Chapter 154 - The White Pearl

When Wain canceled the third form, he felt incredible pain. It felt as if every one of his nerves had been pierced with red-hot needles and beaten with massive hammers.

He found it hard to breathe and vomited out a mouthful of blood. Moreover, blood also began to flow from his nose, ears, and even eyes. After such a long, dangerous, and grueling battle, Wain's body was on edge.

Many of his muscles were practically torn. His organs struggled to perform their functions, as did his heart.

Wain didn't pay much attention to this during the fight, but his actions had severe consequences. It was a recoil for which Wain had to be prepared.

He used two forms, many skills, as well as several items. Moreover, he sustained many wounds in all this time, some of which were serious.

However, the most crucial factor was that Wain used a third form, Blind Sorcerer. It was the tipping point after which Wain's body failed.

"Fuck, that hurts..." Wain wheezed.

He could hardly speak, but Wain did not panic. His condition was terrible but not fatal. Given his regeneration, he would be able to move around on his own after a while.

But, Wain was worried that someone would be able to infiltrate this place after Ria. Moreover, Wain had another fear.

He looked at the soul pearl lying in the distance and muttered, 'Damn, maybe one of the pearl hunters will come here soon. In that case, I'm finished.'

Wain realized that this was unlikely since Emola had to perform a special ritual so that Ria could come here. Nevertheless, it was possible.

One of the pearl hunters had appeared just after Wain had finished his battle with Forgotten. So Wain's fears were not unfounded.

'It would be better if I went back to my world. Considering I've killed all the monsters in the museum, it's a pretty safe place at the moment.' Thought Wain.

He clenched his teeth and began to slowly creep forward. It was difficult, but gradually he was getting closer to his goal.

Wain wanted to take the soul pearl with him. It was a precious item.

He could not leave the soul pearl here. Without a watcher and protector, any hunter would be able to take this pearl for himself without effort.

Wain understood that he could not use the soul pearl for himself, at least not now.

'Sven said that I need special tools or skills to absorb the energy from the soul pearl. Moreover, Ria was very strong, but even in a critical situation, she didn't risk using the soul pearl.' Thought Wain.

Ten minutes later, he reached the soul pearl. A trail of blood was left behind him, turning the snow-white clouds scarlet.

Wain touched the spirit cage, and it instantly disappeared. Then Wain grabbed the soul pearl.

At that moment, he felt as if he had entered heaven. It was the most pleasant sensation he had ever experienced. Wain felt lightness, serenity, and purity.

It was energy without sin or blemish, but it was boring and too simple in Wain's opinion.

The perfect life was not. The lack of flaws was a fault and a cause of stagnation, regression, and subsequent self-destruction.

Wain smiled, and the Ring of Damned shone brightly. The white pearl moved into the ring, and Wain breathed a sigh of relief.

To his surprise, he was suddenly very hungry. He felt like he was ready to devour tons of food at that moment.

'Huh, that's probably how my wounds are affecting me.' Thought Wain and concentrated.

In order to get out, he had to hit a spatial rift. Thankfully, this was less of a problem for Wain now than before.

After he owned Void's, his Seal of Darkness strengthened and became rank one. Wain received many bonuses, one of which increased search radius for spatial rips. This was very useful in this situation.

"Found it." Mumbled Wain and looked to his left.

The energy fluctuations were coming from a point about thirty meters away. That was the maximum radius within which the Seal of Darkness of the first rank could detect a spatial rift.

Wain smiled weakly and crawled in that direction. He also had the option of resting in the spatial rift, but Wain quickly dismissed the idea. He didn't know what could happen in such a situation and didn't want to find out.

He needed a safe and secure place.

After a few minutes, Wain crawled thirty meters then plunged into the clouds below him. The spatial rupture was not on top but inside a layer of clouds.

When Wain did this, he saw the white clouds turn to ink, forming a passage where Wain fell.

...

A few minutes later, Wain was already in the reading room inside the museum. There were still rolling corpses of monsters with books instead of heads.

'Not the most pleasant environment to treat or rest in, but at least it's safe here.' Thought Wain.

'I've spent all I've got and strained my body a lot, but I've learned more about this world and discovered a third form.

Wain wondered why Ria was shocked that he was human. It was strange to him because Sven, who was also a resident of the World of Darkness, was not surprised.

'They were of the same race. Most likely, they live in a vast Void or similar space. It would be nice to know more about the creatures living in the Worlds of Darkness. It seems that not only monsters live there, but also creatures similar to humans, like elves from fantasy stories.' Wain thought.

As his wounds slowly healed, he pondered his plans for the future. He had many things to do, but one of the most important ones at the moment was to take over the city entirely. Also, Wain had to find the rest of the map to determine where the island would appear.

Whooosh.

The Ring of Damned shone, and a compass appeared in Wain's hands.