Chapter 158: Plan
Strictly speaking, the parrot didn’t need that much healing.
Unlike Gabe, who had been stabbed full of holes before Percy first found him, the bird had merely choked to death. They only needed to make up for the minor deterioration the body had undergone between death and reanimation.
Suffice to say, Percy was forced to keep scratching himself during the process, to ensure the cube didn’t stop pouring life mana into them before the second core was ready. Naturally, the poor bird was taken aback both by the suffocating amount of liquid mana enveloping them, and by Percy’s insistence on self-harm. However, he was still too frightened by their meeting with the titan to dare interfere with his guest.
A few minutes later, Percy nodded in appreciation, searching inwards for the new organ.
‘Take the reins over, will you?’
Next, he instructed the parrot to grab their supplies and head towards the challenge cubes. The sooner they started collecting credits, the more time he’d have to study the new runes.
Percy did consider dropping by the residential cubes to greet his friend, but ultimately decided against it. It hadn’t been that long since he met Gabe, and it wasn’t like he had any good news for him. The best he could do right now was to keep getting stronger.
Of course, he’d also thought about renting a room himself, so that he wouldn’t have to stay outside during the whole visit. Unfortunately, even the smallest lodging cost way too much, priced at around a credit for every 18 or so Remior days – Percy’s best estimate. In fact, he was a little surprised his stingy friend had deigned to splurge on that himself. Then again, the only alternative was spending his entire life homeless.
Sadly, credits were far scarcer for a Red than they were for a Green, so Percy would have to soldier through the next few weeks. Besides, his host was a beast, so it wasn’t like he’d grown up indoors either.