Chapter 75 - 74

"N-No! I'm just feeling hungrier than usual!" Reif immediately answered. God knows how protective Rhash was to him

Despite pushing him sometimes to increase his strength, every bit of injury also made Rhash extremely worried. Rhash can be 'too much' sometimes

"Are you sure? Please explain what happened yesterday to me first to help us assess the situation"

Now that Rhash's mind returned back to reality, he was itching to know the events he had missed

Fortunately, Reif narrated what happened to the smallest detail. Despite not wanting to let his big brother know that he got stabbed in the stomach, Reif still did

Nothing good would happen if he were to withhold important information. Reif knows how smart his brother is. Rhash would be able to plan things more perfectly if he was aware of as much information as he can

"That goddamn jerk, how dare he do that to you?" Rhash said angrily after hearing the story. He even starts touching Reif in the stomach to know of his condition

"B-big brother ... s-stop touching me there" Reif almost pleaded. Just a simple touch of Rhash alone already set his body on fire

Despite having a good time together last night, Reif would want to do it again if Rhash were to continue with his actions

"Y-you ... you pervert! We are talking about something serious here! Why are you having such lewd thoughts?" Rhash said angrily with a red face. His words were like that yet his eyes unconsciously went to look at Reif's crotch to see the 'bump' in there

"I-it's big brother's fault! See, you are even looking at me inappropriately!" Reif complained as he covered his crotch area with his hands, causing Rhash to feel a bit dissatisfied as he wanted to continue looking at it

"E-ehem, l-let's just go back to the topic!" Rhash said awkwardly. "It's good that you got the Shard of Brilliance, its effect was really miraculous. I can't feel even the slightest bit of wound in your stomach area!"

As Reif is strong yet still has a human body, wounds like that would surely not take just a single day to completely heal. But now, Rhash can't feel the slightest bit of injury in Reif's stomach

This was definitely something that the shard could do

"But ... in the original timeline, you never got ahold of the Shard of Brilliance. And as far as I know, it didn't enter anyone's body"

The first Shard was in the troll's possession. Reif didn't plan on taking that shard and he simply wanted to help the villagers to feel kindness

But even then, he was betrayed by the villagers. With Nath's scheme, they thought that it was Reif that made the trolls attack them. This was all so that Nath can perfectly obtain the shard

The second Shard was in possession of a certain someone inside the Mesha City - the Salamander

That guy wanted to take Reif's body for himself but failed. That resulted in a battle that killed a lot of innocent people but all the deaths' blame was pushed into Reif even though he just fought to survive

In the end, when Salamander and Reif were exhausted, it was Nath that benefitted. He became the people's 'savior' as he stops the battle between the two to obtain the shard

As for the third one, Rhash doesn't know of its location. Reif didn't clash with Nath for that third shard

When the trolls or salamander uses the shard, what happened to Reif didn't happen to them

The shard wasn't absorbed to their bodies and appeared into their forehead that spreads some tattoo lines

Even Nath only put the shard into his Holy Sword to increase his power

Thus, Rhash is also completely clueless at what is happening to Reif, especially with this hunger

Rhash can only speculate that the shard was the cause of Reif's abnormal hunger

"For now, we should get you some more food" Rhash decided and he stood up from his seat to hunt for food yet Reif grabs his wrist

"Big brother, you are still weakened. I can hunt food for myself or I can just use the food inside our spatial ring"

Rhash don't have any visible wounds any more thanks to his constitution but it doesn't mean he was completely fine now

Reif only cooked food for it to have a better tasting food that his big brother can enjoy. If it was merely for survival, they have provisions of unpalatable but nutritious foods. It was the kind that would already make people fool with just a bite but they would also want to vomit due to the taste

"I know you don't like our provisions. I can at least hunt wild animals for you" Rhash insisted but Reif pulled him down again

"I'm fine, I'm not that hungry anyway" Reif would rather endure the hunger than inconvenience Rhash

"Sigh ... you are really too selfless" Rhash said while shaking his head helplessly. "How about this then, heal me with the help of the shard. If I'm healed, you won't have to worry anymore, right?"

Of course, Reif already thought of doing that but the problem was that the shard seems to have changed after being ​​integrated with his body

It was not a pure item anymore. It was like the shard was corrupted by him. How could Reif dare to use such an abnormal thing on his big brother?

Thus, Reif refused and he also explained his side giving Rhash yet another headache

Reif thinks that he was too protective but he was also the same!

"Then how about your blood?" Rhash asked before putting his fingers into Reif's wrist to sense the movement of blood inside his body

"Oh? Is this also because of the shard? You have a lot of blood in you!

With Reif's personality, he surely fed Rhash with his blood. But from what Rhash can see, Reif's blood is at a normal level. He doesn't seem to be lacking even an ounce of blood

Since this was the case then Rhash can enjoy his feast. The stronger Reif becomes, the rarer Rhash has to drink his blood

Rhash sank his teeth into Reif's neck, creating holes in them as he sucked the blood through those holes

At first, Rhash only feels weird whenever he drank Reif's blood. But after the two had sex together, he realizes that that weird feeling is actually lust

Seems like Rhash is the type of 'vampire' that would make himself and his 'victim' aroused when he was sucking their blood

A warm sensation soothes Rhash's throat and that warmth spreads throughout his whole body

To his surprise, the quality of Reif's blood has a huge improvement! With just a single round of blood-sucking, he can feel that he was already back at his peak!

Rhash removed his fangs and licked the area where he bit Reif. At first, he was attracted to Reif's neck and he wants to kiss it but he was given more surprise when he saw the holes closing up in the speed visible to the eye

Reif's wounds healed up just like that! It literally happened in less than a minute!

While still not recovering from his surprise, Rhash took Reif's wrist again to check the man's blood level

Rhash can't believe that Reif's blood was rapidly recovering back to the normal level!

One must know that Rhash sucked quite a lot of Reif's blood earlier. That wasn't because he need that much to heal. It's just that he really likes the taste of Reif's blood and he wasn't able to stop himself

"With this shard, I can drink more of your blood and in return, I would become stronger!"

At first, Rhash despaired at the disparity between his and Rhash's power. He was feeling down since he poured in a lot of effort into training yet he was still left behind

But now that Reif's blood is recovering this fast, Rhash can once again catch up to him. After all, Reif's blood is the best supplement for Rhash. It was the blood that gave him a permanent boost in power!

However, before Rhash could rejoice with this discovery, he saw Reif holding his stomach

"W-what happened?" Rhash asked worriedly

"I-I became hungrier" Reif answered and the older man sank in a realization

This might be the reason for Reif's abnormal hunger! Healing his injuries used up a lot of the nutrients that his body possesses!

Rhash drank a lot of Reif's blood that was rapidly recovering in exchange for his bodily nutrients!

"H-here, eat this first even if it doesn't taste good" Rhash took out a piece of meatball

This meatball was the provisions that they were talking about earlier. This was famous within the circles of the adventurers

Just a single ball of this hideous-looking meat could already be a person's meal for a whole week!

It doesn't take much space, is cheap, and also enough for a lot of meals. Despite it having a horrible taste, it was still a necessity for adventurers