Chapter 397: Training...?
"Another test?" Rael mumbled, his exhaustion showing. "What do I have to do now? Climb into an active volcano?"
"On the contrary, you’ve already done that," Roger replied with a chuckle, gesturing around. "This is a world that is composed entirely of a single volcano. And yes, it is currently active, or rather, it’s in the process of being activated."
"Ah..." Rael’s eyes widened. "No wonder it was starting to get warmer. This is a pretty cool planet, so what’s the next test?"
Roger smiled. "I noticed something interesting when I broke your neck earlier. You heal very fast, but there’s a bit of a lag. It’s a second or so, and more importantly, whenever you heal, you heal all at once."
His smile widened. "If you’re out of commission for a single second on the battlefield, you’re as good as dead. For starters, I want you to learn how to concentrate your regeneration into a specific spot on your body."
The moment he finished his words, a shiver ran down Rael’s spine.
"So... correct me if I’m wrong, but you didn’t just bring me to this volcano world to throw me into molten lava, did you?" Rael asked.
And almost like he had this kind of shit coming, Roger gave him a thumbs-up.
"In approximately 30 seconds, this volcano will erupt. The moment it does, the world itself will cease to exist. So my test for you is to survive the destruction of this world," Roger explained, making Rael stare at him speechlessly.
"Hey... I don’t mean to sound uncooperative... but world destruction? I believe there are more creative ways to kill me," Rael said.
Sure, he was resilient. And sure, he understood where Roger was coming from.
But regeneration wasn’t something he even knew how to begin to control. It just happened on its own whenever he was hurt.