chapter 22
Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Stockpiling for the End
Crow grabbed his coat and stepped out into the city. His beasts stayed behind—for now. He didn't need people freaking out over a giant golden fox or an undead knight walking beside him.
The streets were normal. People laughed, shopped, and lived their lives clueless about what was coming.
Crow didn't bother to warn them.
Instead, he went to the supermarket and started loading up.
Canned food (long shelf life)
Bottled water (essentials first)
High-energy snacks (for quick meals)
Meat and honey (for his carnivorous beasts and the hive)
Ding!
His phone chimed as he swiped his card. His bank balance barely moved. After all, he had made a fortune in the game, and some of that converted to real-world money.
He left the store with bags full of supplies, his mind already planning the next step.
He had powerful beasts and now food—but was that enough?
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Chapter 23: Mastering Space Itself
As Crow walked back home, he activated Soul Link with the Cosmic Void Turtle.
Ding!
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[Soul Link Activated: Cosmic Void Turtle]
You have temporarily gained access to the following abilities:
Void Step (A-Rank): Instantly teleport a short distance, ignoring obstacles.
Dimensional Storage (A-Rank): Creates a subspace to store items or creatures.
Spatial Barrier (S-Rank): Forms an unbreakable shield of compressed space.
Gravity Shift (A-Rank): Alters gravity in a small area, affecting movement speed.
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Crow's vision shifted—he could suddenly feel the distortions in space around him. Every step he took felt lighter, almost as if he could step into another dimension at will.
"Let's test this."
He activated Void Step—
In an instant, the world blurred—and he appeared across the street in the blink of an eye.
A few people glanced around, confused, but Crow was already walking casually as if nothing had happened.
"This is going to be fun."
Next, he tried Dimensional Storage, opening a small black void beside him. He tossed a grocery bag into it—gone. Another one—gone. He smirked. No need to carry stuff anymore.
Now, he could store supplies, teleport instantly, and control gravity itself.
The world had no idea what kind of monster he was becoming.
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Chapter 24: The Greatest Heist—A World's Worth of Food
With Dimensional Storage at his disposal, Crow didn't need to worry about space—he could store entire warehouses worth of supplies without leaving a trace.
And so, he did.
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First, he scouted major distribution centers—massive warehouses stocked with food meant to supply entire cities. Using Void Step, he bypassed security effortlessly, phasing past cameras and guards without detection.
One blink, and he was inside.
Rows of canned goods, grains, meat, bottled water, and medical supplies stretched as far as the eye could see.
Crow raised his hand.
Dimensional Storage—Activate.
A silent void expanded, swallowing entire pallets of food in seconds. Tens of thousands of tons of supplies vanished into his personal subspace.
No alarms. No signs of forced entry. No one would even realize anything was missing until it was too late.
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But he didn't stop there.
He repeated the process at hundreds of storage facilities, supermarket warehouses, and government supply reserves.
By the time Crow was done—
Trillions of dollars worth of food and resources had vanished.
Enough to feed entire nations for years.
All of it—his.
As he sat back in his room, surrounded by his beasts, he smirked.
"Let's see how humanity handles the apocalypse without food."
He had become the world's greatest thief—and no one even knew it yet.
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