"How can that be possible?" The city lord frowned. "You know from our ancient records that only three races are possible in our world: The humans, the demons, and the octopuses. So, how could this guy be the fourth?"

"I'm unsure of it myself, but there's a good chance the demons created something new. I heard some of the cities suffered drastic losses. Perhaps, that might have resulted in this change," Raka replied. "If only I had more time to experiment on him. I could have figured out a lot more details."

"But even then..." She shuddered once as she presented Krune's tablet. "3372 Godly Points, no matter what, this sum is tremendous. There's also a bunch of other data that makes no sense here.."

She then flashed Krune's Monster Gecko armor as she continued, "And this..thing strikes fear in me for some reason. He's definitely not an ordinary person."

"Unfortunately, there's a good chance he's dead," the city lord replied. "We have been searching throughout the city. If he's alive and managed to escape, we'll find him sooner or later."

..

historical

Having used the final Blood Essence Crystal, Krune recovered one more crimson ring's worth of energy in his Ocean Heart. As the Blood Essence Crystal was made using the flesh and blood of a Motor Fish King, the amount of energy in it was even greater.

With that, he almost filled two crimson ring's worth of energy now. After that, Krune continued to steal food daily while eating to his limit. Thanks to the Cloud Whale, he didn't have to worry about anything. Moreover, he also began to take note of the activities of the people in his neighborhood in a diary he maintained.

This way, he determined the routine the people among numerous households followed. This way, once he figured out that a family would leave for the day, he sneaked into their house, remaining in hiding until they left the house.

After that, he comfortably rested in their living rooms, watching TV, playing a couple of video games when necessary, listening to the news, and so on. This way, he was getting accustomed to the state of things in the city, enriching his common sense of the place.

Unlike before, he was a wanted fugitive now. So, he couldn't just hope to be filled in on all the details from the people he encountered. Even though his face hadn't been published in any news article till now, Krune didn't become careless just because of that.

Until now, he never revealed any traces of his existence yet. Yet, a single slipup was all it took for the entire city to come blazing down on his heels to capture him. Even after realizing that the city had a significant level of technology, he only moved out of the attic once he understood everything about them.

After all, he didn't wish for him to be recorded in the devices of any houses while he enjoyed his stay there. And when he enjoyed his stay, he didn't just laze around their houses. He looked through their items, books, and other items, figuring out anything and everything they owned.

His goal was to find a family rich and powerful enough to have an Essence Generator. That way, he could start his plans. Krune didn't rush, though. He planned to take it slow until his Ocean Heart was filled with energy.

And based on the food he ate, it seemed like it would take considerable time. After all, even though it was highly nutritious, it was lacking as compared to what he usually ate. After all, the meat he consumed was from creatures that grew while eating the bone tree fruits daily.

So, they were packed to the limit of bursting with energy. He was able to replenish his energy reserves incredibly quickly through them.

'I need to buy a large enough house here one of these days,' Krune thought, already beginning to prepare for that eventuality. Using the Cloud Whale, he broke into the houses one after another, stealing just one Tier 1 Demon Core from every house.

It was an amount of money no one would realize was missing. After all, even a simple meal cost a couple of Tier 1 Demon Cores. Plus, he only picked households with a lot of people. To them, the loss of a Tier 1 Demon Core wouldn't even be noticeable.

He picked his targets selectively to ensure that none of them would raise any claims of suspicious things disappearing from their households. But in the end, Krune took note of everything he stole from the people, intending to repay them in the future.

He knew that he couldn't behave like a psychopath and treat everyone from the city the same way just because he met a couple of horrible people. Based on what he had probed around for the past few months, most of the people were the same as everyone else, just humans that tried their best to survive in a dangerous environment.

With that, he didn't trouble them, entering and leaving their houses like a specter. As he repeatedly used the optical invisibility cloak with the Cloud Whale, he was becoming more and more proficient with it. Currently, the time he needed to spend to create it was less than a second.

A month later, Krune arrived at a house that had a private training area. The moment he stepped foot in the place, he realized that the training room had been layered with the tough bones of a rather strong demon, making it sturdy.

He closed his eyes, pausing as he took in a deep breath, activating the healing effect of his Ocean Heart. With that, he focused on the development effect in it, immediately beginning to train accordingly. He moved to his limit, jumping around for hours at a stretch.

Finally, when he noticed that the people from the household would return after a couple more hours, he stopped, sighing as he muttered, "The development effect is too weak. I've already hit the limit of my physique's growth."

"I guess I can no longer train on my own to grow stronger. At least, unless I break past my current limit first." He muttered, clenching his hand into a fist. "Once I make the development effect of the Ocean Heart absorb the traits of the Essence, I'll be able to develop my weight naturally. That should be the best course of action."

"Now then." He frowned, thinking deeply. "How am I supposed to legally find a way to procure everything? I don't even have an identity."