Female Novel
Chapter 38
Gravis sat under the waterfall for many hours. Since the Skin-Pills nutrients also allowed him to skip meals, he never left in allthat time. Some people arrived in those hours and also tempered their skins. Most of them just sat under the waterfall, and whenthey saw Gravis taking out a Skin-Pill, they just looked at him in envy. Yet, they didn't do anything.
Unfortunately, even though most of the new arrivals ignored him, the pond's skeleton count had been increased by another two.One guy tried to attack him directly. The other guy offered him some poisoned food. Gravis didn't like deceit or people trying tokill him, so he had no scruples killing the two. Heaven was continually sending him weak enemies, and Gravis was starting to getannoyed.
Finally, after many hours, he had successfully tempered his skin. It had taken so much to get here. He had killed a mid-gradedemonic beast, four low-grade demonic beasts, and countless ferocious beasts. He had been hunting non-stop for basically twowhole weeks. If his body were like any others, he would only need to kill a few ferocious beasts to temper his skin. That wouldhave been so much easier.
Yet, Gravis also suspected that his skin was probably harder than the average tempered skin. He had taken 20 Skin-Pills, afterall. The nutrients had to go somewhere. His skin had probably been tempered to the best possible state. He had begun withtempered organs and blood, which gave him a far sturdier foundation than others. He grew a little excited when he thought abouthis muscles' power in the future.
Gravis left the waterfall and walked into the forest. The pressure of the entrance exams’ deadline for the Elemental Guilds hadmade him rush around everywhere. Finally, he could relax a little. When no one was around, Gravis took out his saber andslashed his left arm.
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Gravis had used a lot of strength, but the saber didn't break the skin. He had used quite some force, and the slash would, atleast, draw some blood from people with tempered skin. Yet, his skin seemed fine. He could only see a faint white mark. Heattacked again, this time, using all the force he could muster with only one hand.
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The saber drew some blood, but it was only superficial, like someone scraping their arm on the corner of a table. With somecloth, the little blood could easily be wiped away. A normal person wouldn't even bother to use anything to cover the scratch.
Gravis was quite surprised since that slash would have buried his saber around half-way into someone's arm if they hadtempered skin. It seemed like taking so many Skin-Pills didn't only have downsides. With this, someone without temperedmuscles wouldn't even be able to break his skin. They could only injure him if they landed an attack on one of his orifices. Ofcourse, he wouldn't allow that. He never wanted to be the victim of one of his own ass-stabbings.
Gravis felt happy and relieved. The time-pressure was wholly gone, and he still had around 70 days until the entrance exams.On top of that, he also had a lot of money. He felt like a knot had loosened inside him, and with a smile, he lay on the ground andwatched the sky.
It was night-time by now, and Gravis was looking at the unfamiliar starscape. This was the first time where he could watch thestars in leisure while being in the lower world, and his mind wandered. He had been in the lower world for a little over threeweeks, by now. With the time dilation, only around half an hour would have passed in his homeworld. This felt so bizarre to him.
Orpheus would have only drunk around two cups of his coffee in that time. Forneus wouldn't even have finished a lesson. Thecontrast between the worlds was immense. When immortals and Gods in his homeworld cultivated, many years would go by.Gravis couldn't imagine how much a low world would change in that time.
Empires would rise and fall. Generations of families would sink into oblivion. Maybe even new kinds of beasts would evolve.Mortals would rise to immortality, and immortals may even ascend into Gods. Yet, all this changed nothing in his homeworld. Thelower worlds could exist for as long as they wanted. His homeworld wouldn't care.
In Gravis' surroundings, he heard some animals walking around. Not every animal was a ferocious beast. There were still allkinds of variety and life in the wilderness. If one looked at the world, as a whole, ferocious beasts were actually very rare. Inmultiple kilometers around, there may only be one or two, and that was considering that he was in the middle of a lively forest.
As he lay in the grass, Gravis liftedhis hand to the sky and gripped, likehe wanted to catch a star. m"Someday," he rautterSdtothimselt“Forithe Hirst time in my life, my realmhas increased. l've been fighting somuch. The practical tests, thebandits, the beasts. | went through somuch, just to take my first steptowards strength." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Then, Gravis smiled sheepishly. "Well,| have a Will-Aura, and | haveincredible amounts of fightin
it)experience. Ivealsoned témperedokgans blood for around 16years, by now. I'm not sure if there isanyone who has such a solidfoundation like me. Just like Orpheusalways told me: the sturdier thefoundation, the easier the path." Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
Gravis continued talking to himself.Maybe because of the lack of socialcontact, he started seeking socialcontact with himself. He startetalking and narratiri Kis experienceslike Sorm@one stood beside him andlistened. Some may think he wascrazy, but others would understandhim and empathize with his plight. Hewanted companionship. He wantedfriends, brothers, sisters, uncles, hismother, his father, and maybe, even arelationship. Yet, in this lower world,he was alone. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Completely alone.