Kyle’s entire body started sizzling.
He let go of his hammer and rolled on the steep wall.
"Use your Soul! The sand is not connected to the cloud!" Theodor shouted.
After rolling for a couple of meters, Kyle grabbed the wall and used his Soul to keep him stable.
Then, he continued shaking off all of the Skysand.
By the end, almost all of his clothing had vanished, and he had burns covering around 40% of his body.
’Fucking! Why does fantasy land have to hurt so much?!’ he thought as he gritted his teeth.
Keeping his focus was difficult under the pain, but he managed to do it.
Over the next seconds, Kyle’s body recovered, but his hunger returned.
Healing so much had exhausted his Ether.
He quickly climbed back to his hammer and held it, giving his Soul a rest.
That was when Kyle noticed something.
’Ah fuck, I dropped my iron sheet,’ he thought as he looked down.
He could see his iron sheet lying on the bottom of the crevice, which was filled with Skysand.
The iron sheet was already corroding.
’Well, there goes that,’ he thought.
Kyle finally had the time to look at his surroundings.
As expected, he was in a crevice, which didn’t look unlike the crevice where the Abyss Eye was.
However, the crevice was around five times as long and wide.
When he looked down, he expected to see another Abyss Eye, but he could only see Skysand.
"This looks like it was made by an Abyss Eye," Kyle said.
"It most likely was," Theodor confirmed, "but this one was much stronger. I would guess Peak Ferocious Beast or even Initial Monster."
"Initial Monster?" Kyle asked in surprise. frёewebηovel.cѳm
Except for Theodor’s golems, Kyle had not seen any wildlife that was in the Third Realm.
"Is it dead?" Kyle asked.
"Depends," Theodor said. "If it was a Peak Ferocious Beast, the Skysand probably already killed it. If it’s a Monster, it might be able to resist the corrosive effects, and it is just lying dormant until the Skysand moves on."
Kyle took a deep breath.
’Nature is scary!’
He slowly climbed to the edge of the crevice and looked over.
’Yep, Skysand everywhere,’ he thought. ’It covers the bottom of the crevice and the surroundings. The only reason why it’s not on the walls is because the walls are so steep.’
’Why did I think that the Skysand would end when the crevice begins? Clouds don’t follow terrain rules.’
That was when Kyle realized something.
"Hey, why is the Skysand not eating through the ground?" Kyle asked.
"Skysand corrodes Ether. The ground has no Ether to corrode," Theodor answered.
"But then, what about my iron sheet? That also doesn’t have any Ether, and it still got corroded."
"Iron is not earth. Skysand belongs to the Earth Element. It corrodes anything that has Ether and anything that isn’t part of the Earth Element, but if a substance belonging to the Earth Element has Ether, it will also be corroded."
Kyle looked around.
"So, what if I make a suit out of the ground here?" Kyle asked.
"And how will you isolate your Ether?" Theodor asked.
"Isolate?" Kyle asked.
"Your being does not just comprise your physical body," Theodor answered. "Anything that you wear on your person is directly connected to you. Some of your Ether would escape, which would excite the Skysand. Go ahead and experiment. Your dwarf brain won’t understand otherwise."
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