Eater Blade: Grinding in Apocalypse-Chapter 62: LEVEL 1 ABNORMAL EATER: STONE BEASTS.

The darkness had been lit by the soft glow of the stones until something else lit up the space. A flash of violet.

Johnquis slowly tightened his grip on his blade. "That’s not a stone."

More violet lights blinked on. Dozens of them. They were scattered across the cavern like stars waking up.

They weren’t lights. They were eyes.

Eyes with deep violet slits. Round and bulbous, set into pale, stretched faces pressed along the walls. Dozens of them. Then more.

The light caught on their slick, stretched bodies—thin limbs curled and clinging to the crystal.

A silent alert flashed across their HUDs.

[Abnormal Eater Detected]

Level: [1]

Feed Points: [+500]

They were surrounded. The cavern pulsed with violet light.

The Abnormals began peeling off the walls one by one. Each movement was slow and unnervingly smooth. Their bodies shimmered under the crystal veins, stone and flesh fused into warped armor. Embedded in their skin were glowing fragments of ruby, sapphire, topaz, obsidian, amethyst—a kaleidoscope of corrupted beauty.

Their eyes locked onto the trio.

No sound. No roar. Just silence before the storm.

Savier took a step back, eyes darting across the swarm as more peeled free from the walls. "...Okay. I take it back. Bury me somewhere with fewer fucking eyeballs."

Johnquis gripped his chains tighter. "Shit... this whole floor’s swarming with Abnormals. Every last one’s fused with different stone fragments."

He spun his chain once, the links whistling with tension. "We need space. Now."

The cavern pulsed. Eaters hissed, limbs clicking and claws scraping against crystal.

Savier dropped into stance, blade already halfway morphing. "No use waiting."

Dancer was already sliding forward, legs coiled.

And then the swarm descended.

The first one lunged—a flash of claws and glowing stone. Dancer struck before the beast landed, twisting her body and launching into a spinning heel-strike.

SHLNK!

Her blade dragged sparks across the Abnormal’s jawline. It staggered but didn’t fall.

"Armor’s thicker than it looks," Johnquis muttered.

Another one rushed him from the side. He lashed a chain—

SNAP!

Catching its ankle mid-leap and slamming it sideways into a crystal wall. Stone cracked, and it screamed, but didn’t die.

Savier pivoted beside him, flipping his weapon into sword-mode and leaping in. "Let me soften it up!"

He slashed the Abnormal’s exposed throat—

CLANG!

Only to rebound off solid armor.

"Nope. Solid as hell!"

Another eater came from above—dropping like a stone. Dancer backflipped out of the way and landed in a perfect pirouette.

[Skill: Pirouette Slash – Blood Cost: 2%]

She rotated on the point of her heel—blade out, slicing in a wide arc. The spinning kick caught two Eaters mid-charge and opened their throats in a clean, circular slash.

SHRRRIP. SPLASH.

[Feed Count: +1,000]

[Feed Count: 57,000 / 70,000] – Johnquis

Savier’s eyes flicked toward the mess. "Okay—that was hot."

Dancer gave him a sideways glance, nothing more.

Two more burst from the stone behind her. She ducked low without a sound.

Her hands touched down. Legs whipped in a deadly, sweeping spin, heel-blades flashing.

WHRRRSHK! fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Their stone ankles shattered. Both Abnormals collapsed, howling.

Johnquis let out a sharp laugh. "Shit—if I had moves like that, I’d never walk again. I’d just spin and kill."

Dancer flipped back to her feet, casting him a look like she was humoring a master she never asked for.

Savier’s eyes dropped to her legs. "Those legs could kill a god. I bet they’ve got... other talents too, huh? Damn, Dancer, you’re something else—"

Another Eater lunged at him. He twisted right, shotgun snapping up.

BOOM!

The shot landed point-blank but barely cracked its plating.

"Goddamn it—!"

Savier cursed, flipping the shotgun to blade-mode. He dashed in a tight zigzag, dodging its next lunge. Ducking under a claw, he leapt and drove the blade through the joint in its neck.

SLISHK!

[Feed Count: +500]

[Feed Count: 9,800 / 20,000] – Savier

"Two hundred left!" he shouted.

The floor split, not with an explosion, but with a sick, gurgling tear. Five more Abnormals emerged, some crawling upside down across the ceiling, their claws scraping grooves into the crystal with high-pitched screeches.

Savier spun, panic cracking his voice. "Oh oh... Johnquis! I’m flanked—!"

Johnquis didn’t move at first. He just tilted his head. "What, that’s it? You calling for help now? I thought you were built different."

A slow grin spread across his face. "Alright, I’ll babysit."

[Skill: HELL’S SNARE – Blood Cost: 10%]

Activating...

Johnquis slammed his hand to the floor. "HELL’S SNARE!"

Chains shot out in a flash, snapping around ankles mid-lunge. Three Eaters stumbled as their rhythm broke. Spectral chains of light erupted in every direction—thin, fast, and glowing faint silver. They wrapped around limbs and wrists, yanking the creatures back like puppets on tangled strings.

Status: Snared (3.6s)

Movement locked. Attacks slowed. Dash disabled.

The swarm staggered, caught just long enough for the kill window to open.

Savier shouted, "I LOVE YOU, YOU SICK CHAINED-UP BASTARD!"

He launched himself forward, shotgun-blade shifting mid-swing. "Time to show these monsters how to get banged hard and sliced up fast."

He slashed low, rolled under a claw, then fired point-blank into the chest of a frozen Abnormal.

"Hey, ugly! You might just be the key to unlocking my first skill, baby!"

BOOM.

[Feed Count: +500]

[Feed Count: 10,300 / 20,000] – Savier

[SYSTEM NOTICE]

-Feed Count Threshold Reached

[NEW SKILL UNLOCKED]

[Skill: DASH STRIKE – Blood Cost: 3%]

- Instantly dash a short distance in any direction. If attacking mid-dash, adds +30% impact damage and temporary stagger effect.

His eyes lit up. "OH, FUCK YES."

Without a second thought and definitely without reading the full description—he just activated it.

FWSSH!

He became a blur, dashing between two Eaters with a single movement. His blade flashed mid-motion, slicing open their guts as they stumbled, choking on blood.

[Feed Count: +500]

[Feed Count: 10,800 / 20,000] – Savier

[Feed Count: +500]

[Feed Count: 11,300 / 20,000] – Savier

He skidded to a stop, panting, smiling wide. "Yup. That’s it. I’m officially the main character now."

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