"This, the damage to his essence is really profound, it seems that he teleported, this method is from the ancient era and has not been heard yet."
"The areas inhabited by humans are colonies by the demonic race, and they are also not close, as they are located in the north. The closest area to this place is the Forbidden Zone... the Holy Desert!?" .
"Even if this is an assumption, this is only the correct conclusion from what I see. For him to be able to pass through that hellish desert, just what kind of person is this?" Inside the depth of a cave, several intermittent mutterings echoed. The inside of this cave was worn out, and its stone walls reflected a silvery luster. They were lined up. Several weapons lay like a rack of clothes on the side, and their handles were entirely made of stone.
In the middle, on several blades of grass, lay a human body, and several drops of black sweat fell from his body, and his chest rose and fell like a patient on the verge of death.
'It's really strange, I've never heard of someone who passed through that golden desert and came back alive,' thought the being on the side, its tail like a bouncing snake. This human had only been laid down for a few minutes, and his condition was getting worse every time.
To encounter such an encounter for the first time, the creature felt unfamiliar sensations. It escaped its prey and did not kill it. How many times did this happen?
It has never happened before!
Ever since he arrived with this loot, he kept watching it. He was curious to know how a human could overcome an almost impossible setback, and gradually he began to feel astonished, 'This is an ability to self-heal, yet the level of damage to his essence is greater than his body, making it lose its value.' The savage thought and watched the changes. The human body in front of him, 'This, he has a Blue Era mana essence.' The brute released a bit of his concentration and could directly tell the color of Ryota's essence.
"Okay, enough prying, I will try to help you stay alive." The being raised his fist and five white claws glowed with a golden light. Undetectable speed, he penetrated the area between Ryota's chest, "Well, this is the quickest way to deliver mana to a person's heart, but the structure... This body is so drained, has it been absorbed?' thought the savage in the middle of the process. He was a capable hunter, nothing would escape him like the physical condition of his prey.
Now that he had come into contact with Ryouta's essence, the savage was able to see the structure of his body like a scanner, 'Through the shrunken skin on his body his condition was not like that, it seemed to have been consumed by the immense heat of the desert, his bones were dry as well,' the savage closed his eyes. He began to imitate the image with his imagination, and began to move towards his head, 'Hmm, there are a lot of secretions moving from his brain to his body and vice versa. What a human being, even with his body dry, his brain mechanism is still fast,' thought the savage, and there was a big smile on his round face.
He can now find out how this human survived from a place where the chance of survival was reduced to zero.
The energy passed through the monster's body smoothly, its claws were like wide tubes.
The energy was absorbed by Ryota, and his fragile, paper-like body gradually began to change shape, becoming like a pillow.
'H-This,' the savage's gaze widened slightly as he felt something different, 'This transformation, is his essence beginning to evolve towards the green plane due to my absorption, ha, how cunning.' The savage looked at the pale face that was beginning to regain its colour, and he couldn't help but feel surprised. .
This human in front of him was arrogant, he was trying to absorb his essence in order to upgrade his own essence.
The brute had a curious look and did not mind if this human continued to take his essence from him.
What if he absorbed his essence?
The savage was certain that this moment was too important to see.
'Oh, it's starting to change, like this fast, is this really a race of humans, and also it's absorbing a lot of my energy,' the savage thought and thought he was watching a demon drawing his blood.
At the same time within his consciousness, Ryouta was swirling around his essence.
He understood everything, 'My essence has returned, not only that, but this person even helped me develop it to the second level.'
The color of his essence turned green and made him feel a little uncomfortable, every time he saw it, Ryouta remembered what he did before he moved.
But these memories were already forgotten by Ryouta for no apparent reason. As for Ryouta, his true face was far from being revealed.
'The person who saved me is not human, through the cycle of mana in his body, is he from a different race?' Ryouta thought and did not find this strange at all. He had met a different race of trees. Meeting another race had become normal.
He could tell that because of the massive mana flowing into his consciousness, his essence was originally losing life.
The damage he sustained from the transfer was truly serious, it was a good thing he was only damaged on his spiritual level.
If the collateral damage was physical, like smashing him into pieces, Ryouta wouldn't have any more chances to live.
Meeting someone who was not even of the human race was good for him, it saved him and helped him raise the level of his mana essence.
Ryouta's thoughts flew into his consciousness and he decided to start waking up, 'It will be strange to stay asleep even as I recover, and I also feel that the flow of energy is beginning to subside.' Ryouta gave one last look at his essence, which no longer received any energy from the outside.
It was clear that this person had withdrawn his energy from passing to him.
Ryouta closed his eyes inside his consciousness and canceled his connection with him, 'Hmm, h-this, is he the one who saved me?', he opened his eyes and what he saw were two material eyes like the eyes of a lion staring at him.
"Have you gotten better, human, hehe, congratulations on breaking through," the face of the person who could only be said to be an animal-shaped man with eyes and a cold smile on his huge face.
"Hehe, it's me, where am I?" Ryota directed a puzzled look at the person in front of him and asked.
