[1st POV]
*BOOOOOOOOM!!*
The huge explosion brought a deafening silence afterwards. I planted my feet firmly on the ground, my huge mass causing the earth to create craters for my hooves. A thick cloud of dust rose as I swallowed the devil in my mouth with a loud gulp.
My glowing eyes penetrated through the smoke as I saw something odd. There was a string, no, a rope of some sort that was tied to the devil I just ate. The rope stuck on my thorat and came out of my mouth.
I followed the string with my eyes and found the source underground.
I huffed loudly. The gust of air from my nose cleared up the smoke instantly, and I looked at the rope that came from my mouth and buried itself in the ground.
I released a deep grunt that reverberated through the town, breaking the deafening silence one last time.
So it was not the whole body. It was only one part of the Devil's body that I ate.
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Good.
Very good.
I was worried that that would be it.
Turns out a feast really did await me!!
I clamped down hard and tugged at the rope made of flesh. Immediately, the whole town shook in waves. It was like the earth was water, and they were bouncing up and down like they would in an earthquake.
The shattering of the ground wrought destruction upon the small town. Buildings collapsed, towers bent, and monuments that were able to bear through history crumbled instantly. It looked as if I was flipping the whole world upside down.
I pulled the devil out from the ground, and its true form revealed itself to me.
Webs. The devil had buried itself through the ground like an underground web of flesh. The roots of the Cannibal Devil expanded all throughout the town, covering every inch of the land.
At its centre was a giant human head that had smaller human heads as pimples all over its face. The webs began from there like underground roots.
Now it made sense why it felt like the devil was teleporting. It was not literally teleporting, but it had expanded its roots throughout the ground and so it could make part of itself appear anywhere.
I pulled the thin rope of flesh once more, pulling out the Devil like I was pulling out the roots of a plant.
The Devil screamed, and the rope broke. I slurped that up like a noodle and immediately went after the head of the devil.
How long had it been here to have spread its influence that much? Maybe a year, perhaps decades. The recent attacks were only done when the devil was ready and confident. It sure bid its time to grow.
I charged through buildings like a boar would charge through rice fields in the wild. I left rubble everywhere. My sheer size was a product of my full transformation and the Forest Devil's influence.
The main part of the devil, which was the head, tried to bury itself underground once more. When I reached it, it had already sunk way down. But like a wild boar, I began digging a giant crater.
I ate the earth, the rocks, the steel, the concrete and everything while I dug out the main feast. Soon enough, the head was revealed to me.
I opened my jaw wide. My upper jaw and my lower jaw split to make an absolute horror of a mouth. Inside my mouth, you could see the influence of the Teeth Devil as rows after rows of sharp teeth protruded. They were the size of spears, and they would chew anything I wanted to eat.
The Cannibal Devil retaliated. Vine-like ropes came alive from all around me. The webs that it had spread throughout the whole town emerged and curled towards me like an upside-down fishing net.
Upon a closer look, I realised they were chains of arms. An arm that popped out from the palm of one hand and then interconnected like so.
They wrapped around me. A vine of flesh caught me on my giant tusks and pulled me to the side. I stumbled, crushing buildings in the process. Another vine wrapped itself around my mouth and closed it shut with a snap.
They were thin, so thin compared to me that it would be like tying a human with a thread. But they were strong enough to hold me down.
Many vines wrapped around my legs and pulled. I collapsed, my belly slamming on the earth. The crash sent waves of shock through the town, another disaster that sealed its fate.
After the Cannibal Devil held me down, the small faces on the giant head popped out. They were like pimples being popped.
Those faces launched out with a goo of white, becoming humanoid devils that had their own minds and raced towards me.
Tens, hundreds, thousands!! Perhaps those were all the victims of the devil. They ran towards my giant form like unrelenting ants. When they reached me, they began eating me like cannibals.
Why are they eating me? I should be eating them!? My mind raged.
My fur became blades that ripped the ropes that confined me. I shook my body like a wet beast and sliced everything in my vicinity. Ropes were turned to pieces of flesh, and blood rained everywhere.
That flesh and blood began pooling under me. I could not see them as I was busy snatching up and eating all the devil humans that came near me. They were running straight at my jaw, but they seemed to have no fear.
