I had a bold idea!
but the risk was too big so I dropped it. I thought of going down to eat the body then when I want to come back up I'd start screaming for the Mama bird to pick me up.
However, what if she doesn't understand what I'm trying to say? Or worse, what if I get attacked?
Sigh... forget it!
I came back to the nest looking dejected, I found a warm spot and sat down to cultivate.
The system also makes me feel awkward, I keep feeling like striking up a conversation.
I'm a magical eagle and I'm still awkward, damn it.
I remembered something I wanted to ask the system before.
'System can I make modifications to the system panel?'
[Yes. What do you want to change?]
'Noice! Can you change the numbers beside the skills that represent proficiency and just use the word? Perfection instead of 5/5?'
[Alright, consider it done.]
'Another thing, I'm tired of calculating my Agility every time can you maybe put my Stats then besides them in the () the boost from the +150%, then next to them the Agility I gain when certain conditions are met?'
[Like this?]
[Sky Dash(Active): Grants +30% Agility for 15 seconds while above ground. Cost(30MP) |Intermediate|]
[WindBlade(Active): Creates a magical wind blade that has a range of 100 meters, Deals Intelligence(x2) in damage. Cost(20MP) |Advanced|]
[Umbra Hand(Active): Generates a hand from shadows that can be controlled by the user range 120 meters. Cost(3MP/Second) |Intermediate|]
[Bird of Darkness(Passive): Soundless Flight and grants +20% Agility in the dark. |Beginner|]
[Mask Presence(Passive): Masks the presence of the user to a certain extent in the dark. |Intermediate|]
[Zephyr Child(Passive): Grants +20% Agility if there are any enemies within a 100 meters radius. |Beginner|]
[The Stranger(Passive): +50% to all Stats. |Perfection|]
[Fiery Charge(Active): Once activated the user will be set in flames of their main element for 5 seconds. Deals Intelligence(x3) in damage. Cost (200MP) |Beginner|]
[Firm Stand(Passive): Resistance +50%. |Beginner|]
Agility: 34(51), Dark: +6, Nearby Enemy: +6, Sky Dash: +10.
'Yes. Perfect, Thanks!'
Dark represents the Bird of Darkness's condition to be in the dark. Nearby Enemy is Zephyr Child's condition 100 meters and finally Sky Dash.
I opened up my eyes but slowly closed them shut again, everyone is either cultivating or sleeping.
I have a feeling that the night won't be peaceful, this is a dark forest, so it only makes sense for there to be a lot of monsters who hunt at night.
...
[+1 Strength]
I've been cultivating the whole day. It's quite a nice feeling but I'm starting to get restless.
As the night darkens, it makes people feel like an evil monster slowly waking up from its slumber.
It's stressing me out.
What's even worse is the silence. It's disturbingly quiet!!
Like common! Where are the insects? I'd kill for cricket sounds right now, I've always liked the noises they make.
Whatever, I should just continue cultivating...
[+1 Stamina]
*Crunch*
As I was cultivating, I heard some crunching noises. When I opened my eyes, I saw that the Mama bird began moving.
She stood at the edge of the nest and then dove down at crazy speed.
You can't hear the sound of her flight or anything like that, the moment she removed her legs from all the bones lying around, she became like a ninja. You can't even see her shadow.
*Swoosh*
I heard the sound of the wind, it's a sound I'm very familiar with. Wind Blades!
I stretched my senses to the limit to see if I could tell what was happening.
Nothing, she's outside of my Spirit range.
Just as I was going to jump on the edge of the nest to take a look. She came back!
Carrying with her claws a pretty big snake, bigger than the one I killed the last time!
One more notable difference between the two snakes was the color, the last one had a bit of darkish brown.
This one is black but with a red belly.
She dropped the snake in front of us and closed her eyes again.
How sweet! It's good to be a baby, you can just lay around and wait to be fed... that's the life.
I hurriedly went to the snake and checked it out.
[Appraised Target: Red Bellied Qambat
Cultivation Realm: Body Refinement(High)
Health Points(HP): 0/241
Magic Power(MP/Mana): 244/280
Spiritual Power(SP): 85/85
Magical Resistance: 21
Physical Resistance: 29
Spiritual Resistance: 18
Vitality: 56
Strength: 61
Stamina: 50
Intelligence: 77
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Agility: 59
Spirit: 47
Description: Red-Bellied Qambat, is a dangerous monster with a high affinity to dark magic. It specializes in poisonous sneak attacks and is very deadly.
