It is getting difficult to breathe.

My legs are hurting like never before.

I don’t know how much longer can I run for but if I don’t keep this up, then there will be no more late game for me.

I keep looking left and right for a way to get the big guy off my tail but I don’t have any idea what will get me out of this situation.

You would need a tank to take this thing down.

While running for my life, I notice a tightly packed cluster of trees. Thinking of an idea that might work, I run towards the trees.

Using the last bit of strength I had in my legs, I reach the cluster, pass between the trees, and fall face up on the ground with my arms and legs spread open.

'There is no way for the big guy to pass between the trees' thinking that I close my eyes and try to catch my breath.

If anyone saw me doing this act, they would call me stupid for thinking that some trees can stop a big monster like that.

Normally they would be right but that is not the case here.

*Bang*

The big guy collides with the trees but other than some leaves falling, nothing happened. The trees were still standing strong. This happened because, for some reason, the trees here are as strong as iron.

I came to know that while I was running and bumped against a dark-ish brown tree. Seeing that the cluster of trees had the same color as the tree I bumped into, I took this gamble.

I don’t know how the trees here work but still am thankful for they are the way they are.

Finding no way to reach me, the big guy turns around and leaves me.

Huffing and puffing I question myself “How…huff…how do I level up here?”

A few minutes before

Even after some time had passed, I still could not believe the goal of my main guest.

God.

I never took the word “God” seriously in my previous world since I had never seen the guy and had nothing but stories to prove gods existence. The idea always felt weird to me that people believe in some higher power who made everything and is testing everyone’s faith in himself so they can go to heaven or hell.

Well no thank you, I am good.

I think that kind of thing is only for the weak-minded people who need mental support that someone is looking out for them.

If I do good things then surely good things will also happen to me.

I just have to endure this because god is testing me.

I can die in peace knowing god will keep my loved ones safe.

I can't do bad things or I will go to hell.

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Thinking this kind of stuff, everyone keeps themselves in a fake delusion that if no one helps them then god will.

If no one cares then god will.

If they have faith, God will keep them safe.

The people of the past told many stories of different gods roaming the earth and living among people.

Stories that are still fun to read and many find them interesting.

Yes stories, that's all they are.

Since they were many inexplicable things happening in the old times, people called it the work of god because they needed a reason to explain the unknown.

They needed it because they were scared of the unknown.

On the other hand, the people who thought they could use this fear to control others did just that. As time passed, many understood this concept and adopted the same idea. Hence many different religions came to be. Some good, some bad, and some straight-up crazy. The goal was simple and that was control over others while showing them that no real control was in their hands, it is God who will's it.

Not even the King of a country was above God and his servants.

But this is a different world and reading the goal of the quest I can say for certain that there is a God here.

And many of them at that since it says I have to eat 10 of them. If I think about it a little, maybe I might have been called here by one of those Gods.

I was getting worried about my future but then I remember what kind of skill 'Devaour' was and put my worries to the side thinking that ‘we will cross that bridge when it comes'.

As I started to move in a random direction, I saw many different kinds of trees. You could tell they were different from their shades and colors.

Some were a darker shade of brown while others were a lighter shade, some were green, and some yellow.

I was about to touch a green tree when I felt the ground start to vibrate. I look left and right in panic for the reason of this shaking but there was nothing.

When I finally look back, I see a big black giant beetle coming toward me.

The only thing I knew about beetles was that they were some kind of insects and had many different kinds. Never had the chance to see one in person but I am sure that they don't grow to that size.

Seeing that it was coming towards me full throttle, I turned around and ran with everything I had deep into the forest.

The Present

After catching my breath, I sit up and think about all the things I could get a glimpse of when I was running. Everything was big and looked dangerous. There were many giant versions of insects that I had seen in my previous world. There were big furry birds and reptiles too. They were also staying clear of the beetle's path so a glimpse is the only thing I could to get.

But that glimpse was enough to tell me that things are not going to be easy for me. There was nothing weak looking there that I could kill and even if by some miracle I hunt one of them, how am I supposed to eat them.

The “Devourer” skill said that I could eat anything but how the hell am I supposed to eat those giant and disgusting things?

Giving out a sigh, I put these thoughts behind my head and start to move deeper in between the trees. I had no certain destination and was just moving randomly in the hope to find someplace to spend the night as it was getting dark. I was feeling hungry and thirsty too because of all that running so I just wanted to rest and fill my stomach with something.

After a while of walking, I get out of the trees and the first thing I notice is a tree that was different from all the trees I have seen up until now. It was broader, bigger, and was completely black with almost no leaves. I go near the tree and touch it to find it hard just like the iron trees.

I start walking around the tree and when I reach the other side I see a gigantic hole in the tree with three eggs in a nest. I don’t know what kind of thing made a hole in this kind of tree but I had no time to think about that.

I was hungry and weak.

When I saw something that I could probably eat, I went for it. I broke one egg and started to drink from it. It was a weird taste but not something unbearable. After drinking from one I went for the other since I was still not satisfied. The same way I finished the last egg.

After finishing all of them I no longer felt hungry or thirsty. It was like my body was refreshed. Then I finally turn my focus to the screens that were popping since I started eating the first egg.

[Devourer Activated]

[Stats Acquired]

Strength +10   Vitality +6

Strength +9   Stamina +8

Strength +11   Vitality +9

[Skills Acquired]

[Metal Scales]

[Metal Claw]

[Metal Bite]

[Endurance]

[Metal Handler]

[Title Acquired]

Metal Lover

[XP Acquired]

+12

[Level up]

[Beginner Skills Package Acquired]

“We f*cking scaling baby” I say to myself in excitement.