Chapter 790: The pill
“Is Eve going to eat the flesh of the serpent?”
Maia wondered, but then she saw how Eve tore through the scales and flesh, then took out the heart of the serpent and without a second thought, she ate the heart.
“Wha-? Why is she eating that heart?”
Maia asked, although she had seen scenes like this before, but in those times, the beasts would eat even the flesh and organs; Maia even wondered if Eve was just picky.
They both stared at Eve for a while after she had eaten the heart. Eve stood silent with her eyes closed as she absorbed the properties of the serpent completely.
Then Eve first returned to her normal black jelly-like form. Maia was just about to ask her a question when she saw Eve changing into exactly the serpent she had fought not long ago.
But Eve looked different from the dead serpent; her body was a mixture of black and white patterns, which showed she was the more matured version of the serpent.
Even the size of her body was at least twice as long and big.
“W- Wow!! Is that really Eve?” Maia spoke in shock, her eyes and mouth opening wide. Eve looked really majestic right now.
“Yes, she is Eve,” Jayden said. Then Eve returned to her actual form and jumped towards Jayden and landed on his arm.
“Kieeeuuu kiuu kieu.” Eve made several cute sounds, like a child explaining everything she had just done and how great she was feeling.
“Yeah, yeah, you did really well. Here is a reward for you.”
Jayden spoke as he patted her head gently. Then he took out an energy crystal from his ring and gave it to her as she began to devour the crystal enthusiastically.
“She indeed is quite special. So she can transform into any beast, as long as she could eat their hearts?” Maia questioned as she began to prepare the food.
“Yes, but right now, she only has these three forms,” he replied.
They chatted for some time while the food was being prepared. After having her fill, Eve went to sleep.
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After some time, the food was finally prepared, and they both ate together. As expected, it was quite delicious. After spending some time with her, Jayden had planned to leave.
When it was around the time of evening and he was about to leave, Maia asked him if he could stay for some more time. Since he was already done with all the preparations for Zeus, he agreed to stay there for the night.
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Early in the morning, Jayden left the mountain, and with the use of a portal, he appeared near Mount Olympus. First, he decided to take a bath and then go meet Zeus.
Even though it was only around seven in the morning, Zeus was already ready to leave, and for the first time, he was waiting for someone.
But he felt a new kind of excitement in his heart to try something completely different and new.
“I am leaving to oversee some important matters. In my absence, you should take care of everything,” Zeus spoke. Right now, he was floating in the air right above his palace.
In front of him was Apollo, who nodded with a firm expression on his face. He felt curious about where Zeus was going, but he didn’t ask anything.
‘Right now, my main goal is to take care of Jayden somehow. Should I take someone else’s help?’ Apollo wondered. Then he spoke:
“I understand, Father.”
“You can leave,”
“You can leave; I have some important matters to attend to,” Zeus spoke, his face containing the usual solemn expression. Apollo bowed in front of his father, then he turned around and left.
Zeus moved his gaze around, but Jayden was nowhere to be seen.
‘Should I go see him?’ he wondered. But just then, he saw Jayden leisurely walking towards him, a calm expression on his face.
‘As Eve’s strength increases, she needs more food. The energy crystals I got from this place before are already about to end; maybe I should get a few more,’
Jayden thought as he made his way towards Zeus. Then, instead of floating above, he waited down. After looking at him for a few seconds, Zeus came down.
“You have made me wait for quite long,” Zeus said, as if he was irritated, but he just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
“I am here on time, but you came a little too early. Anyway, before we start, there is something else I need,” Jayden spoke.
“What is it?” From his tone, Zeus was sure that Jayden was most probably done with all the preparations.
“I need some of those energy crystals. Those things are really needed.” Jayden put some weight over his words, then waited for his reply.
“That’s no big deal. Then let’s get those crystals first. Anyway, are you done with all the preparations?” Zeus questioned as they began to walk towards the shop.
“Yes, everything is ready. After getting these crystals, we will head out immediately.”
After that, they continued to walk in silence and soon arrived in front of a familiar shop, which had several dozen of those energy crystals. The quantity seemed higher than the last time.
“You can take as many as you want,” Zeus said, pointing towards the shop with his hand, and he just stood in front of the shop.
“Give me all the crystals you have in the shop, and if you have more in storage, then give me those too. Lord Zeus will be paying for it,” Jayden said, sweeping his gaze over all the crystals.
“…”
Zeus and the shopkeeper were both surprised and speechless, but the shopkeeper’s expression soon turned to one of joy since he would earn a big amount of profits from selling these energy crystals.
Zeus was silent; he didn’t try to stop Jayden. Everything here belonged to him, so just some energy crystals weren’t a big deal for him.
The shopkeeper arranged all the crystals as fast as he could, then he walked up to Jayden and questioned:
“Sir, do you want me to deliver this somewhere, or do you want to take them like last time?”
“…” Without saying anything, Jayden raised his right hand, pointed it towards the energy crystals, and immediately all of them were stored inside the ring.
Zeus was surprised by that ring, but right now he had something else to look forward to, so he waited patiently for Jayden to finish.
“Let’s go to the mortal land; you can experience new things there,” Jayden said as he walked back towards Zeus. But just as Zeus was about to fly, Jayden interrupted him:
“But before we leave, you have to consume this pill.”
Then he passed a big round pill, whose size was equal to half the size of a fist. It was completely black in color, and its surface was smooth.
“…”
Zeus took the pill and looked at it carefully. He didn’t sense any kind of energy from the pill, so after inspecting it, he turned his gaze towards Jayden and asked:
“Why do I have to eat this pill?”
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