chapter 3: the beast among cannibals

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*days later*

After preaching today's sermon I realized that we were running low on food, and with how many people we have now, there's a high risk of famine.

???- leader, there's little to no seeds left and the farms are bare!

???- surely there's something you can do, right?

Nitro- don't worry I'll be heading off shortly.

Before I head out I asked Lambert if he wanted to tag along, he agreed. . . As always, so we were off again. Once we arrived I saw that the Door to the next land was ready to be opened but before we can open it, I heard a voice from across the site

???- hey! Hey you!

Nitro- huh? Who said that?

???- I did! Over here, human!

Lambert- huh? Who are you?

???- I can tell you boys are in need of some food, eh?

It was a shrimp? A colorful shrimp at that! He was wearing a chef's hat and had a silo of seeds with him

???- because if you're in need of seeds, I don't mind giving some away! Oh before I forget, my name is rakshasa! I'm a traveling cook who sometimes cooks for the bishop of famine!

Lambert- whoa! You cook for the bishops!?

Rakshasa- well, not for all of them, mainly for lady Heket. She always throws feasts for her followers, I'm tasked with cooking the meals, and a lot of them because she has a really big appetite.

Lambert- do you ever have anyone else helping? It sounds like a lot of work.

Rakshasa- goodness no! Last time someone else was cooking for her, he messed up the food and uh. . . Well he was her next meal. . .

Lambert- she swallowed him whole!?

Rakshasa- what!? No! She just tour him to pieces and ate him. But by the looks of you two, you look like you need someone cookin' for ya! So why not allow me?

Nitro- you sure you can handle it all?

Rakshasa- of course I can! They don't call me the greatest cook in all of the old faith for nothing! It'll take me awhile to set up but I'll be ready in two days!

Nitro- thank you, rakshasa!

After talking to the cook we open the door to anura but what rakshasa said about Heket makes me think of its actually true, I mean does she actually. . . Eat people?

I shouldn't worry about that though what I should focus on is finding food. When we entered anura it had the foul stench of mushrooms and rotten corpses.

Lambert- geez it smells awful here!

Nitro- trust me I smelled worse things than this! Let's just find what we're looking for and-

???- stop where you are!

Lambert- gah! Is it just me, or did the ground shake when they started talking!?

Nitro- that must be the deep voiced deciple of famine! If you're here say something!

???- did I not just say something, you dumbfuck?

Lambert- hey! Don't talk bad to my leader! Who even are you!

Just then a figure jumped down from the trees, welding what looked to be gauntlets, as he retracted his weapon I saw that he boar the yellow crown, I didn't notice before but I recognize that white streak anywhere. . . It's Chris.

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