Female Novel
Chapter 104
The big bird looked at Gravis with hatred and tried its best to destroy the Formation Array, yet nothing it did seemed to damagethe Formation Array. The Formation Array would still remain for around two more hours, and Gravis would not be in danger forthat 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. Hecould 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, youwere food. If you were stronger, you were a predator. Yet, beasts could also band together to defend something. The bird hadfought 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 forsome 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 thebig 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 oneaway 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 killhim. He only had aggressive encounters with beasts up until now, and this situation was something entirely new for him.
Gravis also got some time to think about the earlier situation and the fight. If the bird had such a strong parent, then where had itbeen during the fight? Gravis also remembered how the bird screeched from time to time while fighting. That was probably not ascreech to attack or intimidate the fighters, but a shout for backup.
Yet, backup had never arrived. Gravis narrowed his eyes as he realized that this was probably Heaven's doing. If such a strongbeast were flying around, the guilds would have never attacked Gravis. On top of that, the bird might have completely ignoredGravis since their strengths were just too far apart.
The smaller bird had left the battlefield about nine hours ago, screeching wildly. It took nine hours for it to find its parent, whichwas incredibly long for its speed. Would such a fast and strong bird keep its child alone for so long under normal circumstances?Gravis doubted that. Heaven had done something to make the bird leave the area.
Heaven's first plan of getting Gravis killed by the guilds had failed, and now it used its backup plan to use the bigger bird to killhim. Gravis was already fully healed, thanks to the pills, and his Energy had also fully recovered by now. Even though Graviswas nearly in his top-condition, this was actually the closest that Heaven ever was to killing him.
Jaimy might have hurt him severely, but Gravis had survived in the end. Yet, if this bird decided to attack Gravis, it would be over.Gravis expected that he would die with a certainty of over 95% if it attacked.
The birds continued communicating, and after a while, the bigger bird looked at Gravis again. It was still filled with hatred, butthere was no more killing intent in its eyes. It landed on top of the Formation Array and looked at Gravis, aggressively andimposingly. It was warning him not to do anything stupid.
Gravis only continued sitting and looked the big bird in its eyes. Many beasts would see that as a provocation, but Gravis wantedto show his sincerity. Gravis tried to show that he only wanted peace and didn't want to fight anymore, reflecting his true feelings.
After a while, the bird started grooming its feathers, which showed that it was calmer than before. No bird would keep their eyesaway from an enemy. After a while, the big bird left for the tree and perched atop its crown. It looked around at the barren treeand moved some wood around.
Judging by the branches’ positions in the tree's crown, Gravis could guess that the bigger bird's nest was around that part. Ofcourse, that nest had already burned down. The big bird couldn't possibly fit into the hole where the smaller bird had its nest.
"Caw!" The smaller bird circled around the Formation Array containing Gravis, constantly making noise. Gravis guessed that itwas probably asking if he needed help.
"| don't need help," Gravis said. "It should disappear in some hours."
Gravis was not sure if the bird understood him, but it could probably glean some emotions out of his voice. It heard that Graviswasn't desperate, angry, or fearful. That probably meant that everything was alright. Even though it knew that Gravis wasstronger than it, in a fight, it showed no fear anymore. Probably because of its parent looking over from time to time.
The smaller bird was excitedly flying around Gravis and the bigger bird. It was happy about the exhilarating fight that it foughtpreviously. 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 fightopponents that could kill it. The bird victoriously flew around, proclaiming its dominance to the surroundings.
The tree also started regrowing some branches and leaves. Gravis was astounded by the tree's healing speed since it had onlybeen nine hours since its near-death. Gravis continued watching the birds and the tree, and he felt peaceful inside.novelbin
There were cruel sides to nature and calm sides. In nature, when two opponents met, they would fight to the death, but if therewere no opponents, everything could live in harmony.
Of course, that was only true for thestrong ones. Below Gravis, lots ofbeasts and anim swonldstifestapchfightre? Met lives. Only the apexpredators of an area could do whatthey want. Only the apex predatorscould live in peace. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis' motivation to becomestronger increased again. He was stillregretting everything about killingGorn, but his motivatigntobéddmestrong. Inofeadeti again. Only withstrength, could he live like the birds.Only with enough strength could hebe free and do whatever he wanted.He never wanted to be underanyone's rule again, yet that dreamwas still distant. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Looking at the two birds livingtogether in harmony with the tree,Gravis got reminde of his family.
eythisixin the w rid was againstthem, but due to his father, Graviswouldn't need to fear anything in hishomeworld. It was similar to the twobirds on the tree. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis looked up at the sky. "Father, | am not sure if you can hear me, but | will do my best to return. | will not give in to Heaven,and | will become strong!"Nothing happened in the sky, but Gravis felt like his father heard him.
"| will return!" Gravis said with determination.