Lightning Is the Only Way

The big bird looked at Gravis with hatred and tried its best to destroy the Formation Array, yet nothing it did seemed to damage the Formation Array. The Formation Array would still remain for around two more hours, and Gravis would not be in danger for that duration.

A high-grade Energy Beast was unkillable for him, and Gravis was thinking hard about a way to get out of this situation alive. He could only hope to fall to the ground quickly and maybe hide in some hole.

"Scree!" The smaller bird shouted at the bigger one to stop. Gravis had helped it defend their nest, and it was thankful for it. Beasts were not as vengeful as humans, and they looked at people and other beasts in a simple way. If you were weaker, you were food. If you were stronger, you were a predator. Yet, beasts could also band together to defend something. The bird had fought together with the tree, after all.

The big bird threw a glance at the complaining smaller bird but still looked at Gravis with hate. It understood its child, but for some reason, it really hated Gravis. It wasn't even sure why. It just hated him and wanted to destroy him with everything.

It continued attacking the Formation Array, ignoring the smaller bird. The smaller bird grew angrier and jumped on the back of the big bird. The big bird ignored the smaller one and only concentrated on destroying Gravis.

PLUCK!

The smaller bird pulled out a feather from the bigger one, and it immediately screeched aggressively. It threw the smaller one away and looked at it. The smaller bird continued screeching about, and the bigger one started paying more attention to it.

Gravis kept watching, and he thought that maybe for once, he wouldn't need to fight his way out. Maybe, they wouldn't try to kill him. He only had aggressive encounters with beasts up until now, and this situation was something entirely new for him.

the earlier situation and the fight. If the bird had such a strong parent, then where had it been during the fight? Gravis also remembered how the bird screeched from time to time while fighting. That was probably not a screech

were flying around, the guilds would have never attacked Gravis. On top of

bird had left the battlefield about nine hours ago, screeching wildly. It took nine hours for it to find its parent, which was incredibly long for its speed. Would such a fast and strong bird keep its child alone

Gravis killed by the guilds had failed, and now it used its backup plan to use the bigger bird to kill him. Gravis was already fully healed, thanks to the pills, and his Energy had also fully recovered by

the end. Yet, if this bird decided to attack Gravis, it would be over. Gravis expected that he would die with

killing intent in its eyes. It landed on top of

sitting and looked the big bird in its eyes. Many beasts would see that as a provocation, but Gravis wanted to show his

was calmer than before. No bird would keep their eyes away from an enemy. After a while,

that part. Of course, that nest had already burned down. The big bird couldn't possibly fit into the hole

bird circled around the Formation Array containing Gravis, constantly making noise. Gravis guessed that it was probably

don't need help," Gravis said. "It should disappear in some

that Gravis wasn't desperate, angry, or fearful. That probably meant that everything was alright. Even though it knew that Gravis was stronger than it,

that it fought previously. It usually only looked for prey, and prey wouldn't be able to give

had only been nine hours since its near-death. Gravis continued watching the birds and the tree, and he felt