Chapter 301: Sensitivity [Bonus]

Chapter 301: Sensitivity [Bonus]



DOOM.

The ocean's surface rocked.

DOOM.

A dull sound continuously echoed like a bass drum with a loose resonant head.

DOOM.

Then came the blood.

Sylas ripped his way out of the mouth of the floating sperm whale, his body covered in muck. His nose twisted with disgust, and he immediately dove into the ocean waters, preferring the salty streaks to whatever disgusting concoction this was.

He reflected on the battle and realized something profound. These creatures were definitely powerful, but their Mental didn't scale as fast as their Physical, leaving them without flexibility in combat. Even if the sperm whale had over 400 Strength, that was useless in the face of 550 Defense. It had been completely outdone by just a single skill. But that also meant that at higher Levels, when their Mental, and Intelligence especially, began to catch up... well, they'd be as shocking as the mage snail that Sylas had met that day in the volcano portal.

Sylas plucked out the Gene Core of the sperm whale and used his Rune mastery to extricate the Ice-Poison from it, then tossed it into the Madness Key.

He was about to leave the rest of the sperm whale behind when he shook his head. His Madness Key was enormous by now. Why leave such good food behind? He still hadn't forgotten that he wanted to find a convenient way to cook a lot of food, but while he had yet to find those means, taking on such good meat wouldn't be bad. The high Physical of the sperm whale would definitely come with great nutrients.

There were a lot of things that Sylas knew that he had to take more seriously. Sleep, hydration, nutrition... they were all just as important as they had been on Earth before the Summoning. He had to treat himself like a high-performance athlete, or else he would end up breaking his body down. The impurities sickness he had suffered was only just one aspect of that.

"Hm?"

Sylas' expression changed. 'Wait...'

With a kick, Sylas suddenly accelerated toward the "Dungeon," moving with pace. He had come to realize something after staring at it for a while. It, indeed, wasn't a Dungeon after all. A Dungeon would be far more aggressive with how it pulled Aether. This was something different, and he felt that he had an idea as to what it was...

When he got close enough, Sylas realized that it wasn't a warp gate he was looking at, but rather a bluish tablet with a delicate glowing light.

[Den Detected]

[Sperm Whale Den (FFF+)]

[Level: 5]

[Spawn Rate: 1]

[Mutation Rate: 0.005]

[Would you like to begin Den Establishment Challenge?]

Sylas' brows raised. So this was how Dens were created...

It was only a Level 5 Den, but did that matter when it spawned one sperm whale a day? They would, presumably, be even more powerful than the first one that Sylas had defeated today, and that was huge. Plus, there was a 1 in 200 chance of a mutation. He wasn't sure exactly what a mutation entailed, but his assumption was that it was a positive one that would likely form an even more powerful sperm whale.

However, what was a Den Establishment Challenge?

Soon, Sylas found out. It seemed that this Den needed a few... sacrifices to activate. And they had to come in sperm whales that were at least Level 5. Or, more accurately, he needed 10 Level 5 creatures of similar affinity and of FFF+ Grade.

Sylas frowned. This wasn't a simple task at all. However, after a while, he chose to accept.