Chapter 40: Replace And Retry (2)
The prompt was followed by a drop-down list of all the organs inside Adrian’s body. However, as Adrian went through the list, he realised there wasn’t anything he could replace at the moment.
Adrian wondered if there was another way to increase the number of organs he could use. The system didn’t fail to respond, but Adrian did not like the response.
[Upgrade the <Monster Codex> skill to level five to unlock two more organ slots.]
"You got to be kidding me!" Adrian couldn’t hold back and opened his mouth, a mistake he immediately regretted as seawater flooded his mouth, choking him.
He immediately swam to the surface to get rid of the salty water in his mouth and coughed to his heart’s content before diving into the sea once again.
Once back inside, Adrian checked the upgrade requirements for [Monster Codex]. Thankfully, it was simple enough as he only needed to fight and register different kinds of monsters in the codex.
The tricky thing was the number of creatures required for the said upgrade. Merely upgrading the skill to level two required Adrian to register ten unique monsters into the codex, and so far, he was only halfway through it.
’Looks like I have to sacrifice something to gain the Troll’s regeneration.’ Adrian thought and scanned the drop-down list, but deciding was easier said than done.
The combination of patched Ogre skin and Ratling skin cells had helped him avoid countless threatening situations. Similarly, he was using the Mermen lung to breathe underwater, which was quite a handy ability.
Sacrificing Kitsune’s eyes was out of the question. He loved the versatility of [Illusionary Eyes] too much to give it up. That left the partial Blighted skeleton’s skull that was merged with his own.
’If I give it up... will the Troll blood heal the skull anew?’ Adrian wondered.