Last chapter, the annual Holiday celebrating the birth of the Five Kings begun, Kingmas. Due to this as tradition Head Commander Prósopsi sent out the Commanders to go door to door to the citizens houses in order to make them feel more secure and happy in general. Back to the quartet, King Metallica wakes up the fairly uncooperative trio early in the morning in order to celebrate his favorite holiday and to finish their journey to Hopian's supposed greatest and sole remaining library.

Seric's P.O.V.

"I know I shouldn't have the right to be after killing that guy, but whoa... this snow really is calming and pretty..." I think to myself as me, Karia, and an ecstatic King Metallica walk through the snow covered abandoned roads of the Hopian Continent as Amandeath sleeps over King Metallica's shoulder, luckily with her being in her pink blue pajamas now.

"...Hey King Metallica, don't you think Amandeath is uh, you know kind of cold just wearing pajamas? Even I'm a bit chilly..." I say to him as I cross my arms to prove my point wearing Karia's thick hoodie.

"Hmhmhmhm- oh Nope! She told me she was fine before! And besides even pal #2 isn't cold wearing her super E.X.P.O.S.I.N.G. wide open blue vest shirt type o' deal, right pal #2?" He asks as he spins his crown covered head towards Karia and looks down at her.

"Actually, hm... Seric, give me back my hoodie." Karia asks as she holds out her hand.

"Hm? Oh, sure. Thanks for letting me wear it for now, you probably get colder than me so-"

"Now." She only says...

I sigh at my failed attempt to kiss up to her and start to pull my arms out of the sleeves, until I eventually pull it over my head and put it in her hand.

"Aw, sharing is caring you know! Nice job pals! But, boy oh boy I can't wait to show you guys E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. at the library we're almost there, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!" King Metallica shouts with enthusiasm which makes me smile a bit- though I stop as a breeze blows by and makes my eyes open wide.

"Shit it's way colder now... but hold on wait second, back at Magthera I couldn't feel any heat, so why am I getting so cold now? Maybe my body is just immune to heat? But why would it be though..." I think to myself while heavily squinting my face through the blowing snow while King Metallica continues to hum a tune while stomping through the snow and exaggeratingly swinging his arms.

A few hours later...

"H-Hey guys can we-we-we take a break soon? I'm cold..." I mumble in a jittery tone as I cross my arms and continue to walk with the three- yes three Amandeath is walking now through a snow covered alleyway.

Though, through the few times I've looked, Karia is shivering just as much as I am- but still isn't even wearing the hoodie I gave back to her...

"Oh come on pal it's Kingmas, don't worry this S.U.P.E.R. chilly weather'll toughen your invincible self right up trust me!" King Metallica says with enthusiasm and I just sigh in response- and get a glare back from him which immediately makes me stop. Not internally though, I could care less about Kingmas at this point...

"...Hey Karia, you took it back so why don't you put your sweater on anyways?... Too small or something?" I ask carefully as not to offend her.

"Oh, no I could wear it fine. I just didn't want you wearing it is all, unlike a inhuman bastard like you I can actually take the cold." Karia says with a casual look on her face which makes me squeeze my eyes shut and clench my fists so hard that it starts hurts.

"Karia I swear-"

"HMMMMMMMMMMM?!?!?!" King Metallica let's out a ear piercing sound.

"Whatissomeonehere?!" I ask extremely quickly as I immediately stumble towards him while Karia and Amandeath get ready to fight.

"Nope! There's just a little something on the ground here! Wanna check it out pal?" King Metallica says nonchalantly as he swings his arm onto my back to "pat" it.

"Jeez leave me alone! I mean... hahhhh, sure, I guess." I say with a long sigh as I bend down to the obvious snow covered bump where King Metallica is pointing his other hand. Hopefully doing something nice here will make this world want to take it easy on me...

"Huh... it's kind of squishy?" I say out loud after I brush some of the snow off of the object and feel the black material covering it.

I then start to brush more snow off of the object, and notice that the material on the object has a different thinner white and red material further up its length.

"Wait a second... um... guys" I say in worry as I start to make an assumption as to what I'm feeling after I notice that there are a few hard things that feel naturally lodged inside of the squishy object. Even more so moving some of the cloth material I can see the actual tan colored natural substance it's made of...

I then brush off more snow, and the object suddenly changes to a pitch red color dips down and-

"OH F- FUCK FUCKING HELL!!!!!!!" I scream from the top of my lungs as I jump backwards and slam into King Metallica's metal which makes me fall to the snow below by his feet.

He then gasps until he starts to say like a fucking maniac, "Nice find pal!"

Even Amandeath just looks down at the thing and seems amazed!

"Do... do you guys not see what I'm seeing?!?!" I shout in panic as I look back towards my find, seeing that Karia's eyes are opened wide as well as she backs away.

The find is of course the clothed normal waist of a person- except that's it. Their entire upper body and legs seem to have been ripped- no fucking bitten off due to the huge bite marks with some of their bloody mutilated organs being left on the ground where their chest should be- and their legs are just gone without a trace.

"Oh God... I mean gross, it- it fucking smells!!" Karia squeals as she tries to maintain her composure as she covers her mouth like she's about to throw up or something.

"Wooooooooooooow, this is the first time I've seen it... so the rumors really are true after all, I guess." Amandeath says lazily as she adjusts her blue rimmed glasses and kicks some of the snow away from the sides of the object to get a better view...

My fingers are now melting the snow around them, and looking down I'm secreting blue flames again?!

