An Owl's Rise

A puzzled look on her face, Evelyn had no clue what this snowy owl was talking about.

She had not come here in search of anything in particular and had just ended up here after flying forward in one single direction.

Also, she was not sure what this Owls' Roost was, which it seemed to be heading to.

Still, she could not rule out the possibility that it was just making up some elaborate lie about a huge gathering of owls in order to get her to follow it.

In her mind this owl wanted to do something horrible to her, as pretty much the majority of her experiences had been.

However, this was actually far from the truth of the matter.

This owl had approached her because it had been infatuated by her.

It had seen how she fought against those eagles. Standing up to them even though she was quite a bit weaker and outnumbered.

Also, it had watched her command both fire and wind. Which was quite rare, as to him, this made it seem that she had two affinities.

Though while it looked this way, she truthfully only had one affinity right now, and just had divine items that granted her other powers.

Of course, this owl was not only interested in her power. but also liked the way she looked.

She seemed to be the ideal mate to this snowy owl, who Evelyn would not even consider. She had no thoughts on this matter and would not even think their species were compatible if she did.

But in this world, things were quite a bit different than her original one. Any member of the same race was compatible, whether they may seem to be the same species or not. As it was actually quite rare to find the exact same species once beasts had evolved to even the fiend beast rank.

'Sorry I do not know about this Owls' Roost as you call it. I just ended up here by coincidence. Now if you will excuse me, I will be on my way.'

After saying this Evelyn jumped back and began tearing through the eagle, while keeping a close eye on this snowy owl.

She did not want to stick around for much longer, but she did want this eagle's beast core.

Once she had retrieved it, she prepared to go, but before she did, the other owl said, 'Very well, I will impede you no more. However, if you do have an interest in joining the other owls in a place where you can grow in a safer environment. Head deeper into the jungle in this direction.'

The snowy owl then held up one of its wings and pointed her in the direction the supposed gathering of owls was supposed to be.

He then flapped his wings a few times and left Evelyn alone as she wanted, while going on his way.

With the eagles now dead or having fled, and the snowy owl interloper gone, Evelyn was finally able to relax her guard a bit.

She was utterly exhausted after the chase and fight with those eagles and had used up most of her magical energy and physical stamina.

'This should help a bit.' She thought as she plopped the eagle's beast core into her mouth.

At first she actually had quite a bit of trouble trying to eat it, as it would not break apart and was slightly too big for her to swallow.

This was due to the fact that this core came from a higher ranked beast.

Nevertheless, Evelyn's powers were abnormal to say the least, and she had strengths that other beasts at her rank would normally not have. And eventually, she was able to break down the eagle's beast core and begin absorbing its power.

Immediately she felt a surge of magical energy through her, as this was the first time she had ever eaten a beast core of something higher rank than her.

'Now I need to find a place to rest.'

Flying back up into the canopy of the trees she began searching for a place to rest.

Quickly she found a large hollow in one of the trees and poked her head inside.

Finding that it was empty, she nestled herself in the back of this large hollow and began lulling off to sleep.

Luckily nothing disturbed her rest and when she awoke, she felt much better than she had been before.

Her magical energy and stamin had retuned, and she felt a bit stronger after having taken the power of that eagle's core. Though it was still far from enough to bring her up to the upper tier of the fiend beast rank.

Now that she was well rested and free from any sort of danger, Evelyn finally had some time to think about her situation.

Yesterday she had been told something nearly unbelievable. That there was a place called the Owl's Roost where many owls gathered like how humans do.

Certainly, this had tickled her curiosity, as the more she thought about it, the more she believed it might be a real possibility.

She did not fully trust that other owl, wondering what its motives were, but one possibility was that it might have gotten some sort of perk if it brought her with it.

Frankly she just did not know, but the thought of having a total safe place to live and grow was appealing.

Still, she figured there must be some catch. Whenever anything gathered, it was always for some goal that all those who made up the group had to participate in.

'It might at the very least be worth taking a look into. In this world even beasts can gain intelligence, so coming together to protect each other is a very real possibility. I can head in that direction and keep my eyes out for more owls coming through to see if it was telling the truth. If it turns out there really is a sanctuary for others of my race, then I may just try and join.'