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Rapid Growth","bear-school-astartes-chapter-416",416,"\u003Cp>\"Whew!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter was on the verge of collapse, kneeling on the ground in the laboratory, gasping for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold sweat from the pain covered his exposed, well-defined, aesthetically pleasing muscles with a sheen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of his back, at the spine, a small incision was slowly healing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not much blood flowed from the cut, but it was still enough to slide down his back and stain the waistband of his pants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann still felt as if the sensation of a blade cutting through muscle and grazing bone remained embedded in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surface of the bone is rough, and the blade makes a gritty \"shhlk\" sound when scraping against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spine contains the body’s rich neural system, and the tremor of the blade against the vertebrae can be intensely felt by the nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Operating on oneself, the pain is one thing; the other is having to endure the strange feeling of a sharp foreign object contacting the inside of the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentos’s surgical guidance was exquisite, and Lann’s execution was flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for body structure, Lann’s surgery was merely akin to making a four-centimeter-long, three-centimeter-deep incision in his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cuts are all in easily recoverable muscle, without injuring other difficult-to-repair biological tissues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The severity is about the same as having a cut on the arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after implanting the [Skeletal Reinforcement Organ] onto the spine, a bottle of [Enhanced Pure White Rafad] quickly healed the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bleeding has completely stopped, and the wound is generally closed. Do you need to drink [Enhanced White Honey] now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentos assessed Lann’s postoperative state while asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" The Demon Hunter tentatively arched his back, confirming the wound indeed had not torn. \"Let the potion’s toxicity precipitate in the body for a while, first kill off the bacteria that entered the body during surgery, then detoxify.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is what’s good about a Demon Hunter’s body; bacteria and fungi that would infect an ordinary human’s body are less resistant than their own body cells under the fierce toxicity of potions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, a Demon Hunter can even work in plague-ridden areas without protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann wasn’t concerned about the toxicity; he was more worried about how the implanted organ was doing inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging by memory, the [Skeletal Reinforcement Organ] is functioning normally, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the host’s thoughts, Mentos projected dozens of real-time scrolling data streams onto Lann’s retina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It knew that with the host’s ability, he could fully understand what the data meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has started monitoring my bone condition... huh, it’s clearly a non-intelligent organ, but under the integration of the gene seed, it can display intelligence—truly amazing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lann stood up and put his shirt back on, he analyzed the data flow that Mentos had provided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tubular organ that had just been integrated into Lann’s body, though complex in structure, absolutely lacked intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone monitoring ability it now exhibited was provided by the gene seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gene seed is the most important and core aspect of the Interstellar Warrior surgery. Without the gene seed, the rest of the surgery is merely stuffing a bunch of ordinary enhancement organs into the body that won’t form a system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The hormones have started secreting; they’ll continuously impact my epiphyseal growth and bone development... how quick the response is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Skeletal Reinforcement Organ]’s speed in collecting data on bone conditions in his body made Lann suspect that the gene seed had real-time records of his physical data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon organ integration, it directly called on the bone data from the gene seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faintly, Lann began to feel a growth sensation emanating from his bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next period, he estimated he would enter a rapid growth phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not sure if I should rush to find advanced armor designs so soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incision on his back now left only a trace of new growth, and Lann lightly jumped twice, complaining to Mentos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to our calculations, I might grow to be around two meters forty to two meters fifty tall in the future. The armor made now will definitely need modifications.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentos, like a nagging mother, said patiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Altering the size is minor. After all, we’re not short on funds now. What’s important is not getting stabbed because of poor equipment when you’re in another world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core message: Stack that armor up! No matter the cost, are we the kind of people who can’t afford it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s doing business for? To spend!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann was just complaining offhandedly; he was quite serious about upgrading the armor as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me recover for a bit.\" Lann twisted his body, allowing his spine to move freely. \"We’ll set off in a few days for a trip to the Amel Mountains. I hope the Dwarves there are as easy to talk to as Shilton.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But maybe because of his ingrained knowledge of the Bear School, Lann couldn’t help but feel that negotiating with Dwarves associated with the Bear School wouldn’t be easy either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----------------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You still carry the scent of blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret leaned in to take a gentle sniff at Lann’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then discretely took out her perfume from her handbag and sprayed it around, masking the smell of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two passing apprentices showed no signs of noticing anything strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Female Warlock’s academy, all sorts of expensive and cheap fragrances would interweave and mingle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, my bad.\" Lann, walking alongside Margaret, headed down to the lower levels of Airetusa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, I don’t carry any scented items in my Alchemy Pouch that can mask the smell... but I do have some monster dung meant to repel beasts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret rolled her eyes elegantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, female warlocks and demon hunters use scents in entirely different manners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their position kept descending, soon reaching below the first-level Luoxia Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This area can already be considered the interior of the large reef serving as the foundation of the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These past days, I’ve created a passageway for you, a secret entrance for later entering the academy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret turned and said, raising her hand and giving a wave, instigating a beam of light to appear in her hand, illuminating a dark path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow...\" Lann muttered as he walked, his fingers brushing past the walls as they moved. \"Magic is indeed efficient; this is quite the project.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret ignored the Demon Hunter’s envy over magic and continued speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is not just a passageway; I’ve set up a room at the end-point. If you return, you can also rest there for a few days. We need the outside world to know you have a good relationship with the academy, but we also don’t want them to know your every move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, with this passage as a buffer, as long as I don’t show my face, no one should know when I’ve returned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter rubbed his chin, analyzing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... Tell me straight, Rita. When did you and Tishaya start arranging this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Female Warlock gave no answer, merely biting her teeth in irritation and giving Lann a light kick on the calf.\u003C\u002Fp>",1174,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.942Z",1,"novelbin.me","80f258dc8794620a934988b7cd6b2b399328ea0b02a956d3310d8898a7a1cd80","bear-school-astartes-chapter-417","bear-school-astartes-chapter-415",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]