Seeing the black bird wings in front of him, Venix's eyes widen.

"What on earth is this!?" Venix moves his left hand in front of his eyes and sees two black bird wings.

Lowering his head, Venix notices that his stomach is filled with black feathers, and a strong leg with sharp claws on it.

"What's going on!? Open the profile menu!" Venix shouts in anger.

[ Name: Not Determined ]

[ Race: Bird ]

[ Level: 1 ]

[ Experience: 0/100 ]

[ Skill : , , ]

Venix reads his profile menu slowly and can't help but feel despair as he looks at his character's information.

On the other hand, Venix also sees a depiction of his bird character next to the profile status. There, a bird resembling the one he's become is depicted, tall and mighty.

Venix's character bird's height is 80 cm.

"What's with this bug? Why does it seem like they're coming to me one by one and surrendering themselves to me?" Venix sighs in sadness.

He wants to report this bug from within the game, but Venix can't find anything like a bug report in this game.

"Weird." Venix furrows his brow.

Finally, Venix finds something similar, which is 'Player Complaints'.

It's like feedback to the game developers, but not a place to report bugs.

Venix conveys all his complaints to the player complaints and then closes it.

"I can't recreate my game character." Venix sighs sadly.

Somehow, he was able to transform into a Bird Race.

"Even the Anima Race has a Humanoid body, two hands and two feet, like humans. How am I supposed to fight with this bird body!?" Venix finds this bug too ridiculous.

It would be fine if there were Animal Races that allowed players to take on the roles of ordinary animals. But there are no Animal Races in the game's options!

Only Anima Races are capable of fully transforming into Animals or Monsters. However, that only happens at high levels.

"I'll give this bird character a try before the game developers fix this bug," Venix thinks to himself.

Then, Venix looks down and remembers that he's on top of a branch of one of the trees.

"How do I get down?" Venix murmurs.

Then with intent to try, Venix extends his two bird wings to the sides, forming a letter -T-.

Flap ~ Flap ~

Venix flaps his wings repeatedly, up and down.

With his thick bird wings, Venix seems to be touching the air around him.

"Success!" Venix feels jubilant!

Venix strengthens the flaps his wings, moving up and down faster.

Venix's bird body slowly hovers in the air and glides through the air!

"This feeling is not bad!" Venix praises honestly.

The sensation of controlling a bird character and flying with its wings is truly a unique experience!

Moreover, the lifelike feeling inside this game is much better than other Virtual games!

"Forward!" Venix moves forward and flies ahead.

Venix becomes more excited, continuing to flap his wings.

Unconsciously, Venix loses the rhythm and the pressure of the wind on his wings.

Slowly, Venix feels his view descending.

"Huh?" Venix feels something is not right.

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He flaps his wings frantically.

But similar to swimming in water, what's needed is calmness, confidence, and a rhythmic body movement to be able to swim in water.

It's not much different from flying.

The more panicked a person is and the more chaotic their movements are, the more likely they are to sink.

Just like Venix, his bird body suddenly starts falling!

"Ahhhhhh ~"

Venix screams in terror as his head plunges downward, and he sees the ground getting closer in front of him.

Thud ~

Venix's bird body falls to the ground, creating a loud thud.

Venix feels his heart pounding. He doesn't feel pain, but the experience of falling is truly terrifying.

"This won't work." Venix lifts his bird's head upwards, and gazes at the sky.

He doesn't dare to fly right now because there's a certain fear after the previous experience.

"Let's walk." Venix thinks to himself.

Then Venix, with his bird character, begins to walk and explore the forest.

***

In a forest not far from the Beginner Village.

A team consisting of 5 people, two women and three men, is walking deeper into the forest.

"Hey, leveling up is really difficult." A woman named Naesa complains about the difficulty of leveling up.

Leveling up in this game requires players to destroy an illusion gate inside their body. When leveling up, all the player's own consciousness is transferred to their character's body, where they control all the powers within their body to destroy the illusion gate.

"You can relax. I've reached level 4, and I can provide personal guidance to you," a man named Elwin, the leader of this team, assures Naesa.

"Really? I'll rely on you in the future!" Naesa smiles sweetly at Elwin.

Seeing Naesa and Elwin suddenly become closer, a man in the team named Kaeran clenches his teeth.

He's jealous of their closeness!

"I'll prove that I'm better than him!" Kaeran thinks to himself.

Because of his frustration, Kaeran really wants to vent his emotions. Kaeran turns his head to the side, hoping to find a target for his outburst.

"Eh?" Kaeran is surprised when he sees a large black bird walking like a duck in the forest.

"There are no flying creatures at the early levels... Is it a hidden creature!?" Kaeran immediately becomes excited!

If he kills the foolish bird walking like a duck, he might get high-level equipment!

With a sword in his hand, he quickly leaves his team behind, leaving his other team members shocked and looking at Kaeran running.

"Eh? There's a big bird?"

"Be careful! Flying-type creatures are very difficult to deal with!"

"Kaeran is moving alone to attack that bird!"

Kaeran's teammates comment one by one.

On the other hand, Venix is relaxing and looking at the surrounding forest scenery while searching for prey.

Suddenly, Venix senses a movement coming from his side!

Venix turns and sees a sharp sword enveloped in a red-blood aura, slashing towards his bird's neck!

"Die!" Kaeran shouts enthusiastically!

Venix opens his eyes wide and is unable to respond!

"Kroak ~ Kroak ~"

The black bird's cry is heard.

Slashh ~

The sword severs Venix's neck, causing his head to fly upwards, detached from his body!

In an instant, Venix loses sight before his eyes and falls into darkness.

❄️❄️❄️

Somewhere in the forest.

