'What happened?' I asked. Looking briefly away from the food in front of my head, I looked at the room that I was in. I was so focused on the food that I didn't observe my surroundings. But nothing was out of the ordinary other than the sack of food that was in front of me. The room was also in the shape of a cube like the rooms that I had been in already, but this one was tiny.
Swishing my head around, I found a hole in the wall the wall behind me that had been broken through. Other than that there were no other entrances or exits. This was highly suspicious... 'How did I end up in this room? Did I break in or did something lead me here?'
I continued to gobble the huge pile of what I assumed to be food that was in front of me as I struggled to recall everything that had happened.
the gluttonous voice shouted to me excitedly like it was proud of itself.
'Can I have some details?' I asked as I chewed and swallowed more of the golden drops that were in front of me. Savouring each bite, smooth and round at first, they soon popped in my mouth as a salty yet, slightly sweet taste predominated through my palette. Mmm... whatever it was it was delicious.
...
Hey, don't look at me like that. Food was served and I was hungry. It's not like I could have rejected it okay? Besides, the golden drops seemed to have some sort of regenerative effect on my body as I felt the cold within my body become purged. My health bar as well started to increase with each bite. Rising up from who knows how low, it was at a safe 30% as it continued to rise as I ate. The same could be said for my black bar as it slowly filled up again.
It was peaceful. If only for a moment.
[Devourer's Euphoria] and [Euphoric Rush] had already activated and I was finally at ease. Nothing was happening and there weren't any sounds so I enjoyed my meal while listening to my portable audiobook called my the gluttonous voice.
...
'Enough of that. So it was you that got us out of there?'
'What did you do this time?' I started as I anticipated that it had done something it shouldn't have.
'Oh.' I replied while stunned. It seemed that the voice did pacify some and learn some that day. It was slowly growing like it had an inkling of what responsibility and promises were. 'It's fine. You saved us...' I replied.
'I should be the one saying thanks. You are the one who saved us... but please continue. What happened after we reached the ceiling?'
'Yeah.' I agreed as I felt the taste of the filaments return into my mouth. I shivered. Like a sticky tube of semi-solid glue, it was disgusting.
I found out later that the thread of the Frostfang is highly prized and worth literally millions of gold as it could be used as a catalyst. Why would a catalyst be so expensive? It's not that it's special, it's just rare. Frostfangs were that rare... if only I knew... anyways...
The gluttonous voice continued with the story.
'It's fine... you didn't know better.' I said as if I was speaking to one of my younger siblings... which I wasn't but that just brought up some feelings...
Once again, back to my story.
the gluttonous voice said.
'A feeling? What kind of feeling was it? A feeling of danger?' I asked as I too had felt that feeling countless times, but apparently, it was different.
'But was there really food?' I asked. 'Is that why we are here?'
'... luckily we are fine. So I guess, it was fine.'
<....>
'What... what happened?'
'So you ate them?'
'What was weird?'
'So you broke the wall and now we're here?' I asked.
'...No.' I started. 'I'm more than just proud. I'm excited. That's really great news. If you can sense food... we can get out of this place!'
'But something doesn't make sense...' as I felt a feeling of danger develop within my body.
'Why are these balls hidden behind a wall... and why do I feel like we are in danger?' I asked as I felt my body suddenly stiffen even more. 'Wait... do you feel anything now... any food now?' I asked as I gobbled up the rest of the golden pearls into my stomach hastily.
Suddenly the metallic voice entered my head and nearly scared me shitless.
[Side objective: Eliminate the eggs] (Discovered)
Highly rare and sought after, one would make a mighty profit if these eggs were sold. Unfortunately, you, the gluttonous snail, has no need for money. Eliminate all the eggs.
Egg Sacs left: 2
Rewards:
(Unknown)
'Eggs?' I thought as I felt myself stiffen even more. 'What were you just trying to say?'
'What?!' I asked urgently.
Steadying myself, I looked around for any signs of movement.
My health had increased to a healthy ~80%, my stamina was full and I was still buffed by [Devourer's Euphoria] and [Euphoric Rush]. I was ready to take on whatever was coming my way.
But I wasn't.
Because it came from above just seconds later.
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