Chapter 2: The first step

As the sun reign over the peaceful forest after the fire has dissapeared out of its map. The bird's have started sign's of life as they fly and landed to the tree's welcoming hands.

The forest became lively again as it's wildlife finally came out after the fire. But despite the animals finally rouming around they are afraid of ever coming to a certain place. It was a large burrow with a dying tree on its hill.

No animal would dare step inside or rathar no one even dare to bat it an eye as they can tell in there natural instinct that there was a much more dangarous predator lurking within the burrow.

Inside the burrow there lie's a human looking creature. It's white clothe has been ruined by dirt, mud, and even some smidge of blood, it's short torques hair were ruined as it's two unmatched horn's made it difficult for him to sleep.

Eventually he manage to open it's eyes. Eyes that devoid from the slightist emotion as he wakes up. Starting blankly at the burrow before looking at the sunlight that pierce through his temporary home.

P.O.V.....

I poke my head out if the burrow only to see it's just the morning forest. To be fair I didn't know I know I just slept the entire day since I've been examining my magic. Though magic is as natural as breathing for me I still need to experience it before hand. And luckily I was happy that I did just that.

Experiencing my mana for the first hand felt increadibly since I could feel the magic's power coursing through my veins. I don't even have to think hard as I just kept shaping my magic to whatever I want. Now I see why demons from frieren see other living beings as inferior to them.

It was a nice feeling for a while but I know I shouldn't think of it much since doing so might be my failure. My goal is to retain who I am not fall trap in this bodies animalistic tendencies.

Now that I have some grasp on my mana now it's time to form my magic. I stare at the forest as I try my best to conceal my mana. The remaining white aura around me kept shrinking in an increadible speed to the point that no mana has left my body. 

It felt heavy..... Once I hide my mana I felt a huge amount of burden weighing my body as if my body is trying to let it out. I tried my best to hold it in this state but after a couple of minutes I couldn't hold the struggle as I let it out slowly.

" Huff.... Huff .... Ugh I can't believe hiding your mana could be this hard.... "

Now I understand now how difficult it is for demons to hide there mana. Not only did they want to show off there mana so extensively to show there strength but also there bodies just couldn't bare the thought of them hiding there power.

It's just disgusting to them that they have to pretend to be a weakling. I'm not spared to this ideology either as I also felt disgusted to what I just did. 

" This is going to be hard "

" Groal..... "

" .... Sigh "

Concealing my mana will have to wait for now. Right now I need to eat. I got out of the burrow as walk a few feet away. The bird's here are pretty noisy but none the less I'm happy that they still have the gut's to even sing there songs.

I look up to see the bird's chirping so casually far above me. They don't seem to be threatened considering that I couldn't reach them from this height. Well that's what this bird's think the least.

I whip out just a small amount of my mana on my finger tips as I make sure to focus on its end point. I pointed my hand on one of the bird's who doesn't seem to mind my action as I condense my mana before shooting it at the bird in high speed and velocity causing my mana to fly in great speed as it pierce through the birds chest.

" Woosh! "

" Flap Flap Flap Flap!!! "

The small piece of meat fall to the ground as those bird emmidiently fly away out of there instict's to survive. I walk to get the small meat before starring at it with some dissapointment.

" Hmm too small. I need something bigger to eat and experiment on "

I hold the small piece of meat as I walk further away from the burrow. 

The mana slingshot is probably pretty easy for me to cast since visualizating a small condense mana that can shoot in high speed like a slingshot is easy to visualize. Though it's inferior to Zoltrak since that spell is basically like a gun and mine came to the idea of a simple sling shot that can be block by simple mean's it will be sufficient in killing small animals.

I walk around the forest as I use my mana to detect some simple animals and use my mana shot to kill a few animals. Eventually I manage to collect a hare and a a fawn as I carry them to my burrow to eat them.

I didn't bother cooking them since I'm fine at eating them raw but there is part that I didn't bother to eat. There head's.

" Gush! " 

" Hmm well I hope that I could learn something from there brain's "

There plain tasting cherry syrup drip from my hand as I grab a fawn's head and put it in my lap. I let my mana out from my finger as it flow out from my index. 

As my mana flow I visualize this liquid like aura to to be straight as a ruler. The image of a scalpel was clear on my mind as I shape the mana's shape to fit my image. 

I tested it for a while before putting it in the fawn's head. The mana scalpel slide through the flesh cleanly as it's head split open showing its smooth blood covered brain.

Seeing it's brain didn't bother me since this is the first step I need to take if I want to know how the brain actually work's. I didn't idle as I cover my eyes with my mana as I look closer to the fawn's brain. Trying to figure out how certain living beings instinct's and brain chemistry work's.