"You can say it is my lair. You are now inside the lair of a monster you do not know," This man spoke in the form of a tiger, and his tone of voice was frightening, like gnashing of teeth. He bowed his huge head towards Ryouta and bared his saw-like teeth, "Aren't you afraid…
"Afraid, I feel a little afraid, and yet I cannot deny that you saved me." Ryouta did not remove his head from the claws of the monster in front of him and continued to speak, "I have been through a lot of pain. My remains were killed in front of me by monsters coming out." "In the sand in front of my eyes, I don't even know how I survived." Before the person in front of him could even begin to ask, Ryouta spoke with fluctuations appearing in his voice every time.
He was now inside the den of an unknown race, and from his appearance Ryouta knew one thing, this person was filled with the smell of blood.
'So, hey, he and his companions tried to go on a campaign. Of course, there is no way to this place except through the desert, and this desert was known for the danger of the monsters inside it. After the loss of the demonic race, all the monsters fled towards the deserts for fear of human smuggling. And those deserts were not a place for them," the savage thought, and he could not remember much, and his gaze remained on Ryouta. He never thought that this human in front of him would lie.
He had seen his miserable condition before, and when he combined what he heard from him now, he saw that his words were reasonable and logical.
"So then, but it will be more reliable if you speak in a more honest way, your actions expose you," the savage spoke and the sight before him was slow and he saw several twitches in the eyelids of the person in front of him.
Ryouta was exposed before he even finished speaking. Ryouta raised his head and met his gaze with the sharp gaze of the brute in front of him, and he saw a golden color radiating within it.
'Is this a skill? No, the skill will not be able to detect that I am lying in one moment. It will have many conditions, such as - how did he discover me?', Ryota thought and kept his gaze fighting with the gazes of the savage in front of him.
"Hehe, human, your tricks are really interesting. If I were a human like you, I'm sure he would fall for your trap," the savage spoke, a bit of criticism showing from his tone of voice.
He was a hunter who once terrorized the human race. He was betrayed and attempted to be killed by his comrades within the final expedition of the war.
However, he was able to escape from within their claws and the grammarians, and even after life began to repeat itself in these previous days, he was still at a loss in his senses.
He was not at all ignorant of the pressing danger on the horizon. 'It gradually becomes clear how this human survived. It seems that within that traveling band there was a traitor within him. After sacrificing all of his comrades, he was able to survive. No, even if he did, this does not explain how. He was able to move here, his essence level wouldn't be able to activate that space formation, did an outside entity help him? 'This savage struck a sensitive chord in a light way.
Hirota had actually been helped in forming the space gate by those plants, however there was no betrayal with the band, it was betrayal with the tree-Azusa.
Ryouta felt a cold mane sliding down his back and decided to turn his gaze to the side, 'This is dangerous, the slightest movement I make can be read by this person in the form of information, I can't continue like this,' Ryouta thought and his mind worked quickly and he was determined to make this brute non-hostile towards him.
"I'm really curious to know you, human. You know that I penetrated your body, right?" Ryouta heard the brute's words and his expression paled a little.
'Is he saying that he knows everything about me just from this, just from the energy leaking into my core?' Ryota swallowed his saliva and could see the monster's teeth that were constantly glowing.
"You can just call me Ryouta, you already know the content, I won't need to repeat it," Ryouta said, his tone very light.
He was sure that this brute in front of him had already extracted a lot of intelligence from him.
The savage heard the words clearly and nodded his head, "You are now in the puzzle of the Adilab Mountains. What you see now is my den deep in this mountain." The savage lowered his eyes and gave Ryota room to breathe.
Ryouta heard the name and felt a little understanding, 'Puzzle, is he saying that the mountains in this place are like a puzzle, and also why is this person's lair inside a mountain, don't races live in the form of clans?', Ryouta's curiosity about this person - the half-beast in front of him - became overwhelming. Mystery.
Previously when Ryouta met the tree, he sensed many secrets around it. Gradually as they stayed together Ryouta became more certain, 'Any race, whatever is inside this world, is full of secrets, their way of ascension, their mana gems, and more than that, their longevity.' Ryouta is still thinking about the speed of this world passing by, at this speed it is necessary for the lifespan of beings to be long.
If not, then this world will quickly lose track of the number of rings. 'A day on Earth is a month in this world. In this way, one year on Earth is approximately four years here.' The speed of time in this world was putting a lot of pressure on Ryouta. It had already passed. It has been four months since he betrayed the tree.
Even if his body was now adapted to this world due to the mana essence within him, Ryouta's consciousness still had affinities to Earth.
Ryouta returned his now life-changed gaze and tried to explore his surroundings.
What was clear was that on grass shaped like cotton, it also felt like it.
"Are you curious? From the way you're behaving, this is your first time seeing this grass." A voice came from beside him, and Ryouta didn't know me. This monster started moving. "This half-beast has a speed that ignores the senses. I couldn't even catch it with my naked eyes... "What is he doing now?" Ryouta watched and gradually their eyes began to fall on several ancient weapons like those of the primitive human era.
The savage held several pellets in his hand, and they were like precious stones in many colors. The savage turned his back and could clearly see Ryota approaching the weapons.