Hunter X Hunter: Nen Feaster; Part 1: The Boy and the Burden

Chapter 5: Gorteau

          

After a full day and night on the ocean, the new continent came into view. Eli raced to the front end of the boat to see the view. The mass of land in front of him was bigger than he could have imagined. He marveled at it. "Look at that... I never thought I'd see anything like it!" Eli said. This, to him, was greater than Eli's wildest dreams. He was so excited he almost felt the urge to jump off of the boat and swim there.

"You're probably the only person I've seen get excited over Gorteau." Shinjo said.

"Gorteau?" Eli asked.

"It's the name of this place."

"Oh, well, why wouldn't I be excited? This is something totally new, and I can't wait to see what it has in store for me!"

"You're not worried about the Chimera Ants?"

"I'm pretty sure they are who I'm meeting."

"I see... Well, if you have any more questions, now is the time to ask."

"Okay... how many Chimera Ants are there?"

"I'm not well informed on this, as I'm not on the team that's trying to take them out. I do know that the king and his three elites are staying at the Supreme Leader's palace."

"King? I thought their leader was the queen?" Eli said.

"The queen died after giving birth to the King. The elites follow his rule without question. The other Chimera Ants spread out across the world, trying to make their own kingdoms. Some of them came crawling to the King and his elites for protection." Shinjo explained.

"Okay... are the King and his elites nen users?"

"Yes." Shinjo answered. Nen was a new and strange concept to Eli. It was still something he felt he needed to know about. Not only was he going towards a band of monsters that had full control over it, but he now knew that Shroud fed off of it, so nen had to be the key to eliminating Shroud.

"What can you tell me about nen?" Eli asked.

"Why do you want to know?" Shinjo asked.

"You see this creature on my shoulder?" Eli asked as he gripped onto his shoulder. Shinjo looked for a moment, but saw nothing.

"No?" Eli remembered something that Misha mentioned.

"The chimera I met could see it... she mentioned using something called gyo." Shinjo strained his eyes, and that's when he saw it.

"I see it now... what is it?" Shinjo asked, slightly disgusted.

"It's a parasite. Its kind has infected all of the people of my village. It feeds off of nen, and prevents us from ever becoming nen users. I feel like I need to know more about nen in order to know more about these parasites." Eli said.

"I see... Well, I'll give you the basics. First, what do you already know about nen?"

"Well... it's an energy that's in all living things, and some people can wield it and use it to create strange abilities that can make them really powerful."

"That's a very basic description of it, but I'll go into more detail. There are six types of nen users."

"Types? What do you mean?"

"The six types are emitters, enhancers, transmuters, manipulators, summoners, and specialists." Shinjo explained.

Eli took in that information for a moment and tried to process it. "So... what does each type mean? How does it affect nen use?" He asked.