63 Obtaning a space ring

As he stared at Nira’s corpse, Cain stood up and found the situation odd. He could not stop trembling the first time he reaped a human life with his own hands, but now his heart and mind were in a state of absolute calmness.

However, as the red light in his eyes began to fade away, all that calmness vanished, and his heartbeat began to rise incredibly fast.

That affected his ability to think and worsened his injuries, as he had already lost a lot of blood.

“Calm down. You won, and now is the time to reap the benefit.”

Luckily for Cain, he once again heard Apex’s voice inside his mind.

“You are speaking again.”

“Of course I am. Actually, I am a little impressed by your scheming mind. You manage to force a fight, but instead of escaping, you return to give the final blow, getting rid of future problems. Well done, brat.” Apex spoke with a serene and rhythmic tone that helped Cain calm his heart and mind.

“Anyway, you not only got rid of two threats but also entered the cave of a Level 5 Wave Beast and found some hidden treasures.”

The words hidden treasures made Cain’s eyes widen with greed, excitement, and also confusion.

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“What do you mean by treasure?”

“Haha, brat, the reason the Metal Hyena protected this place so much was precisely due to those treasures I am talking about. The beast hid them, but it was easy for the [Basic Scan Force Field] to detect them. Take them fast and leave before something unexpected happens.”

Cain did not waste time, and using the [Basic Scan Force Field], he found the treasures that Apex mentioned, looted anything of wealth in Nira that the Wave Beast might not devour, and left the cave while hiding his tracks.

Although Cain was already sick with the Whisper Forest, he did not leave but instead traveled back to where the Metal Hyena and Dimitri had fought.

He had left less than twenty minutes ago, but the Wave Beast had ripped Dimitri’s armor to pieces and devoured most of the corpse.

Just like humans saw Wave Beasts as an excellent source of nutrients, there was nothing a Wave Beast enjoyed more than the flesh of Wave Cultivators.

The Metal Hyena consumed more and more of the corpse, but it was clear it was something bothering it, so after devouring the entire heart and most of the inner organs, it ran back to its cave.

Cain was sure that the beast would be enraged once it saw that he had stolen its treasure, but he did not care too much. Once the Metal Hyena was out of sight, he flashed toward Dimitri’s bloody corpse.

Cain was sure that the Wave Beasts would do a much better job handling the corpses of Dimitri and Nira than he, but those beasts would not eat the Wave Artifacts of the duo, so he needed to take care of them.

Nira was surprisingly poor, with Cain only finding a small bracelet that seemed to enhance the firing power of her spells, which she never had the chance to use.

After some thought, Cain speculated that the woman had spent almost all her wealth paying for her arm’s regeneration, leaving her only with a weak Wave Artifact.

On the other hand, Cain found a lot more on Dimitri’s corpse. He took out the metallic object attached to the corpse’s spine, a dagger, and to his immense delight, a space ring.

After ensuring he had everything, Cain packed things into his backpack before running away as fast as he could. Although using the space ring would have been nice, he still needed to test it and ensure everything was right.

“ROAR!”

Cain had run for less than five minutes when a ferocious roar echoed throughout the Whisper Forest. It was clear that the Metal Hyena found out his treasures were gone.

Although that roar pushed Cain to move even faster, it also drew a smile on his face. There was no way he could have entered the cave of a Level 5 Wave Beast on his own, but he found a way.

In essence, he turned a deadly ambush into a massive lucky chance!

Cain kept running for almost ten hours and only stopped once his body began to fail. He could still run, but that could drain every last bit of energy left in him, which could prove deadly.

Before he could no longer remain conscious due to exhaustion, Cain rose to a tree’s branch and began to consume Wave Beast’s hearts while using Wave Focus to direct his Astral Wave to his wounds to enhance their healing.

After almost one and a half hours, Cain could no longer endure and fell asleep. The [Basic Scan Force Field] would warn him in case of any danger, so he was able to relax a little.

More than twelve hours passed by the time Cain woke. All his body hurt as the analgesic effect of the Warrior Pill was gone, but luckily the lacerations on his body were no longer bleeding.

Despite all that sleep, Cain still felt tired since everything that happened took a significant toll on his body and mind, but there was no time to waste. First was the space ring he took from Dimitri’s corpse.

‘Apex.’

“I already analyzed it when you were sleeping. Dimitri’s A.I. Chip had branded it, which was not a problem since it was easy to override. What was a little troublesome was the failsafe that would have sent the information of any new A. I. Chip that interfered with the space ring. Luckily, I found it and used the [Basic Hacking] tool to handle it. You can now use it without worry.”

Apex spoke with a calm voice, but his abilities were something it would have shocked most hackers of the Godslayer Humankind Empire. Not that the System Spirit really cared about the opinion of a bunch of humans.

“Great!” Cain shouted as he put the space ring on his hand and branded it with the [A.I. Chip Module].The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bj'n.