It was scarier when Rex initially fell into the water earlier.


    He didn''t know what dwelled inside its depth.


    But now that he know, that the creatures living inside the depths of this water, were the Time Draugars and also the mutated eels, that fear of the unknown disappeared instantly. Rex was aiming to reach the Lotus of Lunar Heart and get this over with.


    Gazing ahead, he saw the Lotus of Lunar Heart on a small ind at the center.


    Roughly, it was a kilometer from thend to that ind.


    Had Rex tried to leap over that kilometer, he would certainly have fallen down because of the pulling effect from the mutated eels. So the only way to reach the ind was directly through the water or leaping high enough, out of the range of the pulling effect.


    Now that he was already in the water, the choice was clear to him.


    Controlling his kingly energy, he leaped out of the water and stood on its surface.


    Rex had never done this before, but with the fact that he has an extremely high mastery over energy control,l he was able to do it on the first try. Shifting his gaze, fixing on the ind—he began sprinting towards it.


    Under the influence of the Banished Dark Moon Persona form, his senses were heightened.


    Even from the surface and the deterrent from the fog, he could sense everything.


    Looking down, Rex could feel clearly that the Time Draugars were grouping up to attack him.


    Ssh!


    Ssh!


    Taking in the hunting method of sharks, these Time Draugars pierced the surface like rockets in an attempt to hit Rex from below. But having sensed them already—Rex dodged them all in a graceful and sleek manner.


    As he sprinted ahead, he kept his body extremely low.


    Each time a Time Draugar was about to strike him from below, he used his ws, as a paddle to abruptly change direction—and dodged the attack. He did it by stabbing his ws into the water and twisting it in the direction he wanted to go.


    Multiple water spears exploded across the surface of the water.


    All were representing every single Time Draugar that missed their attacks on Rex.


    But as the momentum carried them back down—theyunched a second attempt at Rex.


    If anyone was watching the scene right now they would see that Rex—was skiing as multiple Time Draugars were attacking relentlessly from below, and also raining from above back into the water.


    Such a sight was impable to see, Rex was able to dodge them all with rtive ease.


    Not a single one managed to hit him as he was moving too quickly.


    Despite not being in his element, which was thend, he was already adapted to the terrain.


    It took merely a few minutes that felt like a long time as the wind carried him against the feral attacks from the Time Draugars for him to near the ind. He could get what he needed, and then went back to shore, wrestling against the same obstacles for the second time.


    However, he knew that if he could go through them once, then he could do it again.


    As he got closer and closer to the ind, the attack from the Time Draugars intensified.


    Seems like they were protecting the Lotus of Lunar Heart.


    Halfway through the way, Rex even changed from dodging to killing them—as he found their frequency of attack was bing too much—but even then, the intensity of the attack was still the same.


    If Rex had to say, there should be about a hundred Time Draugars attacking him.


    Even then, his reflex was too insanely fast for them tond a hit on him.


    Now. I''m within range of my Primordial Step, I can reach that.


    Looking at the ind that was already near him, regardless of the Time Draugars blocking his way—he could certainly reach the ind with a bit of boost, from his Primordial Step skill. He may need to rest a bit on the ind, but that was about the only downside.


    Charging his moonlight energy and kingly energy, his lower limbs overflowed with power.


    One could even see the rush of power from Rex''s skin.


    Making a delicate step forward—Rex created a ripple of energy, that permeated through the entire water''s surface as the Time Draugars around him slowed down immensely. He felt his legs bing stronger and stronger with the enhancement of his energies.


    In that following instant, his body disappeared from the spot.


    Swoosh!


    Rex''s speed underwent a significant change, sending him hurling forward like a bullet.


    His rush didn''t even budge the water underneath him.


    Eyes fixed on the destination, Rex could already see the vibrant gleam from the item that he desired located at the center of the small ind. Looking at the item directly, Rex could hear it talking back to him, asking him to be taken.


    But as he was about to reach the small ind, dozens of meters away, the light disappeared.


    Ssh!


    Emerging from the water, the mutated eel stood between Rex and the small ind.


    Its massive bodypletely blocked out the light from the Lotus of Lunar Heart.


    Rex''s eyes widened as he was so close to getting what he wanted—but no matter how close he got to the Lotus of Lunar Heart, it was not counted, if he couldn''t get his hands on it. Just like that, his moment of hope was vanquished.


    ROAR!!


    Following that, the mutated eel opened its maw and unleashed a thunderous roar.


    A roar that shook the entire ce violently.


    Upon taking the full brunt of the roar, Rex could feel his body stiffening up—he was frozen in ce and couldn''t move a muscle. Not stopping at that, the mutated eel, made its move as it dived back into the water.


    Expecting to be eaten again, Rex was shocked to see it going back to the water.


    He thought that the mutated eel had a change of heart.


    But he was dead wrong as he saw as it dived—it bent its tail to the other side like a slingshot before whipping Rex with it. Not being able to defend himself, Rex was swatted away with an arc of blood trailing behind him.


