Becoming a Monster

Chapter 59 Accepting Who I Am

A/N: Thereʼs a few things I added in change but it wont affect much from what you already read. Iʼve realized that the shield passive he gained in chapter 15 has not been added to his stats from then so Iʼve included it in the stats of the chapters that has it.

secondly the pearls also gives points to mana since it comes from their mana source. It will be talked about in this chapter but i had to update the changes in chapter 57 for Arachne if you wanted to check.

But those are the only things Iʼve found wrong so far. If you find anything or something feels questionable, post it in the comments. Thanks for reading!

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Noah said, sporting his creepy smile from before, before he slammed the door shut in their face. He was going to use the man to find out if his discovery included humans too and he didnʼt want to be bothered.

Now that it was mid-day, the sun was clearly shining through the windows so now Noah was able to easily make out everything compared to last time.

”Plea-Please don-donʼt kill meee…” The man continued to cry, but he no longer struggled to move. His legs ached whenever he tried to roll away, he was regretting ever aiming his bow towards the bloody figure. When he first slipped up, it was truly an accident. His heart stopped when it happened, he thought he was going to accidentally kill someone.

However, Noahʼs creature easily stopped it and Noah continued on as if he didnʼt matter. A budding sense of an inferiority complex was shaping in the manʼs heart. He couldnʼt be completely sure, but when the arrow ʼslippedʼ the second time, he couldnʼt recall the same sense of anxiousness or regret he held the first time. Honestly, he was anticipating for the arrow to land.

How would he know that an arrow of his that was so easy to block would cause Noah to want to take his life? After he now had time to think about it since he had nowhere else to go. He realized how dumb he really was, he also realized that he somewhat recalled Olivia calling out his name, was she ok? Why is no one trying to come through to save him? Itʼs not like Noah locked the doors.

Noah looked over to the man wrapped in webs and began to move over with his sword dragging in hand. Heʼs been trying to ignore it, but the sword was feeling heavier and heavier with his reduced strength. If it wasnʼt for his constitution being high, even his bag would become a chore to carry. However he wanted to be the one to finish off the man in front of him.

Removing his bookbag, Noah began to drag his sword again lazily as he arrived above the manʼs head. He wasnʼt the kind of person who enjoyed torture, annoying crying and faces full of snot and tears wasnʼt something he could find amusing. The man who now resembled a scared little boy wanted to cry out forgiveness, yet his words didnʼt faze Noah at all before he hovered his sword over the personʼs face and let gravity do the rest.

To Noahʼs surprise, the sword went through the manʼs cheek and eye before passing through the floor. The descent was so smooth, for a moment Noah believed he saw the manʼs eyes move to look at him one last time before they went dim. There was no screaming that it was believed the person probably died without realizing his life was taken.

It was truly unexpected since Noah had yet to use the sword to battle, the sharpness was more than he anticipated. With that thought, he turned around and noticed the line trailing behind him where the sword was cutting through the floor.

ʼOkay….sword is super fucking sharp, keep away from feet noted. But now we can finally find out…ʼ

”Arachne, a little help please? Just like the little spiders before.” He pointed to the corpse, more specifically to his chest. Noah couldʼve done it himself, but it would be easy for Arachne to get the job done with her stats.

His decision was proven to be correct, Arachne crawled over and stabbed her leg into the part that Noah directed to. The situation wasnʼt like with the spiders, if the man did have a pearl, it wouldnʼt be suitable for her which is why she couldnʼt pinpoint the area like she did with the spiders.

The body twitches with the forceful blow to the chest, breaking through his rib cage to reach the heart. After Arachne made way, Noah proceeded to bend down to wrestle through the blood and hopefully find the prize.

Seconds passed and Noah was yet to find what he was looking for. He was beginning to feel disheartened that he wouldnʼt find it since he was almost sure that it would be there. In his last attempt to look, he pulled the heart entirely out of the chest and used his other hand to search for anything circular and hard through the blood.

Sniff sniff*

During his search, Noah realized that he began to smell something really enticing. The amount of flesh blood directly in front of him was somewhat intoxicating. His mind was becoming distracted, thatʼs when he eyed the heart still remaining in his hand.

ʼItʼs just one bite…ʼ His craving was affecting his thoughts, he didnʼt realize what he was thinking. Bringing the heart close to his face, he took one last deep sniff before taking a bite.

”Mhm!” Even though the heart was raw, the taste was extremely satisfying to Noah. In his excitement he squeezed the heart, causing a burst of blood to fly into his face, but he was unfazed. At least he wouldʼve liked to have been, yet when the blood flew out, he felt something hard shoot out and hit his cheek.

The blow helped him regain his thoughts, he was a little anxious due to the fact that he lost control of himself once again, yet surprisingly he still kept a hold on the heart and just looked around.

ʼItʼs fine, itʼs fine….If it tastes good then itʼs not wrong to eat, but more importantly, was that what I think it was?ʼ

He gazed to the ground and with his extra pupils he was able to spot it immediately. With his free hand, he lifted the pearl up to inspect it, unlike the pearl from the spiders which was a whitish gray. The pearl he held now was a dark blue. He didnʼt know why they were different, but it didnʼt matter as long as it still achieved the same effect.

Without a second thought, he stuffed it in his mouth and felt it disperse just like last time. He could feel that he received another notification.

