I pulled it inside my core, turned to the Rhinoman, and saw it running away.
All the courage it had vanished the moment my blade entered in the heart of the Cheetaman.
I looked at the Rhinoman, but didn't chase it. A moment later, it slowed till it nearly froze. A terror appeared in its eyes, and it began to struggle.
Still, no matter how much it struggled, it couldn't break the single string.
A second later, I pulled it toward me. It tried harder, but nothing happened. It finally appeared in front of me, and I pulled it inside.
As I did, I felt relieved.
This battle would have been harder. If these two hadn't been tired from their fighting. I am glad that I was at the right place at the right time.
I flew away from the spot, and in my core, I saw roots moving toward the Grimms, wrapping around their bodies as they watched in terror.
Soon, I landed in the secluded spot while monsters searched for me. I didn't enter my abode but brought out the stealth formation.
I would have kept moving, but the battle attracted pretty powerful monsters I had no desire to fight against.
If I had kept moving, they might have found me as my strength would have increased, which would have created some tiny holes in my stealth.
So, it's better that I do not take risks and wait in a safe spot till I receive all the strengthening energy and adjust my stealth according to it.
Finally, the roots begin to unwrap themselves from the Grimms.
A second later, the trees rustled and released the energies. The growth energy, every drop of it, went to the metal essence tree while strengthening energy came to me. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel※fire.net
As it entered, my body began to absorb it hungrily. Strengthening itself.
The energy is nearly as strong as the one I got from the Werewolf. Cheetama's is as strong as Rhinoman's, which is slightly weaker.
I don't mind. I am so happy to get it from the non-bloodline source of the Grimms.
It means that as long as I come across the Grimms of my level of power, I will continue to get this delicious, grown energy that will save me years of practice.
These Grimms are one of the things I miss about my world the most.
There was no dearth of the Grimms; they used to cover half of the world. Here, the Grimms hide in secret pockets that they constantly change.
It's very hard to find them in a specific place like my world.
I pushed those thoughts away and focused on strengthening my energy like my clones were doing while at the same time making changes to my armor.
A few of them analyzed the data of my battle—the data of the ancestral power.
I need to understand this thing as soon as possible. I have come close to the limit in the battle against the Werewolf and these two.
I don't want to be in state. It affects fighting as some of my focus would always be on it.
A minute passed, and then another; my body kept absorbing more and more of the strengthening energy until it had finished its last drop.
When I looked at my strength, a smile couldn't help but appear on my face.
Looking at the Grimms and their power, I knew this mission would be far more difficult than I had thought. This strength wouldn't be enough, but it is a first step toward it.
Other Grimms in this realm will take me higher or kill me if I become too greedy or unlucky.
I looked at all the increases before turning to the growth energy, which is still fed to the metal essence tree.
It didn't take such an amount of growth energy, even to grow the prime-level metal essence fruits, but these aren't regular Prime-level fruits, but fruits with the power of laws.
Minutes passed, and finally, the last of the growth energy was absorbed by the tree.
The three fruit buds had flowered. I thought some part of the fruit would appear, but the growth energy of the two Grimms could only flower it.
It seemed like it would take a lot more growth energy than I had thought to turn to produce the mature fruits.
Thankfully, this realm has a tap of that energy. The only thing I have to do is to kill the Grimms.
I pushed those thoughts and focused on the flower from which I could sense the power of laws. All three laws are clear and more powerful than before.
I do not doubt that by the time the fruit matures. The fruits will have every bit of law powers the essence contains. It will also be much easier to comprehend the law through it.
I have read about it, and it made me quite excited. It is such a regret that I don't comprehend any of these laws. It would have helped me tremendously in my comprehension of them.
I was looking at the last of things before I flew away when I sensed something and, a moment later, heard a loud, piercing cry.
It sent a shudder through my body, and I wished I would have hidden in the above.
The monster appeared, the most powerful. I had sensed in this realm and it was a law monster with two laws swirling around it: the wind and lightning.
These two laws synch well with each other. Making them even more dangerous.
As I sensed the monster, I pulled back all my soul waves and simply waited with bated breath while its presence scanned the area I was in.
Seconds passed, and I didn't even dare to breathe before; finally, the monster stopped searching and flew away.
For a few minutes, I didn't even dare to use my soul waves, and I only did it to confirm if the monster had left.
"It had left," I said to myself, slumping tiredly against the tree.
The Grimms aren't the only danger in this realm. The native monsters are just as dangerous. I would need to be more careful of them in my journey.