Rahen was now standing at the edge of a huge cliff, even higher than the one his nest was present on. Over the previous week he had been looking forward to this day and the tower along with its safety was the best place for his first try. Clearing his mind of the extra thoughts he looked over the cliff and jumped off.
It seemed difficult at first but he quickly got his wings in rhythm and started to slowly glide down. Soon enough he got a better hold upon his wings and rather than just gliding he was actually flying.
Woohoo!
The experience was exhilarating, it was for moments like these he was really thankful for the system. It was because of it that he got to experience flying.
[ Obtained skill: Flight (lvl 1) ]
The notification put the final seal upon his achievement. After the notification he continued flying and only came down after he was tired. He wanted to fly again after the rest but he couldn't do so and had to exit the space stone. It was still night and his parents were asleep so he did the same. For the next few weeks he followed the round and trained his flight skill.
Today he experienced flying in the outside world too, when his parents threw him off the cliff.
It has been a few months since rahen's first flight in the real world and he already leveled it to level 3. Today when he was roaming the sky he saw a few military vehicles enter the forest. This was the first time he had seen a human in this life.
Curious, he decided to follow them from a safe distance to what they were doing. After travelling for a few hours they reached a plane. Rahen watched them set up their tents, and what he noticed was a few machines he had never seen before. By the time they set everything up it was starting to get dark so rahen decided to leave.
Next day he returned quickly to see them getting ready to leave. It looked like they were using the machine to find something. He followed them quietly from a distance. It was only an hour since they started when loud roars were heard throughout the forest.
Soon the ground started shaking, rahen looked ahead from the high sky to see a horde of animals and birds coming towards them. There were all kinds of animals in the horde, including lions, deers, wolves and many others but none of them cared for each other and were frantically running towards the soldiers.
Even more frightening was their abnormal bodies. Their bodies were modified in strange ways, some had extra horns, some had increased size, extra teeth, modified wings and many such mutations were present. The army quickly set up a defensive line.
Rahen on the other hand left the area as far as he could. There was no way he could fight all those monsters and he didn't dare get close to the army otherwise they might attack him first. Counting his options he did not waste a single second and flew away.
It had only been a few minutes when the battle began. He could hear guns and roars behind him but didn't dare to show down or look back.
Soon he hear a few screeches which he could tell were not coming from the battle, he looked back to see four birds chasing after him including two red parrots, a crow that was his size and a woodpecker with an extra long and sharp beak.
[ Special quest obtained:
Defeat the enemy (0/4) ]
"What! you want me to defeat these crazy things?" Looking back rahen saw one of the parrots smashing into a tree but without caring for a second it continued chasing him.
He shuddered and continued fleeing. But thought of using this crazy nature of theirs to complete the quest. He slowed down a little and the fastest of the four, the crow caught up to him. He changed his direction and led the crow directly towards a thick tree. At the last moment he changed direction and as expected the crew couldn't do so, it smashed directly into it.
He used the same technique on the parrots too, yielding the same result. Repeating the same thing the crow and parrots were now injured and slowed down considerably, which gave the woodpecker that was lagging behind a chance to take the lead.
It followed the others and fell for the same trick, but unfortunately for it, its beak got stuck in the tree. No matter what it could not get it out. After a few more collisions the parrots and crow were now lying on the ground having been heavily injured. But they were still crazily flapping their wings and screeching at him
Ignoring them rahen went back to the woodpecker that was still stuck. He attacked with his talons a few times to end it's struggle.
[ Exp +100 ]
[ Level up 7~8 ]
Without looking at the it he returned to the parrots and crow and used the same method to finish them off.
[ Exp+100 ]
[ Exp+100 ]
[ Exp+100 ]
[ Level up 8~9 ]
[ Special quest completed
Obtained rewards:
Exp+500
Credit+1000
Skill: Night eye ]
[ Level up 9~10
Obtained rewards:
Credit+1000
Skill: Talon attack ]
In just a few moments rahen obtained two new skills and leveled up 3 times. He could not believe it. Since the battle was still going on he decided to wait and check his new skills.
[ Skill: Talon attack
Attacks using sharp talons. Low charge of inflicting 'bleed' status.
Usage cost : 4 stamina ]
[ Passive skill: Night eye
Allows the user to see better at night. ]
Rahen was quite happy with the new additions. It was also the first time he got a passive skill, but since it was early morning he needed to wait before putting it to use.
Seeing the progress he made Rahen wanted to rush towards the battle and gain some more experience, but he quickly discarded the dangerous thoughts and continued waiting.
When the battle settled down after a few hours Rahen decided to go check it out . Ready to flee at the smallest sign of danger he cautiously approached the battlefield.
He saw hundreds of bodies lying there, creating a gruesome scene filled with blood and death. He landed on a tree and quietly observed the people moving the bodies of their fallen comrades, most of which were torn into pieces by the crazed beasts.
A team of researchers was collecting samples from the dead beasts and the injured. He also went towards a dead beast near him and used his skill which he forgot to do earlier.
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Deer (mutation 10%)
Name: - - -
Level: 19
Abilities: - - -
Skills
Active: - - -
Passive: swift and nimble (lvl 7), advanced hearing (lvl 6)
It came into contact with some energy particles, which it failed to assimilate into its body. Thus it mutated and lost control.
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The system gave him a basic understanding of the situation but couldn't find the detailed explanation. Maybe he needed to level up more.
"If they all are affected by the same thing and lost control, why were they not attacking each other?" he thought but there was no answer instead he got a quest from the system.
[ Special quest received:
Close the space crack and prevent the rampage of mutated beasts.
Rewards: ??? ]