The pool of flesh and blood gathered and formed a new face. After it was done, it shot out and clamped down on my underbelly.
"REEEEEEE!!!!!"
My stomach was ripped open, and my insides fell out and weighed me down. Green blood spilt everywhere, mixing with the human blood. I collapsed on the ground from the sheer pain and the loss of blood.
More minions swarmed me. More faces popped like pimples and turned into naked devil humans that began eating me from everywhere. Their little mouths took apart my body, piece by piece. And although I was so big, their sheer number made me an efficient dinner.
I groaned in pain. More vines wrapped around my body to keep me down. They avoided my bladed fur and dug into my skin.
I was losing mass rapidly, and I could feel every inch of lost flesh.
My full devil form pushed itself up one last time before it vomited green blood out of its mouth. The pig's eyes lost their red shine, and the living pig became a corpse.
On the other hand, my human body stood up, completely covered in green vomit.
"So you are that type of devil huh?" I said while pushing my hair back so I could see, and wiping away the green liquid.
Devils without much individual power. They relied on numbers or minions. The Zombie Devil, the Doll Devil and even the Rabies Devil were examples of this type of devil.
"Sucks for you..." I said, "...It's not the first time I encounter this,"
I transformed again into my hybrid form. But this time, I did not gain much mass or many Pig Devil characteristics.
My body grew bony. I did not get thinner, but my bones grew inside of me. You could see my spine, my ribs, my bones pressing against my skin and nearly popping out.
My face became shrunken, and my eyes went mad.
I was using the power of the Rabies Devil inside of me.
"Infect," I said.
The devil humans under the Cannibal Devil's control, all that had eaten even a piece of my flesh, stopped in an instant.
Their bodies began shaking, and you could see the movement of muscles underneath their skin. It was like they had swarms of insects under the layer, and it was changing their whole structure.
Their hair grew, their red eyes became white and crazed. Their teeth grew, and their bones enlarged, too.
I fought a devil a month ago that was similar to the Cannibal Devil. It had many minions under control, all infected by rabies.
After a few seconds, the transformation was complete, and the minions came under my control. They moved away from the giant pig corpse and began eating the Cannibal Devil instead.
The Cannibal Devil released a painful scream.
I laughed in glee.
Time to eat.
My appearance changed to that of a pig once more. This time, the form was pink and looked like a grotesque normal pig instead of a horror monster. It was a contrast to my combat form and it was the same form I had used to take down the Scalpel Devil.
I was not going to fight anymore, only eat.
I ran on all fours towards the giant head. A smaller body meant I could eat more. At least that's how it came to my mind at the time.
The whole town became a giant plate.
The infected minions were my guests.
And the Cannibal Devil was the feast.
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{After the battle)
I sat naked on rubble. Around me was a field of destruction; not a single solid structure had survived the battle.
The whole town was razed to the ground.
I did not fully remember what instructions Makima gave me this morning, but I was sure I broke every single one of them except for killing the Cannibal Devil Part.
I just sat there with a thoughtful face, even when the Police and other Devil Hunters moved around me, I did not respond.
I was just...a bit guilty.
Which was weird and seriously concerning. Did I have a hero complex? That would be a horrible disease to have in the Chainsawman world.
It was not like I could help the destruction either. The devil had spread its roots all throughout the town, and it needed to be destroyed completely to kill the devil.
Eventually, one Devil Hunter approached and stood beside me. He did not say anything and remained silent with me for a long time.
"On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is the collateral damage?" I asked, breaking the silence first.
"They'd have to erase the town's map from every map. I don't think this town will rise again," he said without missing a beat.
"That bad, huh," I said with a humourless smile.
10,000 people suddenly became homeless. But I guess that was better than dying, right?
"Thank you for your work," the Devil Hunter said, surprising me to the point that I looked up at him.
"Although the town is destroyed, at least it's free from the devil," he said.
"And I believe this is yours," he said and handed me the coat he was carrying.
"...it survived?" I asked in disbelief as I looked at the dirty coat. It was covered in debris, but the cloth was still in one piece.
I wore it to hide my nakedness. And even after all that it had been through, the coat still carried the scent of Makima.
That made me realise something important.
I smiled.
I had a feast and did my job.
That's all that mattered.
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