Chapter 290: Again!

As Zena neared her with affection, Fero felt an indescribable pull towards her. The Split-jaw Hyena lacked knowledge about her awakening and transformation. He only saw her sitting under a tree for about ten days.

After caressing the fur of both beasts, Ruella sat down on the third chair around the table. Even after she sat down, Hudson and D had to look up to her.

"When will he wake up?"

Dnekewy asked right away and she replied-

"Within hours, I believe."

Hudson turned his face to her with a frown. Upon sensing his expression, she added-

"The Amortal's power was beyond our imagination. Both of you suffered a backlash. Even I, who recently became a True Druid, had to empty my boundless energy reserve multiple times to stabilise his condition."

Her statement was not an exaggeration. History of Utopia does teach that True Druids are born with a 'boundless' reserve of energy. It is neither Mana nor Qi. But it is another non-recorded form of Essence about which information greatly lacked.

The lack of information was because this power was innate to True Druids only and cannot be transferred or detected by the existing methods. The race soon decided to become a closed community which placed the last nail on the information regarding this unique power.

Normally, True Druids are considered to be housing a boundless pit of energy. Their assistance in wars could turn the tides at an unimaginable scale.

Thus the records show the inexhaustible reserve of this race!

But this fact was unofficially overwritten when Ruella felt her powers touching the bottom of the reserve as she stabilised Lee Shen's health. When fighting against the wounds inflicted on his body, she finally realised that their powers do have a bottom line!

It was then both Hudson and D realised the devastating potential of Amortal's powers.

As if the beasts sensed the stagnant air around the table, Zena walked towards the trio. To lighten up the tension, she quickly bit D's amorphous body and her mouth went through the gaseous physique.

When D was about to laugh, he then felt something uncomfortable.

"Uh oh!"

The Perrafin might have failed to bit D, but her aim all along was the sword. The projection of D as a gaseous being was rooted in the sword. After the forming of Sword Will, he had been permanently imprisoned in the weapon!

A new vigour enveloped Zena as she jumped up and down with the sword in her mouth. Her pace picked up speed as she ran around with Fero in tow. The beasts expressed their happiness as they ran a marathon around the house.

The unfortunate Dimension Sovereign was as helpless as a kite with its thread in a brat's grasp. Zena ran around with the sword firmly placed in her mouth and the apparition flailed its hands and torso as it got dragged away.

Ruella had a moment of amusement when she saw this. But it soon faded away as she sunk her mind in contemplation.

A True Druid's vast energy reservoir was backed up by their energy recovery skill. It was an innate skill and exclusive for adult Druids. Other races also had recovery methods but they all are vastly inferior in the regenerative capability.

This skill was the undisclosed cause behind the label 'boundless energy'!

As Ruella sank into thoughts, she could feel the immensity of the replenished energy reserve. And she wondered just how ridiculously powerful an Amortal's power should be to overshadow the energy regenerative skill.

The Essence which Tubians consume for survival is the purest form of energy available in Utopia. One value of Essence could be halved and you either get two units of Mana or Qi or one unit of each.

The conversion rate was different for the True Druid's exclusive and unnamed energy. The long-term researches of Druids finalised that only 85% of a unit of Essence is needed to produce one complete unit of this exclusive power.

This also denoted the higher quality of the energy and its associated purity and efficiency!

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The hours moved on and the clock went on ticking. The night went and the day came. Under the watchful eyes of Hudson, Dnekewy and Ruella, Lee Shen laid unconscious on the bed, with no knowledge of passing time.

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Day 31.

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A month had passed since Lee Shen opened his eyes in Utopia. Coincidentally, Lee Shen opened his eyes again on the first day of the second month.

The first thing he saw was a wooden roof unfamiliar to him. Amusement filled his heart as he recalled that almost all instances where he saw a wooden roof when opening his eyes were after a tiring event.

A casual move of his hand and he froze. Tremors engulfed his body and Lee Shen's eyes began to well up with tears. Not that it was an exciting moment, but his body lying still and recuperating while fighting the invading energy of Amortals was unfit for any movement at the moment.

Unbeknownst to him, Ruella depleted her energy reserve multiple times to stabilize his vital signs to a satisfactory level. While her energy regeneration tried to refill, Hudson and D used their soul's essence to assist Ruella in the process.

*panting*

The pain that made him reluctant to even breath slowly subsided and Lee Shen was sweating profusely. His heart rate had spiked to an astonishing level and he had to regulate his heartbeats to survive.

With eyes staring open wide at the ceiling, he let out air through his mouth and forcefully sucked back the air in. His chest moved up and down in rhythm and every second was filled in agony.

Then, he heard fast-paced footsteps rushing in.

"Lee!"

Ruella and Hudson came running into the room. Fero and Zena followed them and way joyous to see their master alive.

But their eyes sank as they saw him expressing immense pain and yearning to cry out loud.

"Stay still. You are not completely healed."