《Guthix, The Devourer》 Chapter One - Guthix, Legacy Chapter One - Guthix, Legacy ¡°Another boring job¡­¡± I said while walking through the blood that was scattered all over the hall, tens of bodies was lying on the ground, blood squirting from their throats. Suddenly I heard a noise and looked behind me just to see a teenager pointing a gun at me; the boy was trembling and tears streaming down his face while looking at the body of a sturdy man, I dashed towards him and put a knife on his throat and looked in his eyes...It was filled with hate and resoluteness. ¡®Oh¡­This seems interesting, It seems like I found someone worthy¡¯ ¡°Hey boy¡­.Are you scared?¡± The boy looked at me, with eyes filled with hate and slowly said with a resolute voice. ¡°it¡¯s better if you kill me or will find you and kill you¡­no matter what¡± Looking at the boy and hearing him, I decided, ¡®he is worthy.¡¯ ¡°Oh¡­you sure have guts uh?....It sounds interesting so I will let you live, you see, this world it¡¯s just too boring¡­everyone is so damn weak¡­.What¡¯s your name boy?¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°Don¡¯t wanna answer? That¡¯s fine too¡­So just remember my name, Guthix¡­You seem interesting¡­OH, I decided I will gift you something boy¡± I pulled an old book from my backpack; the book was so old that the pages were decaying¡­ ¡°I will gift you this¡­ If you want revenge you had better train hard boy¡­or in the end you will die¡± I said while walking slowly towards the exit, the boy had madness in his eyes now while holding the book ¡°This boy seems to have resolution¡­ Master said that I must pass on the legacy when I found someone worthy¡­The boy seems barely passable, maybe in some years he will be ready¡­Now that I passed on the Legacy, I will just have fun¡­Where should I go? Brazil sounds good, but China sounds good too¡­.Oh¡­I will decide later¡± --------x--------- - Twenty Years Later - ¡®Twenty years have passed and the boy hasn¡¯t come¡­I am already sixty, my body is frail than ever, but I can still use some of my power but it isn¡¯t like before...I hope that the boy will come soon, I am tired of waiting¡­In this last years I had the best days ever, women¡¯s, parties and everything I wanted¡­HAHA¡­but it becomes boring after some time¡¯ I thought while walking through the corridors, after five minutes I stopped in a beautiful garden, there was a crystalline pond with hundreds of fishes, and a sakura tree besides it. ¡°What a nice day to fish¡± I took my fishing rod and sat near the edge¡¯s pond, the sun was hitting the water making a majestic scene, suddenly I heard the leaves rustling and behind me a man in his thirties appeared, he was covered in blood from head to toe, eyeing him my lips curved in a happy smile. ¡°Hey boy¡­You look bad. Are you alright?¡± The boy looked at me and a sinister smile appeared. ¡°I said that I would find you¡­¡± It seems like the fun will start¡­finally the boy came, I will enjoy every minute. ¡°Thank Goodness¡­I thought that you would wait me die from old age HAHA¡­So boy do you wanna fish?¡± I asked the boy but he stood motionless, his eyes fixated on me¡­it seemed like I was the prey that he waited an eternity. ¡°No? You don¡¯t know what you are losing¡­its refreshing; I think you need it, from what I can see you have been through a lot¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°So¡­have you practiced the Technique that I passed to you?¡± This time he answered, his voice was like that of a demon coming straight from hell ¡°Yeah¡­I worked so hard to kill you¡± ¡°That¡¯s good then¡­I was waiting for it¡± While saying it I took a knife from my pocket and shot it towards him, he sidestepped and easily evaded it. ¡°It seems like I am losing my touch¡± He rushed towards me aiming a knife at my throat, another knife appeared in my hand, I Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.reflected his knife and with the other hand I punched him on the face, he took three steps back. ¡°Oh¡­come on, get serious or you will seriously die¡± He tried to kick me but I easily evaded it, maintaining my calm I sliced his elbow joints, blood flew, taking advantage of my action a long red needle appeared in his fingers, the needle gave a dangerous feeling, he shot it aiming at my nape, as I was in motion I had no time to evade it so I simply raised my hand in a protective way. A wicked smile appeared on man¡¯s face. ¡°HAHAHAHA¡­Finally old man¡­I finally accomplished my objective¡­HAHAHA¡± Looking at the man madly laughing I finally realized¡­ ¡°It seems like the needle has poison huh?