THE GOD EATER Novel Chapter 14: What Are Metacs?

Chapter 14: What Are tacs?

He wanted to say these things out loud to Slav, but he kept them within his heart because he didn’t dare to draw the ire of Muni by saying sothing that might disrupt his class. He didn’t want to be lashed enough to bleed, so he kept quiet.

But the fact that he had to keep quiet about his true feelings only made him angrier. He wished dearly that he could punch the smug look on Slav’s face and knock out so of his teeth.

He knew that Slav was extrely talented, abnormal even, but he refused to believe that Slav had advanced because of cultivation. He is willing to bet his left kidney and an arm that Slav acquired his cultivation by using a cloudy date.

Just thinking about it made him furious, and he beca furious the more he thought about it. "Not only is his talent outrageous, but he is also extrely wealthy. If I hadn’t taken the Rewind tac from him, there would be no stopping him. No wonder he was smug when he awakened the Rewind tac in the first tiline. I would be too."

Finally, he cried out inwardly, saying, "Is life fair? Is there any fairness in the world?"

Then he rembered his situation, so he cald down and said, "Right. I have Fenrir, so I’m cheating too. So maybe I don’t have any right to complain."

He was able to calm himself down quickly despite how infuriating the whole situation was, but not everyone else was as "mature" as he was.

Many people didn’t like that Slav had advanced so quickly, and they especially didn’t like how he treated his progress as a normal thing that wasn’t worth ntioning. This all showed on their faces if they were sincere enough about what they were feeling.

The young man with the Sword Heart tac, Craig, in particular, was fuming. He looked as if fire would co out of his eyes as he glared at Slav.

But so other people weren’t so honest with their feelings. Many of them smiled at Slav and congratulated him.

Slav’s sycophants went the extra length in this ass-kissing ritual. The sight was bad for Loki to see because he knew that if they could kiss Slav’s ass in exchange for so benefits, they would take it. So their behavior quickly beca too disgusting and sickening for Loki to watch.

Eventually, Muni called the class to order. Then he said, "For the next hour, I will teach you all that you need to know about tacs and the skillful use of tacs. Then you will have the rest of the day for yourself."

"Tomorrow, I’ll introduce willpower and how to train it to you. This will take up three hours of your ti, too."

"For this week, we will spend one hour on cultivation, tacs, and Dao heart for a total of three hours every day. At the end of the week, you will then pick your first tacs and decide on your path of cultivation."

Everyone was excited to hear that they would be able to start using tacs soon. Even Slav was excited despite being so rich. It made Loki, who had an important reason for wanting to gain tacs, beco suspicious.

He asked himself, "I saw yesterday that we can buy tacs with money. So what could be great about what Muni is offering that makes Slav, this rich second-generation young master, so full of anticipation?"

He was wondering about this to himself, but had to stop thinking about it because Muni began his lecture in earnest.

Muni said, "Let’s start from the beginning. What are tacs?"

"tacs are taphysical objects. They are neither living things nor nonliving things. In fact, I dare say that they have transcended the definition of life and death. They are the power of the world made manifest in a form that can be grasped and used."

"The nature of tacs is why they are called fragnts of the power of the world and fragnts of the great dao. You can call tacs anything you want, but the fact remains that they are powerful objects that one must have in order to produce power."

He chucked and said, "After my many years of cultivation, I have heard many fairy tales about how ancient cultivators were better than us. It is said that ancient cultivators all have longer lifespans and can easily replenish their energy from the atmosphere. But I have never heard anyone say that ancient cultivators are stronger than us."

At this point, he shook his head and said, "The fairy tales might be true or false. I can’t tell. But I have asked myself this question: if the ancient cultivators were so great, why did they disappear?"

"Many people have asked this question, and so of them have found so answers. The most popular answer is that we, the new cultivators, are stronger than the ancient cultivators. This is why the ancient cultivators faded into history despite having a longer lifespan than we do."

He shook his head again and said, "I don’t know if this is true. But I do know without a doubt that ancient cultivators couldn’t use tacs. There is simply no record of it. Not even in fairy tales."

"As far as we can tell, ancient cultivators use spells, and their spells rely on environntal energy to empower them. It is only we, the new cultivators, who use tacs. I suspect that it is our use of tacs that made us stronger and capable of eliminating ancient cultivators into extinction."

After he said this, he began to pace back and forth. It seed he had beco too agitated and engrossed with his lecture to stand in one position.

He said, "There are different types and kinds of tacs, but they all range from rank 1 to rank 9. For now, all you need to know is that there are Core tacs and Branch tacs. Then there are Common tacs and Divine tacs."