*Screeeeeeeechh!!!!*
Just as it was going to throw the rock in the direction of the nest.
A high-pitched eagle cry was heard, it sounded furious!
The Mandrills on the nearby branches fell from the trees one after the another, whether they are alive or dead is unknown.
The peak Mandrill was first alarmed then shocked than terrified. It turned around and started running at a crazy speed in the opposite direction of the cry.
A big black shadow was following it at an even crazier speed!
The Mama Eagle!
But it seems to be even larger than what I remember? It's not a different eagle, It's her.
In just a second both her and the peak monster were out of my sight, I could no longer see them.
Oh shit! Where did you go come and protect us!!
I started looking around in case another one came in...
I only have the mana for 2 Wind Blades.
I stretched my senses to the limit mainly my vision and spiritual sense, they are sharp.
The ground below the trees is filled with Vunamian Mandrills.
'Appraise'
I appraised them and found out that they're alive!
However, they were injured from the fall.
Should I take this opportunity to level up to 10? But what if a monster came in and I have no way to defend myself?
I remembered that the system said the Mama eagle is Foundation Establishment's lower realm.
She won't take too long in killing that monkey.
I jumped out of the nest and I went to the branches where they were previously.
There are 3 Mid-Body Refinement Mandrills here that was caught in the branches when they lost consciousness.
I quickly made my way to them I need to be quick in fear that they might wake up.
*Splish*
I hit the first one right in the head, my beak was filled with blood and brain matter. I almost threw up in his brain.
[You have Killed a Body Refinement(Mid) Monster |Experience Points +2000|]
I went to the others and killed them in the same way.
[You have Killed a Body Refinement(Mid) Monster |Experience Points +2000|]
[Congratulations Host for Leveling up from 8 to 9. +5 Stat Points, +2 Skill Points.]
'System where does the body hide mana?'
I wanted to only eat the part that has the richest mana to recover fast and kill the others before they wake up.
[All monsters below The Core Formation Realm have their mana spread out equally in their bodies.]
I could tell why just from the word 'Core'.
I came back to the nest leaving their bodies there.
The female little eagle is shaking like a leaf, she was sitting in the corner of the nest since the beginning.
Poor thing... You've just been born but you were almost killed several times and there is no telling if you'd even survive the rest of the week.
I wanted to go sit down beside her to console her a bit, but these fucking monkeys wait for no one.
I can feel them twitching below... then they started to wake up one after the other.
Thankfully when the first one woke up, it immediately turned tail and ran. Maybe the memory of him hearing that cry is still fresh in their memories.
On second thought, it made sense. Just that peak monster alone was like a calamity walking not to mention a Foundation Establishment Spiritual attack.
But aren't they dead? They have very low spiritual resistance, maybe it's an attack that isn't necessarily offensive just makes people blackout? Could be...
I didn't waste this and immediately killed two Mid-level monsters, I wanted to kill a high-rank one but there were few and they were outside of my range, I also wasn't confident in killing them with just one blow, to be honest.
[You have Killed a Body Refinement(Mid) Monster |Experience Points +2000|]
[You have Killed a Body Refinement(Mid) Monster |Experience Points +2000|]
Looking at my experience points, I was frustrated...
Experience Points(Exp): 4650/4700
Holy hell, shit luck.
I only need 50 EXP...
The Mandrills have all mostly gone except a few who broke their legs when they fell from the trees.
My head is aching, I think it's due to mana exhaustion. I feel very tired both physically and mentally, I've been through a lot the moment I opened my eyes a while ago. Yes, a while ago. It's only been no more than 20 minutes give or take since I first woke up.
I only have around 10 mana...
Should I go down the tree? I can kill one of those broken-legged monkeys easily...
No, forget it. These Mandrills are also good at close-range fighting, maybe even more than their long-range rock-throwing skills I can tell just by looking at their arms, they're stacked with muscles all over.
I stood at the edge of the nest, squinting my eyes and observing the Mandrills below. They're a force to be reckoned with, if they've taken me seriously from the get-go there is no way in hell I'd survive the long-range attacks of dozens.
They came high-spirited playing, killed the High Body Refinement one they stopped advancing then the boss showed and the big eagle soon followed suit.
The smell of blood is too pungent, yuck.
The Mandrills have all mostly left, I can only see a couple of them and even they are on their way to their home maybe.
I jumped on a nearby branch where I previously left the three bodies.
I made my way to the nearest one and started eating it, I need to grow feathers that's my priority right now.
I really can't get used to eating these, the taste is fine and all but the sight man...
Bloody with intestines all over, mind you I was vegetarian now I'm eating raw corpses, the irony.
Still, even though, I am a monster now I have my bottom line, like I don't eat monster dicks that's a psychological hurdle I'm not willing to consider passing at all. Unless there are benefits, of course, I've always thought of myself as a rational guy.
So, would I eat a monster dick if let's say it gives me 5 Vitality or Stamina? You bet your ass I would, I would slurp it like a noodle. I'm not gay for monsters or something just benefits. After all no one's watching, otherwise there is no way in hell I'd do it.
Forget it, I feel like I've talked about monster dicks for too long, monster dicks.
As I was saying, bottom line! No dicks, no anuses... Hmm, what else? intestines, brain matter, face. Yeah, this sounds about right.
As I finished eating this one, I thought of eating the other two but I really couldn't I felt so stuffed that if I added a grape I'd explode.
I carried the body of the second Mandrill and brought it to her, the baby chick.
She started eating it, though she looks very downcast.
