Chapter 7: Carnivores

Tonight me and my pack, bare our fangs and talons to go hunting.

Of course while ghouls do naturally take pleasure in killing, we do not hunt for sport, instead we mostly hunt for sustenance.

Despite being partially immortal, ghouls are still bound by the laws of energy conservation and depletion. And while we wouldn't die from starvation, without replenishing the source of energy we use on a daily basis, our bodily functions would cease working and we'd be unable to move.

to maintain a certain status quo of dietary nourishment, a constant amount of food is required.

For without energy, even our regenerative abilities would be slightly affected, and we'd become prey for even the weakest of monsters.

When it come to food, there is only one thing ghouls crave, and that is flesh.

The meat of animals, monsters, and humans.  We can even easily attain sustenance through cannibalism as seen before.

That first day in the pit when I used my teeth to bite into one of my generations neck, I felt absolutely no repulsion or disgust as my teeth sunk deep into his flesh.

In fact when the blood hit my tongue I felt intrigued by the taste of energy leaving the opposite ghouls body, and entering my own.

Thinking about it clearly, the taste of blood is what I enjoy the most, when eating other creatures. the salty metallic taste of blood as actually become quite an addiction to me.

Whenever ghouls enter the forest, the only thing we hunt for is meat, and nothing else.

I tried eating some fruit from a tree once, hoping I wouldn't throw it up. and while I was able to taste the sweetness of the fruit, it felt like I couldn't get any sense of fulfillment or satisfaction. The taste was good, but I had no emotional attachment to the flavor. It was weird.

Surprisingly sugar was no longer an adequate energy source to my body, therefore I no longer had a instinctive craving for fatty or surgery foods.

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It's was odd to realize how much instinct, came to play a part in the notion of eating, and what I was eating.

to be a ghoul is to be a carnivore.

We eat the flesh of all living creatures to sustain our might.

The more I learn about my new race, the more I start to imagine a force out there somewhere, bent on its extinction. There is just  no way in hell, creatures like us aren't considered evil.

I don't know about others,but if a ghoul popped up in my previous world. I'd be the first to scream "kill it,burn it before it breeds."

I feel like....I was probably born with a limited amount of time to become stronger.

Seriously it's was just a matter of time before someone came after the ghoul....Especially because of their hobby.

ghouls had another dangerous characteristic, that made me nervous.

And it was their weird habit...of collecting coins.

The day when the queen had my generation battle to the death. I saw her climb a mountain of gold coins onto her throne.

When I first saw her doing it I didn't pay it much attention, but after I explored other rooms in the ruined castle. I saw several stashed of coins, stacked all over the place.

while not all of it was gold. These ghouls were seriously pushing their luck.

They were predators with a habit of collecting treasures. It was like walking out on the streets saying kill me and you'll be rich.

Of course someone will be tempted.

Anyways for the last few days, all of the ghouls in my pack, have been hunting higher level creatures.

To accomplish this task we first began by surrounded  and swarming them.

A basic pack formation.

We have been concentrating on killing a strange boar like creature in this forest, But We also hunt similar sized beast as well.

Yesterday we almost decided to hunt that giant rat I was so terrified of, however I luckily managed to make the others believe boar meat, tasted better.

The boar like creatures we hunted didn't exactly look like your standard boar. Instead of fur, it had rough skin like elephants, and of course unlike a elephant it had a short nose, small stature, and a fat and round body. The beast was also pretty slow, but it had a high defense, and was built like a fortress from the back.

factoring in the amount of meat provided per kill. It was worth the effort hunting. it could feed four of us for the day.

Working on our stealth, we crouched behind several trees as we approached the boar.

the medium sized ghoul takes the lead, being the strongest and most imperceptible of us. He suddenly dived underneath the boar, and without being noticed, wraps his legs around the boars neck.

Taking the initiative he slants the creature forward off  its hind legs, till its stomach is exposed in the air.

After seeing the opening the rest of us rush out of the cover of trees.

I run ahead of the pack, as I strive to be the first to strike.

Spluchhh splucch

My talons pierce into the center of the creatures body, where the heart is located.

Screeeee

The beast releases a death cry,then the other ghouls arrive next to me biting and stabbing into its sides. They are all hoping to receive the kill, but I know I got It.