Chapter 89 The Sacred Feast, The Birth of the Glutton
Garus was slumbering in the Steam Rift.
The Stone Giants, a distant people, are migrating through the wilderness in the rain, searching for a suitable settlement.
There are eleven of them in total, six of whom are not yet teenagers, ranging in age from childhood to adolescence.
Among the other five stone giants.
There was a robust stone giant elder who was over two hundred years old, three young stone giants, and one adult stone giant.
Giants and dragons are both long-lived species, but their lifespans are about one or two hundred years shorter than those of dragons, depending on the species. Their age ranges are roughly similar.
The difference is...
At the same age level, dragons are more than one level above giants.
Giants have the advantage of greater numbers, closer social cooperation, and formidable fighting power comparable to dragons of the same level.
Adult stone giants are ranked between level 8 and 10, which is equivalent to a juvenile dragon in the dragon category, or a teenager in a later dragon category, such as a young adult dragon at the end of the sequence like the white dragon.
The level of a mature stone giant is 10-13.
These stone giants belong to the Stoneheart Clan.
Their leader and other higher-ranking warriors died in the war against the Blue Dragon Clan.
The strongest remaining one is the middle-aged stone giant elder.
It was responsible for leading the remaining stone giants to a safe place, a suitable new territory.
Rest and recuperate, and rebuild your strength.
They hope to one day make a comeback and return to their homeland.
The rainy season in the wilderness continued, and the drizzle gradually intensified, soon turning into a torrential downpour. The stone giants braved the heavy rain, moving forward in silence, gradually disappearing into the wilderness.
Under the same sky.
The wind and rain were fierce, with lightning and thunder.
The cannibals of the Bone-Chewing Clan, nestled in the fertile hills, did not go out hunting, sleep, rest, or mate; instead, they all gathered in the central hall for a 'sacred feast'.
The main figures at the banquet were the old chief and his nine descendants.
The reason was that as the old ogre chieftain aged, his strong and healthy descendants, who were in their prime, were eyeing his position covetously.
In order to maintain his rule, the old chief cruelly ate two of his own offspring.
But it knew that it would have to choose a successor sooner or later.
After consuming two offspring, it still had nine parental descendants.
In order to select the most powerful ogre who could take his place, the old chieftain held the most sacred ceremony among the ogre race.
This ceremony is known as the sacred feast.
For cannibals, the meaning of survival is simply to eat.
They have an enormous appetite and can consume fresh meat, bones, and even stones and metals.
The more a cannibal can eat, the stronger its body and the higher its talent.
A sacred feast revolves around eating.
Whoever has the strongest stomach and can eat their way to the end will be the next king of the Bone-Chewing Clan.
During the sacred feast, the old chieftain, along with nine other ogres who were also attending, would begin to eat without sleep, day and night.
Up to now.
The banquet has been going on for some time now.
The number of contestants has dwindled from ten at the beginning to only three now.
The old chief, and his two most favored descendants.
Ugo Chewing Bones, Karu Chewing Bones.
Three ogres surrounded the marble slab table, casting three mountain-like shadows in the light, while grease dripped from the cracks in the stone table.
More cannibals crowded the hall, watching the ongoing banquet.
A dead sheep infested with maggots was piled on the slate table.
Ugo was as big as a mammoth wearing an ogre's skin.
Each time it swallowed a clump of maggot-infested sheep carcass, its belly would swell slightly.
Its eyes were fierce as it ate quickly, trying to finish as soon as possible, its eyes filled with a desire for the 'throne'.
Karu doesn't care about the throne.
It stared at the dead sheep, its eyes filled with a love for 'delicious food'.
It tore off pieces of rotten flesh and ate them along with the maggots on them, its face beaming with a happy and joyful expression.
In less than three minutes.
The three cannibals ate all the maggots and dead sheep.
Ugo finished eating first, then Karu, and finally the old chieftain.
As the old chief grew older, his appetite and digestion could no longer match those of his two strong offspring, but he did not succumb to old age and allowed the feast to continue.
The banquet continued.
The Bone Chewing Clan emptied their entire stock and served up a 'delicacy' that even ogres frowned upon.
These foods are deadly poisons to other races, but for ogres vying for the throne, they are the ultimate test of their stomach strength.