    Crash!!


    Rex was hurled so far away before he crashed onto the rough ground, rolling non-stop.


    He kept going, and when he did stop, he coughed a mouthful of blood.


    Looking around the ce to see where he was—he realized that he was swatted back to thend once again, away from the water. At this realization—Rex pounded the ground, annoyed that he was swatted back to the start again.


    Climbing back to his feet, he ran back to the water and stopped at the edge.


    Naturally, he still wants to get the Lotus of Lunar Heart right now.


    Dealing with one mutated eel to reach the small ind shouldn''t be a problem for him, and he was going to try while his Banished Dark Moon Order skill was still active. But—as soon as he got to the edge, he made an abrupt stop.


    Roar!!


    Ssh!


    In the distance, Rex could see the mutated eel swimming around the small ind.


    But what made him stop was the fact that the other mutated eel had already recovered from the Banished Field—its abilities instantly came back. Rex could feel its aura even from afar, it would be foolish of him to get back inside again.


    Not only would he be struggling against them, his stamina was running on empty right now.


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    Rex panted heavily as he went to his knees,pletely exhausted.


    On top of being forced to fight underwater—while holding his breath—he used his Primordial Step skill two times already, and he couldn''t use it anymore, without risking beingpletely immobile.


    He also has to bear the risk of the Banished Dark Moon Order skill deactivating mid-fight.


    Because if he chose to fight again, it wouldn''t end in a few minutes.


    "Yeah..." He exhaled roughly—before falling backward—lying on the ground. "It''ll be stupid of me to go further than this. I guess I''ll have to settle on only knowing the location of the Lotus of Lunar Heart"


    Maybe when he got a lot stronger then he woulde back and try again.


    As far as he''s concerned, he only managed to hurt the mutated eels once.


    It was also thanks to the help of the Banished Field—that nullified all abilities, of the mutated eel. Had it not been for that, he wouldn''t be able to deal any damage. Luck also yed a part there as he was able to attack the mutated eel from the inside.


    Rex doubted that the mutated eel would make the same mistake again.


    Instead of swallowing him—next time, it might decide to chew on Rex instead.


    "At the very least fighting those things gave me the chance to learn about the Banished Dark Moon Persona—and how its powers work," Rex stared at the sky, resting while still remaining alert. "Also, I got the chance to scan it..."


    ...


    <Albino Elder Eel>


    Description: A mutated eel that is located inside the centerke within the Chrono Hollow.


    Avable skills to devour:


    → Imprable Eldritch Skin


    → Overpower


    → Underwater Carnage


    → Graviton Pull


    ...


    Earlier during the fight against the mutated falcon—Rex briefly saw a notification saying that the mutated falcon—is a great candidate, for devouring. That notification reminds him of the Devour chances that he still hadn''t used.


    Because of the Fifthborn''s shenanigans, he forgot about such an important thing.


    However, now that he remembered about it, he decided to focus on it.


    Other than cultivating his King Mark and elemental powers, this would also help him.


    Checking the notification, Rex ponders back to the earlier fight.


    "Hmm... the Imprable Eldritch Skin is straightforward—its skin is very hard. Overpower— should be the roar that it used against me, when I was about to get to the ind that sunned me in ce. Underwater Carnage...? I do not know about that. And for thest one—Graviton Pull should be what generated the pulling effect,"


    Sweeping the entire avable skills, he identified each skill that he could devour.


    But amongst them, nothing really catches his eye.


    Rex sat up after a brief break to catch his breath before he looked skywards, "Now I am quite curious, as to what makes the System state, that the mutated falcon is suitable for devouring—what kind of skill does it have?"


    At the top of his head, Rex could only remember being pped around by that bird.


    In addition, it has several movement skills that amplify its speed.


    One skill that was an offensive one was the skill it used when it descended from the sky.


    "I don''t really know, but maybe I''ll scan it when I encounter it again" Rex mused.


    Just as he was about to head back to the others, however, his eyes red open when he got a brilliant idea. A brilliant idea to get to the small ind and get the Lotus of the Lunar Heart, and that idea was none other than the mutated falcon or eagle.


    "Using one of those birds to cross theke, that''s not a bad idea..." Rex mused with a smile.


    A momentter.


    Rex regrouped back with the assault team who was still scouting the area.


    Many of them, needed to rest under the protection of his red force—but other than that, the assault team was doing fine. Rex did not forget to tell them the new objective—to locate the mutated falcon or eagle.


    He was going to use them to cross theke.


    Who knows? Maybe he would gain another mount aside from Delta.


    "I''ll name it Epsilon or maybe Gamma? No, I think Zeta is a good name for a bird" Rex mused, already preparing a name, for them. Despite not knowing how to subdue them, properly, Rex was not going to let that stop him.


    If all things fail, there are still the old ways of beating it to submission.


    But he needed to move fast though—it''d be better if he could fight the mutated birds, while his Banished Dark Moon Persona form was still active, "Resting time is up, let''s move. I want either of those two birds, and I want it now"