Chapter 3115: Giants and Dwarves
CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP!
CRACK CRACK CRACK!
RUMBLE
The eyes of the giants glinted with hunger and ecstasy as they consumed all manner of fauna and flora in a single bite in their giant mouths, basking in the bright light of the morning Sun. Pure pleasure and delight lit up in their eyes as they enjoyed the exotic delicacies of the Panama Continent in peace, entirely abandoned by the Panamic Alliance.
Similar to the therianthropes, they too were not as much of a threat as the evolutionaries or the tekvores that had much greater malice for human civilization and were much more immediate threats. They simply indulged in a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to fulfill their immense hunger and nutritional needs.
The only issue was that those needs were almost unsustainable.
They had deforested ten thousand acres of land in a month, consuming every last ounce of flora and fauna that they could find.
With each meal, they grew slightly larger.
Slightly stronger.
And slightly hungrier.
Their energy consumption rose, causing them to eat more, which caused them to grow bigger, making their energy consumption grow even more. It was a vicious cycle that caused their energy needs to grow larger and larger, which in turn made them grow larger and larger. And yet, because it increased their power to the extent that it did, it was also a powerful predictor of survival.
This was especially the case when not fulfilling their hunger didn't lead to death, but activated a process of autophagy where their own flesh would be used as fuel to sustain their own hunger needs. This meant that a giant could go years without consuming any food and would be able to survive at the cost of continuously growing smaller and smaller as autophagy caused their bodies to consume themselves to survive.