Re: Love & Magic

‘Please leave, you damn parrot,’ Zevien thought while looking at the parrot. He had made his breathing very slow to ensure his safety and tried his best not to move a single muscle.

“Requesting and cursing both? That’s new,” Tarto meowed from the side.

Zevien ignored Tarto and just kept his eyes on the parrot. Suddenly, he saw it flapping its wings and flying away.

But his joy didn’t last long because the Silver Wind Parrot landed again on a tree just ten meters from him.

It came even closer to him!!

‘W-why?’

“Zevy, you better prepare because it won’t simply fly away now,” Tarto said, “on a side note, if you manage to escape this bird, then I will give you a magic item. “

‘No thanks, but thanks. I have enough motivation to fight through this, but I will be looking forward to getting a magic item from you,’ Zevien replied before taking a deep breath and looking at the Silver Wind Parrot with cold eyes. He knew that the parrot would sense him sooner or later, and if he wanted to survive, he would have to take the initiative.

‘There must be a way to escape from this parrot in the forest. I can borrow the power of nature…but I have to call them first,’ Zevien thought as he observed how much ever surroundings he could without moving too much.

After ten seconds, he made his first move.

Zevien abruptly stood up with bushes and leaf-filled branches falling to the side.

He stood straight on the wooden branch with a black bubble on his palm, wholly revealed. He had consumed 2000 mana on this Blackout Bubble, and he couldn’t afford to miss it.

The Silver Wind Parrot craned its neck toward Zevien and lightly flapped its wings before shooting toward Zevien like a bullet. Zevien saw this coming as he had already locked his legs on the branch he was standing on and leaned back for a fall.

The two silver blades missed him, and the Silver Wind Parrot that was coming for a ruthless attack with its sharp shining beak also missed as Zevien hanged upside down on the branch while the Blackout Bubble in his hand squarely landed on the tummy of the Silver Wind Parrot.

His heart beat hundreds of times faster as he had just brushed past death. But he stuck to his plan and successfully hit the Silver Wind Parrot with a Blackout Bubble when it flew over him.

“Bastard!” The silver wind parrot uttered as it lost all of its senses and crashed around chaotically.

But Zevien was not interested to hear it as he flew up using the Pyrus Maned Horse’s legs. The battle was not over because the Silver Wind Parrot would surely come after him, and for that, he had another Blackout Bubble in his palm.

“Meow~ That was not bad,” Tarto said while floating alongside Zevien.

“Bastard!”

Zevien heard the parrot cursing again, and his heart beat even faster. The voice was near, which meant the parrot was already after him.

‘So it only affected the parrot for five seconds? Damn!’ Zevien cursed as he glanced back slightly and saw a silver flash.

He hurriedly descended to the ground, directly lying on his back.

*Swoosh…*

The parrot arrived and saw Zevien before swooping towards him.

Zevien’s heart was beating faster as he used the Pyrus Maned Horse’s legs and dragged himself back, barely dodging the sharp beak of the parrot. He didn’t forget to throw the second Blackout Bubble right when the parrot’s beak pierced the ground.

“Fucking bastard!!! Kill!!”

‘This damn parrot has learned some words, alright!’ Zevien was speechless while running towards a spot he discovered from above. He had turned his legs back to cat legs as his running speed was faster than the flying speed with the Pyrus Maned Horse’s legs.

He quickly moved as he jumped from tree to tree, very flexibly like the nimbleness of cats and monkeys.

The Blackout Bubble that Zevien used this time was more potent as he used 6000 mana when conjuring it. But the moment the Silver Wind Parrot regained its senses, it would follow the trail of Zevien’s aura and catch up quickly.

There were only two ways to survive. First, kill the Silver Wind Parrot. But this was an impossible task. However, the second method was feasible, and Zevien was betting on it.

While using every fiber of his strength, Zevien dashed towards a cave and entered inside before quickly slashing his hand with his claw as lots of blood poured out.

Zevien suppressed his groans and quickly used Somatic Happiness externally as a light purple aura spread on his hand and closed his wound. His healing factor in this cat form also helped him quickly recover from the injury as he left the cave.

*Awooooo…..*

A nearby wolf smelled blood and rushed towards the cave.

On the other hand, Zevien had already climbed a tree in front of the cave and covered himself with leaves and bushes to hide.

‘Fourteen, fifteen,’ Zevien counted to fifteen before slowing down his breathing and stilling his movement as much as possible.

“Bastard!”

The parrot came flying with a silver trail and directly went inside the cave.

*AWOOOOOOOO…..*

The wolf was already inside, and it was also a grade-3 wolf, Magnata Star Wolf.

Zevien couldn’t observe the battle inside the cave, but he was sure that Silver Wind Parrot would win the fight.

Suddenly, he saw a few smaller wolves entering inside.

‘Did it just call its pack?’ Zevien thought as he saw three wolves entering inside. Those three wolves were in the 4th grade, so they wouldn’t be able to do much anyway.

Zevien waited for a few more seconds before executing his plan. He wanted more beasts to enter the cave after the fresh smell of his hot blood spread outside.

*Ziiiiiiii…*

A mosquito the size of a bear entered the cave. It was a 3rd-grade magic beast.

Zevien knew that human blood would attract magic beasts like moths to flames. That’s why he was careful not to spill his blood.

After the mosquito went inside, Zevien used 500 mana worth of Somatic Anger to hit the upper part of the cave’s entrance.

*Boooom….Crack!*

The rocks blasted and blocked the cave’s entrance while Zevien again hid and started recovering his mana.

“Meow~ I’ll go take a look at the battle inside,” Tarto spoke before it flew towards the cave and passed through the rocks.

After five minutes, Zevien recovered his mana to approximately 80%, and Tarto also came out a minute later.

*Crake….crree..*

The blockage on the entrance also broke down as a bloodied Silver Wind Parrot came out while chewing some meat. It was also injured and bleeding, but Zevien stayed still. It was still dangerous.

“Dead bastards…No bastards.”

The parrot uttered before flying away.

After waiting with bated breath for a whole minute, Zevien sighed in relief and quickly dashed into the cave. He saw many blood pools, big and small. But his target was a small blood pool with a silver hue and sparks. He quickly pointed his hand at it and used Blood Morphing Art.

‘Let’s fucking go! Now it’s an easy ticket to the city,’ Zevien thought as he partially transformed. Two silver wings came out from his back while tearing his flesh and mending it just as quickly.

“Tsk….now your journey will be easier,” Tarto clicked his tongue, “but oh well, you did competently so far. I doubt many of your age and strength would survive an encounter with a magic beast of that caliber.”

Zevien rolled his eyes and came out of the cave before flying up without wasting a second. He flew straight towards the city by consuming ten mana per second on his silver wings to speed them up.

On the way, Zevien took a break whenever he consumed 50% of his mana because if he were suddenly attacked by a beast in the sky when his mana was running low and crashed on the ground in the jungle, he would have no mana to fight back or run.

Fortunately, there were not many who could hit him at his current flying speed due to the silver wings of the Silver Wind Parrot.

After several hours, he finally saw the barracks and entrance into the city.

This forest was kept in check by the Starlight city’s military in case of magic beasts suddenly attacked the city. As such, when Zevien neared the camp, they noticed him and called him out.

But city lord Cargil had set up everything, so they let Zevien enter the city after seeing his face.