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.

fight. If the bird had such a strong parent, then where had it been during the fight? Gravis also remembered how

doing. If such a strong beast were flying around, the guilds would have never attacked Gravis. On top of that, the bird might have completely ignored Gravis since their strengths were just too

incredibly long for its speed. Would

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

have hurt him severely, but Gravis had survived in the end. Yet, if this bird decided to attack Gravis, it would

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 imposingly. It was warning him not to do anything

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

bird started grooming its feathers, which showed that it was calmer than before. No bird would keep their eyes away from an enemy. After a

the branches' positions in 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

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

need help," Gravis said. "It should

the bird understood him, but it could probably glean some emotions out of his voice. It heard 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, in a fight, it showed no fear anymore. Probably because of

It usually only looked for prey, and prey wouldn't be able to give a good fight. It

had only been nine hours since