"What the fuck!"
Kale was literally a giant pig.
A giant pink pig.
At this point, there shouldn't be anything that should surprise him but it's a giant pig…
Scanning Kale's body, if he stood upright, he would be a completely pink pig at least seven feet tall with five fingers like a human but when it got down to the last joint to his fingernails it looked as hard as pig hoofs.
If you got rid of the pig nose, ears, giant tusks then covered his body, he could pass for human.
"Where am I? ..."
The room he was in seemed like a prison cell four walls, no windows and one door.
Taking the set of keys from Kale's body while still in his denial phase, he went over to the door and opened it.
'How do I leave this place now…'
Not wasting a moment, as soon as he opened the door, he started running down the pathway up to the first set of stairs he saw but was blocked by a locked door, fortunately, Kale's keys could open it.
What he saw inside stunned him.
Rows upon rows of cages, hundreds of them. And inside of each were humanoid animals like Kale.
'What….'
Azreal was rooted in place. At first, when he saw Kale, he could just add it up as a one-off occurrence. But now? There were hundreds of them staring at him, they looked just as surprised to see him as he was to see them.
"Wait, so rabbit man…"
He couldn't help speaking out of reflex. The instant he realized he spoke loud, he covered his mouth but It was too late.
"Hey, Kale is that you? Didn't expect you to come back so soo-"
While speaking the 'person' walked forward but when he saw Azreal he stared at him, completely surprised.
The 'person' who walked out from a corner up ahead looked like a cheetah with checkered skin, hind legs, tail, claws and all.
The room became completely awkward as the cheetah stared at him. He stared back and the caged 'animals' stared at them both.
Finally, the cheetah broke the silence by sighing and shrugging.
"And the pig was my only friend in here…"
Pu!
The cheetah moved at breakneck speed, leaving only a cloud of dust behind, heading directly for Azreal.
Azreal couldn't react because of how fast the cheetah moved. It wasn't until the cheetah's paws with its protruding claws were about a seven feet away from him that everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.
It didn't take him long to realize that this was one of the skills he comprehended while being immobile for a year: [Time Manipulation].
If there's a visible threat to his life that was beyond his capabilities, it would automatically activate or he could just activate it of his own free will.
But what confused Azreal was: why it would activate on its own? He wasn't sure how much stronger he became since he didn't know how to measure his strength but he knew he'd gotten a lot stronger, he could feel it. So how was it possible for this cheetah to cause his body to instinctively feel endangered.
He understood that it had incredible speed but he knew clearly that the only reason it got the drop on him was because he was still in shock, and he would have acted before any real harm came to him. Besides it was so far away from him.
Putting it aside for now, Azreal walked over to the cheetah, took out his sword and decapitated it. Once the threat was taken care of, 'time' returned to normal but his breath became ten times heavier like he just ran several miles.
No matter how hard he tried to sense Divine Energy to replenish his body, he couldn't sense anything.
'What the hell is this?…'
Previously, when he regained control over his body, he never tried to sense any energy because he didn't need to absorb any. But now that the spell activated on its own, it sucked his divine energy like it was nothing, leaving him with more than half the divine energy in his body completely drained.
Originally, the amount of energy drained when the [Purple Inferno] was used wasn't anything to worry about since once it attached to something, it would suck its energy and not his so he would've never expected so much energy to be used.
But then again, how could it be cheap to manipulate the spatial laws of the realm of gods with him only being in the early stages of Godhood. It was a blessing that he was able to do it for less than two seconds.
It was incorrect to say that there was no divine energy in the air but the amount that was there was so limited that it was negligible, almost nonexistent.
The humanoids in the cage stared at the cheetah's corpse and the strange looking thing breathing heavily beside him, every single one of them was stunned.
All they saw was that strange looking creature standing there like it was frozen. Then all of sudden, it turned into a beam of light and the next thing they saw was a headless cheetah.
Every single one of them was stunned silly.
How else were they supposed to react? From their point of view, everything seemed like it was over before it even began that in less than a second the cheetah was headless.
'...'
Azreal didn't have any time to pay attention to their gaze. He had his hands on his knees while breathing heavily but his breathing eventually calmed down, it wasn't as steady as it was before but it was calmer than a moment ago.
"Could I be in some close off area that prevents Divine Energy from entering?"
"Divine Energy?... Kid where are you from?"
Azreal didn't keep his thoughts to himself but he was still surprised because he thought he had said it in his mind. But the surprise disappeared just as quickly as it came when he realized that he had spoken aloud just now.
Holding onto the bars of its cage, a roughly eight-foot-tall muscular white bear in pants stared at him, its blood red eyes stared at him without blinking.
Suppressing the shock that he was still feeling from when he realized Kale was a literal pig, he walked over to the cage but not too close.
"Are you the one that spoke just now and do you know why there isn't any divine energy in the place or better yet where this place is?"
The bear didn't speak up right away and only continued looking at him.
"My name is Asbiom. Before I answer your question, shouldn't you answer mine?"
His voice was like a deep rumbling. Although it wasn't majestic, it still sounded imposing.
"Your question?..... Oh, I guess you could say I'm from the chaos realm and yes, divine energy"
Asbiom didn't speak and just continued to look at Azreal before revealing his shard like teeth in the form of a smile.
