Chapter 468: Survival of the Strongest
“So…” Derek started. “Earlier, you mentioned that the other Void Beast may have been trying to kill and consume me.”
“Yes?” Asher tilted his head and answered.
“What kind of power boost do you think I would have provided the beast if it had been able to do so?” he asked.
“What kind of power increase?” the beast muttered. “It is much too hard to tell. Was your power at that time as devastating as it is now, or have you grown since then?”
“Well… it was quite a bit less, actually,” Derek answered.
“But still of the void?”
“Yes, still of the void,” Derek said. “I probably wouldn’t have been able to beat you at that time. Alanah here…” He nodded in Alanah’s direction with his head. “She would have been able to wipe the floor with me at that time. It wasn’t an easy fight for me, either. Well… it was easy, but that was only because of my defense and regeneration. If not for that, I couldn’t have kept up with it.”
“If that is the case…” Asher unconsciously tapped its razor-like claw on the arm of the chair—just where the previous rips were. “I can only assume that the beast would have received a boost about the same as if it had consumed another ‘Void Beast’ that was a little stronger than it was… hmmm… no… that’s most probably not correct,” the beast muttered at the end.
“What do you mean?” Derek asked. “Why would that not be correct?” He was thinking the same thing when he asked the Void Beast the question. He figured that since he was sort of void like the creatures were, he would provide the same benefit. He could only imagine Stella serving ‘Derek Hunt’ meals at the Crown Restaurant. I bet if Silvi didn’t know me and she was intelligent like she is now, she would be the first in line for the special of the day… the DH Burger. A chill ran down his spine at the thought.