three weeks had past by slowly for Axel with there being nothing to do in the nest he had began investigating his Mana Core.
He found out that although there is a passive absorption effect where the Core pulls in the ambient Mana in the surrounding air, he could pull in more Mana faster if he helped the process. He just had to guide it a little.
Axel also determined that the Mana had a great strengthening effect on his body after experimenting on the exposure of Mana from his Core to his muscles, bones and organs. he was growing at an alarming rate with his size already eclipsing his three sisters by a head.
This was not the only change that had taken place as Axel had gotten the three Immunity mutations and was slowly building up enough E.M. for his first evolution. But these were just the changes to himself.
In the past few weeks he noticed that the Mana in the air was becoming thicker, and air itself seemed to be more fresh? The Crows in the surrounding murder had also started becoming restless and the sound of their Caws resounded continually at night, Axel understood that they were a warning to other animals to stay away.
Three days ago a very ballsy and obnoxious Bald Eagle had decided that it was a good idea to steal a few chick's from a nearby nest.. let's just say it didn't work out to well for Eagle, as soon as it cryed out excitedly in the sky and began its decent the murder took action and mobbed it to death. the E.M. points were really good from that feeding and Axel received 12 points from the organs of the Eagle. in fact the Eagle was not the only one to try attacking the grouping of nests in the past few weeks, there had been hawks snakes and even a cat had come to try its luck, the cat was smart enough to run away at first sign off danger but the others were not so lucky.
Axel was currently standing on the edge of the nest stretching his muscles and testing his wings , with every flap he could feel the explosive pressure lifting his body slightly as his claws gripped the twigs that made up the nest.
After a few release lift off, hover and land trial runs Axel felt confident that he had it in the bag, so after one last trail he flapped his wings and took off. his aim was a near by branch and he made it there without too much hassle. *Caw Caw Caw!!*
Axel cried out in joy, he couldn't help it. this was his dream! to fly in the sky unobstructed. and finally after three long weeks of waiting the time had come.
Axel continued to fly the short distances between the branches of the tree seemingly tirelessly. He was having so much fun he hadn't noticed his mother Crow returned and was watching him, a mixture of curiosity and amusement in her eyes.
Axel did this everyday for the next four days even managing to swoop down to the grass below and catch a bug that he saw before flying back up to the nest. everyday his confidence was growing and it was not long before his sisters joined him in the daily task of exercising their wings chest and back muscles. tag matches were started and they would practice dodging as they tucked turned and weaved between the branches of the murders nesting trees.
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Aweek after Axels first fly an incident happened the cat that had previously been scared away by the murder returned, it however was different now. The cats hair that was previously jet black now had a hue of blue to it and the air around it crackled with electricity from time to time. the cat was still cautious so it choose to watch and observe the nests of birds. this cat gave Axel the final push he needed to evolve that night no matter what. and so that night under the moonlit sky, Axel hopped out of the nest onto its branch and prepared himself for the evolution. opening his status and focusing on the evolutionary pathways option, Axel selected his next evolution.
Ding! Darkfire Crow Evolution has been selected.
Would you like to proceed with the Evolution?
Yes/No
Warning evolution can not be reversed.
Taking a deep beath Axel selected Yes. and almost immediately pain hit him in waves as he felt his cells being ripped apart and re-molded. luckily for him the change was not too radical or he would've ended up in a lot more pain then he was currently in but still it hurt all the same.
Around fifteen minutes later the pain faded and new energy started filling his body. but with it came a hunger like he had never felt before. the problem was that it was now night. and parents would not hunt till the morning. Only, Axel didn't think he could make it that long!
Ding! Congratulations user on your first evolution the abilities tab is now available!