¡± ¡°You are certainly right¡­what? Did you think that I would come unprepared?¡± I looked at the boy who in the past I could kill like killing a chicken and a solemn look appeared on my face, I closed my eyes and feeling my pulse I discovered that in every heart beat the poison was spreading at an alarming rate. ¡°Hmmm¡­It seems like this poison you used is quite effective, I have just five more minutes¡± ¡°HAHAHA¡­Did you liked it? I created this poison just to use it against you¡­You should be proud, I researched for decades to create it¡­I have to say that book you gave me was quite helpful¡± He madly laughed; in his eyes madness could be seen. ¡°It seems like your mental health deteriorated from using the techniques¡­It saddens me that masters¡¯ legacy seems to end in me¡­You were not compatible with it¡± I chuckled at my terrible decision, I thought that the kid was compatible, it seems like I was wrong¡­Master¡¯s legacy ends in me, what a pity, I need to kill him, I can¡¯t let this abomination that I created roam the world¡­ I picked a knife that was stabbed in the ground and pointed it at him ¡°I can¡¯t let you go¡­ You weren¡¯t compatible with the techniques¡± ¡°Oh¡­You still can talk big huh? How are you gonna kill me? You don¡¯t have time and you are old and frail¡± I sighed hearing this but with resoluteness I took I step in his direction my mind wandered due to the poison but I focused and dashed towards him¡­ With the knife I slice horizontally towards his throat, seeing the danger he jackknifed away, seeing it I drove a kick aiming at his head, a knife appeared in the tip of my boots, it was so fast that he had no time to move away so he took the hit with his hands. ¡°AHHHHH¡± A painful scream resonated in the garden as the knife pierced his hand, and he hatefully looked at me, a shadow appeared in my field of vision so fast that I had no time to react and it stabbed my stomach, blood squirted everywhere a knife has embedded in my stomach. ¡°*COUGH* Shit¡­¡± Coughing blood I looked at the hand holding the knife and held it, taking advantage of it I directed a hit at his head¡­ a dagger appeared under my sleeves, it penetrated his skull till his brain. ¡°Damn¡­It wasn¡¯t so funny as it seemed in the past¡­I thought that he had a great mental protection and he could support the pressure that the technique applied on him¡­Ohh how I was wrong¡­This shitty death¡­It¡¯s not a warrior death I wished..¡± I lay in the greenery grass and looked at the sun¡­pondered why the sun was dimming¡­.It looked so dark as a black hole that sucked everything inside of it, it was so desolate but at the same time so beautiful. As if a profound meaning was there¡­waiting for to be revealed, so I just closed my eyes and left the dark devours me. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for reading... I am with difficulty creating an power hierarchy...Still thinking in a simple way to explain Chapter Two – Dead Forest Chapter Two ¨C Dead Forest ¡°Damn...my head hurts¡± I said while getting up, damn what happened? The last thing I remembered was¡­dying¡­Why am I still alive? ...Wait am I alive? I pinched the back of my hand to be sure and¡­ it hurts, so I am alive, so where the fuck am I? Looking up I see that the skies are red as if painted with blood and dead trees covered every direction, no life could be seen in either sides, the cold wind blowed making every hair in my body stand up. Damn, where am I? Since when the sky is red? Is this Hell? Fuck if I knew it I would ask forgiveness for my crimes before I died¡­ Damn...I killed just the bad guys who committed atrocities against humanity¡­Why should I end up here? Damn¡­No regrets, they deserved it. No mourning it¡­I need to get out before the demons come. Getting up I dashed through the forest, jumping from branch to branch at a speed faster than I ever could Why am I faster? Huff. It doesn¡¯t matter¡­ I don¡¯t like this place; I need to go faster, this forest seems too dangerous, my danger sense is alerting me. All of sudden