Chapter 29: Pain of love is Inevitable
This is her dragon form before she became a Cryptid
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In the heart of the Jura Forest, Milim flew with desperate urgency.
She had just emerged from a frenzied rampage in the elven kingdom, her mind clouded with sorrow and rage.
Now, she was searching for Charybdis, her mentor and friend, hoping against hope to find her alive and well.
Her search was relentless, scouring the entire world, her sharp senses probing every corner for even a wisp of Charybdis's presence.
But there was nothing.
Frustration and fear gnawed at her heart as she continued to search, her movements growing more frantic. She didn't want confirmation of Charybdis's fate; she needed to see her, to hold onto
Her and feel the warmth that she craved desperately.
As the realization began to sink in, a hollow feeling grew in her chest. Her search had yielded no results.
No trace of Charybdis, no sign of her immense power or familiar presence. It was as if she had vanished from existence in thus world.
Milim's movements slowed, her wings fluttering erratically as she descended to the ground.
She landed softly, her legs giving out beneath her.
She fell to her knees, her hands gripping the earth as her head bowed low. The enormity of the truth hit her with full force.
"Is she dead too?" Milim whispered, her voice cracking. "Not Charybdis...not her too"
Tears welled up in her eyes, blurring her vision.
The fierce determination that had driven her moments ago was replaced by a wave of overwhelming grief.
She let out a choked sob, the sound of it raw and unrestrained.
She collapsed fully, her body curling into a ball as she cried like a child, tears streaming down her cheeks. Her small frame shook with the intensity of her sorrow, her cries echoing through the forest.
Unbeknownst to Milim, Veldora, the mighty dragon who had been watching her from his crafted dimension, sensed her distress. Though they had never met, he recognized the anguish of a kindred spirit. Veldora decided to step out of his dimensional space and approach her.
"Milim," Veldora called gently, his voice a deep rumble that conveyed both sorrow and understanding.
Milim looked up, her tear-streaked face filled with pain. She didn't recognize him but felt the comfort of his presence. "Who... who are you?" she asked, her voice barely a whisper.
Veldora knelt beside her, his massive form shifting to a smaller size to match the girl, radiating a sense of calm and strength. "I am Veldora. I know how much in pain you mist be in right now"
Milim's sobs grew quieter, but the tears continued to flow. "Charybdis... is she really gone? I can't find her..." Her words were filled with heartache.
Veldora placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "It's alright to cry. Let it out. She meant a lot to you, and it's okay to grieve.", knowing too well what she must be feeling right now.
Milim nodded, unable to speak, and leaned into Veldora's comforting presence.
She let the sorrow wash over her, her cries gradually subsiding into soft whimpers.
The great dragon remained by her side, offering silent support as she mourned.
In that moment, the Jura Forest seemed to hold its breath, respecting the depth of Milim's grief.
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Two weeks since the death of Charybdis
Two weeks had passed since Charybdis's unexpected demise, and Harita's world had turned into a nightmare.
The hunger gnawed at her constantly, a relentless, insatiable beast.
She could feel the withdrawal symptoms from the RC cell injections clawing at her sanity, threatening to tear her apart from the inside.
After Charybdis's death, Harita had left the Jura Forest with Kai, the human boy her master had experimented on.
They had found temporary refuge in a nearby goblin settlement.
For a week, it had seemed like a safe haven, a place where they could regroup and plan their next move.
But then the withdrawals hit, and everything changed.
The hunger wasn't something she could fight with sheer willpower or physical strength.
It was a primal, visceral need that consumed her every thought and action.
She had always been strong, but this was different.
This hunger was a monstrous force, one that demanded constant feeding and would not be denied.
In the beginning, she had tried to manage it, rationing the last of her RC cell injections carefully.
But they had run out after the first week, leaving her desperate and driven to extremes.
The goblins became the targets of her ravenous hunger.
She had no choice but to hunt relentlessly, feeding on the raw flesh of anything that seemed edible in her starved state, anything to keep the hunger at bay.
But there was another reason for her desperate actions: Kai.
The human boy her master had injected with a very diluted drop of "spirit" blood to prevent him from dying from magicule poisoning.