Weakness: Very weak against fire magic.
]
Damn, that's one scary monster.
However, can I eat it? This one definitely has poison, am I resistant to poison? The Mama eagle doesn't seem to care, she probably ate a couple of these before, right?
As I was contemplating whether to eat her or not, Kali already started!
It's fine, probably. I cut the body in half and started eating my share.
I discovered something and I don't know how I should feel about it...
This snake is too delicious, my god!
Even the blood... I used to hate the blood when eating monsters. It's sticky, and smelly and just messes up my taste buds.
But!! This one is a real delicacy, the blood is sweet, fragrant, and goes so well with the rest of the meat.
This train of thoughts is too dangerous, I will start craving eating monsters at this rate!
As I was reveling from the taste of this godly delicacy, I mean as I was eating this ugly monster through sheer fucking will. I heard clunking noises coming southwest.
The sound of hooves on the ground was getting louder and louder, signifying that whoever is making that noise is headed in this direction.
The Mama eagle seemed to have heard it long ago because before I even heard it I saw her head perked up.
I jumped out of the nest and went to find a good hiding spot, I easily climbed up the branches and hid. The branches can easily help you climb but if there are none you're doomed. That's why I couldn't eat the body of the Mandrill on the ground, I can't climb without branches.
I just realized something, the Mama eagle doesn't seem to be dumb. She's intelligent to a certain extent, would she hate me or look down on me for leaving them and hiding like this?
That's not impossible. Should I go back?
As I was thinking, a shape was starting to take form and it was growing in size by the second.
Just after a couple of seconds, I could tell what it was.
A giant warthog-looking monster! It was several meters tall, around two and a half and 6 meters long!
That's easily a moving tank not a monster.
It was dark gray, and the hairs on its head and back were black. However, the first thing that anyone notices when they first lay their eyes on this big monstrosity is its Tusks.
Long, thick, and silver-looking tusks. Like those of the famed mammoth, they were simply glorious!
Another difference was its temperament. The warthogs I was familiar with gave off the impression of being silly and goofy at first glance. However, this creature is anything but that! It looked angry, vicious, and unyielding.
I hastily used appraisal on it.
[Appraised Target: Silver Tusked Abyssinian Warthog
Cultivation Realm: Body Refinement(Peak)
Health Points(HP): 421/421
Magic Power(MP/Mana): 177/177
Spiritual Power(SP): 67/67
Magical Resistance: 49
Physical Resistance: 59
Spiritual Resistance: 29
Vitality: 121
Strength: 117
Stamina: 102
Intelligence: 85
Agility: 93
Spirit: 55
Description: The Silver Tusked Abyssinian Warthog is easily one of the most dangerous monsters in the Body Refinement Realm thanks to its high defense and resistance, and contrary to its appearance it's very fast! It has very dangerous charges, be wary!
Weakness: Low spiritual resistance.
]
What a strong monster! I can't imagine how hard it is to kill this monster, even more so when you take into consideration the fact that it'd have mostly defensive skills.
The ground gave off the impression of shaking when this big boy was running.
It quickly arrived near us and continued running without giving us a single glance.
A Peak monster such as this one can easily sense us, me, and Kali to be specific.
I looked at the Mama eagle to see her reaction, and she wasn't even looking at the warthog.
She was looking at the place from where he came from.
Oh no! Suddenly I had a terrible feeling, the last time she heard the warthog way before I did.
Which could only mean one thing!
A stronger foe or maybe even several are coming, if even this giant tank ran away one could only imagine what was chasing it!
Holy shit! Not good.
I hate feeling this helpless, I need my wings!!
There is nothing I can do now, only hope that the Mama eagle can handle it.
I squinted my eyes, lowered my head, and held on tight to my wings to decrease my size and hide the golden glow in my eyes.
Staring in the direction the Mama eagle was looking, I started seeing some figures approaching.
There were dozens of them if not a hundred!!
After a while, I could make up the shape of who was coming.
The Moment I saw them my heart sank.