The Fat God System

Chapter 112: Fire

Hugh felt every shred memory that Aric had lived throughout his life. He witnesses the tortures, the pain, and the anger.

Aric never wanted to destroy the school, he was just forced to do it. Even then, he was still hesitating with every second that passed.

As soon as Aric saw Hugh inside this room, a plan took shape inside of his mind. Hugh wanted to stop Aric, and Aric let him do that.

Aric knew that his body would not let him lose a fight with Hugh, so he forced Hugh to transform. He wanted to lose. He wanted to be stopped, even at the price of his own life.

At the very end, Aric did not feel pain, but relief. He knew that in death, he would get the peace that he always wanted. He would no longer be controlled by his own father.

Hugh could not help but shed a tear as he remembered all of Aric's memories. Aric was never an enemy, but a misunderstood friend. Now, his blood was tainted with the guilt that he would carry throughout his life.

He looked at his own body and saw fire billowing all around him. This fire was not hot nor was it warm, but it gave him the comfort that he needed.

He could feel the power flowing through his body, but he did not feel good at all. He knew that this power came from Aric, and he only got this power because he killed him.

With Hugh distraught on the ground, he just wanted to forget this had ever happened. This was not the first time he had killed a person, but killing a friend took a toll on him.

This power that he gained should have changed his life for the better, but he instead killed someone. It made him wonder what would happen more in the future just to keep his secrets safe. Would it all be worth it?

Hugh put his head down and closed his eyes.

Just as the silence reigned in on the room, Hugh suddenly felt a small vibration in the ground. He opened his eyes and raised his head, curious to what had happened.

The room was the same as he had last seen it. There were broken tiles on the floor, blood on the ground, and the corpse of his friend, but there was nothing that was out of place.

Hugh continued to look around as the vibrations continued to get stronger. It was not long until the vibration became a full-on earthquake.

Alerted with this change, Hugh stood up and looked around with furrowed eyebrows displaying his confusion. His sadness quickly turned sober as he became wary of his surroundings.

Then, he noticed something on the floor. Something was missing from it, but he could not remember it for the life of him. There was an important object here, and it was gone.

It was then that Hugh remembered the cube that Aric held in his hand when he first got into this room. From Aric's memories, he knew that it was the object that Maverick wanted Aric to get into the Central building.

Hugh opened his eyes wide as he turned around and looked at the pedestal in the middle of the room. In the small indentation there, a black cube fit inside it.

Hugh did not remember Aric ever putting the cube into the pedestal. It seemed to have traveled by itself without anyone's help.

Hugh's heart stopped as he realized that he had failed to stop what Maverick had planned all along. The earthquake that reverberated through the ground almost made Hugh lose his balance, but he planted his feet firmly in the ground to counteract it.

The shaking was intense, and he could see dust in the air dancing around like wildfire.

*BOOM*

From his side, Hugh suddenly saw a small piece of rubble fall from the ceiling. He looked up and gulped at the thing that he saw.

There were cracks in the ceiling, branching off and propagating throughout the whole place. The shaking seemed to get more and more intense as time passed on, which made the cracks worse.

*BOOM*

More and more rubble landed on the ground next to him. Some were as small as a pebble, but some could bury him in this place.

With his adrenaline running all over the place, Hugh knew that he could not stay in this place for long. He started to head over towards the tunnel where he had come from.

Just as he was about to cross the tunnel, his instincts took over and he had to stop his body. Right in front of him, a large Boulder fell and blocked his way out of the dome.

If he had not stopped in time, he would have been crushed and severely injured from the boulder. Feeling the earthquake get more and more intense, Hugh knew that he had to force himself out.

With the boulder right in front of him, Hugh opened his jaws wide and started to gnaw on it. This was the best way to get rid of the obstacle and benefit from it at the same time.

He had still not eaten a lot of food, so he was still relatively thin at this point. As he continued to eat the boulder in front of him, his body slowly turned into an obese state.

*CRACK*

Hugh suddenly felt the ground underneath him start to give way. He quickly stepped away and saw that a large dark hole was under the floor. He did not know where it would lead, but he knew that he did not want to be trapped in there.

However, the boulder was still preventing him from running away. He could not eat the boulder at a faster rate since it was like eating a hard piece of candy.

Every crunch of his mouth was overpowered by the sounds of boulders crashing into the floor. He did not have the time to crunch every piece of the boulder in front of him.

If there was a better way of ingesting this boulder, then it would save him from being trapped inside. Then, Hugh looked at his hand and he wondered. He closed his eyes and concentrated.

After a moment, a small fire enveloped his hands.