Chapter 132: Monkey
Percy swam to the surface, desperate to take a breath. The moment he broke through, he coughed as much of the murky water out as he could, greedily inhaling air into his lungs.
‘How the hell did you end up here?!’ he asked his host in annoyance, seeing nothing but an endless expanse of greenish blue stretching as far as the horizon.
It looked like some kind of ocean, but this wasn’t saltwater. It was closer to the swampwater they had in the Grisly Bog. At least it didn’t stink as bad. The substance had an oily texture, with chunks of plant matter floating to the surface.
Receiving no reply, Percy swam over to a large piece of debris drifting a few dozen metres away. It was a cylindrical-ish block of wood – probably a broken tree trunk. Though it had clearly been out here for a while, as it was half-rotten. It was covered in an exotic variety of algae and barnacles, but he ignored them as he climbed onto it. Only once his back was resting on the slimy surface did he finally get the chance to examine himself.
His body was vaguely humanoid. For the most part, it had the normal number of limbs and eyes, though he did have a tail. Lacking a mirror, Percy traced the contours of his face with his fingers, deducing that his host was either akin to a goblin or some kind of monkey.
‘I suppose the Status will have the answer.’
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Percival's clone
Mana cores:
- [Mana core 1 – Orange – Beast]
- [Mana core 2 – Seed – ???]