Gaunt knew nothing about the details of Orpheus, for even the elders of the village had never seen the glory of Orpheus in their lives, a privilege that only the high-ranking people living in the city could obtain.

In the center of Crete is a huge mountain that looks like a volcano from its circular shape, but the Orphean temple and the human city are built under this volcano.

Kratos did not rush to the temple of Orpheus immediately, but wandered around the edge of the island while using brutal means to stimulate Gaunt's will.

Gaunt is just a teenager about 14 years old, and his healthy body is not worth mentioning in Kratos's eyes, so what Kratos has to do now is to use the vengeful anger in Gaunt's heart to temper his unyielding will.

The power of the body can be obtained by various means, but the will is the root of all power, and as long as you have an unyielding will, you have the possibility to control any power.

"I am the messenger of pain, and hunger is the tentacle of my strength. ”

Tormented by the power of hunger, Gaunt's crippled face immediately distorted into a hideous appearance, a pair of eyes were round, and unprecedented fear continued to emerge from the bottom of his heart.

Kratos slapped his palm, smashing all the bones of Gaunt's body to pieces. Battered by hunger and excruciating pain, Gaunt's spirit was like a rope pulled to the limit, and the weight of a straw was missing before it completely collapsed.

"If you want to gain power, you have to pay a price. Call on my name, and plant an undying faith in your heart, and you will be invincible on the path of slaughter!"

Nourished by the power of the blood soul, Gaunt's shattered bones healed quickly, but they were violently shattered just after recovery, and so on repeatedly, constantly squeezing the limits of his will.

The brilliance of the Cult protects Crete from the fog and leads humanity to build cities, with strong walls and powerful weapons to defend against the brutality of monsters.

Beyond the walls was a zone of exile shrouded in darkness that could not even shine with the light of the true god Ananke. Humans who can't enter the city can only survive in the wilderness, enslaved by monsters.

When the tide comes, a large number of monsters use this lonely island in the endless sea as a natural haven and hunting ground. Weak monsters accept sacrifices, but strong ones leave the sea and land on land to slaughter human villages.

But at this time, in a place that is already close to the inland, there is a strange scene of humans killing monsters.

I saw a young man, showing a cruelty that did not match his age, fighting with a monster with obvious aquatic characteristics with his bare hands.

Although the boy's body appeared to be small, he moved around the huge monster at an extremely fast speed, and each time he used his hands, feet, teeth, and any part of his body that could be used as a weapon, leaving deep scars on the monster's body.

At this time, Gaunt felt a faint feeling of powerlessness in his body, and when he knew that with his current physical strength, it was not enough to kill this monster, his eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce light, and he did not dodge in the face of the bloody mouth that opened towards him, and even took the initiative to send himself into the mouth of the monster.

Boom!

After swallowing the prey in its mouth, the monster immediately raised its head to look at the human who had been standing outside the arena and watched coldly, and a deep fear appeared in its animalistic vertical pupils.

For the first time, the monster was terrified of humans, and it hesitated for only a moment, then immediately turned away, and with such speed that it didn't seem to want to clash with the human with the strange tattoo on its face.

Kratos watched the monster leave with his hands on his chest, not at all inclined to make a move, as if he didn't care that Gaunt had been devoured by it.

The monster hadn't run far before its massive body suddenly trembled violently, and a roar full of pain erupted from its mouth, and then a terrifying blood hole exploded in its scaly abdomen, and shattered internal organs and blood splattered out of the blood hole.

Gaunt crawled out of the bloody hole in a mess, and behind his thin body, there was a phantom that looked like a human, but the lower half of his body was a sarcoma, and if you looked closely, it was the man-eating monster Pelidon!

After his most powerful blow burst out of the opponent's fragile body, Gaunt couldn't help but feel a feeling of weakness coming towards him like a tide, and the phantom of Pelidon behind him only lasted for three breaths before dissipating immediately.

Woooooo

The battered monster actually got up from the ground again, and it ran in the direction of the sea without looking back, blood and large fragments of organs gushing out of the wound, spilling all the way.

"Ugly monsters, how dare you run!"

Gaunt shouted angrily, and the flames of hatred turned into a whip that urged him to fight, even if it was to fall into the hell of eternal pain, in order to kill the monster he hated.

I saw that black gas suddenly appeared in his eyes, although it was only an insignificant wisp, but it revealed a terrifying aura that made all living beings tremble.

Gaunt's face was twisted into a hideous appearance from the pain, but the madness in his eyes was even more intense, and the power of the hunger power stored in his body burst out without violence, and forcibly poured into the monster's body.

This monster, with a strength of about 80 horsepower, close to a hundred enemies, fell to the ground without any resistance after being eroded by the power of the source of pain, which even the gods feared.

"Die, ugly monster, die!"

As if in a frenzy, Gaunt slammed his fist at the monster until it burst to reveal Sensen's bones, still unconscious.

"Gaunt. ”

Although it was only an extremely flat voice, when Gunter heard it, his body trembled, and the bloodthirsty light in his eyes quickly receded like a tide, and when he immediately regained his composure, he walked up to the owner of the voice, and stood there motionless with a submissive expression.

Kratos nodded silently, and then the curse tattoo on his body appeared bright red, and a large number of blood souls poured out of the fallen corpse, and finally poured into Gaunt's body, although limited to the influence of physical fitness, the strength of qi and blood could not be improved, but the injuries and exhaustion of the body were instantly swept away.

"Hunger Force, Infusion!"

Kratos slapped Gunter's body suddenly, and the black qi representing the source of pain surged out, even the evil power of the monster with huge qi and blood, and the murderous nature of the monster would be affected after touching, and the evil power of the blood and blood collapsed when it was now applied to Gaunt's body, but his body only trembled slightly, and he still maintained a clear consciousness.

"Although your current qi and blood are only about 50 horsepower, with your unyielding will, you can even match the strong of a hundred enemies. ”

Although Gaunt is unable to grasp the source of pain, he is able to store a small amount of hunger in his body with his unyielding will, and it can be used as a weapon to help him fight.

Each use, not only does he have to endure the same torture at the same time, but it doesn't last long, and it requires Kratos to infuse his body, which is equal to the cost of using the power of the Source of Pain, which is twice as much as Kratos.

But Gaunt didn't have any resentment, but was excited about the power he had, and as long as he had this power, he would be able to carry out the hatred in his heart!

Kratos takes Gaunt along the edge of the island and the border inland, searching for monsters that have wreaked havoc on the mainland. Although the strength of most of the monsters is only about 100 enemies, there are occasionally powerful monsters that are stronger than Pelidon, with 700 qi and blood, or even close to 1000.

But even in the face of this kind of monster whose strength is several times more than his own, Gaunt is not afraid, and fights in the most brutal way of fighting, and after being severely injured, Kratos will make a move, kill it in one fell swoop, seize the essence of life, and once again infuse it into Gaunt's body.

In this way, when they walked along Crete for most of the circle, Gaunt's qi and blood had completely exceeded 100 horsepower, reaching the realm of a hundred enemy powerhouses.

At this time, Gaunt's appearance has undergone earth-shaking changes from before, but his not stout body is tangled with muscles like metal cuts, and green tendons and blood vessels bulge hideously from the surface of the skin.

And constantly tormented by the power of the source of pain, his eyes are full of paranoia, madness, and chaos, and when he encounters a monster, he will go completely berserk, and only Kratos's voice can awaken it.

Gaunt killed a monster that resembled a seahorse on land, and tortured the dead body with extreme cruelty, blood and broken organs splattered out of his face, and under the bloodthirsty eyes, the whole person was like a demon crawling out of hell.

Kratos watched everything Gaunt did with a cold eye, and he never tried to dissuade him from beginning to end, because he knew that this was the driving force that Gaunt could always be strong, and if he lost the killing intent formed by the firm will in his heart, then he would not be much different from an ordinary human.

At this moment, Kratos seemed to have a strong heart, and he jerked his head up to look at the sky, and then saw a golden one, rushing out of the never-ending fog that permeated the sky, and crashing with a blinding light on the other side of Crete.