He continued toward his hut, hoping to stay safe inside, as the raindrops were genuinely freezing.
Before he could reach it, however, he noticed several people standing in front of him.
They were soldiers, and as soon as they spotted Zyric, they approached him.
"The king has sent us to bring you to him," one of the soldiers said.
Zyric had already known that this moment would come sooner or later.
After all, the nanobots in the medicine he had put into Elysia's eye had probably almost completely healed it by now. She must have recovered by this point.
That was why the soldiers had been sent to bring him to the palace.
Once Elysia's eye had healed that morning, she would obviously have told her family how it had happened.
"Alright, I'll come with you," Zyric replied.
With that, he changed into the clothes he had brought with him earlier.
After drying himself thoroughly, he took out a strange umbrella that looked like something from a cartoon.
The others stared at it curiously.
He then set off for the palace.
As soon as Zyric reached the palace entrance, he handed the umbrella to one of the soldiers.
The soldier had never seen anything like it before. Curious, he opened it while standing in the rain and quickly realized that it could protect his head from the raindrops.
"What is this?" he asked in surprise.
He had never encountered anything like it.
"It's made of cloth. But cloth gets wet, and once it becomes wet, water passes right through it. Some of our people tried making something like this, but they couldn't get it to work. This is strange... magical!" the soldier exclaimed in amazement, staring at the umbrella.
Zyric smiled at him before entering the palace.
For the time being, Zyric was given a room.
"Please wait here for a while. The king and the others will call for you," the soldier told him.
Zyric entered the room and securely locked the door so that no one could see him.
The next moment, the Black Snake appeared in front of him.
"Oh, my goodness! Listen, don't come out without asking me first. Anyway, I'm not trying to boss you around now because I've already tamed you. Don't think I'm trying to act superior to you. The truth is, you're just too big. There's no one in this world who can take beasts out of their Fuzan Vaults. And you've already learned quite a few of my secrets, haven't you?" Zyric said to the Black Snake.
"Yes. I'm sorry," the Black Snake replied.
With that, it returned to Zyric's Fuzan Vault.
"By the way, how strong do you think you are?" Zyric asked.
"I don't know. Before today, my strength was probably only at Classic Level One or Two. I can't estimate how powerful I am now just by looking at this strength," the Black Snake replied.
"Alright. I guess we'll find out how strong you are once we get home. By the way, what kind of powers will I gain if I combine my body with your genes?" Zyric asked.
He began combining the Black Snake's genes with his own body. From what he had heard the two men say, combining with the Black Snake's genes would grant him incredible power.
It would also give him poison-based abilities.
As soon as Zyric combined the Black Snake's genes with his own, his hands began transforming into large tails resembling the Black Snake's.
"That's strange. This thing contains poison," Zyric remarked.
He then touched a nearby flower.
The moment his tail touched the flower, it began to wither. It turned completely black and burned away until nothing remained.
"That's amazing! It seems that the strange black smoke and the souls of your family have granted you additional powers as well," Zyric said to the Black Snake.
"I think so, too. This power is incredible. Now that I can feel it, I genuinely feel much stronger," the Black Snake replied.
The next moment, someone knocked on Zyric's door.
Finally, it was time to meet the king.