Chapter 150 - 147 : Eagle Eyes (1/2)

Last time this happened to Arthur, he was stuck inside for 7 years. It is a long time for him although he only watched from inside bear's body. It may not be as long as literally living 7 years but it's still a long time, moreover, most of the time it's fighting and the pain is unbearable.

When the darkness disappeared and Arthur was able to open his eyes again, the first thing he saw was an endless sea of clouds. It did take him a couple of seconds to know inside what creature he was stuck currently.

From the two wide wings and long beak, Arthur was sure he was inside an eagle and a big one at that. The process was just like the previous except the lack of battles. The eagle would rarely fight and would only join in to steal a prey or to finish a wounded creature. With its powerful beak and sharp claws, it did quite the damage but the most outstanding thing about it its eyes and speed.

It could see a prey from miles and miles away and with just a few flaps of its wide wings, it would travel that distance in seconds, especially when it's descending, its speed multiplies by four or five times at the very least.

The struggle had just begun as the long life of the eagle was displayed in front of Arthur's eyes. He only wished this process to be shorter than the last one as he really didn't want to spend all the time alone. The more time he passed without Lucy, the lonelier and sadder he became.

To say it was exciting to watch an eagle fly for a whole day would be a big fat lie. The thrill may remain for the first couple of minutes but by the second, third and fourth day, it becomes boring.

And so, the boring life of a big eagle began, Arthur was forced to watch it all until the damnable eagle died because of a poison it received from a mysterious mushroom.

His luck was not so good to be able to finish this process this early, from the body to of an eagle he transferred to a bird's body, this bird was weak and died in just four months, fortunately.

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It was only 7 years later that Arthur was finally finished. It lasted the same amount of time as the previous one but for Arthur, it felt like 70 years rather than 7 since it was so eventless and boring. At least he gained some perks after he opened his eyes.

Congratulations! You gained a new skill(passive): [Eagle affinity]: When possessing any kind of flying creature, you gain +50% stats and your flying speed increases by 15%.

Congratulations! You gained a new skill(active): [Piercing Eyes]: The user can activate this skill to lock on a target. If the user is chasing that target, his speed is increased by 200%

Cost: 125,000 per second.

Cooldown: none.

'This could be useful..... but the cost....'

It was really a good skill to have but the cost was just so high so he can't permanently have it. His Mana pool is pretty big, enough for him to use this skill for more than an hour but it's not the same thing as having it permanently.

If it was Stamina then it would have been much better, since he has an infinite amount.

With the small body of the rat, Arthur continued dashing between the small holes but this feeling was a bit nostalgic as it had been a long time since he moved on his own. The Sixth Sense was spread and in just a couple of seconds, he was able to locate several strong presences.

The closest one turned out to be a rat king, it had thousands upon thousands of small rats with it being the biggest and highest in Level.

It had the size of a normal lion and it was quite high-leveled, unfortunately, it was instantly killed by Arthur. He didn't even need to kill it, just forcefully possess it and kill it when he was inside of it.

Arthur decided not to move with this large body since it isn't so practical in these narrow sewers. After he gained what little stats the rat king had, he possessed another rat and dashed out of the swarm or rats.

The second strong presence he felt was a carnivorous bug that resembled a cockroach, truly disgusting to the point that Arthur didn't possess it, the stats it will give would be meager so it's no problem if he ignored one.

When he dug deep underground, Arthur finally found what appeared to be a ritual room, similar to the ones he found in the hidden caves but this one was way bigger and creepier.

There were two people standing around the blood circle, one of them was a foreign Race and had an appearance totally different from humans, as for the last one, it was a hooded figure.

Arthur just stood to the side and watched them both, since he was in rat's body and he didn't do anything strange, there is nothing t worry about. What's more is that both of them were at the Spirit Realm so they didn't unlock the Immortal Sense yet.