A light shines, and suddenly a Black Bird appears from within the light.

"Kroak ~ Kroak ~ Kroak ~"

After the black bird appears, it immediately squawks, as if it's annoyed.

"You jerk! He really killed me in one hit! Don't let me see you again in the future! If I do, I'll kill you 10 times in a row!" Venix angrily shouts.

Venix is using the human language, but when it comes out of his bird's mouth, it automatically turns into bird cries.

Before Venix's previous death, his cries weren't about pain or fear, but rather a curse!

After venting his emotions by cursing the person who killed him, Venix calms down.

"I forgot my identity as a bird. It's only natural I'll be considered a target for player hunting." Venix sighs sadly.

He also sees a group of human players but ignores them. After all, they're just passing by.

Venix forgets that his current character is a bird.

"I won't be able to progress if I don't learn how to use this bird character." Venix thinks to himself.

Then Venix sees a large flat area in front of him.

"I have to learn to fly first. If I recklessly explore the forest, I'll end up dying again." Venix immediately sets his goal.

Seeing the open ground in front of him, Venix moves his legs to the side and prepares.

"Run!" Venix shouts, and his bird legs really run on the flat ground!

While running, Venix flaps his bird wings slowly, gaining momentum to reach the air and make his body soar.

Venix's bird body flies a few centimeters above the ground before landing again.

Venix stops and turns around.

"Again!" Venix says seriously.

Then Venix runs forward again and flaps his wings.

In this way, Venix practices how to use his bird character properly and correctly.

First and foremost, Venix learns how to fly.

After five minutes of running back and forth and flapping his wings, Venix reaches a conclusion.

"It's like swimming. I have to stay calm and feel the air I touch with both wings." Venix thinks to himself.

With that key in mind, Venix continues his training to learn how to fly.

Because Venix is calmer and more focused on feeling the wind he touches with his two wings, his progress becomes faster and faster!

Until finally, Venix truly succeeds in flying!

Venix, he descends and carefully lands on the ground.

"Hey, it's not in vain!" Venix is pleased with himself.

After spending twenty minutes, Venix is fully capable of flying!

"Next, I need to learn to hover." Venix thinks to himself.

Previously, he ran first to get strong wind momentum to fly. Now, he wants to be able to fly while standing in the same position.

With the things Venix has learned before, it doesn't take much time before he fully learns to hover.

"Now, onto landing." Venix thinks.

Flying is solved, and now it's about landing.

Before, when he flew and landed, Venix always had difficulty when landing. It's because his flying speed was too fast, causing his body to almost fall when landing.

Landing is an important thing. If a bird only knows how to fly and doesn't know how to land, they'll die sooner or later.

In the end, Venix spends a full half hour learning how to land.

"This is good enough, but there's still a lot of room for improvement." Venix thinks to himself.

He can now land easily on a spacious piece of land. But if the landing space is limited, like on a tree branch or treetop, Venix will still have difficulty.

"It's been two hours since the global server opened... Other players are already busy hunting creatures to level up, while I..." Venix shakes his head at his misfortune.

Then, a few moments later, Venix regains his confidence.

"It's time to hunt!" Venix thinks to himself.

Flap ~ Flap ~

Venix's wings flap quickly, lifting his body into the air.

After soaring into the sky, Venix doesn't flap his wings continuously but instead uses both wings to glide through the sky, only flapping them occasionally.

In this way, Venix truly flies in the sky, enjoying the strong wind that ruffles his feathers.

Perhaps due to his character as a bird, Venix has sharp visual senses.

From the sky, Venix can see what's happening below. Although not with perfect clarity, he can distinguish the shapes of creatures and humans.

Spending five minutes, Venix spots a pack of 12 Gray Wolves!

Right now, a battle is taking place between the gray wolves and a team of six humans.

Venix flies lower and tries to get a closer look.

The battle is truly intense!

The six players have established a strategic formation. Two warriors stand at the forefront, their robust shields serving as bulwarks against the relentless wolf assaults.

Flanking the group, two nimble swordsmen are ready to fend off any wolves attempting a side attack, wielding both bows and swords for versatile combat.

Meanwhile, at the rear, two archers keep a steady rain of arrows upon the wolves while being prepared to switch to close combat when the opportunity arises.

"Darn! Slaying creatures in this game is no walk in the park," Venix remarks, acknowledging the team's skill in managing a pack of Gray Wolves."

There's no Health Points (HP) or Mana Points (MP) system, causing players not to know how many more hits it will take to kill a creature.

They can only see the creatures getting injured from their attacks.

Venix flies lower and observes the whole situation.

Most creatures in the forest live in groups, and it's very rare to find solitary creatures. So if Venix hunts alone, it will be very difficult, and there's a high chance he will die!

"It seems I have to be shameless." Venix sees one of the wolves already heavily wounded.

Venix plans to steal their prey by suddenly killing the injured Gray Wolf and gaining experience!

As Venix continues to descend lower and lower, he notices that the Gray Wolf is on the brink of death before he can even plan his attack.

"Whatever! If I fail, so be it." Venix dives down, with his head leading the way.

Venix intends to descend faster in this position. Suddenly, he feels energy flowing into his bird's beak.

[ Activated! ]

The system interface appears in front of him.

Venix is surprised and thrilled at the same time!

His bird's beak is enveloped in a bloody red aura.

Venix plummets like a meteor!

Brrraaakkkk ~

Venix's bird's beak precisely pierces the head of the injured Gray Wolf, killing it on the spot!

[ Player Gained 300 Exp ]

Seeing the system notification, Venix is very happy!

As Venix experiences happiness, he also detects an uncomfortable sensation. He feels murderous gazes from every human player present here.