Capítulo 66: A small break
'Alright, here we go.' Aster whispered to himself.
With his newly acquired [Bone manipulation[EX]], he had created a trench for him to get in and hide on top of a small hill.
A couple of hundred meters away, a crude trap existed.
The trap was composed of a biggish crater slowly descending down and with a pole stuck in the middle.
The purpose of the pole was to act as a beacon to attract monsters with the severed leg on it as bait.
The remaining blood in the legs dripped down the bone pole, further spreading its scent all over the graveyard.
The harsh slope of the crater didn't serve any important roles. It was there so that monsters that got caught in the trap wouldn't see Aster rushing in to deliver the killing blow.
'In a total wasteland like this with only bones around, surely there would be a few naturally occurring monsters looking for juicy bites.
As a person who took a bite out of that leg, I can back up my claim about that leg being juicy.'
Just in case it wouldn't be enough of a bait, Aster had placed the mana crystals he had obtained from the lich. Even if the leg wouldn't be appetizing enough, the mana crystals ought to attract some.
After all, it came from a lich.
Aster comfortably sat in the trench and impatiently waited.
Not even 10 minutes later, he spotted something moving on the bones.
Something like a centipede spotted the fresh meal and quickly hastened its pace.
Its top was covered by a tough, white carapace, giving it incredible protection and camouflage.
It scaled the small hill and went down the slope to get its prize.
Hundreds of thin legs worked in harmony to transport the lengthy body of the insectoid monster.
Its mandibles clacked against each other as saliva oozed from its circular mouth.
10 meters
5 meters
1 meter
It opened its powerful maws and was right about to bite the mana crystals to pieces when dozens of bone spears pierced its unprotected bottom side.
[You have killed an…]
[+121 exp]
[You have obtained Rank 1 Soul fragment×1]
'Nice!'
Aster quickly absorbed the soul fragment and got 10 attribute points and 10 skill points alongside some credits.
'Oh wait, I had the shop available…'
He quickly scoured the shop for valuable items and found water.
'Buy a liter of water and one High-grade healing potion.'
With a brilliant display of violet sparks, two different liquids appeared in separate containers.
The red-colored healing potion was contained within a thin vial while the water was encased by a bigger flask.
'I still have some credits left but I don't think I can do anything with them as of now. It's better to save them.'
He put all of the points he gained from the soul fragment into endurance to get a little bit of extra energy.
Then, he took a small gulp from the healing potion to recover some of his wounds and went to harvest the corpse of his prey.
He picked a considerably sturdy bone from the ground and sharpened it to get a little bit of an edge.
Aster reached the corpse of the giant centipede and stared at it for a second to comprehend its size.
'Damn. That is one long insect. I say about… dozen meters or so, maybe a bit longer.'
After he was done admiring his kill, he used [Bone manipulation[EX]] to quickly and neatly tear off the many segmented, tough carapace.
'This skill is really neat. Maybe this is what I needed in this wasteland.
…
But necromancy would have been better.'
He harvested the core, another magic crystal, a bit of meat, some segments of the carapace, and put them inside the bone backpack he had made.
Aster thought about absorbing the core but decided against it.
'I will use it as bait just in case more edible monster stumbles upon it. I will add the mana crystals too.'
He glanced back at the pale, almost translucent flesh of the centipede. He was absolutely sure it would not taste good, let alone be edible for a human like him.
After getting his loot, he went in the opposite direction from where he had come from.
He walked for a bit and then created another trench and got comfortable inside it.
'I don't know if something else has occupied the previous trench while I was gone. I can't detect anything there with [Magic aura sense] but it is better to be safe than sorry right?
For all I know, a demon could be sitting there, waiting to catch me off guard.
Well, that won't happen!'
He expanded the trench underground and made something like an underground bunker.
The roof and the walls were supported by neatly placed bone pillars so they wouldn't collapse and the floor was evenly constructed to give as much as steady footing as possible.
He went to the opposite side of the bunker, away from the opening hatch, and used a few dry bones to use as fuel.
Using his fingers as a blowtorch, he ignited the bones and created a mini flame.
After heating a bit of the water, he used it to wash a really thin piece of bone.
With that bone, he stabbed it into a piece of centipede flesh and hovered on top of the mini bonfire.
To accelerate the cooking, he created a few mini fireballs to roast the meat evenly from all sides.
SZZZZZ
It sizzled wonderfully. The scent released by it prompted Aster to take a good sniff and maybe a bite but he resisted it.
'Got to cook it a little bit more. Just a little bit more. To make it edible. It's all for me in the end, must resist the hunger…'
CHOMP
The taste surprised Aster. It might be undercooked but his body should be strong enough to deal with the fallout.
In the case of poisons, he got that covered as well.
He was expecting some shitty taste but the almost sugary sour taste of the centipede was a pleasant surprise.
For a moment, he forgot about everything and enjoyed the taste.
A small break like this was desperately needed.
Soon, Aster ate through the supply he brought and his energy was full. His wounds and leg had healed too.
It was time to face the cruel reality once again.
But this time, he was going to get out of here for real.
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Billurigan
Billurigan I never ate centipede so I made it up.
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