Chapter 143: Increase in strength
It was late at night when Hex returned to the barracks. He took a roundabout route while keeping his senses active to avoid being tracked. But he didn’t notice anyone following him back.
’Even though I have learned that there are people my senses can’t detect, they are likely to be so much stronger than me that they don’t need to hide from me,’ Hex lampooned as he entered his room.
His room was small, only equipped with a bed and a table with a wash bowl. Hex didn’t mind it though. His room in the slums was far worse and he survived it six years. This one was just for a couple of days.
Hex freshened up using a cloth and the wash bowl. After that, he sat on his bed, pouring the pills from the pouch.
The pills were muddy colored and reeked a little bit. According to Bella the mixture of elements and energies caused the turbid smell. The purer the pills, the better their fragrance.
"I guess I am destined to suffer during my training," Hex muttered self-depreciatingly. Others used refined energy that had a gentle flow and consumed tasty and fragrant pills. He, the one with the greatest treasure under Heavens, used chaotic energy that always put him on the brink of pain and heart failure. And the pills best suited for him smelled and probably tasted even worse.
He picked one of the pills up and brought it to his mouth. The nauseating smell assaulted his nose. With a grimace, Hex threw the pill in his mouth and swallowed it without chewing it. The taste was worse than he had anticipated. Hex once ate a rat, almost raw. But if he had to choose, he would rather eat the rat again.
’Luckily, it doesn’t leave any aftertaste,’ Hex focussed on the positive. At first, Hex didn’t feel anything. But after a few seconds, he felt the pill dissolve inside his stomach, releasing chaotic energy and various elements.
Hex immediately threw everything to the back of his mind and focused on absorbing everything in his body. The energy and elements first went into his blood which acted as a carrier, bringing everything to his heart.