I can't bring myself to call her my sister, lives are constantly lost in this forest I don't need any heartache. It's not the only reason though, I was human she's a monster the best I could do is probably look at her as a pet and I've built a lot of walls around me psychologically speaking, It's not easy to open up. If I someday would call someone sister I'd either wholeheartedly mean it or just say it because I need something from the other party.
More than that we've just met, technically we're indeed brother and sister. Wait wait wait!
Why did I assume that I was born into a male eagle body just because I was male previously? Oh no.
Previously, I could tell looking at them whether they were male or female but I can't do it on myself for some reason.
'System what gender I am currently?'
[Male.]
Pheew... How awkward would it have been to be chased by males from my species trying to breed with me? Now that is a scenario I'd like not to think about.
Amitabha, drop all thoughts and be free.
As I was going back to bring the third body that I left on the branch to the nest for Quote-on-Quote later use, I felt a movement.
I sensed it is a better word, this new power is strange I haven't gotten used to it yet. Spirit Sense.
I focused my senses behind the bark of the tree in front of me, and I could sense very weak life energy.
I went around some branches until arrived at a place which would give me vision there, and I saw a Mandrill monkey!
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It was just of the Mid-Body Refinement, I could tell from the size of the body without an appraisal.
This one was pretty messed up, I assume that it was high up in the trees so when it fell it was damaged pretty badly.
I will end your suffering.
I've already recovered enough mana for
[WindBlade]
*Whoosh*
-Ding-Ding!
[You have Killed a Body Refinement(Mid) Monster |Experience Points +2000|]
[Congratulations Host for Leveling up from 9 to 10. +6 Stat Points, +3 Skill Points.]
[Congratulations! You have met the required condition to unlock a new System function!]
[Quests Unlocked]
Looking at these System notifications, I feel that all of this pain was worth it honestly.
A new system function!
Quests would open up a whole new world for me and would greatly help in making me stronger.
'System why did I get 6 Stat Points and 3 Skill points instead of the usual 5/2'
[Extra points when you level up to 10, 20, 30, 40... you get the idea.]
Nice!!
I hurriedly opened up my status window to check my quests...
[~Status Window~
Host: Zed - Umbra Storm Eagle(Fledgling).
Titles: {Blazing Heart}
Level: 10
Experience Points(Exp): 1950/6000
Rank: Body Refinement(Low)
Health Points(HP): 83/135
Magic Power(MP/Mana): 07/182
Spiritual Power(SP): 190/190
Magical Resistance: 11(5)
Physical Resistance: 9(4)
Spiritual Resistance: 19(9)
Vitality: 26(36)
Strength: 16(22)
Stamina: 17(23)
Intelligence: 42(58)
Agility: 23(32)
Spirit: 36(50)
Available Stat Points: 11
Available Skill Points: 7
Karma Points: 0
[Skills]
[Quests]
[Map(Locked)]
[Party(Locked)]
[Shop(Locked)]
]
I ignored everything and my eyes quickly went to the bottom of the panel. The previously dead quests tab now looks alive with golden words and golden aura-like energy moving around it.
I quickly opened it to find... Nothing!
'Hey System, there are no quests?'
[I did mention that before, quests would get triggered randomly. Well, randomly from your point of view at least]
Tsk, whatever.
I quickly retrieved the last body and brought it back to the nest.
Looking at the baby chick, she finished eating but she's still as downcast as she was before.
Could she be grieving her brother? Thinking of how that poor fellow died, I sighed... I suppose the silver lining is that he didn't suffer much, what am I saying… it doesn’t change the fact that he’s no longer here.
I need to give her name, previously I thought of her as an emotionless creature who would just move on and not be affected by it.
I decided to call her Kali. After the Hindu Goddess Kali, Goddess of Time, Change, Creation, Destruction, and Power.
She is the ultimate manifestation of Shakti and the mother of all living beings. She destroys the evil to protect the innocent.
I haven't interacted much with her at all, I was too caught up in my problems.
That's one of the problems, if you're going through something it's very difficult to be there for another.
If you're in pain everything you do would only reflect that pain.
Forcing yourself is even worse, hide it? It won't be as genuine and it will feel forced. Duty is the poison of all that is beautiful and spontaneous.
I walked in her direction, she saw me and I could feel that she was a bit apprehensive. She did see me kill all of those monkeys.
I'm bigger than her, she's around 50cm tall whereas I'm around 75.
I opened my uninjured wing and hugged her awkwardly, I moved my face close to hers and rubbed against it.
*Screech..*
Kali made a low-pitched voice that sounded sad...
Sigh... girl, I get it... who am I kidding? I don't get what she's going through. To get hurt over losing someone you first need to open up to them and feel something. I'm too cowardly to even make that first step.
Who's stronger?
The one who killed all of those ferocious monsters or this pitiful but courageous eagle who's grieving the death of her brother?
I guess it depends on how you look at it or who you ask.
Outward strength doesn’t equate to inner strength.
Sigh...
Alright, go eat. That's just too much time out of my comfort zone for this day, let me go hide behind my safe but comforting emotionless prison for a while...
My heart feels heavy for some reason, not because of the fight or even the danger that lies beyond these trees.
A darkness I'm all too familiar with, one that goes even beyond the fear of death.
Loneliness.
The type of loneliness that isn’t resolved by merely going to find friends, No.
The loneliness of knowing how broken and incapable you are to form any sort of genuine connection.
I feel alone, broken and just overall dispirited. All I can do is just sit through it!