a shadow dashed towards me at an alarming speed, trying to evade it I fell on the ground. Looking where the shadow stopped, I see an abominable creature, It had wrinkled grey skin, elongated fangs that didn¡¯t fit in its mouth, It reached almost two meters high and it had pitch black eyes. Damn¡­Am I really in hell? What is that shit, a demon? Looking around asserting my surroundings, I sighed after confirming that there is no other monster other than this one. If it¡¯s just one then I can give a go¡­. The eager monster dashed towards me with opened mouth trying to bite me, I easily side stepped and evaded ¡­Looking at its eyes I stated that it had no intelligence; it just acted with a primal instinct¡­Hunger. Taking advantage of its stupidity, I took a little stone near me and threw it aiming at the head; it hit the monster at the forehead¡­.causing the monster to become enraged, dashing towards me faster than before but with extreme dumbness. I crouched down and waited, just as he was one arm distance from me I kicked its knee making it fall; after it fell I kicked its head multiple times till it lost consciousness. ¡°It wasn¡¯t as difficult as it seemed¡± Looking around I spotted a tree trunk, lifting the trunk over the monster¡¯s head I smashed it till everything that remained was a bloody pie. ¡° So what now? In this region there is no way to determine directions¡­let¡¯s continue in the same way¡± After deciding my course, I followed the same direction¡­jumping from branch to branch, till get tired then resting and then resuming everything again. -----------------x-------------- It¡¯s been twenty four days and I encountered ten of those abominable creatures, I had created various pointing sticks to deal with those monster and its quite easy now¡­ but I have to say, it has been the worst days of my life¡­First of all: I had to eat the meat of those creatures¡­shit after running for days, I couldn¡¯t stand the hunger anymore so I eaten it¡­it¡¯s horrible it¡¯s like rotten meat¡­no rotten meat is better¡­ Second thing: I had to drink my piss, it¡¯s not the first time but it sucks and it has a horrible taste¡­ Third: No civilization seen in twenty four days. ¡°How big is this forest? I can¡¯t stand this anymore¡­I will commit suicide, seriously¡­¡± It¡¯s just another boring halt¡­I need to rest, I have been running for days but I can¡¯t understand, I can run faster and it¡¯s not so tiring as before, I am stronger than before¡­I don¡¯t know what is happening¡­ if I see any intelligent being I will ask¡­I thought while munching the piece of meat in my hand. Finishing my meal, I resumed my boring search for civilization through this dead forest of abominations. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. ¡°Damn¡­I will find a stone and name it Wilson, and then we will talk all day¡­¡± ¡°Calm down, you don¡¯t need Wilson, he will betray you in the end¡­better not trust him¡± ¡°Damn Michael¡­You are right, Wilson went away in the final, that betrayer¡­¡± Damn, it¡¯s so lonely that I am doing a little monologue¡­and it isn¡¯t funny at all, I need to improve my humor sense¡­ What a terrible sense of humor. A few days later, I stopped yet again, sitting on the ground and taking out my meal¡­Just when I was beginning to eat I spotted something quite colorful with a mix of blue and red in it. Throwing my lunch away and crunched down almost crying while looking at the little flower. ¡°After so many days¡­finally something different, this flower means that I am near a true forest¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.I hope so¡± After seeing the flower tears appeared in my eyes and my spirit came back with full force¡­I just need to persist¡­.I will get there¡­¡­Right Wilson?...Damn again¡­Get out of my head Wilson you are messing with my thoughts, don¡¯t mess with my thoughts Wilson. The more I walked the more life I saw, the sky was turning bluish and the red slowly disappearing, after some days all the red in the sky was gone, remained just the beautiful blue, the dead vegetation was being replaced by beautiful colors and life, the sun appeared but what freaked me out was the three suns that hovered in the sky and the ten major moons¡­Damn this planet if I can call this a planet, must be tremendous large, at least tens of times earth¡¯s