"What the fuck!"
Kale was literally a giant pig.
A giant pink pig.
At this point, there shouldn't be anything that should surprise him but it's a giant pig…
Scanning Kale's body, if he stood upright, he would be a completely pink pig at least seven feet tall with five fingers like a human but when it got down to the last joint to his fingernails it looked as hard as pig hoofs.
If you got rid of the pig nose, ears, giant tusks then covered his body, he could pass for human.
"Where am I? ..."
The room he was in seemed like a prison cell four walls, no windows and one door.
Taking the set of keys from Kale's body while still in his denial phase, he went over to the door and opened it.
'How do I leave this place now…'
Not wasting a moment, as soon as he opened the door, he started running down the pathway up to the first set of stairs he saw but was blocked by a locked door, fortunately, Kale's keys could open it.
What he saw inside stunned him.
Rows upon rows of cages, hundreds of them. And inside of each were humanoid animals like Kale.
'What….'
Azreal was rooted in place. At first, when he saw Kale, he could just add it up as a one-off occurrence. But now? There were hundreds of them staring at him, they looked just as surprised to see him as he was to see them.
"Wait, so rabbit man…"
He couldn't help speaking out of reflex. The instant he realized he spoke loud, he covered his mouth but It was too late.
"Hey, Kale is that you? Didn't expect you to come back so soo-"
While speaking the 'person' walked forward but when he saw Azreal he stared at him, completely surprised.
The 'person' who walked out from a corner up ahead looked like a cheetah with checkered skin, hind legs, tail, claws and all.
The room became completely awkward as the cheetah stared at him. He stared back and the caged 'animals' stared at them both.
Finally, the cheetah broke the silence by sighing and shrugging.
"And the pig was my only friend in here…"
Pu!
The cheetah moved at breakneck speed, leaving only a cloud of dust behind, heading directly for Azreal.
Azreal couldn't react because of how fast the cheetah moved. It wasn't until the cheetah's paws with its protruding claws were about a seven feet away from him that everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.
It didn't take him long to realize that this was one of the skills he comprehended while being immobile for a year: [Time Manipulation].
If there's a visible threat to his life that was beyond his capabilities, it would automatically activate or he could just activate it of his own free will.
But what confused Azreal was: why it would activate on its own? He wasn't sure how much stronger he became since he didn't know how to measure his strength but he knew he'd gotten a lot stronger, he could feel it. So how was it possible for this cheetah to cause his body to instinctively feel endangered.
He understood that it had incredible speed but he knew clearly that the only reason it got the drop on him was because he was still in shock, and he would have acted before any real harm came to him. Besides it was so far away from him.
Putting it aside for now, Azreal walked over to the cheetah, took out his sword and decapitated it. Once the threat was taken care of, 'time' returned to normal but his breath became ten times heavier like he just ran several miles.
No matter how hard he tried to sense Divine Energy to replenish his body, he couldn't sense anything.
'What the hell is this?…'
Previously, when he regained control over his body, he never tried to sense any energy because he didn't need to absorb any. But now that the spell activated on its own, it sucked his divine energy like it was nothing, leaving him with more than half the divine energy in his body completely drained.
Originally, the amount of energy drained when the [Purple Inferno] was used wasn't anything to worry about since once it attached to something, it would suck its energy and not his so he would've never expected so much energy to be used.
But then again, how could it be cheap to manipulate the spatial laws of the realm of gods with him only being in the early stages of Godhood. It was a blessing that he was able to do it for less than two seconds.
It was incorrect to say that there was no divine energy in the air but the amount that was there was so limited that it was negligible, almost nonexistent.
The humanoids in the cage stared at the cheetah's corpse and the strange looking thing breathing heavily beside him, every single one of them was stunned.
All they saw was that strange looking creature standing there like it was frozen. Then all of sudden, it turned into a beam of light and the next thing they saw was a headless cheetah.
Every single one of them was stunned silly.
How else were they supposed to react? From their point of view, everything seemed like it was over before it even began that in less than a second the cheetah was headless.
'...'
Azreal didn't have any time to pay attention to their gaze. He had his hands on his knees while breathing heavily but his breathing eventually calmed down, it wasn't as steady as it was before but it was calmer than a moment ago.
"Could I be in some close off area that prevents Divine Energy from entering?"
"Divine Energy?... Kid where are you from?"
Azreal didn't keep his thoughts to himself but he was still surprised because he thought he had said it in his mind. But the surprise disappeared just as quickly as it came when he realized that he had spoken aloud just now.
Holding onto the bars of its cage, a roughly eight-foot-tall muscular white bear in pants stared at him, its blood red eyes stared at him without blinking.
Suppressing the shock that he was still feeling from when he realized Kale was a literal pig, he walked over to the cage but not too close.
"Are you the one that spoke just now and do you know why there isn't any divine energy in the place or better yet where this place is?"
The bear didn't speak up right away and only continued looking at him.
"My name is Asbiom. Before I answer your question, shouldn't you answer mine?"
His voice was like a deep rumbling. Although it wasn't majestic, it still sounded imposing.
"Your question?..... Oh, I guess you could say I'm from the chaos realm and yes, divine energy"
Asbiom didn't speak and just continued to look at Azreal before revealing his shard like teeth in the form of a smile.
