I had no choice.
I decisively raised my other hand and chopped my arm off.
With a pathetic squirt of blood my arm was severed from my torso.
The surprise of chopping my own arm off gave pause to the corpse attacking .
Along with the mobility that I had regained, the act of chopping off my arm gave a huge adrenaline boost which allowed to fight through the pain.
Dropping to the ground I dodged the jab.
After I had dodged the jab I then pushed myself off the ground then closed the remaining distance between us and used my remaining hand to gauge his eyes out.
However I did not stop there.
I went further and got my hand around the rotting carcasses brain and squeezed.
At last the carcass had finally dropped dead.
I dropped to the floor panting.
That was the closest I had ever been to death.
I'm that mont of absolute death, my emotions were muted, my fear, my hesitance, my anxiety.
All were gone. I had no hate for the opponent at the ti.
I only had eyes for my survival and he was in the way so I had done whatever I could to gain an advantage.
The act of chopping my arm off was sothing I never would have done had I not been in that state.
…
After mulling over the strange state that I had found myself in in the midst of combat I went over and picked up my chopped off arm.
The still bleeding stump was touched to the arm.
Following that I channeled aether into the arm and stump hoping that it would reattach.
…
After a stressful few minutes of hoping the arm was finally reattached.
It happened.
The tendons and muscles of the arm grew and reached out to the stump of my arm.
Connecting to the stump the arm firmly reattached, regrowing the skin all the while.
It took longer than any other healing I had done with my aether.
After I was no longer in pain I checked the system notification that had appeared after the defeat of the corpse.
[you have advanced to Tier/Level 8/1]
[Returning you to Low-Realm *****]
…
When I appeared back in the realm I was t with a wide stare of course it didn't happen imdiately but it felt like it.
One mont I'm alone in the room having just appeared the next second Aoif had barged in.
"So bright"
"Aoif?"
"Ah, you have brightened"
Dreamily staring into my soul Aoif walks towards . As she stares for longer a frown appears on her face.
"You are injured"
"Yes, however it has already healed," I responded.
She walks closer to then takes my hand and leads towards Delta and Tama who had set up in the other room for the night.
"You need food"
"I do, how did you know?"
She points to my stomach which as we entered the other room growled.
The healing of my wound had taken up all of the previous nutrition that I had taken earlier… or is it earlier, ti had stopped at the ti so would it be the sa ti.
Putting aside the implications of my ti shenanigans, I ask Tama to cook so food.
…
While Tama went to prepare food I handed the book on turrets that I found and was apparently able to take from the evolutionary realm, to Delta.
Delta takes the book and flips through it.
"Are you able to make these?"
"Yes"
"I need materials we don't have at the mont though"
"If you take Ali, and so workers do you think you would be able to construct so of them in a reasonable ti fra.
"So of these materials need to be processed properly with facilities we don't have but other than that I should be able to construct them."
I nod leaving Delta to herself before heading towards the kitchen where I found Tama cooking a veritable feast.
I don't know where she found all the spices as the food she was cooking would have been impossible to make without so spices.
I could even sll soy sauce which I had no idea how she went about making.
Sitting down at the table I left those thoughts and focused wholly on devouring the food before .
…
"Aoif," I called after a minute of deliberation.
"My talent is evolution"
"Evolution?" She seed surprised at the sudden revelation of not only my talent but that I trusted her enough to disclose it.
"I can evolve anything, humans, resources, anything you can think of. I most likely can evolve." I elaborated.
Aoif blinked, opening her mouth as if to say sothing then closing it before she said anything.
Instead of just telling her I went a step further and grabbed an aether core from my warehouse.
Once it was in my hand I focused on evolving it.
Gradually many changes occurred to the aether core.
First it's green shine transford into an iron color then to silver, to gold, then finally after a mont it turned into a brilliant erald color.
Stunned at the evolution, Aoif couldn't form a thought.
When she could, only one thing was on her mind.
Finally she brought to words the thoughts she had.
With hope in her eyes Aoif asked
"Can I evolve, can I see… can I really see for real"
"I…"
"I don't know, you might be able to but I can't promise you anything."
"Please try…" Aoif pleads in a whisper so quiet that the only reason I could hear her was because of how close her face was to .
"I will," I whisper back.
Holding her close I hug and comfort her.
"Sorry"
"It's fine"
"Hope isn't sothing that happens that often, is it"
"No, even when I first got my talent, I could only see monochro colors and shapes. My vision was still not there despite that."
Aoif takes a deep breath before continuing
"You were the first color I saw. When your na ca upon the announcents it was so brilliant in color. I knew I needed to see you in person."
"Now you've given hope, not only can I watch your color but I may even be able to see you."
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