Chereads / What?! Never Seen an Alien Before? / Chapter 8 - The Collector

Chapter 8 - The Collector

"Mhhhhh... For being so ugly looking, you taste delicious, so, so delicious, yummy, and scrumptious the tenderness of your flesh, the richness of the meat, the sweetness of the blood, the crunchiness of the bones, and the sizzling and unique taste of your organs, I approve you are so delicious, I love it, I love it."

I said aloud with much excitement and contentment with my existence, as my thoughts were overwhelmed with the explosive flavor of this nameless Abominable flesh and blood coursing through my mouth, as the taste where unforgettable, so much so, I was blushing with pleasure, it was so great I could swear my tongue was having a foodgasm.

"Mirabile, Mirabile... This is just heaven, I have ascended into the land of no return, aghu...So Good, I have been corrupted, I have been tainted, this is too good, super good, insanely good, meat is delicious, blood is spectacular, bones are scrumptious, and the taste is arousing, Ugha... Why do I feel this way, why do I have a lust to devour, a lust to acquire, a lust to feast, chew, swallow, and murder."

"VWWWERY GOOOD... I hit the jackpot, this place is a five-star restaurant all for me, a hidden gem I tell you, Agh... SOOO, SOOO, SOOO enticing, and morbidly so, I need more, I want Mwore, I desire MwORE, this enthusiastic flavor cannot be forgotten, I will not be forgotten, it will never be fWWWWORGETWEN."

I announce with the utmost greatest satisfaction I could muster up in words, and words alone, my desire and excitement to taste more, devour more, savor more, and eat more, was so strong, was so immaculate, and was so inhumane that in my excitement I didn't even notice that the pronunciation of my words began to fumble and tumble from time to time, albeit annoying it would come off as terrifying to others who witness it at first hand.

My excitement was so immaculate that I didn't even notice that for a brief second, my eyes went from blue to neon pink when my joy skyrocketed.

However, like a child who has been introduced to ice cream for the first time, I couldn't help myself, this was too delicious, even more, delicious than the grunts.

"This is real meat, this is food, this is love, yes food over a woman any day in my opinion, could this be love, yes it had to be, I love eating, how could I not love such a concept, eating exotic meat like this is what I live for, hahaha... I have been enlightened, if this is not motivation to hunt more then I don't know what is."

Yes, who could have blamed me, I love food, especially meat, it was even more enticing when the food fight back, it represents the worth of such flavor, and it grants meaning to life, and the hunt itself.

"But then again, this tasted good because it was stronger than a mere grunt, that fact is undeniable for sure, I wonder, I ponder, would I taste this good if I took a bite of myself."

The forbidden thought of self-cannibalism enters my mind for a brief moment, however, I soon shake the forbidden thought of such morbid darkness to the side as I whispered to myself.

"haha... No, No, No Nyrthalan compose yourself lets not sink too deep into the abyss shall we, this amazing meal alone tossed me into a deep trench already, let us maintain a shred of decency at the very least, although I am slightly ashamed to say that I might be a natural food enthusiast."

"Well either way this meal was good, very good, I might as well eat everything inside this place, honestly I wonder how long it will take to devour an entire race of Abominable."

And as if to answer an impossible question of mine, Khaos began to speak directly into my brain, she was a helpful spirit after all.

[A total of 2,432,823 Abominables have been detected in this labyrinth, according to the newly acquired information they are four types of Abominable, the first type being the majority which consists of mere grunts with the intelligent of a toddler, the second type is the "Snowmen" which you have recently killed, and each of them possesses the racial ability of ice manipulation, then there are the Elite guards, which are the minority as only nine exist, all of them possess an esoteric manipulation over snow and ice, they can be considered as Noble Abominable, and finally, only one Royal Abominable have been detected, the queen, to put her full power into perspective then I would say her range at full power can freeze and the entire mountain, but physical destruction is subjected to only a small building, her speed is supersonic, so Mach 1, durability is even weaker than a snowman, stamina seem to be on par with the Nobles if not slightly above, all in all, if you utilize your full power without relying on us, and eat non-stop without rest you can eat the entire race in about 2 years, 4 months, 1 week, 3 days, 13 hours, 2 minutes, and 5 seconds]

"___"

[Conclusion eating more grunts won't change a thing, eating more snowmen won't change a thing, the greatest source of nutrients lies in the Noble and sole royalty of this place, time is precious, after all, the first mate with the highest compatibility of reproduction seems to be in a state of Limbo, life, and death, in conclusion, she will die in five months at this rate, life force seem to be deteriorating at a drastic level according to the scanners]

"I... See."

