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 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 to attack or intimidate the fighters, but a

probably Heaven's doing. If such a strong beast were flying around, the guilds would have never attacked Gravis. On top of that, the bird

smaller 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

now it used its backup plan to use the bigger bird to kill him. Gravis was already fully healed, thanks

to attack Gravis, it would be over. Gravis expected that he would die with a

and after a while, the bigger bird looked at Gravis again. It was still filled with hatred, but there was no more killing intent in its eyes. It landed on top of the Formation Array and looked at Gravis, aggressively and

a provocation, but Gravis wanted to show his sincerity. Gravis tried to show that he only wanted peace and didn't want to

away from an enemy. After a while, the big bird left for the tree and perched

the tree's crown, Gravis could guess that the bigger bird's nest was around that part. Of course, that nest had already burned down. The big bird couldn't possibly fit into

containing Gravis, constantly making noise. Gravis guessed that it was probably asking if he needed

help," Gravis said. "It should disappear

Gravis wasn't desperate, angry, or fearful. That probably meant that everything was alright. Even though it knew that Gravis was stronger than it, in a fight, it showed no fear anymore. Probably because of its parent

that it fought previously. It usually only looked for prey, and prey wouldn't be able to give a good fight. It was not in a beast's nature to fight opponents that could kill it. The bird

also started regrowing some branches and leaves. Gravis was astounded by the tree's healing speed since it had only been nine hours since its near-death. Gravis continued watching the birds and the tree, and he felt peaceful