Born With A Divine System

CHAPTER14: DEATH (1)

The skies darkened as Zephyr journeyed towards the center of the spawn field. For the first time since the great battle between the forces of light and chaos the heavens began to thunder, a sign of approaching showers. The wind intensified, causing his dark hair to flow in its ethereal dance and pushing up clouds of vibrantly colored dust from the ground. Endless hallows could be heard from across the land, these were the sounds of creatures that feared what they had never experienced in their 13year lifespan. Thirteen years, just barely over a decade ago this environment was home to millions of people going about their daily lives an almost inconceivable past when looking at the current state of things. This simply put was the work of one existence and his insatiable lust for domination and control.

The sun had set long ago and the moonlight illuminated the barren landscape. Zephyr still kept on moving without rest, speeding through hundreds of kilometers to reach his destination. During this journey of his he had met no other spawn stronger than Medusa, making them easy kills at best and slight nuisances at worst. This endless slaughter he had as a mission had made him somewhat unbothered in the face of death at this point for there was no time to waste; this was the final day allotted for the missions' completion after all.

He stopped in his tracks when a loud buzzing sound came north of him, looking over only a small sandy hilltop could be seen. Still his gaze didn't falter, over the mounds of sand and rock a dark swarm had made eclipsed the skies. The swarm was a gathering of Drakelings. Their exoskeletons, as dark as the abyss, bore markings that pulsed with an eerie light, and malevolent eyes gleamed in the darkness. Four iridescent wings unfurled, their serrated edges rasping ominously, granting them unholy grace. Venom-dripping stingers and spindly, clawed appendages completed their nightmarish visage, as they moved in unison.

I saw them gathering over a single spot, leading me to presume the dead carcass of some spawn had been found. Not wanting to waste any valuable time on them I used the hand of god to crush them all in the air. This was a rather effective method but it also left quite a mess. Afterwards I was about to keep going before a rather unsettling feeling etched its way into my stomach followed by an inconspicuous growl.

I grabbed my stomach as I fell to my knees feeling nauseous and weak in an instant.

"Ugh, how long has it been since I've eaten." He asked while in utmost agony.

Actually how long had it been since he had eaten a proper meal? The rations at the camp were not nearly enough to satiate ones hunger coupled with the fact that he had been here for days on end refusing to ingest the meat of the spawn. Even when he was within the Divine Training Room, he had not noticed the feeling of starvation, not until now.

"Alex, why the hell is this happening now?" Howling in pain as I asked for an explanation.

[The rate at which the host experiences metabolism is extremely slow so as to release bundles of Qi from every molecule within ingested food. An unexpected side effect of this is a reduced feeling of hunger temporarily, but once in a while the latent feeling of starvation will come up at once]

"Why can't you ever tell me these things before they happen? I swear you do this on purpose don't you?

[The host need not worry; he only needs to ingest something, anything edible will suffice]

"Well there isn't anything for miles now is there........no you can't possibly be referring to"

[Yes I am referring to the spawn carcass ahead]

*chuckle*

I laughed at the ludicrous suggestion made by Alex for sometime before calming down.

"There's no way in hell I'm doing that, a little tummy trouble isn't gonna make me eat a fxcking demon spawn."