As I open my eyes to a loud banging noise and a thing moving around in my mist I look around alertly to find Ellie curiously and carefully searching our little tree nook for the exit on her hands and knees being super careful not to accidentally step out and fall to her death... I didn't think about this issue at the time... With a thought, I quickly force most of the mist out of the nook clearing up Ellie's path as I hop and wrap my wings in clouds I condense from the mist I set aside when I was clearing the nook and with a flap, I have beaten her out of the nook.
<--- Wow it's weirdly hard to not call this hole in a tree a cave... It could be a cave but it's in a tree so I am refusing to compare Earth-chan's and the dryad's different kinds of holes. That just seems sexist, not to mention gross...--->
------ Ellie
As Ellie sees her sight clearing up then a gust of wind suddenly moves past her she lets out a sigh. "Thanks for that" after stepping out of the nook and looking around her face suddenly stiffens and she walks back into the nook.
------ Mc
Outside the tree, I see a strange sight... Corpses and fights everywhere... the once quiet patch of forest is filled with a bunch of red-eyed beast running rampant with those collars from yesterday tightly bound around their necks. Flapping my wings I arrived back at the branch and sat before the opening as I begin to focus hard on the mist. As a large figure suddenly swoops down from above aiming its large silvery claws right at my neck I quickly condense multiple ghostly claws around myself and manage to force the giant bird to miss me. As a four-foot-long cut is scratched into the tree next to me I force my mist into the bird's head and strike out with a ghostly claw as quickly as I can before the bird gets the chance to dive down at me again I have already struck out towards its brain.
"-10"
Oh been a while since I hit that low... This is a strong one... Quickly diving back into the nook as the very angry bird dives down at me I land upon Ellie's shoulder and turn around greeted by a pair of eyes and a wall of feathers and meat closing off the tunnel... As it finds its head isn't quite long enough it tries to pull its head out to discover it could put its head in but not pull it out. Turning my head from the bird Ellie and my own eyes meet and she suddenly curls over in laughter falling to her little bedroll. As I begin to strike at the bird's brain over and over. While I focus the rest of my attention on the battles outside I find that many birds are flying about along with creatures that can climb desperately hunting for something to kill... So I guess thanks for the defense Cork-san at the other end of the giant bird I feel its wings and claws desperately digging and slapping at the tree but due to not being able to build up momentum like the previous dive its claws only make large scratches in the hardwood. Looking below luckily my hanging storage seems to be ignored. I guess cause they smell a lot of urine. As the thought crosses my mind I hear a ringing sound and open my eyes to look over towards Alex.
"Baby Colossal Hawk level 34 Slain exp 1000*19
lvl 29 Exp 240/38304 Till Overload"
Well then... No grinding to my max level for me I guess... Also, that was a baby? Might as well try and reach overload then or just under it preferably. Pulling out my mist claw from the hawk's head I eat it after getting over the slight tremble that comes on when I remember the pain of overloading myself with energy and sit down on top of Ellie's stomach after she has stopped laughing. I look into her eyes before closing mine to focus on the mist outside leaving the giant hawk shaped cork inside the wooden bottle as I begin to make cloud claws in the brains of the larger critters outside some things are too small and thus too cramped to make the claw inside of and others simply don't have brains... Weirdos... Not even bothering to look over at Alex as she rings I strike repeatedly onto all the creatures with brains that I can feel inside my mist cover that aren't too small to put my cloud claws inside of. Feeling a weird sensation I open my eyes and see Ellie petting me... Giving her the stink eye I extend my wings suddenly pushing her hand away... I'M NOT A PET!!! Or that's what I'd like to yell but then again... I can't speak. So moving on I close my eyes to focus on the fight at hand noticing the exp coming in as the number shoots up at a rapid pace in the single and double digits but hundreds and thousands come slowly. Death after death hours seem to pass before the area inside my mist cover finally seems to cool down the battles becoming sparse especially around my tree as the sea of corpses stretches out many bleeding exclusively from their eyes and ears. A few very small figures hopping around enjoying the buffet alongside a few larger metallic or earthen beasts who are happily hunting the tiny figures. With a yawn, I stretch my body and see Ellie has gotten bored and fell asleep as the lighting doesn't permit work. Some meat that I know came from that gross backpack sitting to the side that I will not touch. Standing up I gently cast my light skill as my body emits a gentle hue of green lighting up what little space we have in our little nook and the lifeless face of the giant hawk. Ellie rolls about as I release my light and I wind up on my side with feather-covered boobs pressed to my back and an arm wrapped around me... Welp... Light doesn't seem to have been a good option. Now I'm trapped... Hmm, Alex status, please.
"Unnamed Race- MMistBorn
Level:29/29 Status: Bound
Exp: 36785/38304
Evolution:1
HP: 1239/1239
MP: 256/270
Skills: [Mist Art] [Soul Art] [Light-0/10] [Healthy-1/10] [Sight-1/10] [Detect-1/10][Regeneration-1/10] [Weakest-1/10] [Binding- 1/10]"
I guess evolve now Alex... As the name crosses my mind my eyes fall shut and the entire mist cover and every mist claw ends up getting sucked into the little nook between the space of the hawk's feathers like water through sand and seeps into the sleeping closed mouth of the mc. The sky and world around the tree becoming clear for once in about two days in this patch of the forest. As the mist clears many animals run up snatching the corpses or killing the small or elemental beasts as the forest that the mist covered slips into chaos again.