"So the best optimal source of action is to speed run this place and kill the mini-bosses, and the main boss as soon as possible."

[Yes, that is the plausible course of action]

"Very well, I still need to complete my purpose so I can't allow the mate with the highest compatible reproductive capabilities to simply die on me."

[Suggestion return to your original form, phase through the various floors of this Labrinth, and fight the bosses directly, take note that fire is the weakness of the Abominable]

"Noted."

With those words said Khaos went quiet once more, she seem to only be responsive when I have a deep desire to know, either way with the information I have gathered from her detailed explanation where quite useful, I am glad to know that the queen itself isn't all that powerful, the only thing considered a problem is her special power and range of effectiveness.

Then and again it is most likely the special effects of her ability, and it's a range that makes her a calamity, so the strength to match a snowman, the speed that is inferior to mine, durability on par with a snowman, stamina that might be above a noble, and a range that can cover an entire mountain.

"This is good information, however, I still lack information that I can work with, well thankfully this snowman seems to be quite familiar with the queen and her nine nobles, thankfully I left the brain for last as it is the most delicious organ, either way, let's read the memories of this nameless, and come to a more optimal conclusion on how to deal with the other nobles and the queen itself."

So with all of this in mind, I began to devour the brains of the nameless, and immediately after, all the memories of the deceased began to flood my mind.

I was born years ago in the lower levels of the labyrinth, sadly though despite being a high-ranking snowman, undoubtedly thought I am nothing more than an errand boy of the Queen and her Nobles, I was never rewarded a name despite my hard work and years of service, however, the queen's beauty was mesmerizing, and just being around her grants me the utmost joy and happiness, it was if all the cells in my body submitted to her.

The queen albeit cruel love good obedient children, that's why we would hunt nearby humans in the city of frost located twenty miles from here, as our queen loves the taste of human flesh, especially the enlightened ones

One may even say our queen is rather lustful since her hobbies consist of sleeping with her nobles and having their children to satisfy her immense sexual desires, how I wish to be a Noble, as many male snowmen like myself have always dreamed to ploy that holy soil as well, however, dreams never tend to come through.

But either way, my queen is my all, I would not betray her, no even if the world was offered to me as compensation, then and again, who would defy the queen, her power is just insane, she possesses the ability to remove heat from the environment freezing everything in her vicinity, her manipulation over heat seems to be special, seeing that her flames are very cold and freeze any living organism to the point that it gives them horrible and immediate frostbites upon being hit.

But despite this, the scariest thing about our queen is the unique mutation in her eyes due to Mantra, because of this she always wears a blindfold, because if she looks at you, or anything that consists of matter then that person or thing will turn into a pillar of ice, as her eyes transmute matter into ice no question ask, there is no way to reverse this, even the air is not speared from her eyes it is just that powerful, it's not freezing for say, but it's more like transmutation.

As a result, our queen evolves and adapts to her predicament, and gains a weird new ability she calls all-seeing, she also refers to it as being enlightened from blindness, although I don't know what all-seeing does however I know my queen has the greatest range of sight among the Abominable, she can see you perfectly fine even while being asleep.

Then the nine nobles however are a mystery to me, honestly, they are weird they seem to be in perfect sync all the time since they never fight alone, however, the nine nobles all share one name, but different titles, they are name SnowFlake by the queen, although to differentiate from one another they call themselves SnowFlake one through nine, and their title is just SnowFlake of shield, bow, sword, brain, heart, spine, fire, snow, and mist.

From there, more memories about the nameless snowman's life began to course through my being, I have learned that he was at least nicknamed the collector since he had a hobby of collecting rare artifacts from deceased enemies.

The pouch itself is a spatial bag that seems to have a large space that was five miles in width and height and was a perfectly square shape space, even living things can enter the pocket dimension of the pouch, as it is an entire sandbox world consisting of a beautiful forest large enough to make a small settlement inside.

Of course, this was a secrete he decide to keep for himself, as a spatial artifact like this was extremely rare and expensive, however, even he could not stay in the pocket dimension for long seeing that the terrain was lethal to him and a snow-type Primus beast.

And moments later I soon came to my senses as I read every memory of the collectors, and I held my head in amazement and fascination as I said.

"Interesting."