Chapter 5: Little Runner
"Ughh" The skinny man gurgled on his own blood as he as fell to the ground.
"Huff, huff. Is...is he finally dead?" Fannum questioned as he looked at the skinny mans body. With all the adrenaline, Fannum had forgotten about the existence of the other two men.
"What the hell there's nobody here! That little bastard lied!" The big man yelled in frustration, he had finally gotten to the bush and realized that there was no one there. 'That little bastard, I'm gonna make sure he tells me where his dad is!' The big man thought innerly.
"Hey, little bastard!" The big man yelled as he turned. "I'm gonna make sure you tell th-" "What the fuck!?" The big man exclaimed in shock as he saw Fannum standing over the skinny man, blood had pooled at where the man lay.
"Boss what happ-" The other man rushed back when he heard the bigger man exclamation.
"The fuck!?" He was just as confused as the big man.
'Fuck, what am I doing?' Fannum came back to reality due to the big mans exclamation. As Fannum began to regathered his thoughts, the two men started to swiftly run towards Fannum. They were about 50m out, so if Fannum was to do something, it would be now or never.
Fannum knew he couldn't out run two fully grown men, he wasn't fast enough, though if he consumed and absorbed the energy of the man in front of him, he could potentially escape. After all, even if the man he killed was weak and malnourished, he was still an adult male.
'Gluttony!' Fannum put his focus into gluttony. His thoughts completely converged on the one thing, the ravenous and infinite energy that could consume all. 'I... I can feel it!' Fannum started to feel a warm but ravenous energy awake in him. He started to direct the energy towards his arm, he could feel it flow through his mana vessels, they were a derivative of blood vessels used to control and absorb energy.
The dark purple energy started to emit from Fannums palm. He accumulated it, and the energy started to become dense around his hand. After accumulating enough energy Fannum closed his hand and pulled back his arm, he then shot his arm forward and unclasped his hand. The dark purple energy flashed to the corpse in an instant. Fannum watched in curiosity as the energy quickly devoured the mans body, leaving no trace behind as it moved along.
Fannum retracted the energy and absorbed it, as he did so he felt invigorated. It was as if he had gotten 3 times stronger, he could feel his cells strengthen and his skin become denser along with his muscles and bones. His vision and hearing improved a little bit, and as it did, he realized that the big man was about 2 meters away from him.
Fannum got into position as if he was a track athlete, tightened his calves and ran with all his strength, as he did he made sure to leave the two men with a salty feeling.
"Fuck you! Hahahahahahaha!" Fannum gave them the finger as he ran down the path, as he nearly made it down the hill, he could see the bigger mans face contort in anger, Fannum was amused by this, but then the mans face became resolute, as if he had decided on something.
'Huh? What is that bastard planning?' Fannum questioned cautiously as he felt a chill run down his spine.
"Whoosh"
Before Fannum could question what the big man was thinking, he suddenly disappeared, leaving a cover of dust behind. 'What the Fuck!?' Fannum wanted to scream but kept it in as to not waste breath. Fannum had lost visible conformation on the big man and he was now running with all his might. He was nearing the densely populated part of the slums and was only 30 meters away.
"Whoosh"
Fannums eyes nearly popped out of his head as the big man appeared in front of him. The big man swung with all his might as he appeared in front of Fannum. He had a deadly gaze as he looked at Fannum. At first the man was just going to extort the boy and his father for a protection fee, as his boss commanded, but now Fannum had killed one of his men and had thoroughly pissed him off.
'Damn' Fannum thought as he barely dodged the punch by jumping to the side. Though he dodged most of the hit, it still somewhat connected. Due to this, Fannums shoulder was shattered. He wanted to scream in pain, but kept it in as to not give the big bastard satisfaction.
"I have to admit boy, I'm surprised that you managed to dodge my attack, but you didn't think these muscles were just for show did you?" The big man questioned with an evil grin as if he was mocking Fannum.
"By the way little fuck, what'd you do to Crane?" Sweat seemed to bead down the mans head as he thought back to the memory.
Fannum didn't reply as he noticed that the man was in thought. Taking advantage of the situation, Fannum got into a crouch like position and jump-rolled forward continuing to run towards the slummy buildings, and the densely packed street markets.
"Hey you little shit!" The big man reacted quickly to what had happened, but by then it was to late, Fannum was already too close to the street markets and once in, he would lose the boy.
"Damn it!" The big man could only yell in frustration as he watched Fannums fleeting back enter the crowed of people.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
CluelessTurtle
CluelessTurtle My bad for not uploading any chapters for three days, I was busy with school so I couldn’t really afford to write.
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone