Chapter 261: Gluttony
After a few minutes chat with lady Chang’e they left, they teleported across the Fayera domain for nearly a month.
" We can’t find it, perhaps it’s hidden by some spell." He complained with frustration.
Annie nodded, " It most certainly is hidden, there’s no way she would leave it in the open."
What the two of them had been looking for was Meggie’s hut. They figured if she left something to use against Famine, it would be there.
They’ve been there before, she took them there just before confronting the Bloody Mary.
But now, they couldn’t find it even after searching for a month, with their senses, that shouldn’t be possible unless magic is involved.
They rested for a few days and had their long awaited couple time before returning to the human world.
It was time to track down Famine, Adrian used his left eye and followed the trail left by Famine’s authority.
Months went by without a sign of Famine, every time they reached where they suspect he was, he was already gone.
This happened over and over again and Adrian was starting to feel frustrated. They sat on top of a building.
The city below was nothing but a land of death, the people looked like nothing but skin and bones.
Famine had hungered them to death and upon a closer inspection of their corpses, they noticed even more unsettling things.
Most of them died not out of hunger but being eaten to death by others and it didn’t look like they struggled.
On the contrary, both parties would be taking bites on each other and this mostly happened with couples.
It happened with strangers as well but there was a pattern, it was mostly between a woman and a man.
While they contemplating the course, they felt a voice grumble next to them. They turned and saw lust standing there.
" What do you want Lilith?" Annie asked threateningly, she was ready to attack at any moment.
Lilith looked at her, " Oh please, not everything is about you, what I want is your man’s..."
The building exploded like it was hit by a meteor. They jumped onto the next building had Lilith just giggled.
" I’m kidding I’m kidding, it’s this bastard Famine, he’s using the passion of lust to conduct his authority.
He’s touching upon my authority without giving anything in return, I really don’t like that." She looked pissed.
" So, why don’t you go deal with him, are you perhaps scared you big scary demon?" Annie asked mockingly.
However Lilith just nodded without shame, it seemed she had no pride. " Scared? I’m terrified.
We might all be considered seals but just as we stand above that little blind ghost girl, the Horsemen stand above us.
With the exception of my older brother perhaps, he’s.. different but the rest of us? We’re not dealing with the Horsemen, that would be suicide.
This is why I’m trying to help you find him so you can deal with him because I’m not doing that, absolutely no way."
Annie clicked her tongue when her provocation didn’t work. " I said this before and I’ll say it again, we don’t need your help."
Lilith was one of the seals, at some point they would have to take her down as well, accepting her help went against his pride as a man.
Annie said nothing and they teleported away leaving lust standing there by herself. She sighed.
" So much pride, big brother isn’t going to like you." She giggled and left as well leaving the desolate city.
Adrian and Annie teleported across countries and eventually came to an active scene.
It was a small town again, " Why do they all target small towns, do they have a grudge against them?" He wondered.
Annie laughed, " Let just deal with this." They flew into town and watched, Adrian used his eye.
What he saw was pitch darkness, one that seems to devour everything, it was enveloping the entire town.
Thw darkness looked like a massive black hole made by countless tiny mouths that ate everything around them.
He frowned, " This isn’t Famine, Famine’s authority is bleak and somber, a quiet hunger that slowly devours you.
This feels closer to Greed, this isn’t the authority of a horseman but one of a sin and I think I know who."
They teleported to a bakery, all around town people were eating none stop, stuffing themselves with everything they can find.
It was similar to Famine in that way but also different. Famine causes unending hunger, no matter how much you eat, you’re never full.
The bacteria in your stomach as explained by Nasita eat everything you eat leaving you starving without end.
There was no hunger here, which is why he thought it felt like Greed but it was not Greed as well.
Greed targeted wealth, the point of his authority is to own everything, to know it’s there in your possession and is yours.
This one, was causing people to stuff everything in their mouths until their stomachs blasted open.
There was only one sin he can think of that can do something like this. Inside the bakery they found a bloody scene.
A giant mess of flesh was sitting on the floor like a mountain. It was stuffing itself with food.
The bakery had no bread or cakes anymore yet the creature was still waiting and what it was eating, was a human leg.
It looked at them but still didn’t stop its actions. " Hello Heart of Destruction and your friend, care to join me?"
They heard a feminine voice, their auras started rising. They released their domains disregarding the laws.
They were trying to push away the authority of this demon but it didn’t work out as well as they would’ve liked.
They felt something rise inside them, an overwhelming desire to eat, to eat anything and everything they can find.
They suppressed the desire, this seemed to suprise the mess of flesh. It shifted like a crumbling mountain.
Then shrunk until it turned into a plumb woman who had a pretty but motherly face, she wiped the blood on her face.
" Do forgive me, I tend to get messy when I’m hungry and I’m hungry a lot." She smiled gently at them.
" I suppose I should introduce myself, I am Beelzebub of gluttony, you have met my sister before."
They had already figured who she was but hearing her introduce herself was something else.
’ Are all the females amongst the sins so strange?’ he wondered.
" We know who you are gluttony and if you what who we are, then you know what about to happen next." Annie growled.
Gluttony still maintained her gentle smile, " Dear child, so much anger is not good for your health, can’t we just sit and share dinner?"
A tremendous force hit her on the face as a response.