he came from the void

Under the dimmed fierce light in Void Spirit's eyes, Kesha let go of the short spear and turned around and threw herself into Kane's arms, suppressing her voice and sobbing softly.

After all, he was still a child, and his psychological endurance was too low, especially when he made a life-and-death mistake.

"It's my problem. I should pick the younger ones first." Kane comforted her, while paying attention to whether there was any change in the swarm.

In fact, it was not surprising that the spear broke him.

The craftsmanship of making this spear is so ordinary that it can be described as crude, and the flesh and blood of void creatures are corrosive. The spear has been soaked in blood many times in the past few times of use, and its durability is definitely not as good as before.

And he didn't pay attention to the order himself. The first one was only normal size, and the second one was directly doubled in size, which was too difficult to cross.

So being broken now, Keisha really can't bear all the mistakes.

When Keisha calmed down, he gently pushed her away, then squatted down and turned the corpse over, directly inserted his fingers into the gap to peel off the carapace, and squeezed out the heart.

"Eat it, you will have strength." Kane said succinctly.

Keisha raised her arm obediently, while Kane put the heart on her arm armor and let it absorb naturally.

The purple slurry was sucked into the gauntlets, and the growth began.The writhing gray matter formed swollen tentacles, slapping Kesha's intact skin, melting and corroding it and replacing it, and then blackened and hardened to form new skin.

The itching caused by this process made Kesha almost suffocate by covering her mouth and nose in order not to make a sound.

Kane noticed that Kesha's arm armor actually had two layers. The one that was close to the skin was a layer of grayish white with some purple skin, just like the one on his hand, soft yet rough.

The outer layer is a black hard chitin carapace, the thickness of which can be clearly felt. This is something called dark solidification armor, and its hardness is comparable to steel.

Both hearts have been absorbed by Keisha, and it can be clearly seen that her arm armor is a little bigger, covering half of her forearm.

Seeing that she was becoming more and more like a monster, Keisha was worried, but Kane didn't give her time to think about it, and directly asked the ethereals to line up to die.

Under threat, Keisha could only pull out the short spear, and with much increased strength, sent the spear point into their hearts.

After killing a lot, his movements became mechanically numb, as if he was doing an assembly line.

Kane knew that this kind of slaughter without combat experience would not allow Kesha to learn many skills, but there was no way, the current improvement of strength was far more important than the honing of skills.

Only when Keisha's strength has improved almost, he will let her hone her fighting instincts in real hunting.

……

The short spear stabbed down again and again, and the mechanical repetition made people numb.

No matter how much Keisha killed, there was always more to come.

The sense of accomplishment at the beginning has disappeared without a trace, and now she doesn't feel anything in her heart no matter how many times she kills.Of course, she will not be afraid of them, because she has completely mastered the method of killing them.

The entire tunnel was covered with overturned ethereal corpses, with their blade feet pointing upwards and it was difficult to walk an inch. Their hearts were taken out, purple slurry flowed all over the ground, black smoke came out from the dissolution of rocks, and there was not much place to stand under their feet.

If they continue to kill, then they may have to stand on the pile of corpses to kill.

"Okay, let's stop here today."

Kane rubbed his sore eyes, which he himself was overusing.At the beginning, he just wanted to try his limit, but he didn't expect it to be out of control, and he didn't reach the limit in the end.

Maybe there should be a more efficient method next time, such as letting the ethereals kill each other?

Of course, the effect of such desperate efforts is remarkable.

His grip has become firmer, depending on size, small targets can't break free even if the target's life is threatened.

As for their spoils...

Except for a small part of the heart that he used to replenish energy, he pushed the rest to Keisha.

Keisha devoured dozens of hearts one after another, and her entire forearm and palm were covered by skin armor.Now she can directly tear off the hard armor on Void Spirit's back and hit the heart directly, and the short spear has finally come to an end.

You know, if Kaisha went hunting alone, it would be absolutely impossible to collect so many spoils in less than a month. If you count the losses, it will only take longer to become as strong as you are now.

However, even after becoming so much stronger, Keisha still looks unhappy.

When Kane said it was over, she didn't say anything, she didn't feel relieved from the bloody work, she let him drag her out of the cave numbly.

It's like being swallowed up by the good memories, and I won't be happy anymore.

"Is the progress really too fast?"

Cairns explained that it was the changes in her body that caused her to have negative emotions towards herself.

These changes were so fast and obvious that it was hard for her not to notice them.

But they need to become stronger, being able to kill Void Spirits is definitely not enough, more terrifying threats will find them at any time, just because they are living creatures, Void killings never need a reason.

Hey……

In the end, the threat of death was not strong enough, and she didn't have an urgent need to become stronger.

It is not enough for Kane to accept it. This incident needs an opportunity for Kesha to accept the changes in her body.

Before that, you still need to take care of her feelings more.

Chapter 14 Eating is Blessing

Back to safety, and after confirming that there were no monsters in the tunnel he was in, Kane pulled Keisha in front of him.

"what happened to you?"

"hand pain."

"Is it just a sore hand?"

"Wow, I feel bad..."

For a moment, sadness stained her face.

In fact, she also knows that this kind of emotion should not be felt, and she should restrain herself in this environment, but how strong can a child be?

She trusted Kane, so she showed her weak side in front of him.

"Don't cry, don't cry, I want to cry if you cry." Kane also pretended to cry a few times, which made Kesha feel better.

Then, quietly wait for her to say everything.

Keisha will not hide it from Kane, she has been waiting, as long as he asks her thoughts, she will reveal everything.

"My hands have become terrible, as painful as being licked by a fine needle plate like a cat's tongue." Keisha clenched her fists, the pain was not unbearable, but it was vivid and never subsided.

"Pain can be relieved, but you have to get used to it. Gaining power comes at a price. Pain is a proof of being alive, and you still have the ability to feel good." Kane glanced at Kaisha's arm, calming the skin armor.

"The tactile sensation I touch is different from before. My hand... seems to have become a killing tool." Kesha punched out angrily, and the gravel flew, leaving fist marks on the rock wall.

You know, this is a little girl who is only ten years old.

Kane sighed and reached out to break her fist away.The fingers were clasped tightly, making her remember how her hands were used in the first place.

He held the lost Kesha and whispered in her ear:

"I heard the voice of the carapace whispering in my head, as it confided to me, it grew to cover my whole body."

"This is crazy! You're going to go crazy!"

Keisha's attention was drawn to Kane's eyes.

She stared at the abyss, and the abyss winked at her playfully.

"Crazy, because I'm not alone."

The monster's claws were clenched, and Keisha realized there was more to this skin than just pain.

Those beautiful feelings will not be blocked by an ugly skin.

It is a cold and desperate heart that really shuts out the good things...

Needless to say, she hugged Kane tightly, greedily absorbing his body temperature.

The Void becomes a lingering shadow, but in another way, it just goes to show that they are never alone.

The cramped darkness squeezed them together, and the biting cold forced them to cling to each other, but it seemed that as long as there was each other, there was nothing they couldn't stand.

Is it really?

Land of the Void is by no means as simple as what they have experienced so far.

And can this belief stand a more severe test?

Still unknown.

"are you hungry?"

After giving Kesha psychological counseling, Kane took off the cloth bag on his shoulder.

Watching him take out some of the remaining jerky and water bags one after another, Keisha just shook her head.

"I'm not hungry."

"Really? Don't lie to me."

"I didn't lie to you, or I'll give you a spanking."

Listening to Kesha's defense, Kane smiled, wondering if she thought she had any special obsession with butts.

"Then eat it as a snack."

"If you don't eat it, it's not delicious. It's dry and hard. After eating it, you'll still want to poop..."

Keisha blushed suddenly. Usually, she was often directed by her mother to sweep the sheep pen. Her attitude towards shit and fart was not as disgusting and resistant as a delicate little princess.

but!

but……

It is absolutely unacceptable for her to do that kind of thing in front of Kane! ! !

Simply, even thinking about it makes me want to hit the wall!

Moreover, there is no toilet paper to wipe his butt in the ground, so how can we deal with the aftermath.

So, after thinking about it, Keisha still decided not to eat, as long as she doesn't eat, it's not that much of a problem.

"Oh~ so you were worried about that."

Kane showed a narrow smile, thinking that the little girl spent all day thinking about trivial details.

After symbiosis with the void skin armor, in fact, the two will not be connected in the digestive system, and the digestion process of the host and the skin armor is independent of each other.

Just like a piece of meat, after the host eats it, it will be decomposed into nutrients and waste in the digestive system.Nutrients are absorbed by the body and waste products are metabolized, but the conversion rate is very low.

If the flesh is given to the skin armor to devour, then this piece of organic matter will be completely decomposed by it, and then reconstructed into the nutrients and energy needed for growth.

In the whole process, no metabolic waste is produced at all, 100% is completely transformed, and there is no waste at all!

This is also the reason why void creatures don't need to breathe or excrete. Even if they are thrown into space, these creatures that violate the natural principles can still survive unharmed.

Kane has never heard of any void creature that dies of old age. The complete absorption and transformation of matter is also the cornerstone of their rapid growth and evolution!It is also the capital of eternal life!

Normal organisms need hundreds of millions of years of natural selection to evolve the morphological structure, and they only need a few years, or even a few minutes to evolve.

As long as there is enough push from the outside world, as long as the nutrition is sufficient...they will evolve various grotesque forms and functions in order to devour them, destroying everything with a crushing attitude.

Everything is driven by that insatiable hunger.

Hunger is the original driving force for the Void family to live.

They represent the scourge of hunger, and their presence would be devastating to the original ecology of Runeterra, which is why native life hates the void so much.

But having said that, in the symbiosis mode, Fujia can't live selfishly just to satisfy his own appetite.

If the host dies, they also become inactive.

In order to ensure the healthy survival of the host, they will feed part of the nutrients they swallowed back to the host when the host needs it, so as to meet the needs of growth and daily activities.

This is a symbiotic relationship where one prospers and one loses.If the host refuses to feed them, they will in turn absorb the host's nutrients.

The reason Keisha was able to survive underground for ten years without eating or drinking was precisely because of this relationship.

As long as she keeps killing and feeds the void skin armor with her heart, this layer of skin can support her to live in the place for a long time.

And Kane wants to become a monster precisely in order to replace the digestive system with skin armor to obtain nutrients for survival.

However, this does not mean that the various organs of the human body will be discarded just because they are replaced by more efficient skin armor.

They are still well maintained and will not degrade due to prolonged use.When needed, they can still play their original role and regain their glory.

After all, some parts cannot be replaced by skin armor.

Seeing that Keisha refused to eat, Kane took a sip of water and gnawed on the jerky.