Chapter 53
Noah undid his splints and put everything back in the space-ring .
He lied on the ground to stretch his limbs and test their recovery and was happy with the results .
'I'm almost back to my peak form . In another week I should be completely healed but like this is fine, I can't waste more time . '
His injuries had mostly healed so he decided to start moving to find a way back to the Balvan mansion .
Noah peeked outside the cavity and looked upward .
Only fog filled his field of view and, apart from some dents in the rocks of the walls, there seemed to be no viable handholds .
'I fell for a few hundred meters . Climbing them back would be doable if it wasn't for these rocks being stupidly hard . From here I can't even see if the handlings would last till I reach the softer part of the wall . '
Noah stared for a long time at the wall above him until he gave up on the idea of climbing it .
'If I don't find a handhold I have to come back here through the fog, what if I can't find my original path? What if I slip once? Climbing the wall is just a bet too risky to be taken . '
He turned around with unwillingness to look at the path below him .
The fog was thicker toward the bottom of the gorge and the number of handholds was the same as the other side .
However, some yellow roots sprouted from small holes in the wall downward .
'It appears that nearing the bottom some vegetation starts to emerge . I can totally cling to them to slow my descent . '
Noah was deep in thought, he continued to look down but he could not find any flaws with the roots, the path toward the bottom of the cliff was definitely easier to tread .
'Do I really have to go there?'
He was reluctant to enter such a dangerous place but there was no other feasible option for him .
'It's either going up and try my luck, which for now has always been awful, or going down and have fun with the magical beasts that destroyed a medium-size noble family . Well, I can always wait here for someone to rescue me . '
He smiled and shook his head at the absurd idea of being saved but then his expression became cold and stern .
'No mistakes allowed from now on . '
He sharpened his mind cutting off every superfluous thought as he crouched on the edge of the cavity .
He slowly pushed his body over the hole, remaining hanged on the edge with his right hand .
When he confirmed his target below him he released the grip and slid on the wall using his body to slow the descent .
The skin on his back and feet was scraped by the attrition with the hard rocks but Noah didn't care, his eyes never left the root below him .
As he went over it, he grabbed in its direction and steadily held on it .
The root was elastic and it stretched when Noah's weight fell on it, yet it didn't break .
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