Chapter 369 - Goodbye, Rey
"I have to say, this place is nice," Reynolds commented while looking around the cave.
The rumbling sound of water crashing to the ground was resonating in the cave. The cave was well hidden behind a waterfall.
"Yeah, quite nice. Hopefully, other people won't find it." Grey said.
"I'm less concerned about people, and more concerned about magical beasts. Just imagine appearing here all of a sudden and an eight-foot Water Bear pounces on you. That wouldn't be nice, in any way," Reynolds said, a little annoyed.L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.
"Come on, it was only a small hit. And besides, you were the one who said you didn't need any help," Grey laughed when he looked at Reynolds' sour expression.
When they found the cave, it was occupied by a Water Bear. The Bear was in the Sixth stage of the Origin Plane.
Grey initially wanted to scare it away with an attack, but Reynolds said he wanted to test out his strength. After advancing, he hadn't seen a worthy opponent. He couldn't say he wanted to fight with Grey given how overpowered Grey was, so on seeing the Bear, he was excited.
The cave was quite spacious, around one hundred to one hundred and twenty meters wide.
When the battle first started, the Bear was quite conservative since it was wary of Grey sneak attacking it. But as time went on, it noticed Grey didn't even have any plans of fighting, he went to the side and watched.
It immediately exploded out with raw strength which stunned Reynolds. The sudden change caught Reynolds by surprise which allowed the Bear to land a swiping strike at him. It sent him flying, slamming into the side of the cave.
Although he defeated the Bear at the end, the pain he felt all over wasn't something to joke about. The Bear truly planned on killing him with that strike.
He didn't kill the Bear in the end, letting it go with a small wound. The wound wouldn't really affect its daily life, so he counted it as being lenient with it.
"It's lucky I let it live," Reynolds snorted.
"Come on, you were invading its home, it's bound to attack. You don't expect it to just sit there and watch you take it, right?" Grey chuckled.
His eyes almost shot out when he saw the number of essence stones Grey brought out.
Essence stones were divided into three grades, low, medium, and high. And currently sprawling on the ground were over fifty medium-grade essence stones, which was a lot, given how rare essence stones were in the Azure continent.
There were very few essence stone mines in the continent, and it was greatly fought over by not only the empires but the big families as well.
Now he understood why Grey said the consumption was insane. He wasn't lying, it truly was insane.
"Where did you get so many essence stones?" Reynolds couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, this? I took it from Alice's dad," Grey replied.
"There's no way he'd give you that much. You stole it," Reynolds immediately concluded.
"It's not stealing if Alice was the one who gave me permission," Grey smiled.
"Damn, her dad would probably be crying after finding out so many essence stones are gone, and he doesn't even have any idea where they went,"
"It's not like he doesn't deserve it," Grey muttered quietly.
"Alright Rey, I'll be going now. I suppose you already know how to use the array?" Grey asked.
He remembered telling Reynolds how to use the array, but he didn't know if he would be able to.
"Yeah, I think. You know what, show me again just to be sure," Reynolds said calmly.
"You're not even embarrassed you couldn't get it the first time?" Grey rolled his eyes, before going all over again on how to use the array.
It was a very simple process, all he had to do is strike two spots after placing the stones in the right positions.
After showing Reynolds how to use it, he activated the array.
"Goodbye, Rey,"