Chapter 12.2: Super Regeneration (3)
As Khan said, it didn’t take long before we finally reached our destination.
A huge rock lying alone in the middle of the forest.
Compared to the fat top and bottom, the middle part was constricted, and anyone could see that its shape was like an hourglass.
We finally arrived.
With the hourglass rock found, all that remained was to find the entrance.
Near to the rock was a cliff. It was a much lower cliff than the one we climbed earlier.
It seems like it was roughly that way… isn’t it? Is it over there?
I looked around and guessed the direction.
However, my memory was ambiguous, and I was confused when I saw it in person, so I decided to just check it carefully.
I wandered around the base of the cliff, carefully examining everything.
The two followed me without saying a word, with faces that didn’t know what they were doing.
After several tens of minutes, I found a fine crack on one side of the wall that was vertically split at a height similar to mine.
I could feel the faint chill seeping from the crack.
“Asher.”
“Yes.”
“Break this gap moderately wide.”
Asher looked at the gap I pointed out and raised her hand, saying nothing.
I took a slight step back.
Kwaaang!
The wall crumbled as energy burst from her palm pressed against the crack.
The inside of the chasm was hollow, like a cave, with an entrance large enough for one or two people to enter.
Asher and Khan widened their eyes at the appearance of the hidden passage.
“Wait here.”
Leaving the two at the entrance, I went inside alone. The air was cold.
The passage led down a gentle slope, but as soon as I descended a little, the light from outside could no longer be seen, and I quickly lost sight of anything ahead.
At that moment, I took out a glowstone I had brought.
When I unwrapped the tightly wrapped cloth wrapping the stone, a bright white light spread and the surrounding instantly became brighter.
“…Uh.”
Bugs attached to the wall of the cave also appeared. There were quite a few things, like cockroaches and centipedes.
He clicked his tongue once and continued to move forward.
As the slope gradually continued downhill, I had to take my steps carefully.
When I finally reached the point where I couldn’t go down without touching the ground with my hands, I broke out in a cold sweat.
If I slipped, I’d be done for.
Was the slope here originally in this shape? How much deeper would this slope be until I reached my destination?
I put the glowstone I was holding in my mouth and touched the ground with both hands.
It was fortunate that the ground was bumpy, so there was plenty of space to step on.
As long as it doesn’t get steeper than this, I won’t fall unless I stumble stupidly…
“Ah!”
In an instant, my feet slipped on the ground, and my body collapsed.
Fuck. Why did it have to be a flag as soon as I said it?
I desperately touched the floor with my hands, but it was enough.
My body rolled down the slope like a wheel into the darkness.
Cooong!
The fall stopped only after I felt a terrifying shock to my head and arms.
I wriggled for a while, then I got up. My whole body throbbed, and I felt a fishy taste in my mouth.
“Ugh…”
I felt like something was flowing down my face.
When I wiped it off, my hands were soaked in red. It was blood.
With a distorted expression, I wiped the blood from my chin and looked down at my left arm.
Likewise, it was so tattered and covered in blood that I could barely even move it. It might even look like it was broken.
It was the first time I had ever been hurt this badly, so I was embarrassed for a moment, but it soon subsided coldly.
The sharp pain stabbing my arm was excruciatingly painful, but my reason was not disturbed, as always.
After a moment of heavy breathing, I stumbled and looked around.
At the end of the downhill, I saw a small aisle bent to the side. Did it open like that after I hit it from rolling down?
It was a far short reward for my body being in disrepair, but I descended the slope in an instant, anyway.
I picked up the glowstone with my free arm and walked into the aisle.
A tingling pain came up every time I stepped on my right foot, as if I had sprained my ankle, but not that painful that I couldn’t walk.
As I progressed, the aisle gradually widened, and a faint green light leaked from the inside.
“Wow.”
When I finally reached the end, I spit out a short admiration at the unfolding scenery.
A wide and empty cavity, with a green pattern engraved on the floor in the middle, emitting a soft light.
I forgot the pain and smiled brightly as I limped towards the pattern.
I knew what it was, so I didn’t hesitate to approach it.
I finally found it. Mystery of super regeneration.
It’s bigger than I thought.
The mysterious pattern was close to a circle like a magic circle, but it was so large that it was several meters in diameter.
Approaching it, I just stared down at it for a while.
I found it, but I didn’t know how to get this mystery.
In the game, a message would pop up saying that once you found it and got close to it, you could get the mystery on its own.
Can I just touch it?
There was no other way, so I got down on one knee and stretched my hand towards the pattern.
Hwaak!
Then, the light of the pattern burst brightly for an instant.
I panicked and almost let go, then stopped.
It’s because the light climbed up my hand that touched it and was absorbed into my body.
Soon all the light was absorbed, and the pattern disappeared without a trace. The cavity sank into darkness.
“…”
Feeling a little bewildered, I removed my hand from the floor and looked down at my left arm.
Broken wounds were healing and regenerating in an instant.