Chapter 15: Resource Devouring

Chapter 15: Resource Devouring

Damian already expected the Hobgoblins corpse to be harder to process, but his expectations were still surpassed.

Despite going for the softest part of its abdomen, it took him two Aura slashes just to get through the hard parts. He still had to do over 10 minutes of normal cutting just to get through. Yet

Even dead, its still being a pain

When he inserted his arm to grab the heart, the Hobgoblins organs blocked him! They were all tensed up even though it had been dead for a while!

In the end, Damian had to give up on going in just like that. He had to use another two Aura slashes to cut through the organs before grabbing the heart.

The heart itself also gave him a hard time. Nonetheless, the result made it all worth it!

Its not empty!

Not only was there a Life Stone inside, but it was also a big one, almost twice the size of the normal Goblins Life Stone!

Damians eyes shone as he placed the large Life Stone among its brother. He couldnt help remembering a certain show that he used to watch as a kid, he was just missing one more stone to summon a dragon!

These feel much better still.

Though they were definitely not as valuable as those stones, Damian was completely satisfied with his bountiful harvest.

Although the majority of humanity desired free rewards, the fruit of effort always tasted the best!

Damian wasnt even done scavenging the place to collect the rest of his rewards, but he had no plan of budging from his place.

He had forced himself to keep going for so long just for these stones, so Damian had to use them first!

Iris.

{Ah, yes!}

Still in the middle of stealing glances every now and then, Iris was startled to hear her name called out.

Are you sure you dont want to watch?

Since Iris herself hadnt had the chance to use any kind of resource stone, the skill synchro didnt give Damian much help in that department.

Damian was someone who had already experienced over a dozen deaths, so why would he worry about something simple like body explosion or destroyed Aura Channels? At most, these were just special methods of starting another retry

{But}

Iris wanted to retort that Damian would have to undergo the whole battle again, but she felt like was only stabbing herself in the foot. Considering how he only performed better each time, Damian was bound to clear this Den more easily.

Most importantly, was she even worthy of having a say in this matter? Damian was still the one who did everything on his own.

I told you, no buts. Besides, you dont have to worry so much. Im almost completely sure nothing bad will happen.

Damian wasnt being harsh with Iris on purpose, he just wanted to get her into the loop of how things worked. Since she wasnt actually involved in the process, Iris took longer to adapt compared to him.

Im 99% sure.

As for his crazy attempt, Damian never really planned to throw away this life. There was a proper reason why he was giving this a try!

The actual reason Why Iris never really made any progress as a Knight wasnt because she lacked talent. Rather, she was overflowing with it.

[ Resource Devouring Genius (S-): The more you consume, the more you gain. As a penalty, progress slows down considerably without assisting resources. ]

Continue.

{I understand. Try to transmit that sliver of Aura into the Stones before pulling it back like a fishing rod. You then}

Believing in Iris who didnt believe in herself, Damian confidently distributed his fingers over the six Life Stones, doing as Iris instructed.

The tiny Aura particles he inserted werent enough to make a single Aura slash when combined, but they were sufficient as fishing hooks!

As soon as they went into the Life Stones, Damian could sense foreign particles that were much larger ganging up on them. However, after he quickly pulled them back into his body before they would dissipate

The gang of foreign particles didnt let go, flowing in like a rich stream! Moreover, this was just the beginning.

[ Platinum Aura Nurturing has been used. Your Aura is increasing. ]

[ Aura +1 ]

Cheat Boost Mode was just getting started!