Monster Integration

4145  Out

"It was a nice battle," she said after a moment of silence. "It was," I replied.

"Redyn Silverstone, Hazal Adanes," she introduced. "Marxin Yerib, Kirgos," I replied, and her eyes sharpened.

"You are not Marxine," she said, and she was absolutely sure of it. "Just like you are not, Redyn Silverstone," I replied with a smile and she glared.

The only thing they share is their race and the water element. The last time I had Redyn was one and a half months ago. She was still at the absolute limit.

Though, that is not why I am so sure she is not Redyn.

I am sure because I had seeded her. So, I can tell with absolute certainty that she isn't Redyne.

"See ya," I said and turned before walking away. Keeping the shield on my back in case she attacked. She likely not, but you could never tell with the people.

"Wait," she called as I took a few steps forward.

I stopped and turned toward her before arching my brow in question.

"Any tips?" she asked.

"What do you get in exchange?" I asked back with a smile. The glare returned with an even greater intensity, but a moment later, a small box appeared in her hand, and she threw it at me.

I caught it before opening it, and I have to say, she is quite generous.

"Choose the painting you want the most, but comprehend only once. Comprehend from others before coming back at it at the last," I advised.

She seemed surprised to hear that.

If she had given me a common resource, I would have told her the complete truth, but the thing she gave me was quite good.

"Thank you," she replied.

I nodded and walked away. Still, as careful as others, but this time, I moved faster.

The monsters are closing in, and I have to disappear before they come at me. The fight had been good, but now, I wanted to get in my abode and meditate on what I had learned.

It took me three and a half minutes before I took out my abode and entered inside.

The first thing I did was take a shower, of course, before waiting for a simple breakfast, despite feeling famished. Once I was done, I walked into the practice room and sat down before closing my eyes.

A few seconds later, I am in meditation with a complete focus on comprehending the spatial principle I had felt from the painting.

Before I knew it, I found myself in a deep meditation.

Hours passed, but I had no knowledge of it. I got fully lost in the meditation.

When I came to myself, it was past eleven in the night. I had stayed in the meditation for over fifteen hours.

I didn't get up immediately. Instead, closed my eyes again and stayed in my core for nearly an hour before coming out and getting up.

I freshened up and ate before returning to the practice room, but this time, I did not meditate.

There is a large limit to fill, and practicing daily would help me a lot.

Fifty-one minutes and seventeen seconds later, I was finished and sat down slowly.

"The formula will need to be stronger," I said as I stopped taking deep breaths to control the tiredness.

I used the new formula my clone had made after I broke through the salaries, but if the data I am seeing is right. Then, I would be able to bear it even stronger.

It will be more dangerous, but I am going to do it.

…

Step!

The next day came, and I stepped out of the abode in the morning sun after dawn.

The energy is dense, but I moved through it without any problem.

I moved fast, much faster than I had ever been in this place. I would slow down and move the stealth at full power before increasing my speed again.

Roar!

I heard the faint roar behind me. It was the monster chasing me, but I had left it behind.

I am leaving this place. I really don't want to, but I have the resources and a great comprehension of the space. Most importantly, the limit on artificial strengthening had disappeared.

I am going that to the max.

Here, each spot could give me enough progress that would take months and years to make. So, I am going to sacrifice the resources which I am collecting with the intention of gaining strength.

Soon, I reached the boundary. I crossed the massive distance in more than an hour, which took me days to cover.

I was capable of moving at such speed before, but I was not strong enough to protect myself from the strong monsters. Most importantly, there were Primes, but now not anymore.

Because of that, I was able to move much faster with much less worry.

Though now at the boundary. I will have to go slow. If I tried to move faster, I might find myself dead before I knew how.

I moved toward the spatial rifts and blades while my soul sense spread wider.

I am now feeling much greater familiarity with it than I had when I came and noticed I was moving much faster than before.

I was able to predict movement more accurately, which gave me an edge.

Every step would take me closer and closer to the exit. Though, now and then, I had to widen that distance as the road in front of me would be closed.

The most frustrating thing about it is how quickly the roads closed.

One second, they would be open, and another second. A lot of spatial blades would gather on it, blocking it.

Still, despite all that, I am moving much faster than before.

Time passed as I moved around the spatial rifts and dodged the blades. There are hundreds of them, and despite my sensitivity, some were able to reach really close to me.

Step!

Finally, after what felt like days of strenuous time. I got out and did it with less than a third of the time.