Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse novel Chapter 4101

Chapter 4101: The First Feast! II

Noah watched Ozymandias settle from his feeding, the overwhelming hunger diminishing to something merely ravenous rather than all-consuming.

Through their connection, he felt the temporary satisfaction of Everythings digested, converted to pure sustenance. It prompted a question that had been building since Khor’s return.

So he turned to her.

"What about... your hunger?" he asked, looking at the tiny form that had once made existence itself nervous. "What about the hunger of the one called The First Hunger?"

Khor smiled at the question with layers of meaning that contradicted themselves.

She floated upward slightly, bringing herself to a more conversational height, though her diminutive size made the gesture more endearing than imposing.

"When it comes to Inevitabilities, there are vast differences in scale," she began, her voice carrying the weight of ancient understanding. "We’re not all equal in our hunger, our methods, our capabilities. There are tiers...classifications."

She paused, seeming to consider how to explain concepts that transcended normal understanding.

"I could tell you complex theories about hierarchical consumption matrices, about the relationship between hunger and existence, about how appetite correlates with existential weight. But ultimately, none of that would make sense without context you lack."

Her expression grew more serious, though amusement still danced in those abyssal eyes.

"What you need to know is simple: my hunger is ravenous. Tremendous to an extent that I could open my mouth right now and devour everything and everyone here. This Shore, its inhabitants, you, your bundle of potential Order, even your newly made Inevitability...all of it could disappear in a single swallow."

HUUM!

Noah felt his existence tense at those words, though he maintained his calm exterior.

Through their bond, he sensed Ozymandias’s instinctive recognition of a superior predator...hunger acknowledging greater hunger.

"But I don’t," Khor continued, her smile growing devilish. "I could have chosen to devour you when you first found me, what seems like forever ago now. Just opened my mouth and made you part of my collection of consumed Everythings. But I chose not to."

She spun in the air, her tiny form radiating satisfaction.

"That’s what makes me different from most Inevitabilities. I have the option of choice. My Way of Existence grants me something most hungers lack...discretion. Choice. I hunger, and boy can I eat, but I choose when to feast."

Her expression darkened slightly, though her smile remained.

"The day I truly open my mouth to eat will be a day nobody wants to be near me. Because when I choose to feast, I don’t leave scraps."

Noah processed these terrifying admissions while feeling the Symbolic Heart of Hunger pulse within him. It should grant him absolute control over her, should allow him to rein in even The First Hunger if necessary. Yet hearing her speak so casually about consuming everything made him wonder if even absolute control had limits.

Ozymandias descended from the Aquarium, his tentacle-architecture form moving with newfound grace that came from being properly fed.

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