Confusion flickered across Jade's face, her eyes igniting with a soft white glow at their centers as she considered the creature's words. "And why do you think that?" she asked, a hint of skepticism in her voice.
The creature's response carried the weight of centuries, a testant to its vast, yet shadowy, experiences. "Even in my short ti around and what I have heard, he has given parts of him for as long as he has existed for one reason or another, and I have never seen it not play out in his favor."
Pausing for a mont to let the gravity of its statent sink in, it then added, "If I were a guessing king, I would say you will die upon the summoning, and you will be the vessel for his summoning."
"But I suppose that isn't too much of my concern. However, I do believe you have the potential to assist in preparing for the great coming."
The creature then shifted the topic, its voice sharpening with curiosity, "But first, tell , were you the one who ripped a hole in Victur? One of my own? Were you the one who slit his throat open?"
Jade, feeling a surge of defiance at the creature's inquiry, clenched her fist. She lifted her gaze to et the creature's, her eyes alight with a fierce resolve. "Yes, Yes I did. With the help of my new friends, we took down this monster that wanted to destroy everything we love. I regret nothing about it either."
"I see," the creature responded, its tone unreadable. With another snap of its fingers, the wound on its chest and the slice under its neck began to heal miraculously. Jade observed the creature, trying to gauge its power level or any hint of its capabilities, but it simply smirked back at her.
"Sorry, that won't work on in your current state, so don't try too hard," it stated, dismissing her efforts to understand its strengths.
Jade, taken aback, realized she had inadvertently tried to sense its energy level, sothing she hadn't even known was possible to conceal. With more questions now swirling in her mind, she watched as the creature rose to its feet, a easy to see rage burning in its eyes.
"Victur, why are you standing in my presence?"
At that mont, Victur's legs were sliced open, causing the creature to cry out in agony and drop to one knee. The swift and unexpected violence left a tense silence in its wake, broken only by the sound of its pain.
"Now, tell … Is it true this 'food' was able to defeat you in a fight?"
Victur, now brought to a knee, its vitality ebbing onto the stone floor in a steady drip of blood, shakily affird, "Y-yes, your Kingness," as it let its monstrous hands fall heavily to the ground.
"Please forgive , I just wasn't expecting soone to use the eyes so well!"
The inquisitor, intrigued, pressed further. "Oh, do tell, how did she use those eyes to land so insanely effective blows."
After a tense few minutes filled with Victur's scared explanations, the creature concluded with a mix of surprise and begrudging respect, "I see, very impressive, girl food!"
Jade, irritation creeping into her tone at the repeated and deaning reference to her as re 'food,' corrected him sharply, "I have a na, it's Jade for your information!"
"Jade, a lovely na, I suppose. You can call the self-proclaid King of… nothing."
Jade, her confusion evident, couldn't help but question, "How can one be the king of nothing?"
"Don't worry about that for now, Food. For now, bask in your winnings," the creature retorted with a dismissive wave of its hand. With another snap of its fingers, it turned its gaze towards Victur. In a shocking display, Victur exploded into pieces, which then reford into a small cube. The creature casually tossed this cube to Jade. "Here, as the victor of your fight.
It is tradition to eat your enemy and consu them to beco stronger."
Jade's eyes widened in horror at the suggestion. "W-we don't eat people after we beat them, actually, and I don't want to eat such a disgusting creature!"
The creature, taken aback by Jade's vehent refusal, gave her a look of confusion. As she continued to express her disgust, a small eyeball popped out of the cube, scanning the surroundings in bewildernt. This grotesque detail only fueled Jade's determination to stand against such practices.
"I would like if you stopped invading my world so I might focus on getting ready for Ty to return and dealing with every other problem that is arising!" Jade stated, her voice firm with resolve.
The King paused for a mont before responding, the delay heavy with contemplation. "I am afraid that is not possible," he finally declared. His explanation revealed a world of complexities far beyond re conquest.
"We can only beco strong enough by consuming worlds, while the Angelic Race is too consud in their own affairs and self-loathing. We aren't just seeking strength for nothing like they do. The great prophecy is upon us over the last 100 years, and the return of a great threat will require back in my old form."
Jade's confusion deepened as she tried to untangle the creature's justification for its actions. "What are you talking about? How does this have to do with you murdering and trying to invade our planet?"
The creature's response was chilling in its clarity. "When Erebos, or whoever follows in his steps next, finishes unsealing the 12 universes, they will go back to war as the Devil God aims to destroy everything. I am simply seeking to beco stronger and preparing for that ti."
Its explanation laid bare a cosmic scale of conflict, where the fate of universes hung in the balance, driven by forces and prophecies far beyond the comprehension of most. "I hold nothing personal against the food I eat to beco stronger, no more than you look at a al as a way to stay alive."
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