Apotheosis

One week later, the three-eyed boy's wounds almost healed. He was still constantly infiltrated with the internal momentum of the Life Godly Way.

Since the giant ape had been with Zen and Elvinia over the past several days, it had developed quite a bit of trust in them. Now, it would sometimes leave the three-eyed boy alone with them.

Just now, it had left the hut and was picking up some rare herbs from the Dark Region.

It was true that it didn't know much about medicine making, but being a long-time resident of the Dark Region, it had a fairly good idea of what effect those herbs had.

After returning to the hut, the ape gave the herbs to Zen and tried to inform him of their effect. Zen had finally developed a rough understanding of its words and understood what it was trying to say. He processed the juice of the herbs and fed it to the three-eyed boy.

Ten days later, either due to those herbs, or the Life Godly Way, the three-eyed boy finally opened his eyes.

Shaking his head to remove any grogginess, he got up from the ground and looked around vigilantly. He then remarked in surprise, "I'm fine?"

Before falling unconscious, he had thought that he was doomed.

"Hmm."

The ape grunted in response, shaking its huge head with a joyful smile on its face.

The three-eyed boy stared at the giant ape and asked, "You brought me back and cured me?"

"Woo?"

The honest ape shook its head at once.

It was true that it had brought the three-eyed boy back from the mine. Some time ago, the three-eyed boy had broken into the area of the Burning Crystal mine, but had been surrounded by several black monkeys. This was not the first time he had dealt with them, so he had not taken them seriously at first.

However, this time, hundreds of black monkeys had rushed out in full force. The three-eyed boy did not realize that he was outmatched until it was too late.

He had only gotten through the siege by spending the last ounce of his strength.

Although he had managed to finally rush out of the mine, the black monkeys had chased closely after him, biting his flesh and draining his blood all the way. In the end, he just wasn't able to resist anymore. He had fallen to the ground in the pool of blood. At that critical moment, the giant ape had str

t ten million steps he had taken, he would have been dead.

After going through such a long and cruel experience, he had lost the ability to trust anyone.

To him, Zen and Elvinia should have been ungrateful and angry since they were locked up by him.

But even then, at the time of his death, they hadn't run away. Instead, they had saved him. There must be a plot!

"I wanted to explore the Dark Region not only to obtain the Other Shore Tokens, but also to satisfy my curiosity about it," Zen explained. "In the beginning, we did plan to run away. In fact, we were well prepared for that. But I have a feeling you aren't that bad. You're definitely worth making friends with. I naturally chose to save you."

Worth making friends with?

The three-eyed boy's face changed when he heard Zen's words. Some deep and small part of his heart was touched by this sentence.

'If this guy really thinks so, something must be wrong with his brain, ' the three-eyed boy thought.

But somehow, he didn't hate this kind of thinking.

His originally stiff and cold face softened a little. The third eye on his forehead blinked softly, and the green light disappeared. Freed of the flash, Zen fell down to the ground with a thump.

The three-eyed boy then took some white fruits from the black-and-white trees and handed them to Zen. "As long as you are willing to help me make more candles, I am willing to give you more freedom," he promised.

These Darkness Fruits would enable Zen to walk freely in the Dark Region.