God Seed
Chapter 3 – The First Feeding
A sharp, burning pain pulled me back to consciousness.
My hands and feet throbbed intensely. My eyes felt like they were on fire.
When I finally forced my eyes open, horror hit me like a hammer.
I was tied tightly to a cold metal chair. Both of my legs had been brutally severed from the knees. Blood was still dripping slowly onto the floor.
What the hell…?
This was a dark underground prison cell. Two armed guards stood casually outside the iron bars, chatting with each other as if nothing had happened.
I stayed perfectly still and listened.
"Our leader is already at Level Five, 9th step," one guard complained. "Why are we wasting nearly a hundred people just to guard this one kid?"
The second guard smirked. "You don't understand. This kid is the youngest son of the Romanstar Family — a very powerful one. We'll record a video after kidnapping him and demand a Seven-Star beast core from his family."
The first guard frowned. "But we already cut off both his legs. Will they still pay?"
"Of course. This is personal revenge. Our leader used to work for that family. This little brat saw him trying to harass one of their maids and reported it. Because of that, our leader was kicked out of the city. Cutting off his legs was just to make him suffer."
My mind raced.
So right now… I'm a hostage.
Cold sweat ran down my back. Almost forty minutes had already passed since I woke up.
I don't have much time left.
The God Seed inside me demanded one soul every hour.
I focused deeply and activated its second ability.
Whatever form I imagine, it can take that shape.
In my mind, I pictured two thin, deadly red laser beams shooting from my eyes with perfect auto-aim.
SHHHHIIING!
Two crimson beams flashed out instantly. They pierced straight through the center of both guards' heads. They collapsed without making a single sound.
The ropes binding me were sliced apart just as easily.
…Amazing.
Within ten seconds, a warm energy surged through my body. My severed legs began to regenerate rapidly — bones, muscles, skin, everything grew back perfectly. In moments, I was completely healed.
I stood up and looked down at the two dead bodies.
This was the first time in my life I had killed someone. A wave of nausea hit me.
I feel sick…
But I quickly pushed the feeling aside.
To survive in this world… I have no choice but to kill.
There was no time to hesitate. I needed to eliminate the entire group before the hour ran out.
Ten minutes later, the underground base had become a graveyard.
I moved like a shadow, lasers flashing silently. One by one, the subordinates fell. When it was over, only their leader remained.
The leader stared at me in utter shock.
"You… you were just a Level Two trash! How did you do all this?! I clearly cut off both your legs — how are they back?!"
I didn't bother answering someone who was already dead.
He activated his most powerful skill. A ferocious beast roared as flames erupted toward me.
I calmly raised my hand.
God Seed's third ability — Devour everything.
The God Seed instantly swallowed the flames and the beast whole. Nothing remained.
The leader trembled in terror.
"I… I have nothing left! Spare me! I'll let you go outside!"
"Fine," I said coldly. "Answer my questions first."
I asked him about the power system of this world.
He explained:
This planet was called Nine Star.
Power was divided into 1 to 9 Levels, and each level had 9 steps.
At the age of nine, people awakened a beast. The number of stars they awakened with appeared beside their neck. The more stars, the stronger the beast they could bond with.
Each person could only bond with one beast at a time. If the beast died, they could bond with another.
There were nine major cities, each ruled by a City Lord.
"My family… who are they?" I asked.
The leader's eyes widened in disbelief, but he answered anyway.
"Your family is the Romanstar Family. They control two entire cities. Your father, Romankas, is the Lord of Romankas Star City — a Nine-Star beast master. Your elder sister is the Lord of Romaniastar City, also a Nine-Star beast master."
He paused, then added:
"Your name… is Rohan."
We were currently underground, beneath a dense forest outside the city.
I asked one final question:
"How did you kidnap me? And answer while looking at that big mirror over there."
He explained that the original Rohan had contacted him secretly, saying he didn't want to go through with his upcoming engagement. He asked to be taken to a distant city in exchange for a Five-Star beast core. But once outside the city, they kidnapped him instead.
I walked past the leader toward the large iron gate.
SLASH!
Without hesitation, I killed him from behind.
I finally stood in front of the mirror and saw my new appearance clearly.
I was tall — about 6 feet — with a well-built body. My hair was long and messy, half white and half black.
So this… is me now.
I washed the blood off my face and body, then tied my long hair back neatly. I found a green hoodie, black pants, and a pair of clean white shoes and changed into them.
Not bad.
With a single laser beam, I sliced open the heavy iron gate and stepped outside.
A vast, dense jungle stretched before me. Gigantic trees towered into the sky, their canopies blocking most of the sunlight.
I stood at the edge of the underground exit, the wind blowing through my two-toned hair.
A new world.
A new body.
And the first taste of blood.
From now on… I will do whatever it takes to survive.
To be continued…