size. Walking through the forest, I could see trees that stretched hundreds of meters up, as if touching the skies, as if defying the heavens. Damn¡­I need true meat, thinking of it I dashed through the forest searching for food¡­Finally¡­I spotted a two meters boar that weighted at least two tons, licking my lips I aimed a pointed stick at its throat, surprisingly the boar dodged and looked at me enraged. Looking at the damn big pig I shouted ¡°You damn pig¡­I will eat you, just you wait¡­I will roast and feast your meat, then I will eat to my heart¡¯s content¡­Do you know how bad the food is in that God Forsaken place¡± The Boar looked at me as if understanding what I said and sprinted with its maximum speed¡­ taking out another pointing stick from my back, I entered in a hoarse instance and pointed the stick towards the Boar, a vicious glint appeared in the Boars eyes and when it was almost hitting me I back flipped and stood on its back, with the stick I pierced its back¡­ when the stick hit it¡¯s fur it broke in two parts, the fur was too hard to penetrate. ¡®Damn¡­It can¡¯t pierce it, I need a plan¡­its fur is too tough¡­where should I attack?¡¯ The Boar started to roar and jump trying to get me off his back, I grabbed its hair and didn¡¯t let it go¡­while trying to develop some plan to kill it, and a brilliant idea appeared in my mind. Using the two halves of the stick I climbed till it¡¯s head, aimed at its eyes I pushed the sticks, it penetrated easily, blood flew everywhere¡­.the Boar fiercely jumped but I didn¡¯t let go You are my damn meat¡­if you think you can ran away from me¡­you committed a grave mistake, I will never let you go.After five minutes of bleeding the Board finally died, finally... my deserved meat that I worked so hard getting my hands on, after so many days...I think I am gonna cry. Climbing off the Boar, I started boning it, pulling out the meat and bones, after thirty minutes just the fur was remaining, I kept the fur so that if needed I could make clothes. Lighting the fire I barbecued the meat¡­after a few minutes the meat was finished¡­ ¡°Thanks for the meal¡­I will always remember you my dear friend Boar, now I need you in my stomach¡­¡± Chapter Three – Cultivation and Devouring the Universe If you find problem with the power hierarchy, tell me please... and if you find grammar errors please tell me...thanks ----------------------------x------------------x-------------------------------x-----------------------x-------------------------x------------------------- Chapter Three ¨C Cultivation and Devouring the Universe It¡¯s been a few days since the fight against the Boar; I have been sighting more and more life every day. Some hours ago I discovered some tracks¡­it seems like someone has been scouting around here. ¡®I am tracking these people for hours and nothing¡­¡¯ While thinking I heard voices in front of me, speeding through the trees and stopping behind a tree near a clearing where four figures were sitting around a fire pit, it was too dark and I couldn¡¯t see them clearly. ¡®I need to be careful; I don¡¯t know if they are hostiles¡­I will judge the situation first, if they are hostiles I won¡¯t make contact¡¯- I thought Crouching down to avoid detection and focusing my hearing, trying to listen what they were saying to determine if they were hostiles. They were talking in an ancient language that I never heard but surprisingly I could understand it, as if this was my native language ¡°I heard that some of those abominations of the outer region of the Dead Forest attacked some villages, everything that remained were dead bodies¡± ¨C Soldier 1 ( Captain) ¡°We need to finish our task quickly, these past few days those monsters are becoming more and more active, so the Kingdom dispatched us, ordinary soldiers to deal with it¡­fuck we will all die here, captain is the only third rate warrior amongst us¡±- Soldier 2 ¡°The Kingdom is preparing for war, they can¡¯t spend resources here...in the far north, so they can¡¯t send powerful soldiers to this region¡­simply, we are just expendable resources to the Kingdom¡± ¨C Soldier 3 Hearing this I concluded that they are soldiers from some kingdom around here, and those creatures I killed in the Dead Forest are massacring near villages, it seems like these guys are not hostiles, and I don¡¯t know anything around here, I will have to make contact I came out from the tree and walked towards them, this time I could clearly see the group, they wore black plate armor and helmets, so I couldn¡¯t figure out their genders or appearances. Accidentally I stepped on a branch that made some noise, hearing the noise the soldiers were alarmed and each of them took position forming a circle around the fire pit, with shields lifted and swords readied. The Soldier 1 who was in front shouted ¡°Who is there?