The mongoose oriented itself, landing on all fours as it evaded multiple attacks, swerving around a couple of trees as it watched a bird reveal itself from within the egg.
Just its birth caused its eggshell to blast off like projectiles everywhere. The bird had a stature that surpassed a metre in height, unfurling its wings to boast a wingspan that reached four metres.
Its feathers looked like a bird's at first glance but shone with a metallic sheen. It wasn't actually made from metal but boasted structural properties similar to one, like carbon fibre.
Upon hatching, it didn't look like a hatchling bird, but rather an adult instead. It gazed around, noticing the withered husk of its mother and an eaten corpse of a father, letting out a mournful chirp.
Its gaze fell on the mongoose, identifying based on the blood on its mouth that it was the culprit, immediately targeting it.
