Creeping Hunger

Creeping Hunger
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Item Information
Grade	2
Appearance	A thin human-skinned glove.
Birth	June 15
Possessor(s)	Adam (Current) Amon (Former) Klein Moretti (Former) Azik Eggers (Former) Qilangos (Former)
Power & Downside
Corresponding Pathway(s)	Hanged Man
Power	Can use the stored souls' Beyonder abilities. Allows the user to hide in shadows. Turn bodies into flesh bombs.
Downside	Consumes a human's soul and flesh for each twenty-four-hour period it is used. It will praise the True Creator from time to time. Consumes a human's soul and flesh per day. (Former)
First Appearance
Novel	Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 146 (Mentioned) Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 187 Circle of Inevitability, Chapter 1031 (Mentioned)

“	In the future, the souls I graze will only come from people who have committed heinous and unforgivable crimes. For every such Beyonder I kill, I’ll replace one of you and release you, regardless of whether I need their powers or not.	„
— Klein Moretti to wailing souls in Creeping Hunger on Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 481

The Creeping Hunger is a powerful Sealed Artifact with the power of a Sequence 5, Shepherd of the Hanged Man Pathway. After combining with Mr. A, it also gained certain abilities from Sequences 6 and 7 of the Hanged Man Pathway.

History

According to the Interrogator soul in the glove, this artifact's origins go back at least as early as Year 1338. Klein suspected the former owner of the Creeping Hunger was a Feysac captain who participated in the Konotop sea battle. This glove was later given to Qilangos by the Twilight Hermit Order.

Qilangos wielded this artifact and became a famous pirate. Later on, Creeping Hunger was taken by Azik Eggers after killing Qilangos and then sealed through his Death Pathway abilities. After using it to regain some of his memories, Azik bequeathed it to Klein.

Azik sealed the Creeping Hunger with his Death Pathway abilities, reducing its downside to only requiring a soul every time it is used. Klein then made it a regular part of his equipment when fighting.

After traveling to Foggy Town of the Hornacis Mountain Range, the Creeping Hunger fused with Mr. A's soul and Beyonder Characteristic, giving it another upgrade.

Klein lost it when he committed suicide to escape from Amon in the Forsaken Land of the Gods.

It appeared next to Adam and Amon after the latter lost the battle with The Fool Klein.

Appearance

The Creeping Hunger is a thin human-skinned glove.

Its color changes depending on the will of its user, or when using an ability, eg, gold when using powers from the Sun Pathway, emitting a sinister and noble blackness when using the power of Black Emperor Pathway, turning transparent as if it was a shadow of the spirit world when using power from Door Pathway.

It can also become invisible in camouflage mode.

Power & Downside

Power

Creeping Hunger allows the wearer to use the stored souls' Beyonder abilities. It has two modes, Grazing and Devouring, the former is to capture a soul and Beyonder characteristic, while the latter is to feed it. When a soul is released, it will leave behind its Beyonder characteristic.

It has a camouflage effect when not in use and couldn’t be detected by most Beyonder means; it can be switched between its original appearance, gloves of various colors, and camouflaging it as skin, revealing only its wearer's bare hand underneath.

• Initially
  • It can store a maximum of 5 souls, one per finger.
  • Each soul randomly grants 1-3 abilities each.
  • It takes 1 second to switch between souls, it is slower than a real Shepherd.
  • It cannot graze demigod souls.
• After fusing with Mr. A's Beyonder Characteristic
  • It can store a maximum of 7 souls, apart from the five fingers, the palm and the back of the palm can each Graze one more soul.
  • Each soul will have 2-3 abilities each, one of which can be picked, while the others are still random.
  • Switching between souls is now considerably faster.
  • It can graze one Sequence 4 soul.
  • Creeping Hunger itself has the abilities of "Shadow Lurking" and "Flesh Bomb" that respectively belong to Shadow Ascetic and Rose Bishop.

Downside

• Initially
  • It has to consume a living person’s soul and flesh every day. Otherwise, it would consume its owner as a replacement.
• After Mr. Azik seals it
  • It only requires a human's soul and flesh to be consumed when it is used.
    • After spending a long time with Klein, it had adjusted to him. It didn’t need to be fed after every use. It had been restored to its original state. Once it was activated, it just needed to eat once in a twenty-four-hour period, regardless of how many times it was used during that period. Of course, there was no need for it to be fed on the day it wasn’t used.
• After fusing with Mr. A's Beyonder Characteristic
  • It requires a human's soul and flesh per day, requiring the user's soul if there are no other souls to be eaten.
  • It will praise the True Creator from time to time in the spirit of the user, bringing confusion and pain, and the risk of being noticed by "Him".
    • Klein convinced it to do it only thrice a day and warn him beforehand.
• After Mr. Azik seals it again
  • It only requires a human's soul and flesh to be consumed for each twenty-four hour period it has been used.
  • It still wants to praise the True Creator, with the same conditions: only thrice a day and it has to warn Klein beforehand.

Although the Creeping Hunger had been Undying sealed by Azik, its thirst for flesh and souls remains and is always trying to manifest itself. If the wearer is willing to kill, his desire may be amplified.

Sealing Method

After fusing with Mr. A and Frank Lee's creation, it developed an intense fear of mushrooms. If there are any mushrooms within 5 meters, no abilities can be used.

