Chapter 335 - Space Element
"Okay, thank you," Grey bowed, showing his gratitude.
"No problem. Just another reminder, there's also a possibility that he might heal without it. But the chances of that are very slim," Gerald added before walking out.
After Gerald left the room, Grey created a wall to block the space where the door used to be.
'Hmm, I didn't expect it would take me that long,' He thought, feeling remorseful.
He looked at Void with a sad smile, he had finally comprehended the space element, but at what cost?
"*Sigh* I was too rash, I should've come out when I noticed how difficult it was. Maybe he would've been fine if I came out sooner," He muttered while caressing Void's fur.
While he was inside, he knew the longer he stayed in the tunnel, the harder it was for Void to keep it up. But he couldn't help it, the space element was just at his fingertips, he couldn't lose it. He didn't want to lose it.
'Will the tonic be able to help him? I recalled he said it could heal someone that was on death's door,' He suddenly recalled about the healing tonic he got from the blooming vipers.
Without wasting any time, he quickly took out one of the bottles from his spatial ring, before feeding it to Void.
He waited patiently as the tonic went through Void's mouth, into his body.
After five minutes, there were no reactions from Void.
From the looks of it, it seems like it only works on the physical body, and not the consciousness. The consciousness of any creature is a very complex entity. Although he felt the chances of the tonic helping were slim, he did feel a little hopeful when he recalled how it helped him the last time.
"I need to start moving, the sooner I head to the Magical beast forest, the better," He muttered before standing up.
With Void injured, he didn't have the time to sit around and mope. The best thing to do now is to find a way to heal him.
His current plan remains like before, only this time, he was in a hurry.
Grey picked up the robe from the side of the bed before putting it on. He came out of the secret room and headed straight to Gerald's office.
On getting there, Gerald was still discussing with the people who came, but when he noticed Grey's presence outside, he excused himself from the office.
"Thank you for your help throughout the time I was here, I'll be leaving now," Grey bowed to him as soon as he saw him.
"You're leaving?" Gerald asked to confirm.
"Yes, I need to head to the Magical beast forest as soon as possible," Grey didn't hide the motive of him leaving.
"Going there alone is dangerous, but it would help you advance quicker," Gerald didn't try to stop him.
Grey threw the communication device he got from him back, before turning around.
"Here, you should keep it. If you're in any location where there's a merchant organization, I might be able to help," Gerald gave the device back to him.
"Thank you," Grey took it and started walking away again.
"I... I... I could feel it. Heh! I guess I was greedy," Grey said with a self-deprecating laugh.
"You... *Sigh* What are you going to do now?" Alice wanted to scold him, but seeing his guilty expression, she couldn't.
"I'll be heading to the Magical beast forest, I only wanted to see you before I leave," Grey told her his plan.
"Okay," Alice nodded.
"Oh, I'll need essence stones. A lot of them," Grey said.
"There's some in my father's room," Alice replied instantly.
She didn't even ask him what he wanted to use them for. Since Grey said he needed it, then it's okay.
"Is it okay, taking them?" Grey asked.
"Of course, my dad has no use for them," Alice waved it off.
Grey looked at her suspiciously, but since he needed it, he couldn't say no. Besides, he had a small grudge against him when he came here the last time. Even though he had apologized, it wasn't that bad to steal a thing or two from him.
"What do you need them for?" Alice asked after telling him where the location of the essence stones was.
"I want to make a teleportation array like the one we used in entering the trial land," Grey explained to her.
He would create the array close by, then connect it with the one he was going to make wherever Reynolds was located. That way, he could easily travel here from that side without bothering about the time he would need.
"Oh, how convenient," Alice exclaimed in awe.
"Yeah, I'm sorry I can't stay long. I'll visit when I come back," Grey said with a smile.
"Okay," Alice nodded.
Grey hugged her before vanishing from the room.
He followed Alice's directions and quickly made his way into her father's room. The essence stones were kept under his bed, but it wasn't too difficult for him to collect them.
After keeping them, he snuck out of the villa.
'Crap! The consumption is outrageous!' He almost screamed out after leaving the villa.
Now he understood why Void didn't use it all the time. He didn't use the space element for too long, but he was already feeling tired from it. After experiencing this, he felt even more guilt when he recalled how he made Void open the tunnel for a long time.
He slowly headed towards the exit of the city. There was a stable close to the city gate, so he went to buy one horse since he couldn't walk to where Reynolds was located.
He didn't know if Reynolds was in Eternal City, or if he had left the city since he was currently hiding.
After getting the horse, he rode to the forest close to Frost City, searching for a secret place where he could make the array.
He found a hidden cave after a while and immediately got to work.
When they used the array to get into the trial land the last time, he picked up a few things from the array when it lit up.
Now with his expanded knowledge of arrays, he was trying to make one by himself.