Birth Of The Crafts-God

Chapter 37 - 37 : Sneaking Away

The Green-Snout Metal mole joyfully feasted on a huge rock that lay in front of it. Within the rock were metallic black pieces, which were a special metal that was quite common. Despite that, the desolate beasts behaved as if this was the best meal it had ever had in its life.

One could only feel pity for it, as it was clear that the beast was ostracized by its kind to the point that a common metal could arouse such satisfaction from it.

The desolate beasts community, even for the social ones, was one in the form of a pyramid. Those at the top would enjoy all the resources, while those at the bottom would almost have to cater for themselves. It operated by the rule of the strongest fist reigns supreme—a dog-eat-dog world.

However, none of this concerned Lucas. His plan was to move ahead while escaping the senses of the Green-Snout Metal mole. As for killing it? Was that even possible?

The current Lucas, despite all the physical training he did in his spare time, was only on par with a Body Strengthening stage practitioner at the Bones refining step. Even when paired with his signature gloves and a Grade 3 vestige, he could only compare to a first level Apertures Opening stage stellar practitioner in terms of power alone.

As for physical abilities like movement speed and reaction speed, Lucas still wasn't there.

In other words, even in his strongest form, a third level Green-Snout Metal mole was beyond him. If he were to face it, Lucas might die without even knowing how.

There was the option to escape and go elsewhere, but he didn't fancy that. The reason was quite simple. The Cicalien Mountains was very big and as previously mentioned, on par with a city. It would take a very long time to

The third talisman was an invisibility talisman. Compared to the others, this was much more difficult for Lucas to make. The complexities were well above-average and, logically, should have been impossible for someone without mystical, but Lucas managed to pull it off thanks to his experience. However, he could only make two of them.

With all three talismans hanging on him, Lucas browsed through his system inventory and withdrew a pair of boots from his inventory.

After the system had upgraded, following the opening of the store, Lucas could now store foreign objects -which were items not provided by the system- inside the inventory.

The pair of boots were purchased the day before he left, and he modified them right after, improving their ability. The boots were meant to reduce the sound of one's footsteps to the point that it was almost negligible. However, after trying it out, Lucas found out that the advertisement was deceitful, and so he made appropriate changes to it.

Now, the boot could mitigate the force one used when walking, even distributing it in such a fashion that the noise generated was truly negligible. He also added cushions, which helped to reduce the sound.

After changing his shoes to the new pair of boots and storing them in the inventory, Lucas prepared to take action.