List of Souls

Initially given from Mr. Azik

• Interrogator (Released)

Name	Andy Haydn	Pathway	Justiciar
Background	Died 1338. Second Mate of the Enmat.
Abilities	Sequence 7 - Interrogator Psychic Piercing Weapon proficiency Strong focus
Soul Obtained	Grazed by a user before Qilangos. Released, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 781.

• Priest of Light (Released)

Name	Unknown	Pathway	Sun
Background	A Member of the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun.
Abilities	Sequence 9 - Bard Imbue power through singing Sequence 5 - Priest of Light Light of Purification Light of Holiness
Soul Obtained	Grazer unknown. Released, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 686.

• Nightmare (Released)

Name	Davy Raymond	Pathway	Darkness
Background	A Red Glove killed while tracking ancient chronicles from Balam.
Abilities	Sequence 7 - Nightmare Forcefully Pull People Into Dreams
Soul Obtained	Grazed by Qilangos. Released, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 529.

• Faceless (Released)

Name	Unknown	Pathway	Fool
Background	A member of the Secret Order. Killed on a journey to find mermaids to advance. Fears Zaratul.
Abilities	Sequence 6 - Faceless Change appearance and build.
Soul Obtained	Grazed by Qilangos. Released, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 483.

• Psychiatrist (Released)

Name	Unknown	Pathway	Visionary
Background	A member of the Psychology Alchemists. Attacked by Qilangos while traveling to Toscarter island.
Abilities	Sequence 7 - Psychiatrist Frenzy Psychological Cue Awe
Soul Obtained	Grazed by Qilangos. Released, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 601.

Grazed by Klein

• Zombie

Name	Steel Maveti	Pathway	Chained
Background	The second mate of the Senor's flagship. After failing to kill Danitz, he was hunted by Klein.
Abilities	Sequence 6 - Zombie Unleash critical attack Mastery of ice Zombie manipulation
Soul Obtained	Obtained, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 528.

• Baron of Corruption

Name	Mithor King	Pathway	Black Emperor
Background	Former captain of Qilangos's pirate ship. The third mate of Tracy's flagship. He was killed when investigating Gherman Sparrow.
Abilities	Sequence 7 - Briber Bribe - Weaken Sequence 6 - Baron of Corruption Distortion
Soul Obtained	Obtained, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 599.

• Desire Apostle

Name	Slaughterer Kircheis	Pathway	Abyss
Background	The second mate of Agalito. Proactively hunted by Klein.
Abilities	Sequence 6 - Devil Sulfur Fireball Sequence 5 - Desire Apostlle Language of Foulness - Slow Sword of Lava
Soul Obtained	Obtained, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 685.

• Traveler

Name	Lewis Wien (Mr. X)	Pathway	Door
Background	One of the traitors of the Abraham Family. A member of the Aurora Order. Killed by Klein after Fors Wall requested his assassination.
Abilities	Sequence 9 - Apprentice Door Opening Sequence 5 - Traveler Traveler's Door
Soul Obtained	Obtained, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 779.

After fusion with Mr. A's

After fusion with Mr. A's Beyonder Characteristic. The Creeping Hunger mutated and gained new souls, some souls fused with remaining souls and enhanced or gained new abilities.

No Change:

• Zombie

Soul Owner(s)	Steel Maveti	Pathway	Chained
Abilities	Sequence 6 - Zombie Unleash critical attack Mastery of ice Manipulate zombies

Fused Souls:

• Baron of Corruption

Soul Owner(s)	Mithor King and Mr. A's Black Emperor Beyonder	Pathway	Black Emperor
Abilities	Sequence 7 - Briber Bribe - Weaken Sequence 6 - Baron of Corruption Distortion Corrosion (New added ability)

• Desire Apostle

Soul Owner(s)	Kircheis and Mr. A's Devil	Pathway	Abyss
Abilities	Sequence 6 - Devil Sulfur Fireball Sequence 5 - Desire Apostle Language of Foulness - Slow (Enhanced) Sword of Lava (Enhanced)

• Traveler

Soul Owner(s)	Lewis Wien and Mr. A's Scribe	Pathway	Door
Abilities	Sequence 9 - Apprentice Door Opening Sequence 6 - Scribe Record (New added ability. Can only target demigods, higher success chance) Sequence 5 - Traveler Traveler's Door

New Souls:

• Wind-blessed

Soul Owner(s)	Mr. A's Unknown soul	Pathway	Tyrant
Abilities	Sequence 7 - Seafarer Deep Dive Water Control Sequence 6 - Wind-blessed Fly (Short distance)

• Affliction

Soul Owner(s)	Mr. A's Unknown soul	Pathway	Demoness
Abilities	Sequence 6 - Pleasure Charm Sequence 5 - Affliction Spread Ailment

• Doctor

Soul Owner(s)	Mr. A's Unknown soul	Pathway	Mother
Abilities	Sequence 8 - Doctor Distinguish time Treat Serious Ailments Soul Stiching

• Soul Assurer (Released)

Soul Owner(s)	Mr. A's Unknown soul	Pathway	Darkness
Abilities	Sequence 7 - Nightmare Forcefully Pull People Into Dreams Sequence 6 - Soul Assurer Put a Spirit Body to Sleep.
Soul Released	Released, Lord of Mysteries, Chapter 845.

Trivia

• The Creeping Hunger was sealed twice by Azik Eggers. When the first sealed broke, Klein used Frank's mushroom to restrain its usual urges.
• It has a birthday celebration event in QiDian app on July 15th, 2020.

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