Hunger

Vritra felt a piercing pain in his head as his consciousness returned, touching his head he sat up with confusion filling his head, but then memories of what he had done to himself his heart was filled with a chilly feeling, remembering the sensation of eye balls being ripped out of his face.

With great anticipation he opened his eye lids and strangely he was able to see, the first thing he saw was that he was lying inside the tub completely naked, and there was no liquid or traces of the corpse that was there before, he pushed his body and sat up. Before he could think of anything messages began to pop up in front of him, Vritra froze and just stared at the ethereal letters.

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[NAME]: Vritra

[SPECIES]: Netherwraith

[TALENT]: None

[Class]: 0th Gate 0th Lock

[TRAITS]: 

『[Battle Maniac]

[Romanticist]

[Perdurist]

[Orator] 』

[RUNES]: None

[Brawn]: 0th Pulse

[HUNGER LIMIT]: 11/100

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{DIVINITY}: 

『CHRONO PARASITE:

By touching a target, the user can attach a hidden parasite that gradually slows the target's movements. The changes are subtle and undetectable until activated, causing a decrease in speed by up to 50%, with a reduction of 1% every two minutes. This ability not only affects the target's agility but also slows their thinking, reaction times, and overall mental processes, leaving them increasingly vulnerable and unaware of the gradual deterioration.

The user can attach parasites to multiple individuals but can only activate the slowdown effect on up to ten targets simultaneously. Once the slowdown reaches 50%, the user can keep the effect inactive while attaching parasites to additional targets, later activating the slowdown for all infected individuals. 

-{ Akrin Talvor}-』

『CURSED REQUIEM:

This ability places a powerful curse on fallen creatures, bringing them back to life under the user's control. These resurrected beings gain new, special abilities and may retain fragments of their memories. While they remain similar to their former selves, the curse binds them to serve the user as their master. The Cursed Requiem turns the dead into loyal allies, enhanced with unique powers.

Additionally, there is a chance of obtaining a Rune from the fallen creature, which corresponds to the same gate as the creature itself.

-{ Naviar Earno}-』

『RELEGIA CREST:

This ability allows the user to gain power through the unwavering devotion of loyal followers, akin to a religious following. As the user gathers a certain number of followers, they unlock a unique rune tailored to their gate, greatly enhancing their power. These followers remain eternally loyal to the user unless their hate overcome their loyalty.

(0/10)

Additionally, the ability grants the user access to the Plasma Synthesis realm for thirty minutes.

-{ Eelidor Nesor}-』

『PHYSIQUE ARCANA:

This ability allows the user to absorb the life essence of creatures they slay. As the user absorbs more essence, their physical attributes such as agility, strength, stamina, overall physique, and physical defense are significantly enhanced.

Additionally, it increases the user's class and reserves of essence, making them progressively more powerful each.

-REACH THE 2nd GATE FOR FURHTER ENHANCEMENTS-

-{Syliot Ralnor}-』

『DEMONIX BLOOD CHILD:

This ability allows the user to host a separate ethereal soul within their body, characterized by a blood-red, childlike form. This unique soul can move outside the user's body independently and feeds on the blood of living creatures, whether human, beast, or other entities. As it consumes blood, the Demonix Blood Child absorbs a portion of the essence, enhancing its own strength while delivering the majority of the blood back to the user.

The more blood the Demonix Blood Child consumes, the more it improves the user's physical attributes and reserves of essence, leading to significant growth in their abilities over time. As the soul becomes stronger through its feeding, it can manifest its own powers, creating a dynamic relationship between the user and the Demonix Blood Child. This ability not only grants the user enhanced capabilities but also introduces a playful yet sinister companion that thrives on the life force of others.

-{ Herant Omnor}-』

[OMEN WEAVER] 

-{Blan Haneur}-

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Vritra stared at the text in front of him but before he could put more thought into it he felt a strong churning sensation in his belly, as if he had been starving for a long time. There was no wound over his body and no pain either but he felt extremely stiff, looking at the empty tub he wondered where did all that strange liquid and the corpse had disappeared off to.

The descriptions of all the things were rather easy to understand but he couldn't understand a few things like Hunger Limit, the plasma synthesis and a few other things, but he could learn about all that later for now he had other important things to think about.

"Ughh What fucking god creates a test like this? Sigh I am never going to forget the sensation of popping my own eyes out." Vritra groaned as he held the side of the tub and then slowly rose to his feet, looking around he only saw his clothes lying some distance away, even the book had disappeared.

Taking a deep breath Vritra climbed out of the tub and then once again inspected his body, although his height seemed to have increased slightly and his skin felt quite soft to touch, but there doesn't seem much changes to his external appearance much to his relief.

Unbeknownst to him, the changes in his body would be more gradual and it would take some time to make big changes.

Vritra put on his clothes, even though they were in a rather bad shape and only then did he notice that his left hand was completely fine without so much as a scratch.

"What exactly happened here?" rubbing his head he mumbled, he wasn't even sure how much time had passed but the pain in his belly was making him want to eat something as soon as possible.

After taking one last look around he walked towards the door and pressed his hand against the mouth of the lion attacked to the large door as a door knob, it opened instantly and without the use of much strength.

Vritra looked at his left hand and knew that he can't just leave it as it is, those attendants had already seen the large amount of blood present over his clothes and knew that his left hand was injured, he even thought about killing them all for a moment but then he will be the only one left, and that outcome would surely bring trouble to him.

Grabbing the cloth that was wrapped around his left arm before he began to walk back with hurried steps, he had never experienced this type of hunger, it almost made him want to devour his own flesh to get rid of the insatiable hunger, this was definitely related to the changes in his body.

'I am not sure if I am even human any longer, but for now I have to worry about explaining this whole situation to the others, first the attendants then those rune masters and then at the sanctum.' He thought.

Soon Vritra arrived at the place where he had left a small pool of blood, the cave was cold and dry.

It had almost dried out he bent down and touched the surface and determined that almost a day had passed since he went inside that room, it was still better than his expectations.

Vritra looked at the knife in one hand and a small blade in the other, after thinking he placed the blade away and held the small blade in his right hand tightly.

'And here I am yet again harming my own body, as if what happened yesterday wasn't enough.' Gritting his teeth Vritra lightly pressed the blade against his skin, careful so as not to slice off his entire hand as he made a cut over his palm, warm blood splattered again covering the almost dry pool of blood.

"This thing is so sharp, anyway I am sure these attendants wouldn't be able to notice any thing here." Then he wrapped the same cloth over his hand and continued to move forward, he was moving in a hurry that he was almost running.

Just after moving a few minutes the scent of something delicious hit his nose, and to his shock that definitely wasn't the smell of food but something that made him salivate, it was the blood of the attendants.