novelraw Chapter 136-1: Veiled Aberrations, Valkyrie’s Throat-Piercing Arrow (1)
Chapter 136-1: Veiled Aberrations, Valkyrie’s Throat-Piercing Arrow (1)
[Bennett leads you to the stairs that ascend to the second floor, halts there, and begins to speak to you…]
[His clinic had once received the blessings of both the president of the Multivision School Association and the president of the Direct Vision School Association.]
[Both presidents were individuals of vast knowledge and immense power. They carved hidden runes around the clinic to prevent it from being detected by the monsters lurking in the mist.]
[Otherwise, a clinic storing so many eyeballs would have long become a paradise for the monsters.]
[While reading the newspaper at the counter by the entrance, he would often spot passing monsters…]
[At first, the monsters passed in groups, their body size comparable to ordinary shells. But as time went on, the number of monsters decreased, while their size grew larger and larger.]
[As the monsters grew in size, the number of eyes on their bodies increased as well…]
[Bennett knew, they were once humans in pursuit of knowledge, twisted by their desires, mutated into horrific monsters within the mist.]
[After turning into monsters, their hunger for knowledge grew even stronger. To obtain more eyes, they began devouring their own kind…]
[The more eyes a monster consumed, the larger and more grotesquely twisted its body became… and naturally, its power grew as well.][As he spoke, Bennett removed his bird-beak mask…]
[You saw his pale face covered in countless pitch-black eyes.]
[Bennett let out a bitter laugh and put the mask back on. He too had not escaped the lure of knowledge. Or rather, no one in this world could ever escape it…]
[By now, very few monsters ever passed by the clinic.]
[The occasional one or two were massive in size. With every step they took, the clinic’s ceiling would shake and rain down dust, and the jars and vials in the cabinets would rattle violently…]
[Just before your arrival, two enormous monsters had clashed not far from the clinic. Deafening crashes, howls, and chewing noises echoed endlessly…]
[One of the monsters even lost a limb, which landed right outside the clinic’s door.]
[Bennett had hidden in the corner behind the counter, trembling. Judging from the sounds of the battle, one of the two titans had been defeated and devoured by the other.]
[But the victorious monster had also sustained grievous injuries. However, the power gained from devouring a fellow monster would help its wounds regenerate, making it even stronger than before.]
[But all that required time…]
[Bennett suddenly raised a finger to the beak of his mask, signaling you to stay silent and listen carefully…]
[From within the mist outside the clinic came an earth-shattering roar, so loud it made your eardrums ache!]
[You determined that the sound came from somewhere not far from Bennett’s Transplant Clinic…]
[Before you arrived, Bennett had summoned his courage and dashed out of the clinic, dragging the severed limb back inside.]
[He claimed it was the bravest thing he had ever done in his life!]
[Bennett knows that as a True God’s Envoy, you possess great strength and have a passion for exploring the abnormalities within the mist.]
[Now that the severed limb lies on the second floor of the clinic, he invites you upstairs to have a look…]
Lin Xun’s eyes lit up.
So that’s what happened!
Two monsters had fought just outside the clinic. Although one had won the battle, it was also gravely wounded, he might just have a chance to pick up the spoils!
[You follow Bennett up the stairs and arrive on the second floor of the transplant clinic.]
[The light of a kerosene lamp illuminates the spacious operating room. Along one wall stands a row of cabinets, filled with jars containing fresh eyeballs.]
[At the center of the room lies an operating table, on which rests a massive arthropod limb. It’s so thick it would take two people to encircle it with their arms. The limb is covered in coarse, black bristles, and green slime oozes from its severed end.]
[A pungent, fishy stench assaults your senses…]
[Next to the operating table floats a large book page, glowing faintly in midair.]
[You’ve discovered a fragment of the Book of Salvation, Resting Page!]
[Bennett walks straight through the Resting Page and tells you that the second floor of the clinic is truly remarkable, any corpses or eyeballs stored here never decay.]
[That’s why, upon acquiring the giant monster’s severed limb, he immediately carried it upstairs, awaiting the arrival of the True God’s Envoy.]
There’s a Resting Page on the second floor of the clinic!
The faint glow emitted by the Resting Page could preserve unclaimed shells in perfect condition, preventing rot or decay.
However, it seemed that Bennett couldn’t perceive the existence of the Resting Page, and thus had no idea that the magical property of the clinic’s second floor originated from it.
[You step forward to touch the Resting Page. The lingering divine power within stirs your heart. Your feeble soul resonates powerfully with the page.]
[Bennett casts you a curious glance… then picks up a scalpel from beside the operating table and begins dissecting the severed limb while speaking to you…]
[This limb is likely just a tiny portion of the monster’s numerous tentacles, which implies that the creature’s full body size is beyond human imagination.]
[It’s unknown whether the limb came from the winning or losing monster…]
[Bennett struggles to flip the limb over, sending green slime splashing everywhere.]
[On the other side of the limb, a massive eyeball is glaringly visible. The sclera is filled with countless blood vessels, and the enormous eye blinks intermittently.]
[Bennett tells you that this type of eye evolves after the monstrous behemoths devour their own kind. The quality is poor, but they exist in large quantities.]
[If you, as the True God’s Envoy, are interested in the giants that dwell within the mist, you could go investigate for yourself, but you must beware the gaze of the giant monsters…]
[Do you wish to tell Bennett that you plan to search for the behemoth outside the clinic?]
Lin Xun pondered for a moment and clicked ‘Yes.’