17 Interruptions *

"So our next stop will be Coober Pedy, get comfy, it'll be a really long trip, especially since we'll have to take it slow even on the straight roads," Chloe said.

Everyone nodded before getting out a few things, they took some pillows and blankets from Marla Traveller's Rest, of course with Dylan's permission.

The trip was as gruesome and boring as they expected. The beast corpses have probably had a day or two since they died, causing the stench to be unbearable, not to mention the scene it caused. Half ate corpses, some torn to bits and others with little bite marks.

Grabbing the phone Adam quickly checked how long it had been. Looking at the time he noticed it's been 2 – 3 hours and looking at the maps they were only halfway there.

*Flap*Flap*Caw*

Looking outside the window everyone could see a massive bird flying above them, one they hadn't seen before, one that looked dangerous. It was mainly blue, with the tips of the feathers coloured white. They couldn't see exactly how large the bird was, unsure how far it from them.

The bird spotted them before they could prepare their beasts the bird pierced through the air, breaking the sound barrier in an instant and appearing before them in an instant. Taking a closer look the bird appeared to have the wingspan of 20 metres, while its body was roughly 5 – 10 metres wide. From the beak to tail feathers was about 10 metres, it had large razor-sharp black talons.

Putting its talons first the bird ripped into the roof of the car, it quickly sounded as if someone had scratched their nails on a blackboard, giving everyone a quick shiver.

"Summon Fa- "

"Stop!" Before Dylan could summon his beast, Alfredo had already stopped him from finishing his incantation.

Dylan looked a bit annoyed and frustrated at being stopped, but before he could complain Alfredo explained his actions, "You could almost have killed us Dylan! Look out your window".

Everyone looked outside and reeled back, they had realised they were probably 30 – 40 metres in the air and the height was still rising. Seeing that everyone realised what's happening Alfredo continued explaining, "We aren't sure exactly how the bird will react to being attacked. Will it drop us? Causing us to plummet to our deaths. Or will it slowly descend as the poison slowly kills it? Not sure and I don't want to take any risk, so, be patient and we'll deal with it when it does put us back down".

Looking at the massive bird outside Lachlan quickly analysed it.

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Name: Blue Lightning Eagle

Age: Adult

Attribute: Wind/Lightning

Level: 12

STR: 49(+16), AGI: 61(+20), VIT: 45(+13)

INT: 25(+9), PER: 29(+15), WIL: 25(+6)

Weakness: Nothing

Strengths: Lightning speeds and Crushing Grip

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Looking at the level Lachlan quickly realised it wasn't as high as he thought. But, while its level wasn't extremely high its natural stats were incredibly high, especially since it didn't have a master, well at least that's what they think.

Thinking that it doesn't have a master Lachlan touched the talon and tried taming it, "You want to join me, travelling the world and fighting against the strong?"

"Lachlan Wait!"

Nothing, Lachlan was surrounded by complete darkness, nothing in sight, no sound, no smells, and nothing to grab a hold of.

*Caw*

Looking behind him Lachlan realised it was the massive bird, except up close. Lachlan looked minuscule compared to the massive bird.

Looking at the human in front of it the Eagle began to size him up, see if he was qualified to tame it. Looking at him the bird decided it wouldn't be worth it.

*Screech*

The bird quickly gave off an ear-piercing screech which only Lachlan could hear, causing him to feel sick.

*Flap*Flap*

The bird began flapping its wings at an extremely fast speed, causing Lachlan to be flung out of where ever he was.

Looking around him Lachlan noticed everyone staring at him, it seemed the bird was grabbing hold of the car, and Lachlan hasn't experienced any pain yet. Inspecting his body Lachlan couldn't see any tattoos, which probably meant he didn't succeed.

Alfredo looked a bit apologetic before he began explaining to Lachlan what he experienced, "What you just experienced is something everyone here with a tamed beast has experienced. However, from what I've seen it seems that you have to have a friendly connection to tame a beast. Franklin was my pet, Rocky was Jack's pet, and Shadow sees Adam as its parent".

"What about Dylan's Fast and Slow?" Lachlan Asked.

"Fast and Slow were my two pet snakes before this whole incident," Dylan explained.

"Okay, as seen everyone has something that connects them to their tamed beast, so I would suggest you don't suddenly try and tame something you have no connection with," Alfredo said.

"Okay," Lachlan said while nodding.

They continued their journey in the air for half an hour before the bird began to descend. Looking down and out the window, they could see a cluster of large trees, with a nest, created using five of those trees to support it.

The nest seemed to be made of tree branches, whole tree saplings, and large bushes. It seemed to be about 50 metres long and wide.

*Flap*Flap*

It started to slow down its descent, reaching the nest before it dropped us off, only half a metre above the ground so nothing got damaged and no one was hurt. It dropped us near the tree supporting the centre of the nest.

Looking inside they could see that the tree was partially hollowed out, with a few eggs laid there.

*Crunch*

Looking in front of them the bird had landed on a few tree branches and was now staring at us.

*Screech*