Chapter 9
A day had past and now the rays of the sun light shined upon Sin's face waking him up from his sleep. Covering his face with his hand Sin said "today is the last day, if I hurry it should take me less then five hours to travel the remaining distance".
Sin then got up from the tree and an apple appeared in his hand out of thin air, crunch! Sin took a bite and then disappeared from the tree he was sleeping on. Running on the ground Sin was still eating the apple when he herd a loud growlll up ahead.
A giant ape blocked his path and was now beating its chest with both of its fists. "This should work" Sin thought as he threw the apple up into the air, caught it and repeated for two more times.
When Sin got close enough to the ape he threw the apple as hard as he could, swoosh! The apple flew through the air as it hit the ape in the face which had pushed its head to the back. Sin then jumped towards the sky as he spun threw the air and landed a kick on the apes face which broke it's neck killing it on the spot. Landing on the ground sin had then jumped back as the apes body fell to its knees before falling on its face.
"Middle first order huh" said Sin as he had already curved out the beast core. Sin wiped both his hands and the core that was covered in blood with the beasts fur.
Sin cut a big chunk of the beast's meat and cooked it on an open flame, taking out all the spices from his space ring, he began seasoning it which created a tantalizing aroma that made his stomach growl even more. Taking a bite and enjoying his meal, a voice came from the side.
"Brother remember me" said Liam Heartstone as he approached Sin who was sitting on a tree log. Looking at him Sin limited himself to only observing the boy.
Liam sat down on the ground and stared at Sin as if waiting for a response, after the silence Liam sighed and spoke. " brother may I ask how you acquired such delicacies in this place.
Taking another bite Sin ignored him. "How is he not suffocating in that armored coat" wandered Sin, while Sin was thinking, a hand that had calisis and looked rough reach for the meat that was still cooking on the fire.
"If you do not wish to lose your hand I would advise you to retract it" said Sin as he took another bite. "Brother please I have not eaten in weeks, I have traveled a great distance all the way from the north".
"What the hell does that have to do with me". Said Sin almost shouting. "You see the thing is I only know how to hunt and I have never had to prepare my own meals so I am struggling, of course I came here with money and food but I just could not ignore the people that had nothing that I met along the way".
"So let me get this straight you a middle Integration stage expert lacks the simple ability as the one of cooking and even has the heart to care about others while you starve yourself, you sound like an idiot if I have ever heard or seen one," said Sin.
"That is a little bit harsh" replied Liam. "The world is harsh get used to it, those with such lackluster codes of ethics such as you are usually those that get devoured by the cruelty and ugliness of this world first.
Liam hearing Sin's words made him fall silent as a whorl pool of emotions was browning within him, this was not the first time Liam had been told that the kindness in his heart will be his undoing one day.
Gritting his teeth Liam said "I just cannot bear to see the injustice and unfairness of this world, just because some had been born into wealthy families they think they are at the top of the world it's..."
Sin had cut off Liam's words "hahahaha what makes you any different are you not a member of Heartstone family up in the north, I hear you guys are even more prosperous than all the others" said Sin as he mocked Liam.
"I am different, not like the others and I will make sure to change it all when I become the leader of the Heartstone family". Sin had been shocked at Liam's proclamation, "you must really be naive or incredibly stupid but I like your determination, alright I wish to see how far you will go with this dream of yours so show me how you change the world".
"Does this mean I can eat some of your food" said Liam in an excited tone(with excitement), the statement had turned Sin's smile upside-down. " Do as you please" said Sin as he continued to eat.
After Sin had finished eating he stood up to leave, heading towards the academy that resided at the top of the mountain. Quickly getting up from the ground Liam followed Sin.
Stopping and looking behind Sin questioned "what the hell are you doing". The question had caught Liam off guard, but he had quickly responded and said "I'm going with you"
"Like hell you are" said Sin, " what I thought we were friends" said Liam.
"Friends with who, when did I ever say we are friends" said Sin. Responding Liam said "you did not have to, I can tell were both driven by the same goal making us brother's"
"What the hell gave you that impression" questioned Sin. "What do you mean isn't that why you beat up the kids from the Cristfall family because they were abusing their power"
"I beat them up because they thought they were better than me and they were trying to beat me so I fought back, look I don't have such a noble and kind heart as you I'm quite the opposite so I advise you to stay far away from me" Sin said as he walked off.
Hearing foot steps behind him Sin stopped and looked up to the sky as he said "oh my God". "Don't worry about me I'll just follow you since we going to the same place".
"Will see about that" said Sin as his figure blurred, Sin could now been seen in the distance dashing through the forest tailing him was Liam who seemed intent on going with Sin. Looking behind him to see Liam who was smiling Sin thought "whatever" as he continued running he knew very well that this was going to be a long journey and so he focused on his path.
After an hour of running Sin's nose twitched, it was a smell he was very familiar with "blood" said Sin. "What about blood" asked Liam. "There's a smell of blood in front of us" responded Sin.
Sin increased his speed as he rushed towards the smell of blood, "that smell" said Liam as he covered his nose. Now they could see it there as a trail off blood that led to a clearing a couple of meters in front of them.
Raising his hand Sin signaled for Liam to stop," Let's go up into the trees" said Sin as he leapt up in to the sky and grabbed a branch. Rotating himself on the branch he sat in a squat position, he then leapt up into the sky again, the force of his jump had broken the branch he had stood on.
Reaching the top Sin waited as Liam had stood next to him. "follow me and be quiet" said Sin. Nodding his head Liam had agreed. Moving through the trees they could hear a crunchy noise. Stopping they could now see a giant worm that was eating an elephant, it's face spilt open and a row of teeth that covered the inside of the worm could be seen as it took a bite.
Liam taped on Sin's shoulder, looking at Liam Sin could as that he was pointing towards something, looking where Liam had pointed to Sin could see several clothing and body parts that were scattered around.
"What do we do" whispered Liam. "Nothing we keep moving, we can't beat that thing" responded Sin in the same hushed tone. "But ..." said Liam, quickly interrupting him Sin said "Look if you want go down there I die don't count me in, their already dead and there's nothing we can do about it, instead we can use this chance to get as far away from here while it's occupied".
After that Sin had moved to the next tree he had wanted to go around so as to not get chased by the worm as this hadn't been his first encounter with the beast. Although reluctant Liam had followed Sin he had known very well just how much the difference between him and the worm was so he wouldn't throw his life away for nothing