I opened my eyes three hours, fourteen minutes, and twenty-seven seconds later.
All the tiredness from the methods had vanished. The only thing that remained was freshness, which I felt in my mind.
Though not in a body.
The energy vaporized every speck of dried sweat and other things covering my body, solving the problem immediately.
I usually like to shower, but I do not want to waste time doing that.
Instead, I summoned the control panel before me and activated the measure. I had prepared a long time ago.
The whole abode buzzed, and runes moved. Outside the security artifact, I had forged activated the function which connected it to the formation of the city.
The moment I heard a click, a smile appeared on my face.
Now, the city itself would protect me if someone attacked my abode with the intention of destroying it.
I didn't plan to make a breakthrough in the city. I had planned to do it secretly in some secluded place, but given that the Belial's Star is attacking, it is not wise to get out.
It is not because Carter could sense me leaving. I am confident I could sneak away without him noticing, but people are outside.
Dangerous people. I'd rather not go against them alone. The source of this content ɪs novᴇlfire.net
I double checked things before taking out my abode. The one I had forged and stepping inside. If someone broke past the defenses, then my abode would be the last line, that would protect me.
It had already become part of the abode. They will not find it.
It might seem excessive, but I am planning on making a breakthrough. There is nothing excessive about that. It is my life on the line, I will be powerless. Enough, that even a Sovereign would be able to kill me.
So, even the most excessive measure isn't excessive in a scenario .
I sat down and took deep breaths for several seconds before a bracelet appeared in my hand. It is a simple, iron blue bracelet with a crisscrossing line design.
It is my breakthrough artifact. I finished forging it a few minutes ago and am very excited to use it.
I am also a little scared. Not about the artifact, which I am fully confident about, but about the breakthrough. There are a lot of things that could go wrong here.
I pushed those thoughts away and activated the bracelet, before appearing on my core in front of the runic humanoid.
It's not as big as the last time. It could be even said to be smaller, but it is more powerful, with more ancient runes than before.
I admired it for a moment before I tapped on it. The very next moment, I got expelled out of my core.
Outside, I saw my body covered in a tiny, extremely thin runes. They are so thin that I could barely feel them.
It took them a few seconds, but they had covered every part of my body—even the hair on my head.
The formation buzzed and a moment later, my core, which had turned semi-solid, began to spin.
It begins pulling the essence from the breakthrough artifact. It was a small amount at first, but rapidly increased as the core spun faster.
Within a minute, my core had started to absorb a massive amount of energy.
It always shocks me how much energy my core consumes. It might be a Sky Sovereign's breakthrough, but nearly half of the resources belong to the Prime.
Every one of these resources is precious. Many of them have grown at my core. Now, the core is guzzling it all without an end.
I hope it's not too much, because it could affect my breakthrough, but there is nothing I could do. The things are out of my control.
Minutes passed, and more essences entered my core quickly, till it reached the limit.
My body couldn't bear to take them at greater speed, forcing the speed to stabilize. Still, the amount of essences entering my body every second is shocking.
It is more than I had thought; my body will take it.
I watched it as the hour passed, but there was no sign of stopping. It continued without pause for another nine minutes before finally slowing down.
A few seconds after that, it stopped fully.
I looked at the core and was worried about the sheer number of resources it had absorbed, but as I had said earlier, I could do nothing other than watch it.
Seconds passed, and finally, the core began again, absorbing the energies.
Like always, I didn't use a single type of energy. This time, there are thirty-seven types of it. A lot of thoughts and time went into selecting these energies, which my core had now started to consume ravenously.
I watched it, while the data flashed in front of me. Recording everything.
It seemed to be going smoothly, which is the only thing that relieved me. However, only a small part of me was relieved; the big part was very worried.
Soon, an hour passed, and the core was still ravenously consuming the energy. It won't be for long. In ten to twenty minutes, it will be.
I hope it will be sooner.
I was thinking about that when a window popped in front of me. Someone is contacting me with the soul, but in my current state, I cannot respond.
They contacted me repeatedly for minutes before Prime's presence descended. Kanxin appeared in front of the bronze gate.
It must be serious for her to come personally.
"Prime Arys, we need your help. Belial's Star will soon reach the Taurus," said Prime Kanxin.
Hearing that, my expression couldn't turn bad. I thought they would take at least a day, but it seemed like they were not.
A window appeared in front of her, turning her expression sour. It was a simple message. Stating that I am busy and couldn't come out.
"Please, Prime Arys. Taurus needs you and will be grateful for your help," she requested again, but the same message appeared before her.
She requested once more and waited for nearly a minute before flying away.
I felt bad seeing her, but I couldn't leave my place until I had completed the breakthrough.
I hope they won't arrive by then.