Chapter 49: Housewarming Party
Feeling the amount of life force in the surroundings gradually getting denser and denser as he moves deeper into the forest, Azrael couldn’t help but start to feel wary, as with his decade of experience in the tower, despite it being only in the first floor, there is one fact that he learned that allows him to avoid getting himself into all sorts of troublesome situation.
That is the fact that whenever there is something peculiar going on in the environment he is currently in, no matter how infinitesimally small of a change it is, he needs to be extremely wary, as the tower just have a knack for taking its ascenders with things that will place them in absolute surprise, either in a great or tragic way, only those two extremes and no in between.
Despite the risks involved when exploring such a weird place like this though, the young man is also aware of the great opportunity this place presents him, that being the explosive increase in the Evil Fang Sword’s growth rate, the amount of life force being absorbed by his favored weapon making him feel like it will truly reach the next level all just because he is exploring this place.
"I just hope there’s nothing too absurd here..." the young man mutters to himself as he goes deeper and deeper into the forest, the only reason why he is confident in doing so being the fact that other than of old age, there’s just no way for him to die with the help of Absolute Regeneration, hence why there’s no worry in his mind even if there’s going to be a monster beyond the scope of the second floor somehow.
His words almost work like some sort of jinx though as just a few moments after he finishes muttering, his hair starts standing on its end, feeling like there is something or someone hiding somewhere obscure, with their attention fully focused on him and nothing else.
"Tsk... just my luck..." shaking his head as he starts wondering whether it is his words that made the situation like this, the young man already starts preparing himself as he is completely sure that whatever sort of creature it is that is hiding somewhere, it has anything but good intention given the overwhelming amount of bloodlust directed to his location.
While whatever this creature is hasn’t come out of its hiding spot yet though, Azrael chooses to explore further, wondering if there’s still a spot with denser life force in the air so that he can improve the Evil Fang Sword even more.
Feeling the amount of life force surging towards the Evil Fang Sword increasing as he explores deeper into the forest, the young man also felt more and more gaze directed towards his location, this fact already making him begin to wonder whether this is really the right decision for a few moments, before the benefit of this place overwhelms this little hesitation in him.
’No need to think too much about it, I’ve endured being beaten into a blood pool by the Fortress Golem on the first floor, what sort of thing would give me an experience even worse than that?’ he thought to himself as he steels his resolve, the guide popping up and notifying him of something making him even more confident that this is the right decision.