Inside the Amber Stone.
The gecko's body plumped up at a visible rate, then burst through the Amber Stone. With a crack, the Amber Stone shattered into powder, slipping through Russell's fingers and dispersing without wind, vanishing completely.
Only a finger-length little gecko remained, lying quietly in his palm.
Joyful and affectionate.
The gecko's many emotions flowed into Russell's heart through the contract's mental connection, making him unable to help but sigh at the passage of time. A drop of amber that had fallen silently had linked the ancient past and the present across two eras.
Before Russell could finish marveling.
The gecko suddenly flicked its tail, then dove headfirst into Russell's palm. There was no pain; it simply turned into a ray of light and merged into him.
The M-shaped Mark flickered on its own.
Then, beside the sesame-seed-sized Sword Butterfly Mark, Thorn Mark, and Tick Mark, another gecko mark appeared, one that liked to crawl up and down the M-shaped Mark.
"I'll give you a name too. Geckos are also called shougong... Hmm, you'll be called Gecko Amber Bug," Russell said with a smile.
Just as he had named ticks "ticks."
Now, he had named this gecko Gecko Amber Bug. It sounded far better than Gecko Amber Bug.
"Come, Gecko. Show me what you can do." Russell closed his eyes.
A moment later, he opened them again, his eyes filled with delight. "This is way too powerful! It's actually Limb Regeneration!"
The Gecko Amber Bug's ability was to help Russell regenerate severed limbs. So long as he was not beheaded and killed outright, whether he lost an arm or a leg, he could use Limb Regeneration to grow it back.
Of course.
Limb Regeneration had its limits. It could not regrow limbs instantly and required vast amounts of