¡± ¨C Soldier 1 I think this soldier is their captain¡­whatever, I don¡¯t care; calmly I entered in the range of the fire pit light so that they could see me, the Soldier 1 looked at me through his helmet and asked. ¡°Who are you, Kid?¡±- Soldier 1 ( Captain) ¡°What are you doing here kid? This is not the best area to make a tour¡±- Captain Why did he call me Kid? I don¡¯t remember being a kid¡­.maybe when I crossed over I changed bodies¡­.Hm, I don¡¯t know I didn¡¯t try looking my appearance¡­I will confirm it later, I will just go with the flow and create a history that I had amnesia. ¡°I don¡¯t remember anything¡­.Sorry¡± The captain looked at me suspiciously, after seconds of silence he sighed and lowered his sword Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. ¡°Stay with us, I will leave you at a village nearby¡±- Captain The captain took out his helmet and to my surprise it was an old man, he had white hair and blue eyes, a scar stretched from his eyebrow until his throat, but what caught my attention was the pressure he emanate, in this advanced age he seems to have the power that I had when I was in the peak. The old man sat down again near the fire pit, following suit I sat beside him and looked curiously at him, as if sensing it the old man looked at me confused. Taking advantage that I gained his attention I asked ¡°Hey... How are you so strong at such an advanced age?¡± The captain looked at me shocked as if I asked the most stupid question of the world, but after some thought he seriously answered. ¡°I forgot that you had amnesia¡­Ok, listen closely everything in this world have Divine Energy even if in a negligible amount. Every living being can absorb Divine Energy to strengthen themselves, we are called Cultivators¡­but those who can advance in the Cultivations Stages are just a few, luck and talent are necessary to succeed. The Cultivators are divided in stages based on their strength. Third Rate Warrior you need 500 Jin to 2.000 Jin of strength ( 1 jin = 0,5 kg) Second Rate Warrior: 2.000 Jin to 10.000 Jin First Rate Warrior: 10.000+ Jin And there is the Innate Realm, I don¡¯t know much about this stage but every Kingdom has at least one of them¡±- Captain I memorized each word and engraved it in my soul..this world seems interesting¡­but a question lingered in my head. ¡°So¡­How can I absorb this energy?¡± The captain gave a minute of thought and answered ¡°There are techniques to absorb the energy¡­The Revolving Techniques, these techniques are divided in: Low-grade, Medium-grade, High-grade, with each grade the amount of energy you can absorb grows. If you enter the army you can receive low grade revolving technique, and if you can climb ranking on the army you can even receive medium-grade revolving techniques¡± -Captain ¡°And the higher-grade Revolving techniques how can I receive them?¡± The captain madly laughed hearing my question ¡°The higher Revolving techniques are hereditary, just major families have them or if you have luck and stumble in a legacy¡± ¨C Captain ¡°Thanks¡­You helped a lot¡± ¡°No Problem.¡±- Captain After answering my questions the captain leaned on a tree and slept¡­Satisfied with my answers I took a place under another tree and sat cross legged. ¡°I didn¡¯t have time to practice master¡¯s legacy since I came to this world¡­¡± Sitting cross legged, I started practicing my master¡¯s Technique ¡®Devouring the Universe¡¯, imagining planets, suns, galaxies, comets, the whole universe. All of sudden I felt large amounts of a calm and pure energy entering me at a rapid speed, spreading through all my body even my blood. In my previous world there was indeed this energy¡­but it wasn¡¯t near this quantity and quality. After some time I entered in an ethereal state, where time wasn¡¯t important.