Cthulhu Fantasy : I Am The Great Old One

The communication room was filled with a joyous atmosphere. Although there were no cheers and the shrimps' rigid heads could not make any expressions, their dancing limbs could still express their joy.    

"It's done!"    

"It's actually really over!"    

"This time, it's definitely going to be over!"    

The prawns of Exploration Team enjoyed the joy of success, but they did not forget about Puja. A shrimp man, who was a chef, waved his arms and a prismatic fruit floated out from the storage box behind him, suspending in front of Puja.    

"This thing is good for the body." As a chef, the shrimp man gently patted Puja's back, then explained, "I once saw herbivores eat this to make their lungs feel better. The effect is not bad."    

"Yes."    

Puja, who had just barely stopped coughing, did not say anything. He swallowed the fruit quickly.    

The effect was not very obvious. However, with the fruit soaking in it, his throat felt much better.    

"You've helped me a lot this time." The shrimp man waved his arms and legs. "This time, we've succeeded. We'll all benefit from it. We'll hold a celebration banquet tonight. When the time comes, I'll let you have a taste of my cooking."    

"My cooking? Yours?"    

Puja looked at the shrimp chef in surprise.    

"You, usual, strange food, eat it again. Do you want to eat it?"    

"Uh... It's not that." The shrimp chef scratched his legs awkwardly. "You know as well that it's impossible to test a new dish every time... but this time, it definitely won't happen! Don't worry!"    

"Quality, chicken, poor!"    

Puja smiled and punched the shrimp chef.    

"This time, I will help. Home dishes, try it, everyone."    

"Hm? You know how to cook too?" The shrimp chef was a little surprised. "That's great. There are still some wine stored in the base. They are all top-grade goods of old. Wait until evening..."    

"Wine?"    

Puja discovered a movement he had never seen before.    

"What is that?"    

"It's wine..."    

The shrimp chef recalled.    

"Then it has to start from a long time ago..."    

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Tewa Territory, Floating City.    

In the Lord's Manor, Archduke Tepisan folded his wings and stood in front of the window as usual, staring at the endless sea of clouds in front of him.    

Compared to the time when he fled back to the manor in panic, Archduke Tepisan's body had become stronger and his wings had become bigger. His originally tall body had become taller by more than a head. His feathers were as hard as iron, and his sharp claws were like hooks.    

Archduke Tepisan no longer needed any weapons. He himself was the cruelest weapon.    

The servants and soldiers quietly stood at the side, not even daring to breathe loudly. They still remembered what happened not long ago. The powerful Silver Sparrow family in the public country saw that the Void Falcon family was empty. They wanted to bite off a piece of meat from the Void Hunting Falcon family. At that time, their archduke had also stood there for an entire day.    

That night, the entire Silver Sparrow family disappeared without a sound, leaving only an empty Floating City floating in the sea of clouds.    

The soldiers standing in the hall knew that what caused all of this was not the Void Hunting Falcon family's military strength that the outside world had bragged about, but something even more terrifying.    

One had to know that not a single soldier had received a transfer order to go out that night.    

And now, Archduke Tepisan was standing there, staring at the sea of clouds.    

Looking at that terrifying figure, the guards' hearts were hanging.    

They were all guessing who would die this time.    

...    

However, unlike what the guards had guessed, Archduke Tepisan was not thinking about those trivial matters.    

He was thinking about something more important.    

For example... the magic book.    

Archduke Tepisan originally thought that the magic book should be a relic of the ancient mages. In that distant era, since the mages with infinite power were able to build the floating city that was still functioning until now, it was normal to leave behind some relics that contained great power.    

In fact, every great noble who could occupy a Floating City was researching these powers that originated from the ancient times. Archduke Tepisan was just a little luckier than the other people with wings and met the survivors of the ancient mages.    

But now it seemed... was it really just because he was lucky?    

Was the terrestrial species that called itself "Guo Sun" really the survivors of the ancient mages?    

The method of obtaining power that was recorded in the magic books was indeed correct.    

But this method...    

If this was really the power used by the ancient mages, Archduke Tepisan could somewhat understand why they died.    

Because this method was too...    

"Gulp..."    

The sudden hunger interrupted Archduke Tepisan's contemplation.    

Feeling the twitching in his abdomen, Archduke Tepisan sighed.    

He was going to cultivate again.    

"Is the blood food ready?"    

"It's ready."    

A guard nervously came over to report.    

"We'll gather at the foot of Floating City, lord."    

"Yes."    

Archduke Tepisan nodded helplessly and flew into the sea of clouds.    

Blood food, as the name suggested, was food that could bleed.    

In the beginning, Archduke Tepisan thought it was meat. After all, the soldiers of the Wings people usually practiced combat techniques to strengthen their bodies. They also ate the meat of the two horned beasts to supplement their bodies. But soon, Archduke Tepisan realized that the meat of the two horned beasts was not enough.    

It was not until he swallowed 133 of the Silver Sparrow family's meat that he understood the key to this cultivation method. It wasn't eating meat at all.    

Looking at the trembling terrestrial species slaves in Floating City, Archduke Tepisan folded his wings and dove down.    

The key to this cultivation method was to eat people.    

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Night, forward base.    

The prawns of Exploration Team and Puja were enjoying the celebration banquet.    

"The dishes in your hometown taste good."    

A prawn man with a straw in his mouth gestured at Puja with his appendages.    

"Try our wine. Sigh, we don't drink like that. I'll teach you a special way to drink it."    

" What's the matter? "    

Puja put down the small barrel of wine in his hand in surprise. Then he saw the shrimp man suck a small barrel of wine with a straw in his mouth.    

"This is how heroes drink!" The shrimp man let out a long breath and then waved its limbs excitedly. "You can try it too!"    

"No! I, I can't!"    

Puja waved his hand. He had just tried drinking with a straw, and he knew very well how difficult it was to drink with the Six Legged terrestrial species in front of him.    

"I'll drink slowly. Not good, my body."    

"Alright, stop making a fuss." Some prawns helped Puja to get out of the situation, "This kid's body has just recovered, let him drink slowly... Oh right, kid, how's the wine from our hometown?"    

"Try it, no. Head, dizzy. Taste, good "    

Puja roughly expressed his feelings.    

"It's normal for him to faint." A shrimp man gestured with his legs. "Even good wine is like this. This is the feeling I want. Thinking back to when I was in my hometown... "    

" Home? "    

Puja was a little drunk.    

"Home, people with fire, very good, right?"    

"Not good."    

The shrimp man shook his head.    

"Actually, that's all. If we can't find anything good about it, we can find a lot of problems instead. However, after coming out for such a long time, I still want to go back and take a look... "    

Looking at the six legs of the Six Legged terrestrial species swinging in front of him, Puja sighed. He picked up the straw and started to drink the wine.    

Home...    

He missed home a little.