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Short Story Of Nihilo

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There was a species said to had been born before written history came into existence, it was said to had formed on the beaches, created out of a thin layer of sea foam, and as it walked across the sand for the first time, still dripping with water, the creature was completely empty, it reacted quickly and decided to feed on every living thing around it, very slowly turning less and less hollow, and more human the more it consumed. The Cavhivis was said to be created for only one purpose; destruction. It soon found quite a liking in another race, the Saltus were nomadic, pagan and favored to settle in the forest, they consisted mainly of small families, and within only a few months the Cavhivis realized that flesh and blood of this race was …show more content…

They had superb senses, and camouflage abilities able to snatch Saltus out of the shadows. It was said that some humans were turned into Nihilo after going somewhere wrong in life, and they stayed in this gruesome form, forced to hunt Saltus until they turned “human” again. It was quite a disturbing fate, as you didn’t have a choice in what you wanted to do. You either killed or wandered around forever, in the body of a grotesque monster with only one purpose. The human became known as a Cavis, turned suddenly turned back into its human form upon completing its journey as a Nihilo. Cavis’ were indistinguishable from humans in every physical way but kept their senses all the way to the second phase, which made assisting the Nihilo a lot easier. Still a terrible fate however, an eternity forced to assist, forced to kill in order for your species to survive. Where did you have to go wrong in life to deserve such a …show more content…

I stared directly at him, lips agape as if I wanted to say something. A smile appeared on his rounded face, making his mustache rise revealing pale and chapped lips. “You must be new here.” He walked over to me and put his rough and beefy hand on my back, observing me from all angles, murmuring quietly to himself. I laughed nervously in response, just to prove that I wasn’t braindead yet. He let go of the grip he had on my back and raised his clenched fist to his lips to cough dryly a few times. “My name is Kevin Miles.” the man finally introduced himself “And I know what you’re probably thinking. ‘Where am I?’ Well dear welcome to the Isles of Wight. This here is a community for most underage Cavis, as we have noticed in the recent years, the ages of our members have been slowly…declining, so we reacted by establishing a proper community for our youth.” I blinked a few times, as my gaze slowly drifted to my feet, it was taking me a while to process all this information. “That’s right…” I opened my dry lips to speak for the first time “Cavis retain the age they were during their last breathing human

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