Benjamin, with the grace and technique only a child would have, fought through the hordes of kobolds. He ignored the sounds of pain they made and bulldozed through the masses like a proper hero. It wasn't even his fault, but the kobolds. If they had an intelligence similar to or near that of a goblin, they would have realized that just rushing down someone that didn't get hurt by their strikes was wasteful. Their stupidity would have worked on softer targets, but alas, Vita had increased the durability and toughness of just about everything inside and outside of Benjamin's body. Skin was more uniform, bones were reinforced, muscles were tightened and reinforced on top of that. With this type of body, he had little to fear from normal kobolds.
The mass of kobolds split down the middle to let a much larger, tougher, kobold to pass through. While the darkness hid the colors of the kobold, it was clearly larger and more lizard than dog. Its scales looked bigger, its claws sharper, while its mouth was short yet filled with much sharper teeth. It ran on all fours like a gorilla before it too leaped through the air, aimed squarely onto Benjamin. Benjamin on the other hand, with a subtle assistance from Vita, made a short jump and bringing his legs up at the same time. The alpha kobold got a dropkick to the chest as it was sent back, but this one had survived the kick and got back up.
It charged once more, keeping to the ground as it closed the distance. It swung a massive overhead, which was crouched out of the way, and met with a punch to the face. Either luckily or unluckily, the alpha kobold had opened its mouth to bite the human, which resulted in a mouthful of fist. Which in turn resulted in a small torrent of flame to shoot through the back of its mouth, grilling its tiny brain. While Benjamin hadn't shown it, he was still uncomfortable with killing the kobolds up close. Especially with all the sounds they made.
He swung the large corpse like a club of his own, swiping the lesser kobolds out of the way as he stormed on. Despite the massive losses suffered on their side, the kobolds don't seem to care about their own kind dying. After having either killed or scared away around 10 kobolds, again, Benjamin took some time to let his mind rest. Usually it would be the body that would need some time off, but ever since Vita showed up, he hadn't felt physically tired. Only mentally and in the soul. And while he wasn't sure what was considered the 'right' way to feel quite yet, he did know he wanted to sleep soon. Less 'tired after running around a lot' and more 'tired after trying to read a big book'.
And just as last time and the time before that, he ran into yet another group of kobolds that were led by an alpha kobold. And just like the previous four groups, the alpha ran in first by leaping at him. It started to get old, killing them. The smell started getting old too, it made him sick at first. Yet now? It only reminded him of his Grandpas barbecue and how he would grill it so that it got a little char, just right. Oh, he would then tear into it like a hungry beast and getting the sauce all over his face. He turned his head to face whatever it was that smelled so good, then remembered it's the smell of a kobold he had killed. That it didn't smell nearly as good as the barbecue, but it did make him realize how that he was getting hungry.
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“Are you thinking of eating that?” Vita's voice came. Benjamin quickly shook his head.
“No, that's disgusting, I don't want to eat a monster.” He denied. Vita pressed on.
“But you were building up drool in your mouth and looking at the cadaver.” A moment passed and Vita spoke up before Benjamin got to talk back.
“If you don't want to eat it, I could do it for you.” Pulling him closer to the burnt body, Vita placed itself (and the boy's hand) on it. At first, Benjamin wasn't sure of what was happening, until an odd opening feeling appeared in his arm and chest. The soft sounds of flesh being torn was made that much louder in the silent corridors, the feeling of something moving up the new tunnel in his body grossed him out. Grimacing, he closed his eyes and let Vita continue eating for him.
While disgusted by his hand and its actions, he was surprised by the fact he actually felt full. And with every good meal, came a good nap. Did it make sense to go to sleep in a tunnel system filled with monsters in it? No, but he felt like he needed it after everything had happened. He got down to the floor and curled up. Making sure his left hand was above his head and his right was below him, he sniffled again.
“I'm sleeping now, good night.”
*Vita POV*
… Really? Well shit, that was easier than I thought it would be. I mean, yeah, I did more or less drug a small child, but I have my reasons to do this! While the stomach acid in a human's body is pretty nasty, his body can't properly take in the nutrients from the kobolds body. There is also the fact that, unlike normal food, this was a monster. Who knows what kind of horrible diseases are to be found. Or a piece of shit parasite thinking of leeching off MY host body!
Like this one!
Yeah, yeah yeah! Squirm in my newest and completely original attack!
Vita Special attack; Big Gang Attack! Hahahaha, squirm all you want, but once I got you surrounded with myself, there is nothing you can do. So get crushed!
… Now that I've gotten my fill of murder, it looks like kobolds produce pheromones. Hm, then would that mean there are smells that hint at bigger, or at least, a boss kobold?
Vita-responsible-for-learning-stuff! Learn this thing as well!
Motherfucker, I'm busy!
You dare disapprove of what Vita is telling you!? What could be more important?!
If you paid attention instead of focusing on small boys, weirdo, then you would know that Wendigo-Vita is helping Diana with an assignment.
Oh … then multitask you asshole, you don't have a brain to overwork.