Standing before the tall tree leading to the boss chamber, Charles checked his status.
"I can’t believe I went from the initial stage of 5-star to the second stage in 3 days."
He muttered with disbelief and smiled. They had found many different herbs.
While consuming a large quantity of them without understanding their true purpose at once to gain strength isn’t ideal for anyone, the two had absorbed a few of them which were imbued with wind and light Evol.
This much was fine. The spiders in the dimension didn’t get close to them thanks to Riruru, so they had settled and meditated to make their elemental crystals stronger.
"Once we are out of here, I am going to form my second elemental crystal."
He glanced at Skyler.
"Tell me, which one should I form next? Earth, Fire, or Lightning?"
Yet, the latter asked him a completely different question out of the blue.
"I remember when we were absorbing the herbs, you stopped in the middle to rest for a while. Did your body felt overwhelmed?"
Charles blinked at him.
"Where’s that coming from? Of course, my body felt overwhelmed. Don’t you know that our crystals can’t absorb too much Evol at a time? It’s like trying to drink a whole ocean in one gulp - you’d just end up drowning."
He moved and patted his shoulder.
"You absorbed more herbs than me. It’s okay since you said it was your first time, but you need to be careful. If we rely too much on treasures for Evol, our elemental crystal will be weaker compared to those who build a solid foundation."
Skyler let out an ’okay’, but his mind was occupied. When he was absorbing the Evol in the herbs, he noticed something weird.
Unlike Charles, his body didn’t feel overwhelmed. Not in the least. Instead, it absorbed the Evol in the herbs so rapidly that he was shocked. Then within a short time, all that Evol was transferred into the small elemental crystal in his heart.
Instantly, his strength jumped from the initial stage of 4-star to the middle stage. He quickly took out more herbs and placed them before him, so Charles wouldn’t notice anything, and pretended to stay seated.
But inwardly, he was screaming.
What the hell just happened? He could swear his elemental crystal didn’t become weak like it would if one is getting all their Evol from treasures. Instead, he saw his crystal getting stronger!
He was sure his crystal was bigger than a typical middle-stage 4-star, even though he had nothing to compare it with!
It was almost as if his body processed all the impurities from the Evol he absorbed and sent the finest thing to his crystal.
Does that mean he could absorb as many treasures as he wants, but it wouldn’t harm his foundation?! Was this because of his special spirit constitution?
Fuck! This means he can just absorb a lot of treasures and get stronger with no effort at all! First, his body can automatically form a path for Evol to move, and now this? Isn’t his constitution a bit too overpowered?
He had tested his theory and was right! By simply absorbing more herbs, he reached the peak of the middle stage of 4-star.
The only problem was that he absorbed many herbs just to get closer to the next stage, as if they were no longer potent enough to propel him to the final stage.
He stopped at that. After all, Charles was stronger and could sense his aura. It would have been too shocking for him to digest if he jumped from the initial stage of 4-star to the final stage in mere minutes.
Skyler felt giddy. He had found another awesome thing about himself.
Now, he can get stronger even faster! It wouldn’t be long before he surpassed all the geniuses of this generation!
To think he was just a regular human a bit over a month ago... No one would believe it!
Charles grew concerned for Skyler as he watched him daydream. To make matters worse, he was even grinning foolishly.
It was Riruru whose cold body touched his chin and snapped him out of his thoughts.
Skyler cleared his throat, embarrassed.
"Sorry. I was thinking about this and that. Haha. Come on, let’s enter the tree trunk!"
He jumped into the hole in the tree trunk with Riruru. Charles followed behind.
Before long, they were standing in the familiar boss chamber. There was no boss monster, and everything in the chamber had returned to its original place, with no sign of battle. Even the dead bodies of the villains had been absorbed by the ground, leaving behind only their clothes and accessories.
Charles glanced around.
"I guess a new boss hasn’t spawned yet. Well, it usually takes around a week for a new boss to appear. The last one probably got strong because no one was able to kill it for a long time due to a certain snake."
Riruru flinched at his words. She didn’t understand, but she knew he was talking about her. This person usually referred to her as ’snake’. She had learned many new words in the past few days, and the best one among them was Skyler’s name.
Skyler noticed her glaring at Charles and chuckled softly. He suddenly caressed her cold body, and she shuddered at the warm, intimate touch that sent a jolt through her.
With a huff, she placed her head on his shoulder, ignoring Charles.
Skyler moved toward the dimension core, which was now floating in a corner since the spider web had disappeared.
While Charles went to find the two villains’ storage rings, only to scoff when he found they were linked and would self-destruct if he tried to forcefully access them.
"What a waste. They didn’t even leave behind anything useful after they died."
Charles muttered, his voice laced with frustration. He walked toward Skyler, who had, for some reason, bent down near the core and was examining something.
"What’s that? A scroll?!"
His eyes widened. It was a spell scroll!