Following the maggot-infested, rotting dead sheep were dried rhinoceros leg bones covered in sharp spurs.
It has no meat on it, and the sharp bone spurs will scratch the ogre's mouth, esophagus, and stomach, causing pain when eating it.
Ugo was the first to pick up the leg bone, blood dripping from his mouth, his face contorted in a ferocious expression, and he began to chew it with gusto.
Then came the old chief, who frowned, one hand supporting his large belly, as he began to eat.
Finally, there was Karu. Although it felt pain in its mouth and stomach while eating, it was still full of joy and treated all its food with a solemn and serious attitude, even licking up the smallest bone fragments.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared, and torrential rain poured down.
The banquet was still going on.
Sashimi of the burrowing worm, stewed troll toes with rusty nails, raw marinated thunder rhinoceros bladder, and sliced poisonous mushrooms—foods that other creatures would never dare to touch—were continuously served on the table and placed in front of the three ogres.
Half an hour later.
After the ogres finished eating the elytra of the bone-carrying beetle, their huge stomachs were bulging, resembling three mountains of flesh.
"Let the banquet continue!"
With the outcome still undecided, the old chief, burping contentedly, ordered the ogre's butcher to bring in more food.
"Chief, all the food is gone."
Butcher in the kitchen: "The clan's reserves are completely depleted."
Ugo suddenly stood up and declared his victory in a booming voice: "I'm always the first to finish eating. Victory and glory belong to me!"
If all the cannibals held out until the end.
Therefore, the speed of eating is the most important criterion.
The old chief staggered to his feet, preparing to announce the results of the sacred feast.
Just then, a hungry wolf-like green light flashed in Karu's eyes, and he growled, "No! I'm not full yet."
The next second, it suddenly stood up, walked towards the old chief, and then, under the old chief's puzzled gaze, swung its giant fist and smashed it onto the old chief's skull.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Several sudden and powerful punches struck, and the old chief died on the spot.
Karu turned to the butcher and grinned, “Cut my father’s body and the food in his stomach in half and place them in front of me and my brother.”
"The banquet continues."
The hall was completely silent.
The ogre butcher gave a muffled grunt, then chopped open the old chieftain's body, dismembered him, and presented the pieces to the two ogres.
Ten minutes later.
Ugo finally couldn't eat anymore.
Its belly was like a ball that had reached its limit, with cracks all over its surface. Its stomach had been stretched to the point of bursting. On the other hand, Karu's belly was also round, but after each bite, its belly would bulge slightly and then quickly shrink back.
I don't know if it's just my imagination.
The cannibals who were watching the feast belatedly realized that Karu's body seemed to have swelled up compared to the beginning, and it wasn't just his stomach.
It was not as strong as Ugo.
But now, beneath its bloated skin, its muscles bulge as if filled with asphalt and oil, making it look even bigger than Ugo.
The most intelligent two-headed cannibalistic magician in its tribe turned its two heads and glanced at each other.
In the small eyes of its other head, it saw a look of astonishment and ecstasy.
"Karu has awakened his gluttonous talent! He will lead the Bone Chewing Clan to glory!"
The two heads spoke in unison.
Cannibal variant – Gluttony.
The Gluttony Demon can digest all food, efficiently utilizing its energy to gain terrifying power capable of shaking mountains.
The cannibalistic texts record the glory of ancient times—once a gluttonous demon established a magnificent empire composed of cannibals!
Hugo finally admitted defeat and knelt before his brother.
Opposite him, Karu chewed on his old father's arm and announced in a muffled voice that he had become the new chief.
This gluttonous feast ultimately crowned the most voracious stomach as king.
After devouring his father's flesh and bones, Karu looked around the messy hall and muttered, "I'm still not full."
All the cannibals it saw instinctively looked away, afraid to meet its gaze and afraid of being devoured alive.
"My people! Come with me on the hunt."
Karu shouted, and all the ogres responded.
During the banquet, the ordinary ogres, having suppressed their hunger for too long and with their tribe's reserves completely depleted, were in dire need of hunting to replenish their strength.
Not just ferocious beasts and monsters,
Those monster clans entrenched in the surrounding area will all be targets of the Bone-Chewing Man-Eater.
(End of this chapter)
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