Chapter 77 Entering The Ceremonial Hunting Caverns 3 (2/2)

”Thanks, SAIL.” John thanked SAIL and then when to the middle of his bedroom to test out the Tech Ability.

He concentrated and then activated the Tech Ability by only using his thought.

*Whommm*

The moment he thought to activate the Tech Ability, it activated instantly.

A fine layer of transparent screen appeared around John.

[So this is the Barrier?] John tried to touch the screen. It was cold and surprisingly flexible.

John looked down at his PIPS and searched for how much UE it took to activate the Tech Ability.

[300 UE!?] John almost jumped from the scare he just took. [300 UE just to activate the Barrier? The expenditure of this thing is huge.] He frowned. He wanted to have something that could be used at his will and save his life whatever it was needed, but from the looks of it, he need to be careful when choosing to activate it or not.

He deactivated the Barrier and tried to activate it once again.

”Warning! Cooldown is set to be 30 seconds. Using the Tech Ability before the cooldown is done might cause irreparable damage to the Tech Ability Chip.” John heard SAIL's warning coming from his PIPS.

[Beside the huge expenditure, I still have to deal with the cooldown.] He thoughtfully stared at his PIPS. ”Looks like I have to think very carefully whatever I need or not to activate the Barrier if the situation seems grim...” John mumbled silently.

John then went back to roam through the items in the pile.

Apart from some medical resources, nothing else was going to be useful for his venture into the Ceremonial Hunting Caverns.

He decided to store everything once again into his PIPS.

John took the pistol, placed it on the holster of his belt in the left side, then he took the dagger and placed it on the right side.

With the scabbard on the right and a holster on the left, he almost looked a proper soldier, what was really lacking was the primary weapon, such as Assault Rifle, Rifle, or something of sorts.

He doesn't want to to use such weapons despite having them because he want to avoid accidentally killing a Floran by using such heavy weaponry.

John walked out of his room and went to find Peri.

He found her seating on the sofa of the living room that he, Peri, and Akna were discussing about the Great Hunt.

She was solely focused on cleaning her gray spear. She was very careful with every movement she made.

John stayed at a safe distance, far enough that she wasn't able to detect, and admired the sight.

After a few minutes of carefully cleaning, Peri finished what she was doing. ”What do you want, John?” She turned her head to the side and asked John that was hiding behind a pillar, watching her.

”You knew I was there?”

”I felt you approaching in the first moment, but I didn't want to get distracted while I was doing something that requires my full attention.” She simply said.

Peri had felt John the moment he had spotted her. She just decided to ignore him and finish what she was doing before speaking with him.

John embarrassedly scratched his nose and shyly sat the opposite couch from where Peri was seating.

Peri's eyebrow lifted up as she questionably stared at John. ”What do you want?”