Chapter 100 - Lab

Leonel suddenly felt immense regret about not asking Montez for an abode type treasure. The feeling of having your body split apart out of your control, yet only being able to lie on hard, stone floors was really too unbearable. If he had a tent treasure like Yuri had, this would be much more convenient.

'Yuri... I wonder if she'll be okay...'

Leonel frowned at this thought. The only reason why he was able to escape the outer city was because he only had to worry about himself. He knew that going back to get Yuri was impossible. If he had, they both would have died.

He was worried about more than just Yuri. He had no idea if Miles would try to make use of his teammates against him or not.

Leonel shook his head. He knew there was no point in thinking about these things. He just had to grow stronger.

'Since I can't move, what can I do?'

"Hey, do you know why the Segmented Cube took in the corpse of that sniper?"

[ *Ping* The corpse is useful ]

Leonel frowned. "Why is it useful?"

[ *Ping* The abilities of existences at and above the TIer 7 Black grade condense within the Ethereal Glabella Evolution Crystals. Force Crafters can refine these into limited use items. ]

Leonel was speechless. Though this was better than having to eat the corpse, was it that much better? Something about using a human body to refine items made him feel uncomfortable.

"Wait..." Leonel suddenly thought of something. "... Does that mean that the octopus was taken for that reason as well?"

[ *Ping* Replying to Seed, yes. ]

Leonel's lip twitched. The sniper's ability might really be useful to him, but wouldn't he have to grow tentacles in order to make use of the octopus' ability? Where was the cool factor? How could he show his face to Aina again if he did such a thing?

"Hold on a second, the Segmented Cube is a lab, right? Doesn't that mean I should be able to enter it?"

[ *Ping* Yes. ]

"Then why the hell am I still here? It can activate on its own to take that pervert's corpse but can't see that I'm struggling out here?"

Leonel took out the Segmented Cube, fuming. He didn't know if there was anywhere comfortable to rest in the lab, but it should at least be cleaner than this dusty place, right? How could it treat him like this? What kind of weird fetish did this cube have to have to like corpses more than the living?

"Explain this ability to me."

[ *Ping* Replying to Seed ]

[Sterilization: The refinement and purification of Force. ]

"So the concentration of Force here is dependent on the outside world? What Dimensional grade has it reached?"

[ *Ping* Yes. The current concentration is about equal to a Mid-level Fourth Dimensional World. ]

"Mid-level? Worlds of the same Dimension are separated as well, huh..."

Leonel forgot his pain in all his curiosity. He only wanted to learn more and know more. He found all of this fascinating.

"... Wait! The concentration of Force... If I use the lab, wouldn't that make Invalids come after me? Crap!"

Leonel panicked for a moment. He had already been in here for several minutes. This was more than enough time for Invalids to close in on him.

[ *Ping* No. The lab is able to hide its Force activity. ]

Leonel's eyes widened before he began to laugh wildly. He was only forced to stop after he felt his lung might come flying out from his throat. This pain was really too unbearable.

His progress had always been limited by those damned Invalids. Even if he was still in the Fort, it wouldn't make a difference due to those Force disrupting towers. But now, with the lab, he could practice [Dimensional Cleanse] without worry. Wasn't this fantastic?

'I'll have to wait for my body to recover before I can do any Force cultivating. But, in the meantime, I can do other things...'

Aina said he would feel weak for three days. So, during those three days, his healing would be exceptionally slow. After those three days passed, though, his body would be able to slowly recover at a more normal pace.

As for how long it would take him to recover after that? Leonel didn't know. But, regardless, since the lab could hide him from Invalids, there was no need to move from this place for now.

Leonel's mind ran wild for a moment. What was the best use of his time?

After a while, Leonel made a decision.

He walked to the odd table and took out two ores, a pair of gloves, a quill, and finally, the Metal Spirit.

"How do I make this little guy my official Familiar?"