"Hey hey it's alright pal, no need to be afraid of a tad bit o' gore! Actually- have you even heard the nail biting story... of Hopian's C.A.N.N.I.B.A.L.?!" King Metallica says enthusiastcily from behind and above me as he weirdly rubs my shoulders for comfort... I think at least, until he swings them into the air, along with me.

"Ah! Put me down!... And no, I haven-"

"O.N.C.E. U.P.O.N. A. T.I.M.E., THERE WAS A PERSON WHO WAS BORN IN AND LOVED THE HOPIAN TERRITORY WITH ALL OF THEIR HEART!" King Metallica starts to shout and ignore me of course as he's still holding my ear pierced self in the air.

"They loved the land and everyone around them with all of their heart, as this was back in the good old days without all this interfering tech when everyone talked to each other!" King Metallica says as he drops me to the snow, looks down, and points up above us to one of the many massive see through tubes transferring fat people.

"This already sounds similar to his other stories, he's obsessed with the past... and being annoying." I think to myself with a small groan as even my legs are freezing now in the snow.

"But alas, as the person grew older, they slowly started to see everyone around them less and less- and the people they rarely DID see were growing highly unhappy!"

"...How come?" I try to be nice and engaged as I start to calm down and stand up since Karia and Amandeath aren't paying attention at all. Though I'm still mad at him obviously.

"How come? H.O.W. C.O.M.E.?! Good question! Because jobs were being lost all across the territory as well as handy resources, which lead to many people turning into the same rotten apples The Five Kings despised all those years ago! And in turn, the remaining good S.C.R.U.M.P.T.I.O.U.S. apples turned to despair." King Metallica explains with enthusiasm as he bends down towards me with creaking sounds.

"So what does th-"

"S.O., our protagonist obviously started to despise the people who were ruining the world and people around them that they ever so loved. This violent maelstrom of emotions led them to transform into a monster representing the hellfire of hate in their hearts! So now, once a year, its said that the monster- AKA the cannibal goes out on a calm night and D.E.V.O.U.R.S. an evildoer in Hopian for revenge!" King Metallica explains as he slams his jaw open and closed like he's chewing.

"Hm..." I say out loud as I start to contemplate his true this story could be...

"Furthermore! They always leave the waist of the V.I.L.E. human they eat intact as well as splattering their blood all over the scene in order to humiliate their prey! And look at this uterrly prime example of it, stories really do tell a whole lot of history eh pal?!" King Metallica says as he roughly nudges my shoulder and starts to walk towards the bloody scene of the chewed up waist which Amandeath has uncovered most of. Karia on the other hand is standing in front of it uneasily while looking away.

"Um, but if the monster eats people who are the most evil... wouldn't we be in danger because of us- or me?" I ask nervously which King Metallica doesn't even stop to listen to.

"Of course not pal! You're only evil in the media's eyes- I'm sure the cannibal would be able to see what truly lies in your heart! Plus it just ate my currently-not-so-bright pal!" King Metallica says encouragingly without even turning his head as he continues to walk past the body, which makes Amandeath start to walk towards the exit of the alleyway as well.

"Ah thanks I, guess..." I mumble as I start to jog towards the two, but for some reason Karia still hasn't moved yet and is standing shakily as she still only holds onto my hoodie even though she's shivering...

"H-hey, back in the Hopian Army, for years I've heard all sorts of re-re-reports about shitty cases like these... that story is true. And, we di-did see this happen more than once a year before so, you better watch o-o-out... "we"... the fuck am I saying, I already left em'! Ha, though at l-le-least I'm better off than you monster..." Karia manages to laugh at me through her intense shivering that actually has me a bit concerned.

But due to my own fearful shivering now, I audibly sigh and start to walk towards the other two who are about to exit the alleyway without us.

...

I keep on speed walking alone to the exit being lost in thought, until a bit later I finally see Karia walking behind me as well after taking a quick glance back...

A little while more of walking later...

"FINALLY, and to think we made it on Kingmas day too!" King Metallica shouts with enthusiasm as he swings his arms up into the air in front of the supposedly crazy library.

From what I'm seeing it really is huge with the entrance being made of beautiful white garnet pillars. But on the other hand it's stained with neon graffiti all over, as well as the awesome stone under the roof at least being covered in cracks. There's also the same old nasty streets around us as well, so I guess we're still not even in the more "advanced" areas of the Hopian Continent then.

"...Damn so this is where the place is, still on the outskirts... I think we're pretty close to where the person I need to go see myself is, so you mind if I leave you to this King Metallica?" Karia asks in a monotone tone as she looks up at him- and I just remembered he's still not even wearing his disguise!

"Hm? Oh wow is that so? What a coincidence, a Kingmas miracle! Of course you can, though, are ya' sure you'll be alright all alone? There's more of a P.L.E.T.H.O.R.A. of bandits out here than books in this library after all!"

"Course I will, I'm not weak. Like always... well I'm going then." Karia obviously tries to flatter herself as she waves off King Metallica and starts to walk in the opposite direction of the building...

"...Hey King Metallica, you should probably put your disguise ba-"

"ALRIGHTY then let's skedaddle! Inside I mean, there's a ton to do!" He interrupts me as he slams his hands together and starts to stomp towards the entrance.

"...At least this place is still far from the Army, I think..." I think to myself as Amandeath yawns and starts to walk with King Metallica as well.

A/N: Finally after miles of walking, the quartet reaches King Metallica's destination! Just what sort of knowledge will lie in the seemingly abandoned building?

I hope you guys consider voting or commenting if you enjoyed, and see you next week- actually, sorry but next week there might be a break chapter or none at all... maybe. I'll try my best to upload a normal one though!