-up blood from before.

He squeezed his eyes shut and open a few times to make sure it was not his mind playing tricks.

Even if he knew that he could only barely examine his legs due to low visibility, he was sure that he had no injuries since he felt no pain or any uneasiness while moving his legs.

Since he was not a disabled person in his past life, he felt no awkwardness in feeling or moving his legs. Otherwise, even if he gained control of his legs, he would take a long time getting used to his legs. After all, in this life, he was a disabled person from the beginning.

”How did my legs heal on their own...” Arion trailed off as he continued to examine his legs from all sides with a blank look.

”No, this is not the time to think...I should find a way to escape…” Feeling a ray of hope after regaining control of his legs, he no longer felt the same level of despair from before.

He glanced around to look for something to help him break out of the sticky webbing tied around his body.

Fortunately, he saw a small yet sharp stone lying among other stones just beside his leg.

”Ngh...come on…” Arion stretched his legs to sweep that stone towards him. He was careful not to make much sound since he had no idea when those Jawfiends were going to return or if they were still nearby, hidden within the darkness.

Still, he had no choice but to try since he might die either way.

”Phew…” Arion was finally able to push back the sharp stone towards his right hand. His hands were restricted, but he had enough freedom of movement to try and cut the webbing with his hand.

He began to cut against the webbing with the stone, and to his surprise, the strings of the webbing began to snap like a twig one by one.

Arion was astonished and wondered if he was holding a special stone with extraordinary sharpness for it to cut through the strings so fast.

However, he had no idea that inside his body, his heart was undergoing a change slowly. The blood pumping out from his heart looked slightly different from before and still seemed to be undergoing some changes.

His muscle fibers were becoming thicker and denser slowly, his bones reinforcing themselves with a mysterious energy, his nerves and neurons becoming more responsive and firing faster than before, his blood seemingly undergoing a subtle rebirth.

However, all these changes were taking place at a slow pace and so subtly that Arion wasn't even aware of what was happening to his body.

All he felt was that he was feeling more good as minutes passed, and the sluggishness and fatigue from before were non-existent.

Arion was too busy thinking about getting out of this place that he didn't pay much mind to anything else.

”Ooof, finally…” Arion rejoiced after cutting through the strings completely and letting himself free.

Astonishingly, he was able to move his arms without much difficulty other than feeling a slight numbness of being tied up too long.

He slowly got up and found that his legs were good to go, especially when he got used to them a while ago.