Charybdis had seen something special in him, an unexplainable quality that went beyond his fearless demeanor and almost sinless disposition.
Harita knew she had to protect him, to keep her ravenous hunger from turning on him in a moment of weakness.
Harita's once-proud form had become a feral shadow of its former self.
Her eyes, once clear and focused, now burned with a feverish intensity.
The process of finding and consuming living beings had become an all-consuming obsession.
She moved through the settlement and the surrounding wilderness with an almost predatory grace, each step calculated, each movement precise.
As she hunted, a peculiar transformation overtook her.
When she fed, a vaporous blood mist formed around her, adding an eerie, almost spectral quality to her presence.
Her eyes would turn pitch black, veins glowing with an orange-red hue, her irises burning like embers.
This monstrous visage only deepened the terror in her prey, making each hunt a gruesome spectacle of primal ferocity.
She tore through the underbrush, her senses heightened to an almost painful degree.
The scent of blood and fear was intoxicating, pulling her towards her next meal.
She pounced on an unsuspecting Goblin child the last one of the village she had recently discovered, her claws sinking into its flesh with brutal efficiency.
The taste of its blood, warm and metallic like a condiment to its raw flesh different from the older one's, momentarily sated the gnawing hunger, but she knew it wouldn't last. It never did.
Each kill provided only a brief respite, a temporary lull in the storm of hunger that raged within her.
She had tried to remember the techniques and teachings of Charybdis, to find a way to control the hunger, but it was a losing battle.
The more she fed, the more she craved, and the cycle continued, a vicious spiral that seemed to have no end.
The forest had become her hunting ground, a place where she could let loose the full extent of her predatory instincts.
The once-familiar surroundings now felt alien, warped by her relentless need.
She could feel the eyes of other creatures upon her, wary and fearful, but they were of no consequence.
Only the next meal mattered.In quieter moments, when the hunger was momentarily sated, Harita allowed herself to think of Charybdis.
Her master had been a source of purpose and direction, someone who had given her a name, a place, and a path to follow.
Now, with Charybdis gone, she felt adrift, her purpose reduced to a singular, all-consuming need for sustenance.
She pushed those thoughts away, focusing instead on the immediate present.
There was no room for regret or longing in this new reality.
Survival was all that mattered, and to survive, she had to feed.
She had to keep the hunger in check, to protect Kai from becoming her next victim.
Harita moved through the forest with relentless determination, the hunger always lurking just beneath the surface of her icy facade.
As she hunted, she couldn't help but wonder if there was a way out of this endless cycle, a way to regain control and find a new purpose.
But for now, there was only the hunt, the insatiable hunger that drove her forward, and the knowledge that she must protect Kai at all costs.
One day, after a particularly frenzied bout of feeding, Harita found herself overwhelmed by the sheer fulfillment of her hunger.
She had fed nonstop, tearing through the forest and almost reaching the eastern empire while feeding on human that travelled in caravans.
Her body, finally sated, could not handle the strain any longer.
She collapsed, driven into unconsciousness by the intensity of her feeding frenzy.
It was Kai who found her. He had been hiding, watching her descent into madness with a mixture of curiosity, disgust and concern.
When he saw her crumpled form, eyes closed, the vaporous blood mist still lingering around her, he approached cautiously.
The sight of her unconscious, so vulnerable despite her monstrous strength, stirred something within him, surprising himself as he never felt much.
Kai knew that she had been fighting her own demons, trying to keep the hunger at bay to protect him.
He gently shook her, trying to wake her up, his voice soft but insistent.
"Harita," he called, "wake up. You can't let this defeat you before me"
Slowly, Harita's eyes fluttered open, the blackness receding as she regained consciousness.
She looked at Kai, seeing the worry shrouded in fake anger in his eyes, and for a moment, the hunger seemed a distant memory, boe because she felt something for the boy.
She only felt immense disappointment in herself for allowing such weakness and being unable to fulfill her master's only demand.
She vowed to control this power at all costs to fulfill her duty properly.
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Well disaster struck webnovel deleted the chapter somehow when i uploaded it 😕.
Had to retype it.
Ill try for another today but no promises
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