[You consumed the mana source of an incompatible species. Due to the title ʼThe Fallenʼ you have acquired an affinity to mana and extracted the full amount of mana to increase your magic source.]

At the first sign of the word ʼincompatibleʼ, Noah was about to become upset that he wouldnʼt receive anything. However as he read further, he felt that the outcome was better than he originally wanted.

[Player: Noah

Race:Human Chimera

Class: monster tamer

Gold: 3056

Lvl: 9

Exp: 507/6400->543/6400

Health:49%->50%

Stamina:29%->36%

Mana: 9/66->10/68

Attributes

Defense: 25

Strength:24(26) [8]+5

Agility:36(40) [12]+7

Constitution:53(58) [17]+10

Stamina:27(30) [9]+5

Magic: 30->31(34)

Spirit:95(105)]

Noah saw that the jump wasnʼt big, Arachne was able to gain a lot more mana than he did, but he noticed that he was still gaining more mana overall than her. This wasnʼt bad either since his main source of the pearls would most likely come from the zombies.

Now that he was in a good mood, he mindlessly started to take small bites out of the heart still in his hand while he made his way to the shopkeeper.

”Mm Arachne make sure you guard the entrance, and yes you can eat him. I have no further need for him.”

Meanwhile as Noah was aiming to get full use of his gold, the people outside still havenʼt recovered.

”Neal, are we going to sit here and do nothing?” Regina shouted in his face. The people around looked towards Neal awaiting an answer, however Neal was unsure. He thought about everything that just happened and thought about where he went wrong.

His gaze slowly made its way to the bottom of the steps and stopped on Fenrir now laying on its belly staring at everyone in the room. Right next to it was a puddle of blood, where Olivia once was, but even the rest of her body wasnʼt spared as it was now in the belly of the beast.

ʼIf it wasnʼt for that then I wouldnʼt be nervous about attacking him. How did he do it? Maybe itʼs not worth it, he said he was going to leave, I can just hope that he goes off somewhere and dies, but I canʼt, now that he openly killed people in front of everyone I could lose everything if I donʼt deal with this appropriately.ʼ

His mind raced quickly, he just needed to find a way to remove himself as the reason for blame like he always did.

”If any of you believe that we can take down that beast before he returns then Iʼll stand by you!” He stopped and allowed himself to observe around the room, making sure to make eye contact with everyone who seemed to desire action. He reached his first objective by doing so. Whenever his eyes met when someone seemingly asked ʼdo you think you can do it?ʼ They would instantly avoid his eyes. He felt now would be a good time to continue.

Otherwise we will have to concede for now. However! Donʼt think I will let even one of us be killed with retaliation. If you can wait a bit longer then we will repay this debt ten-fold!

The crowd regained their spark of resolve afterwards. After making them realize their own faults he then gave them a way out to make them believe that they could make up for their inadequacy during this moment.

A small smirk appeared on Nealʼs face before it quickly turned into a frown. There was still a small situation he just couldnʼt deal with and that was that they were still stuck up here!

He wondered if they could go halfway down the steps without attracting the wolfʼs attention and jump down, but before he could express his idea. They heard multiple footsteps coming from the hall Noah arrived from before.

Everyone began to grow nervous thinking that these people were also part of Noahʼs group.

That nervousness intensified when they realized how big the group was.

The nervousness died down when they noticed the visible fatigue on everyoneʼs face and a distant fear in the back.

Mark and their group tried to back track the way Noah came, but was unprepared for the spider ambush. With no time to recover their stamina or even their mana they had to all make a break for it. Regretfully they had to make a choice to leave those who were caught in the crossfire of webs.

The webs were strong enough to absorb most of their weapons. The only way to release someone caught was through the use of a skill, having a high enough strength or a superior weapon which they couldnʼt satisfy those conditions at the moment.

Lucky for them, the spiders only needed to catch enough for them to satiate their hunger and have some to save for later. Six bodies were taken and they didnʼt give chase when the group passed.

All they wanted to do now was to be able to rest, but they grew anxious when they found the piles of bodies of zombies and insects outside the building. It wasnʼt as much as the group in the gym, but it was still a rise for concern. There was nowhere else in the campus that could feed such a large number of students and more importantly, they needed to find a way to get in touch with people of authority.

When they made their way to the lobby, they noticed the new faces in the building and some of the old ones were missing.

”Jas?” From the sudden call of Jasmineʼs name, everyone looked up to the voice and noticed it was Neal who called out to her. Jasmine may not have been as pretty as Regina, but because of her intellect, her bearings and her motherly appeal. Many people had set their sights on her.

”Itʼs Jasmine to you jerk! Whereʼs Noah? I know heʼs here! that son of a bitch led us into an ambush.” Mark spoke up in Jasmineʼs stead.

Itʼs not that Mark was aware of Nealʼs true character that he didnʼt like him, it was the matter of always trying to flirt with his sister when heʼs constantly flirting with other women that annoyed him.

The later part of what Mark said was more to himself, but everyone heard him ask for Noah. People may have not known who he was during school, but everyone in the building began to subconsciously fear the name.

Even though Neal was surprised that they were looking for Noah, he could tell from the way Mark spoke that he had something against him. He felt that maybe paying Noah back wouldnʼt take as long as he thought.

”If youʼre looking for Noah, heʼs here. Without even trying to listen, he killed two people in cold blood. The blood of one of them is still by that beast with him! Will you help us get rid of him? Iʼm afraid of what he would do when he returns.”