Devil Slave (Satan system)

Chapter 1074: Athena’s Salvation 2

The Hell beast mother turned her way for a bit, but then looked away, seemingly not being bothered by her.

She walked over to the Flowers. She could see the energy that followed them. It seemed similar. If she were to put a title on it, it was light yellow, a close color to the yellow within her body and the body of the hell beasts.

She looked over one more time to the Hell beasts. At the moment, she was hungry, very hungry. The hell beast would be the best source of nutrient right now, but Even that Devil that hunted her was scared of this Hell beast mother, she was not such a fool to think that she had a chance.

Besides, it would mean that she first had to find a way to kill these hell beasts. This was obviously not possible As she had no weapon, and the Hell beast skin was as rough as rock, and hard as steel.

As she looked on, she could see the baby hell beasts, enjoying the meal their mother had provided for them. Their ant eater mouth, suddenly opened up wide like a flower, rows and rows of teeth spread out in all directions as they dug into the branches, tearing and eating apart the humans even as the souls screamed in pain.

Athena had suffered a lot, but she could not help but thank her stars that she was not considered to be food for the hell beasts.

She looked back to the plants. And she could not help but think, that maybe, just maybe she could take a bite from it and see how it works.

Even though these humans were in soul form, she did not mind. Food was food, even if it was cannibalism. She was so hungry that she had been willing to eat her own liver, surely, eating another person was a part of the equation.

Also, she was a gladiator by birth. The things she had eaten including other people, were many.

However, immediately she attempted touching the flower, as if on command, a vine rushed to grab her hand, and then another and another, pulling her towards branch that had been cut down, seemingly about to swallow her whole.

She struggled and struggled, but she was too weak for such a fight and her heart raced in fear of what was going to happen.

At such a time, when she desperately needed help but no one to turn to, an aggressive jaw, suddenly bit into the branch, causing it to screech a little, before it let her go and she fell on her ass.

It was the baby hell beast she had smacked with her ability before.

Its one inverted eye looked to her a bit, as if expecting thanks for just freeing her, to which she complied with no questions asked.

The Baby Hell beast seemed delighted as it screeched in the air and then continued with its meal.

Athena was no fool. Once literally ’bitten’, twice shy.

She turned to the Baby Hell beast, like its mother, it did not mind her presence and she patted its back a little. It seemed to like this as it shook its head.

"I am jealous of you, you know! At least your mom gets to feed you." She laid on its hind leg as she sat on the ground, "I on the other hand, I don’t even know who my mummy is. Damn it, I probably got fed by a demon when I was younger. And those guys only gave us shit."

She sighed heavily. She was losing energy. her lips were tried, and breathing with only one lung came with a lot of difficulties.

But this was Hell. It was not made for humans to survive, rather, it was made for them to suffer.

By now, Athena had already accepted her fate, and could not help but think of what could have happened if she had just swallowed her stupid pride and stayed with Lenny.

Maybe, just maybe she would have been pissed off about his growth, and his leaving her behind, but she might have still been able to enjoy a warm meal. And possible have had a place amongst his family.

Truly, pride came and then the fall.

Now, she had lost her sight to the lunch of another mouth, and her once beautiful form was now ruined. Even while she was back at the Arena, the gladiators had not suffered as she did now.

Of course Demons ate them, but their deaths were mostly quick.

She could not help but think maybe all that was happening to her was as a result of the things that she had done in the past. The things that she had done to hurt those in the arena.

Those she backstabbed after becoming the right hand to the Magistri. And maybe it was the judgement of the heavens. After all, many of those people had lost their lives because her running her mouth.

And for a brief moment, she could not help but think about Hector. Her Hector, she had chased him away that day on earth with the revelation that she was the reason for his parents death.

She so hated and regretted that day. And she missed him a lot.

Right now, in this cold and unforgiving world, she could not help but think back to his whispers in her ear, and how he would hold her tight, surely, his embrace would have been warmer.

She missed him so much her eyes watered down to which the cells on her reabsorbed the tears as nothing was allowed to go to waste.

She was not even allowed the privilege of letting go of her emotions and tearing down. Such was the harshness of survival.

Her pain was both physical as it was mental.

And her soul sort for comfort. At such a time, a sweet smell floated into her nose.

A smell that made all the cells of her sensitive body alert in recognition of potential energy source. The best part was the fact that it came from behind her.