Learning ( Edited )

I need to know more...

I woke up and the sun was still raising over the forest, I opened the eyes on both of my wings to look around the cave I found earlier, I noticed that little crystals started to form, so I went to check them out.

They were normal crystals, "Not much use unless..." I said while thinking about a plan on what to use them for, then I got an idea.

I took one crystal with my claws and examined it, I then absorbed it through my skin, as I look at the molecules used to make these, I planted some data in my DNA. The data I planted in my DNA made it so, whenever I feel like it, I can harden all of my body as hard as the crystal, but it was still fragile when I hardened my body and punched the wall of the cave. So I changed some molecules and DNA to make the crystal-body harder than lonsdaleite, I punched again at the wall and this time, the wall shattered. Perfect for defense.

I got out of the cave and looked around for nothing especially important, but when I looked around through my many eyes while walking in the woods, I noticed some movements in the bushes, and sometimes caught glimpse of green eyes, so I guessed they were predators, so I made my body hardened, made my claws sharper, and even made my wings so they could cut through things. Then I thought of something and stopped.

I then proceed to change things in my DNA, after that, my body started to shake and I fell down, my body was spasing until.

*CRACK SPLASH* My back was tore apart, making blood splitter everywhere.

I stood up, I was taller, so much that I was nearly the height of the trees, I felt new muscle on my back, I moved them so that I could see them in front of me.

There were two massive arms, barely any skin to hide the veins, muscles and bones, it was a mess but I could see they had massive powers at their dispositions, the arm was coming out of my torn back between my wings, wings that were bigger and more muscular. The arms ended with mangled claws, with sharpened boned at the end of each displaced fingers.

I was satisfied with my work, it may look disgusting but I don't care because this is nature, and in nature you only survive. I opened many eyes everywhere on my body, on my back legs, my wings, my massive arms, the sides of my legs. Well you get it, so that they wouldn’t get a surprise attack.

Nothing happened for three minutes, then I saw movement behind me and then, some kind of wolf made of wood jumped on me, it was then crushed by my arms, then wolves made of wood jumped from everywhere, some even managed to bite me, but got their wooden teeth stuck because I was still in my hardened mode, I crushed some of them with my arms, cut through some of them with my wings and claws and even ate some, and in the end, I was covered in wood, and looked around with my eyes to see if there were more threats. When I couldn't find any, I retracted my two new arms in my back and closed it, I closed my eyes and healed the spots where the eye sockets were. Now I look like an average manticore, well beside the massive size and the fur color. My co!ar fur was now a burning yellow that ended with a bloody red. I had now blood colored fur all over my body, with marks colored a shade of orange and yellow. I looked like a tattooed big manticore now.

I resumed walking until I felt hungry again, and around the same time, a whole group of the same odd chicken were in one area. How convenient.

I proceed to feed again, their abilities to turn anything they see to stone wasn't a problem anymore, as I had an eye specialized in hunting them, so I turn them to stone, waited a few minutes then turned them back to normal, as expected, they all fell unconscious leaving me with a feast, but before I could eat them all, I sensed something... multiple things. I opened my eyes on my rear legs, then I saw a pack of manticores, they seem hungry. I turned around and looked at them, they backed away in fear, I sat down and took one little chicken and place it in front of me. They all looked confused and slowly approach, then one of them ate the chicken, then I took another one and threw it at them, they all fought for it but then I just backed away to let them eat my feast. They saw this and all jumped on the chickens to eat them.

After a while of feeding and mess cleaning, nothing was left. Then they all looked up at me in admiration and all sat down, I then got up, turned around and started walking through the forest, they all followed me but I didn't care, I found what seemed to be a family so I didn't really mind if they followed me around, after some time, I found another group of chicken, I turned to look at my little pack and motion them to stay hidden, they did as ordered and I prepared to attack.

I opened my eyes on my wings, legs and head, I then jumped in the middle of the group and the moment they looked at one of my eyes they would turn to stone, but I made sure it didn't affect the manticore that were watching me in admiration and fear. After they all got turned to stone, I waited 10 minutes and turned them back to normal, I then started to eat all of them, as I had given my last feast to my little family.

When I finished I went back to my cave where all the members of my pack would sleep, I was just glad that the cave was big enough for 10 manticores, after making sure the cave was safe and that all of my pack was asleep, I went to sleep myself. I learned a lot from today.

Author's Notes:

Hey guys, This week and 2 week later, I won't be posting chapters regularly anymore, as I'm moving out to my vacation spot in Tahiti, so if some times chapters wou!dn't come out that just mean I'm chilling or sleeping or doing other stuff.
Till next chapter