Hanna POV 

Why is my stomach killing me for more food? The Anjanath was the size of a two-story house and I ate down to the bone marrow! This isn't normal, I know the system is converting anything I eat into bioenergy, but I should at least feel slightly sated. 

My urge to eat was growing and I charged into the forest, feasting on everything I could get ahold of. Fish, Jagras, Wingdrakes, bugs, you name it. Anything that I could take bites out of was eaten bones and all yet nothing could curb the aching pain in my stomach. 

I must have combed the entirety of the forest before I stopped finding anything. Whatever was put there was avoiding my attempts to find it and it was frustrating me to no end. 

But then I picked up a scent. 

And oh, did it smell good.

I took to the skies and flew up and over the huge tree in the center of the ancient forest, and my eyes widened at what I saw. I looked around and saw a desert region, a vast region of coral, muted pinks and blues, but what my senses were driving me to was a crevasse in the ground of this coral region.

I flew in, rocketing toward the ground before spreading my wings and pulling up to a halt abruptly. Have I mentioned how fun flying is? Third favorite thing behind evolving and sex. 

My nose is assaulted by the stench of rot but rather than make me retch, the maddening ache in my stomach made me regard this place as if it were a land of sweets. 

I descended into this place after the System that it's called the Rotten Vale, the remains of a giant monster that is still decomposing to this day. Hearing this, I couldn't help myself and gouge a hunk of meat from the wall and use my claws to cut it in half, cooking one with my fire breath and eating it. 

My eyes widened, the taste of this monster was heavenly! How could something that was a rotting corpse taste so delicious?

Then my jaw dropped.