The sudden blast of the Bès Rap's tail sent Kai flying through the air. Ignoring the intense aching of his side, Kai raised his arms to try and slow himself down to no avail.Seeing a tree ahead of him loom closer and closer, instinct took over.Adopting the trait of an Arikan Baboon, Kai used the monkey tail to grab onto a branch. Snapping under his weight, the branch offered no more than a light reprieve.The next instant, Kai was once again flying through the air, frantically looking for any way to break his eventual fall.'Mountain Eagle?!' Kai quickly realized. Ignoring his flapping hair and face peeling from the sheer speed he faced, he focused on adopting the trait of a Mountain Eagle's wings to each of his arms.'Shit!'Only one of his arms adopted the trait. The other was flailing around in the air aimlessly.He was slowing down still. Not nearly as much as he would with 2 wings, but enough for him to think.His body was making a beeline for a tree–a giant oak that speared at least 200 yards off the ground. It was deeply rooted in the ground and its wide diameter indicated a thick, sturdy inside.In short, he was flying at an insane pace straight into an immovable, dense structure that would splatter his body upon impact.'I probably have around 5 seconds until impact,' Kai thought, unsure if he was correct or not. Beasts were his forte, not physics.With every passing moment, the tree grew tauntingly bigger and bigger. It was as if it was inviting Kai to slam into the tree. Refusing to oblige, he frantically scrambled through his beast traits for an answer.'Komodo's Eyes, no... Monkey's tail... probably not. Last time it barely survived impact against a measly branch. But I have time... What if I weaken the tree somehow?'Just then Anhita flashed his only ability's description:'That... could work. However, there is still a problem,.'2 seconds away from slamming into the tree, Kai took even more note of the wind pressing against his face. Even if this poison would work on the tree, it would also just fly right into his face.'Always problems.' Kai thought with a heavy sigh, knowing there was no time to think of specifics. The tree was milliseconds from turning his body into a red mist.Thinking quickly with near instinct, he used while simultaneously adopting the trait of a Juma's head. Whether it was intellect or a prepared instinct, the fact of the matter was this quick thinking saved Kai.Due to the tight, close-knit matted fur of a Juma, it has developed a resistance to even potent C-rank poisons like the Komodo's. Although his teeth did feel an abundance of pain, Kai managed to get out of this situation with minimal injuries.Except for a bit of flesh that was seared away, never to heal again.The corrosion acted quickly, already eating through 20 meters of the tree as Kai flew through it. The rest of his body went through the acid so quickly that it didn't even get a chance to latch onto his skin or burn him.And luckily for Kai, his momentum was finally slowing down. However, he was still hundreds of meters in the air.Looking down, Kai gulped at the impending doom before working his brain yet again.'I've gotten this far on my own merit... I'm not stopping here. I just got a B-rank beast, dammit!' Kai shouted in his mind as the ground grew closer and closer.Luckily for him, this problem was much easier to solve. Adopting the trait of a mountain eagle in his arm, he forced himself to slow down as he hit the branches of the higher trees.A jungle is filled with branches, leaves, and other foliage to dampen your fall. Still, that doesn't stop your face from getting scratched.Raising his hand to his now bleeding cheek, Kai remarked how injured he'd gotten on this trip. He'd have to clean up before he got home, or else his mom was going to have a fit.Of course, he'd have to get home first.The jungle was dark. Even without the weakness of his Komodo eyes, Kai doubted that he'd be able to see much. Holding his hand out in front of him, Kai struggled to see his hand. After a few seconds, he was finally able to see its vague silhouette.'The Bes Rap might be nearby. If not him, then maybe some other beast, or even the parasites that live on the larger beasts. Either way, standing here is a death sentence.'Looking to the sky, hoping to get any sense of direction from the sun, he was quickly forsaken due to the thick foliage. Similarly, he opened his ears hoping to hear Shuzen's scream, but only heard the chitter of the jungle.'Shut up before I kill you.' Kai thought as he began walking through the jungle.A small sign of reprieve he noticed was the lack of the smell of shit. He no longer smelt the pungent aura of the Bes Rap, meaning it must be far away.'As long as no other beast jumps out from the trees,' Kai thought, already cursing himself for his jinx.After 30 minutes of walking, Kai finally sat down by a tree, huffing as he landed. He was alone, but as he could tell there weren't any beasts nearby either, he decided that now was as good a time as any to check his new beasts. He couldn't afford to rely on instinct in the future."You there Anhita?" Kai asked slowly and softly.Kai smiled for a second at that affirmation before returning to his solemn stare at the ground."Can you run down all my traits for me again? So that it sticks in my mind this time."[Beasts] [Traits] [Abilities] [Stats] While looking through the system again, committing his current toolkit to memory, he heard some rustling deep in the jungle.A beast had found him.