A talking beast?

it was then that Bill noticed the wolf jumping but it was too late to dodge it's attack so he covered little koky in his embrace so that he would be the one attacked

suddenly before the wolf could harm them a flash appeared that made it stop in midair before it dropped to the ground ...dead

Bill took notice of this and was surprised to see that the wolf's corpse was split in half from it's head all the way to it's tail in the back

he was shocked beyond words as what he saw earlier was a flash from the sky moving at an incredible speed as it reached the wolf in an instant

Bill was horrified as he knew that a stronger being was the one who did this he was about to retreat to the outer region but he was stopped before a huge shadow that blocked his way and suddenly a suffocating pressure fill on him that made him unable to move his legs or even move his lips as every breath was harder to take in

he struggled to move his eyes to see what it looked like

it was a tall beast that has a lot of feather that didn't reflect the sunlight just dark feather with even surface as if combed neatly and it has proud aura attached to itself as if looking down on this world as if nothing could stop it or force it to do anything it doesn't want to , it has a sharp brown peak that is slightly gold in color and has red eyes with golden rim that weren't staring at him as if ignoring his presence

little koky was chirping happily and trying to break free from his grip as the shadow continued to stay still and just moved it's head a little but that little move made Bill's grip open forcefully and little koky was floating from his hand as it continued to chirp excitedly as if it had met someone dear to it

the shadow just checked little koky with it's eyes and Bill could swear that it was smiling with joy from it's eyes that turned gentle Bill was thinking 'could it be?'

after a round of checking koky from it's right and left side it placed it on the top of it's head and let koky play with feather on it's head without showing any hint of annoyance just joy

then it moved it's attention to the silent Bill and then a shock appeared on his face and his eyes widened as he heard a gentle female voice in his head "i have been observing you the last period and know about everything you did"

Bill was silent as he simply too shocked to even think

"you don't need to be afraid i wont hurt you as you are the savior of my little son when i wasn't watching and for that i need to sincerely thank you" the voice continued

little koky was continuing to play jumping up and down on the beast's head looking in complete contrast to the mood playing

" as returning the favor you can request two things only" then the beast raised it's left wing slightly

Bill felt the pressure lessen considerably as if a rock was pressing on his chest has been lifted at last

he dropped to the ground gulping for air for a minute then stood up again while shock and fear appeareant on the kid's faceasking "Wh...what are you really?!!"

"i'm this little fella's mother" the beast was gesturing to little koky as it's voice appeared in Bill's mind confirming his earlier suspicion

Bill still felt some pressure "I...i see so you are little koky's mother"

the beast didn't reply just staring at him for a moment then " so what are your requests i don't like being indebted to someone especially a human kid"

Bill thought for a moment than said "you said earlier that you saw everything from the start right then you have seen the battle of the shadow and my mom right?"

"indeed i have seen that woman's battle with the dark elder" she sounded without any emotion in it's words

Bill looked determined "then where did she go and who kidnapped her?! that is my first request"

the beast stared back at him" she was kidnapped by the dark king of the shadow world from the elder's words and they took her to the evil sect for sure"

Bill gritted his teeth and thought for a long moment this time before opening his mouth"i want to get stronger quickly"

little koky looked tired and yawned a few times before sleeping on his mother's head

the beast didn't say anything for a while then it relied "hmm there are many things i can do for human cultivators if they ask for power but that doesn't apply on you i am afraid. as you haven't formed a core yet or have a strong body with solid foundation"

the beast was pondering and Bill was silent in fear of disturbing it's thoughts

but then as if a flash of inspiration struck it as it opened it's eyes wider for a moment before looking at Bill again " say boy how about i give you something that could help you in the future i think it could be counted as fulfilling your request as well?"

Bill pondered slightly but agreed "okay" he said while nodding his head

"then we will do this.. come closer"the beast urged Bill that got closer to it

a feather fell from it's wings and turned into a dark energy that swept into Bill's heart

"i can see something really interesting in you as if a sleeping light energy waiting for it's time to wake up so i added something that could refine it for you as time pass even if you don't train at all" it's voice seemed to have a slight emotion to it as if slightly surprised

Bill was shocked "a sleeping power? what is that" he was puzzled looking at koky's mother for an answer