Chapter 156 - The Purple Bird (2/2)

Evan thought as he watched the one-eyed raven devour the flesh of the young men and the monster it had killed. They were the perfect prey for it. They were easy to kill, and their bodies were filled with mana.

<Hmm, its mark looks a little paler than that rat's, well, I don't think that makes any difference. That raven is definitely a monster>.

Whoosh.

Suddenly the raven stopped eating the meat and turned its head toward Evan. The young man didn't expect the raven to take its eyes off the food and notice him.

The raven spread its wings and instantly flew toward Evan. The young man tried to run away, but as soon as he thought about it...

Bam.

The raven's claws stabbed into the tree trunk, cracking loudly, and then the tree crumbled to the ground in front of Evan. The raven was not going to let Evan escape. It looked very menacing and dangerous, but ...

But, the young man was no longer running anywhere. He looked at the raven and said with a smile: ”Well, what's up, buddy? I hope you remember me?”

When the raven spread its wings, Evan managed to see a scar exactly where his one-eyed raven had been wounded earlier. So Evan realized that this raven was the one that had saved him a few days ago. Of course, Evan was taking a pretty big risk, because even if it was the same raven, where's the guarantee that it wouldn't attack the young man?

But, he had no better option than that. In any case, while he was climbing over the thick trunk of the tree, the raven would have already attacked him several times. Evan knew he was taking a risk, but his decision to come and watch the fight in this forest was already a risk in itself.

Whoosh.

The raven flew up and circled Evan several times, then landed on a tree trunk. He didn't attack Evan, which meant the monster remembered him. It was almost impossible to see something like that. Usually, monsters always attacked people.

”Great. Of course, it`s too bad that I'll never know why you saved me back then, but at least I won't have to fight you. You're fine and you've even evolved, for you that fight was not only deadly but also successful. You've gotten stronger, monsters really are amazing.” Evan said calmly, looking into the raven's big eye.

Evan had only met monsters and beasts a couple of times, but he liked them. Thanks to the case when this raven had rescued him, he felt a strange attachment to this raven.

The purple raven stared at Evan for a while and then pointed by its claws at Evan's hand, or more precisely at his wrist.

Strangely enough, Evan immediately understood what the raven wanted from him.

Whoosh.

His spatial ring glowed and a second later, the ”Reverse Death” appeared in his hand. He swung the blade smoothly and made a small but rather deep cut right on his wrist.

”Well, what are you waiting for!?” Evan said loudly, throwing his arm forward.

The raven immediately took off and headed for the young man's bleeding arm. To Evan's surprise, the raven didn't sit down on the ground to swallow the falling drops of his blood. Instead, it dug its beak into Evan's arm, thereby encircling the entire wound.

”AHAHAHAHA, drink as much as you want, let's consider it payment for my salvation.” Evan wasn't worried about the lost blood. Raven wouldn't be able to drink that much Evan would pass out anyway. Moreover, Evan still had the pill he had originally intended to spend on the raven.. He had no fear of giving the raven his blood.