19 Hunger

Jordan endured for about half an hour before the pain stopped ´that wasn´t so bad´ thought Jordan as he looked around his room, the room was an office for librarian before and now on the spot where Jordan sit was a big puddle of black blood. ´as I thought its quite ok´

But one thing bothered Jordan, his cloth was ruined once again, thankfully he had some spare cloth in a backpack.

Just as Jordan tried to move huge hunger overcame him ´what is this? I feel like I could eat the whole cow and it wouldn't be enough´, an inhuman growl escaped from Jordan´s mouth without his awareness and Jordan started to consider which of his beasts he should eat.

Only one thought remained in Jordan´s mind and that was the incredible hunger before when he exhausted his mana he felt similar hunger but that was one easily satisfied by the mana from the air, this time the mana in the air wasn´t nearly enough.

Despite the improvement of Jordan´s center of power that attracted the mana much better and even allowed Jordan to feel the mana much better than before. Before he had to meditate and clear his mind just to feel the mana around now it came to him as easily as breathing.

Jordan didn't have any of the beast's blood or any of the beast´s hearts left so his only options to soothe his hunger were his beasts, he may regret it later but right now he couldn't think about the future.

Jordan kicked open the door of his room and went to his beasts, he tried to run but the hunger he felt didn't even allow him that so he just tried to get there as fast as possible.

Jordan got to the beasts and before he could pounce on any of them he smelled the sweetest smell he ever smelled, Jordan didn't think and threw himself on the dead body of one of the beasts they killed today, luckily the beasts didn't eat all the corpses if they did there would be one beast less, the corpse Jordan threw himself on was already half-eaten but Jordan didn't care, he stuffed his face with meat, bones and even organs.

Bones crumbled under his teeth that were now more like fangs disguised as human teeth, the meat was easily ripped with his raw strength or cut with his nails that turned completely black and when he let them grow out they turned into sharp blade-like claws that were about 3 cm long.

Jordan ate what was left of the beast besides the fur, stomach, and intestines, he somehow managed to control himself to not eat those.

Jordan was still hungry but it was manageable now, he looked around and could see how all his beasts looked with a bit of fear in their eyes at him "scram! And bring me food!" Jordan ordered the beasts.

With his hunger lowered to a controllable level Jordan returned to his room, he sat on the ground and began to meditate in the hope to increase the mana recovery so that he can return back to normal.

When he cleared his mind he could clearly feel the mana around him, it was like the mana was hot summer air that enveloped him and was absorbed to his center of power, one more thing Jordan noticed was that his mana now circled in his second heart and in his second heart there was a small drop of refined much purer mana.

Jordan till now didn't even know the mana can be purer so it was quite a shock, he tried and could manipulate it just fine, in fact, he could manipulate even the mana that circled his second heart and it was much easier than before.

Jordan focused on the internal changes he manipulated the mana that circled around his center of power and made it move around his body, he felt slightly dizzy but mostly fine, his center of power got stronger, there is some change in his horns, horns? Also, ears, nose, eyes there were some changes and enhancements, but that wasn't all, Jordan jumped up from his meditation position and touched his head, his horn that was lone on his head is lone no more.

There are two horns now on his forehead, the one he already had slightly grown bigger to the length of 18 cm and started to spin itself in spirals, the second horn was about 8 cm big, with this confirmed Jordan tried to find a mirror and check how his looks changed, sadly there was none so he was forced to use the monitor of one of the pcs that were in his room/before office.

Jordan's ears were now sharp, they didn't grow significantly to some length just the end of his ear was now sharp instead of round, his horns, teeth, and nails that were about all that changed but the other changes couldn't be seen so easily.

With the mutation confirmed Jordan returned to meditation but he had too many thoughts in his head ´are the mutations tied up to the amount of mana that can be stored in one´s body? It looks like the most probable answer, that theory also makes sense of why the wings of the angels were so small, their bodies just don't have enough mana to fully mature to their optimal form´

Those thoughts were all speculations but Jordan was mostly right.

When Jordan came to this conclusion he could finally return to his meditation, it took a while but the beasts Jordan send out returned and brought back a huge haul, there were six of the cow-like beasts, they had the unicorn´s horn on their head, shell-like leather on their back and now that Jordan could see them from close he saw that on theirs back there were weed and moss.

Jordan´s beasts circled the cow-like beasts almost like watchdogs used on plains to gather herds of farm animals, "good work" Jordan stepped up let the claws grow from his fingers, and with a swipe of his hand he killed one of the cowst, yes cowst that's how he decided to call them to make it easier, cow + beast = cowst, as you can guess naming isn´t Jordan strong side.

The rest of the cowsts began to panic but Jordan used his taming ability and poured a bit of mana to his horns, the oppressing aura spread, and the cowsts trembled on their legs and then laid on the ground in submission, they were prepared to be eaten.

With the cowst, the problem of food was for now solved, with a sight Jordan bend down to the dead beast and began to cut off the hind leg of the dead.

Jordan claws were very sharp but they were still nowhere near the length of a knife so it took considerable effort to get the leg, to get the heart was considerably easier, with a bit of strength Jordan´s hand easily ripped through the ribs and easily ripped the heart out, feeling that that should be enough Jordan left the rest to the beasts that brought the cowst.

After that Jordan brought the cowsts in and let them settle in a corner while he instructed the beasts to let them be and only stop them if they tried to run away.

Jordan decided to take care of them and hopefully, even let them procreate, if he can increase their numbers it would be perfect, after all, one of the cowst would be enough for his current number of beast to last several days, that is if they are frugal with the food but it still should be enough without feeling any hunger.

With the leg in hand Jordan returned back to his new room, and while Jordan was munching on the leg he stared from the window of his room, it was already dark outside and Jordan felt incredibly tired, he wanted to sleep so badly but he couldn't, no matter how much he tried the sweet release of sleep did not come.

With nothing better to do Jordan just decided to read the demon language dictionary, he needs to go to the platform at the averted side of the moon as soon as possible.