"Sizzle, sizzle!"
Under the golden-orange flames, grease seeped from the pitch-black octopus tentacle, accompanied by an indescribable fragrance that seemed to hook anyone who smelled it.
Seafood always had a distinctive briny savor, and this was no exception. But more than that, it gave off the pure aroma of roasting meat. Not a single seasoning had been added, yet its fragrance filled the air.
Kroya had eaten his fair share of fine foods.
But this aroma stirred more than his taste buds and appetite. Even his mental power was clamoring for him to swallow the black tentacle whole.
"Shouldn't be poisonous."
"Let's have a taste, then."
He bit straight into it. First came a satisfyingly chewy texture, followed by incomparably delicious fat and meat. A single bite left him feeling profoundly satisfied in both body and mind.
Well... once someone became Legendary and their form of life changed, their need for food dwindled to almost nothing. They could even go without eating or drinking entirely.
That also meant their appetite would be affected.
Yet this thing had actually awakened his appetite. The fact that he managed to stay calm and eat the entire tentacle, half as big as his body, one bite at a time rather than tearing into it like a starving beast already showed how extraordinary it was.
"It really does taste good."
After finishing one, he looked toward the other severed tentacles, as well as those still attached, with bright eyes and licked his lips.
"There are plenty more. If I put them all into stasis in the Time Luminary warehouse, then have the Tower Spirit research how to cook them..."
The tentacles still fighting the others flinched under his heated gaze. Without hesitation, they began withdrawing, intent on fleeing.
But now that Kroya had tasted the