Return of the Fallen Volume 6 Chapter 61
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Author: Blue_Rat
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“Senior! You remember your name now!?”
*Chank*
The old ape rattled his chains with false anger.
(“I just said my name, didn’t I!? Why are ya still calling me Senior!?”)
“My bad my bad. So you are called Oren then? I take it this means the ki worked. Do you remember about the aura technique now?”
Oren stroked his greyish white beard.
(“Hmm, I recall a few things but my mind isn’t fully clear. There’s definitely improvement though. I think if I receive a few more of ya blessings I’ll be right as gold.”)
“My blessings?”
Oren nodded. Gripping one of his hands into a fist, he could feel renewed strength and vigor flowing through him.
(“The ki energy you called it. I can’t believe it has such great effects. If this isn’t considered a blessing then the gods only know falsehood and I am nothing more than a blind monkey.”)
Kazuki didn’t quite understand what Oren meant but he got the gist of it. A few more transfers of ki and Oren’s brain would fully heal and he would be able to recall and pass on the aura technique.
“Good I get it. Just wait a second and I’ll give you as much as you can handle.”
Kazuki gathered a large amount of ki outside of his body and surrounded it with a layer of aura surrounding it.
*Tap Tap*
Before Kazuki could pass on more of his ki. A gentle tapping noise echoed in Kazuki’s ear. He retrieved his energy and went dead silent.
(“Kazuki, what’s wrong? Ya went awfully quiet just now.”)
Kazuki kept his mouth shut and right at this moment a wall outside of the two’s cells sunk into the ground and two large gorillas walked inside. When Oren saw this he understood and no longer sought Kazuki’s attention.
Each guard carried a single staff in one hand and a large plater in the other. The platters were incredibly big. Each one was more than 15 feet in diameter and well over 7 feet tall. The two apes came before Oren’s cell. One stamped their staff on the ground and the staff lit up with a light glow. Following that, the bars lining the cell sunk into the ground opening Oren’s cell entirely.
One of the gorillas walked in with the plater and removed the large dome-shaped lid revealing a large leg of meat from some unidentifiable animal. Beside that were several exotic looking fruits as well as a large jug of water. In total there was nearly half a ton of food. The guard gently laid the food out in front of Oren and bowed respectfully.
Oren gave a foolish smile and pretended to not understand what was happening but still acted excited to receive the food.
When the other guard saw the first guard be so respectful he walked over and kicked some of Oren’s food in his face. The first guard grew angry and jumped in front of the second guard and the two beat their chest and roared at one another.
*Thump thump thump Roooarrrrrrrrrrr!*
The two acted as if they would fight at any moment and were about to attack one another before Oren picked up a piece of fruit with his free foot and after taking a few quick bites, he spit the mashed up food at the two covering their heads. The tension was broken in that instant and the two separated in anger. The second guard roared one more time with fury before throwing the other plater at Kazuki’s cell splattering food and water everywhere before storming off.
The first guard even while covered in food, bowed respectfully before turning and leaving. With a stamp of his staff, the cell was closed and the two guards sealed the wall and disappeared.
Kazuki looked at his food all over the floor but found no disappointment. After eating the worst of the worst while living down in this underground world, he was happy to have real food, even if it had some dirt on it. Extending some of his ki, he was able to retrieve a few handfuls of food at a time. Using his ki in this way, he transferred the food directly into his mouth.
The first thing he tasted was some type of sweet fruit. The juices entered his mouth and tickled his tastebuds, causing him to salivate as the delicious fruit rolled around in his mouth. With a swallow, he could already hear a soft call in the back of his mind.
(dev…our.)
Kazuki suppressed it and calmly ate without getting lost or seduced by this call.
“It looks like some of the apes still hold you in high regard. One of the guards was actually bowing to you.”
Oren chuckled.
*Hah*
“True enough but as ya saw, there are others who absolutely despise me. There are always two sides to the coin.”)
Oren picked up the container of water at his feet and chugged half of it in only a few seconds.
*BURP*
After that, he accurately tossed it through the bars and inside of Kazuki’s cell.
“You’re sharing your water with me?”
(“Why wouldn’t I? I told ya, you got to keep ya strength if you’re gonna beat my bastard of a son. As a matter of fact, do ya want my food too?”)
Kazuki hadn’t even finished all of his but he couldn’t help but have envy in his eyes while staring at Oren’s meal.
“I can’t take your food, you need to eat as well.”
Oren snorted.
(“Hmpf, I’m not saying ya can have every meal of mine from now on. I’m simply letting ya have this one. I may be an old ape but I can go a day without a damn meal, now take it.”)
Oren then grabbed all of his food and began tossing it accurately through the cell bars. Anything that was too big to fit through, Oren would simply tear into smaller pieces before tossing it into Kazuki’s cell. After all, was said and done, there was nearly a ton of food in front of Kazuki.
Seeing a small hill of food in front of him, Kazuki couldn’t help but gulp in anticipation. He argued no more with Oren and began to dig in. Every now and again the eating technique called out to him, demanding he devour the world, but Kazuki continued to suppress it as he calmly ate. Even then, it was difficult to eat slowly.
Oren watched on in awe as the near 2,000 pounds worth of food was eaten entirely by the small weird naked creature in front of him.
(“Boy, how do ya fit all of that in there? It doesn’t seem possible.”)
Kazuki stretched out his ki to the jug before him, it was half full but it still weighed over 200 pounds. He couldn’t lift that much weight with his ki but he could cup the water with his ki and pour small amounts into his mouth like that. When he eventually finished off the entire jug, Kazuki released a loud long belch.
*BURRRRPPPPPPPPPPP*
Patting his stomach with his ki, satisfaction and bliss washed over him.
“Not much to it really. I need a lot of food is all.”
The weird chaotic technique inside Kazuki’s soul was not something he wanted to discuss so he just brushed it aside.
(“Hmm, the more and more I learn about ya, the more curious I become. What type of creature are ya anyway?”)
“I’m just a human. What about you, I’ve seen plenty of apes in my day but none like you. Those horn-like things protruding from your shoulders, apes I know of don’t have those.”
Oren took in the word human and tried to process it but he was having trouble relating that word with Kazuki. In his mind, Kazuki was closer to a naked beast more than anything. He had the power and the appetite to match.
(“Although one of my horns is broken in half, they both still hold great meaning to me, to all Adrola apes really. These horns represent our pride in our own strength. For my own to have been damaged to such a degree is truly humiliating. The way ya speak though, saying the apes ya know of don’t have them, how weak and embarrassed they must all feel, hehe ha. The apes on the surface, do they have no pride whatsoever or do they just have no shame?”)
Kazuki shrugged.
“I don’t know about their pride or shame but on the surface that doesn’t matter much right now.”
Oren asked Kazuki what he meant by that and Kazuki informed Oren about a few of the happenings going on up above. He told Oren about the Azirian’s, the Miasma, and their constant move towards the east, and the danger they represent. He also made a brief mention of Fera but didn’t dive too deeply into it nor did he reveal his relationship with her.
When all was said and done Oren barely acknowledged it and moved on fairly quickly.
(“Hmm, that sucks for ya. Now are ya ready to give me some more of that ki energy stuff?”)
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