BOOM! It sounded as the massive crow magical beast landed on a large steel wood tree, named for being harder than steel.

“no this can’t be right, there no way such powerful magical beast would ever bother with someone like little me. Yes, this is all just a dream. Just a dream…the kings please let this all just be a dream” Aura desperately thought to herself as she stared at the massive bird.

For a few minutes, the two of them was just staring at each other, bird and fay. Though for Aura, the silence felt like an eternity.

“kraa! I did not think I would meet a lone mortal at a place like here” the thunder crow said bringing an end to the silence, “tell me who did a weak mortal like yourself reach this deep into the forest?” it added.

“it speaks! By the kings! this must be a lord! What do I do?! What do I say!?” Aura thought to herself desperate to find a way to survive this.

After a few minutes, the crow grew tired of waiting for an answer and once more spoke. “Kraa ! you are so blinded by my brilliances and the endless depths of my power, that you can’t even speak are you not little mortal.”

“..y…ye…yees…” Aura finally managed to say.

“kraa! Kraa! Kraa! Yes, stare in awe of my endless might! I the mighty thunder crow Comrozz!!! Hahahaha soon all will know of my might and sing my glorious name! Ahahaha both the whole forest and all you little mortals! Ahahaha…. Kraaa wait! You weak mortals will never get even close to the heart, how would you ever know how I defeated the kings and became the new ruler of the forest!” Comrozz said.

“the kings!?” Aura said shocked! True she didn’t know who powerful the thunder crow truly is nor the power of the kings. But if this crow says it can defeat them then just how powerful is it.

“kraa! It was good I found you little mortal! I will bring you with me to witness my glory! Kraa!” Comrozz said as the flew down and grabbed Aura with on leg and flew off with great speed.

“kyaaaa” Aura screamed as she was grabbed by the crow and pulled along its insane speed.

Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Was all Aura could hear as the world slowly turned dark as she lost consciousness both due to the shock and the insane speed they were traveling with.

Time went by with Aura shifting in and out of consciousness. She slowly started getting used to it or at least to the extent where she could set up a small barrier of soul force to keep the raging winds from knocking her out.

As Aura began to stay awake for a longer time she also began to take note of what was happening around her, mostly just how fast they were flying. When she looking to the ground below all she saw was green. Yes just green, she couldn’t even make out the trees or the ground it was all just one endless sea of green.

“kraa! So you finally awake are you little mortal” Comrozz said. “that’s good, I was thinking about dropping you a few times you know” he added.

“ahh! No! I mean yes I’m awake now!” Aura quickly replied back fearing he would truly drop her as she knew that she could never hope to survive a fall from this height and speed.

“kraa good good! I need you alive to tell the world of my glory when I defeat those cowardly kings!” Comrozz proudly said.

“can… can you really defeat the kings?” Aura weakly asked.

“of course, I can! I am a mighty thunder crow and a Mythic beast! None can match me in strengths even less those cowardly so-called kings” Comrozz said in a proud voice.

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“a Mythic beast?” Aura asked having never heard the term before.

“kraa! You don’t know what a Mythic beast is?” Comrozz called out surprised.

“no… no I don’t.” Aura replied in a small voice.

“does that mean that you mortals don’t know the deferent levels of us magical beasts” Comrozz asked.

“no… no, we don’t.” Aura replied still in a small voice now with a hint of shame in it.

“kraa! You mortals truly know nothing! But fear, not this mighty Comrozz shall tell you! Be grateful little mortal!” Comrozz said.

“thank you” Aura hurriedly thanked him.

“yes, now I guess it would be best if I started from the bottom and went up, hmmm let’s see. The lowest is know to us as Common beast and are the weakest of magical beasts. If they become powerful enough then they can enter the realm of an Elemental adept beast, the beasts around where I picked you up was mostly at that stage, it's mostly then the magical beasts begin to truly use the elements it also strengthens their bodies making the much stronger then common beasts” Comrozz told her this as she telling a child the most basic thing in the world.

“so Elemental adept is around the fifth and the sixth realm of cultivation,” Aura thought as she listened.

“after Elemental adept comes Self-forming stage, this is where magical beasts slowly begin to form a sense of self. And after that, it’s the Self-gaining stage here they truly gain a self, it's considered to be the most important stage there is.” Comrozz continued on.

“and then after that, they become Essences beasts this is mostly the highest stage a magical beast reach without living in the deeper part of the forest. After this they will become a True beast, this is also where they begin to be able to speak as I do know” Comrozz explained.

“why is it the can’t reach the true beast stage unless they live within the deep forest?” Aura asked now curious.

“well that’s of course because the amount of essences needed is very high and most would grow old and die before collecting enough without the help of the heightened amount found only within the forest. Anyway, after true beast is Sovereign beast only the truly strong reach here. Next is Emperor beast only those living close to the heart can ever reach this stage.” Comrozz continued.

“and of course lastly is the mighty Mythic beast stage where yours truly the mighty thunder crow Comrozz is at!” Comross said proudly.

Magical beast ranking.

Common beast.                     From the 1st to the 5th cultivator realm.

Elemental adept.                 It’s around the 5th and 6th cultivator realm.

Self-forming.                         This is around 7th and 8th realm.

Self-gaining.                          Around 9th and 10th realm.

Essences beast.                    Around the 10th to 12th.

True beast.                           Around the 12th to the 15th realm.

Sovereign beast.                 Around the 15th to 20th realm.

Emperor beast.                   Around the 20th to 25th realm.

Mythic beast.                      Around the 25th to 50th realm.

an added note. the highest any cultivator have reached is the 17th realm.