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Chapter 5 - Chapter 4. Time to Kill

"It's alive sho…" is what the captain says when a large tendril instantly comes up, wrapping around his waist before tossing him like a ragdoll into the steel wall next a few meters away, breaking his spine upon impact making a loud crunch. The other men begin firing their weapons while trying to pull their legless comrade away, only to have the wall of flesh quickly covering both escape routes down the hallway and back into the lab. One of the men begins to scream as he opens fire upon the monstrosity, only to see that the bullets are not working as well as before. As bullets barely penetrate as well as before only to cause a slight nudge before revealing new mouths after each impact.

[Host has taken damage taken from a large gun -0.5 damage reduced as the mouth was forming in the area]

[Host has taken damage taken from a medium gun -0.1 damage reduced as the mouth was forming in the area]

[Host has taken damage taken from a large gun -5 damage]

The notifications blared as the god of flesh constantly predicted where each singular bullet would land, though missing one occasionally greatly reduced the amount of damage it took and allowed for it another spot for it to eat from. It did not know why it instinctively thought to do such a move, but it worked surprisingly well. The troopers kept shooting aimlessly around themselves, doing everything they could to escape only to wind up stepping into a mouth or be hurled around from a crippling one of them. The sounds of both bones creaking and flesh being ripped apart echoed alongside the screams of the men throughout the hallway as the one-sided massacre continued.

The smell of blood iron permeated through the fleshy coffin and the screams as the creature ate them. The captain waking up from his stupor, slowly regaining consciousness, as he heard the screams of his men begging for help. A sound he would have never thought to hear from these battle-hardened men who have gone through hell and back together many times. Having no feeling in his legs and completely numb, he gently pulled out a grenade in his disoriented state. Only to hear the screams of his men finally coming to an end. Sees as the creature spits out all the weapons and equipment his men had, and it slowly approaching him. Knowing what must be done, he pulls the pin to the grenade "take this, you bastard." That is what he says when suddenly a tendril flails, tearing off his arm as it flings into the lab before exploding, leaving only dust behind. The captain just starts laughing hysterically, knowing his time is, but what awaited him was a fate far worse than that of his comrades.

The god of flesh quickly activates his trap, getting rid of the captain as soon as possible after healing a bit from one of their comrades. They only thought in their mind being "I have to disrupt their chain of command quickly and finish them off." With that in mind, as the captain shouts, "It's alive sho…" it quickly forms a tendril grabbing him by the waist before throwing him into a metal wall nearby, hearing a resounding crack in the process.

Feeling the men starting to move in a panic, it uses its tendrils to cover both escape routes leading both into the hallway and into the entrance of the lab. The men quickly started shooting at it as fast as possible, quickly processing what is going on. Seeing this, it instinctively started to generate numerous mouths where it believed where it would get hit.

[host has taken damage from medium gun -0.3 health]

[host has taken damage from medium gun -3 health]

[host has taken damage from large gun -0.5 health]

[host has taken damage from large gun -5 health]

Everywhere the mouths started to generate, a small number of bones were automatically generated, blocking the bullets while it was forming, reducing the damage. The creature had no clue how it happened, but it quickly focused, using its newly developed mouths underneath them to quickly start eating their fallen comrade.

The man screamed a mixture of blood and fluid in his mouth while the sounds of flesh tearing and bones breaking as he was being eaten alive. It happened extremely fast, and by the time one of the other soldiers tried to lift him up off the ground, half of his body from the back was already gone, quickly spilling out its contents as soon as he was raised. "Higgins, no!" Mike shouted, seeing his friend fall apart in his hands.

[Host has eaten foreign flesh +156 hp]

The god of flesh, seeing the soldier not taking cover it quickly moves a mouth underneath, biting his foot off before the soldier pulling his comrade's half-eaten corpse down on him. The man screams in shock as the remaining flaps of skin and flesh fall atop him, covering in an oozy layer of blood and viscous—the main screams in despair and agony as he too is meeting such a fate of his comrade.

No one comes to his aid, constantly shooting wherever they could, trying to do some form of damage to the creature only to see it having little to no effect anymore as it gets better predicting their shot. The God of flesh heals and grows stronger as the battle rages on. Every chance it gets, it takes a moment and uses one of its tendril swipes through, breaking the bones in an enemy's legs before they mercilessly get devoured, but it's many mouths. The battle rages on for a few minutes, with the creature killing the entire team and eating them one by one leaving their defenseless commanding officer just barely breathing on the wall.

[Host has killed and devoured seven troopers and gained 48 experience points and new abilities]

[Host has leveled up]

[Host has used devourer new stats and abilities]

[Host has gained new ability survival instinct (Level 1)- in critical situations host's body has a 5% chance of automatically reacting when its life is threatened]

[Host has gained new ability quick reaction (level 1)- when life is threatened perception will increase by 5% giving the illusion of time slowing down}

[Mental processing, Pain resistance, Mental corruption, Bone generation have leveled up]

The god of flesh gleams in delight and opens its status screen looking at the changes that has happened to it.

[Host: God of Flesh

Level: 3/100

Exp: 9/80

Species: Unknown

Attributes:

Health: 1895/1895

Strength: 114

Speed: 95

Agility: 100

Intelligence: 183

Biomass: 1895 lbs.

Energy: 33/50

Free points: 15

Active Skills:

Flesh manipulation Level 3- Limit 4 tendrils

Bone generation level 2- can grow bones 8% faster

Passive Skills:

Devour level 2

Organ generation Level 2

Mental corruption level 3(level up) – insanity increased by doing a suicide move

Surpass limits level 1

Pain resistance level 2(level up)

Mental processing Level 2

Quick reaction level 1

Survival instinct Level 1]

Slightly angered that mental corruptions description it gathered itself up into a huge mass of writhing flesh and tendrils, more blue eyes covering it allowing it to see in multiple directions, and the mouths starting to form and dissipate on their own. The God of flesh then spits out all the equipment the men had on them on the ground before turning its attention to the captain of the team slowly drawing in closer whilst thinking 'I should study him to find any real strengths and weaknesses I could exploit in case I come across more of them.' When suddenly the man pulled out a small orb from a pocket and pulled a pin an incredible urge took over causing the creature to instantly form a tentacle and slash the man's arms so hard it flew off with the orb with it before it exploded into the research lab. The only thought in the creature's mind was 'Seems as though Survival instinct kicked in at the perfect timing. I was going to kill the man first then study, but I feel less merciful now.'

The god of flesh starts forming a tendril before putting it inside the open wound. It quickly expanded inside spreading out into branches digging its way through is the man's body when the man began to scream a notification came online.

[Host is studying being will take 20 minutes information will be automatically obtained by host afterward]

The God of Flesh is pleased with this letting the system help guide it how to study the creature, analyzing every cell and system in the body, the man screams in anguish as many veins appear all over his body going in unnatural ways. Every fiber of his being nothing but pure torment akin to someone taking a knife and cutting every single cell one by one at a rapid rate. Blood comes out of every orifice as he is unable to pass out due to the study the creature is committing on him. The god of flesh has no mercy for his enemies making sure he experiences everything.