Angel's Descent: The Wings of Rebellion

The world of Ferland.The Age of Titans and Dragons.Eagle's Nest Peak, where the grasslands meet the forests.The sun hung high, blazing in the sky.

"Eagle's Nest Peak tribe, a decree from the Royal Court! Fifty hawkman warriors must be conscripted! You have three days to gather at the Oceanwood and answer the call of the Thunder God!"

Above the cliff, a hawkman with gray-black wings, gripping a bone spear in his talons, shouted down at the hawkmen gathered below.

Among the crowd of hawkmen on the cliff,

Jano looked up, confused, glancing around at the strange surroundings.

"Where am I...?"

It didn't take long for him to realize something was off.

Surrounding him were hawkmen with human faces, bird-like beaks, hawk feet, wings, and bodies covered in gray-black feathers. They wore simple, worn animal skins, their gaunt frames revealing the toll of years of malnutrition.

As for Jano, he was just a young hawkman, standing beside a mother hawkman.

Memories of the original hawkman's life surfaced in his mind.

"Messenger! Our tribe has only two hundred people. If all the young and strong leave, how will we survive in this wilderness? Please, give us more time!"

A tall, burly hawkman at the front of the crowd, who had begged the messenger earlier, now spoke with desperation.

But the messenger was unmoved.

"Hmph, I don't care about that. If you come on time, you live. If not, your tribe will be destroyed!"With a flap of his wings, the messenger soared into the air, leaving behind a group of despondent hawkmen.

That night,

A bonfire flickered on the cliff.

The remaining hawkmen, young and old, gathered around to roast what little meat they had left.Jano stood quietly next to his mother, beside a tall, strong hawkman—the tribe's chief, the same hawkman who had pleaded for more time earlier.

After finishing his meal, the chief turned to Jano, sighed, and patted his head."My son must grow up strong and healthy."

Jano, despite having the memories of the original hawkman, still felt a flicker of warmth at the chief's words.

Then he turned to the female hawkman beside him and spoke somberly.

"Azhi, the war between the Titans and the ancient dragons has raged for a thousand years. Our fathers left ten years ago and never returned. This time, when we leave, we may never come back. If I don't return, Jano will need you to raise him."

Azhi's eyes welled up with tears.

"Yi, can't we just leave? Let's run away, far from here."

"No, the world is divided, ruled by Titans and Dragons. Here, we can survive. If we go anywhere else, we will be wiped out."

The hawkman father spoke helplessly.

"Yi, you must come back safely!"

"I will."

The next morning,

All the young and strong hawkmen, led by their father, flew westward toward Oceanwood.On the cliff, the elderly, the sick, and the females gathered, watching their warriors disappear into the distance, hugging their children tightly, unsure if they'd ever see them again.

Three Years Later

In a forest near Eagle's Nest Peak,

Jano, holding a stone spear, crouched on a branch, his sharp, cold eyes scanning the ground below.A large and a small thick-skinned wild boar were being attacked by three forest wolves.

The smaller boar was already torn in half, its life ended.

The larger boar, driven by grief and fury, ignored its wounds and charged at the wolves with tusks lowered.

One wolf was impaled on the boar's tusks and died instantly.

Another wolf was slashed open, lying on the ground gasping for breath.

The third wolf was about to strike the boar with a fatal blow.

At that moment, a hawk's cry echoed across the forest.

Jano dove from the tree, wings flapping, and with a swift motion, he thrust his spear directly into the eye of the attacking wolf.

The wolf collapsed, lifeless.

[You killed a forest wolf, experience +10]

Ignoring the message, Jano turned and hurled his spear again, this time striking the second injured wolf in the throat.

[You killed a forest wolf, experience +10]

The entire process was quick and efficient.

It wasn't until the battle ended that three young hawkmen descended from the trees, landing beside him.

"Jano, you're incredible!"

"We just flew down and you already took care of all the wolves."

Jano smiled and nodded.

"Asan, Ale, Alai, you take some of the meat back first. I'll stay here and watch."

"Okay, Jano! Be careful!"

After the three hawkmen flew off with the boars, Jano cleaned his spear, wiping away the blood.He then flew back to the treetops, sitting on a sturdy branch as he watched the sun dip below the horizon, the last rays of light filtering through the leaves.

"Open the panel."

[Name]:Jano

[Race]:Hawkman

[Age]:9

[Attributes]:Strength 5, Constitution 4, Spirit 9, Agility 8, Charm 3

[Level]:Unlocked (Sealed, waiting for game activation)

[Skills]:Throwing (Mastery), Spear (Mastery)

[Skill Points]:Unlocked (Sealed, waiting for game activation)

[Talent]:None

[Quest System]:Unlocked (Sealed, waiting for game activation)

[Game Activation Countdown]:3650136 days 5 hours 35 minutes

Seeing the countdown on the game panel, Jano couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth."I've been reincarnated as a hawkman, but the reality is far harsher than I expected. Not only is life difficult, but the game system I was relying on is also inaccessible."He sighed deeply.

"I wonder if I'm an NPC or a player..."

"I can't rely on the system for now. I'll have to rely on myself. At least I can still see my attributes and skills, so I'm not completely useless."

The golden glow of the setting sun filtered through the trees.

Jano snapped a branch off, twirling it in the air.

"There's nothing else to do. I'll think things through again."

"I've been here for three years, and it's clear this world is the ancient era of the"Ferland World"game, the Age of Titans and Dragons."

"When I entered the game, I was already in the fifth chapter, during the rise of the human empire.""By then, the era of Titans and Dragons had long passed. After the ancient war, the Titans vanished without a trace, and the dragons retreated to Dragon Island."

"There's little information about this era in my memory, but I do know that three years before the final battle between Titans and Dragons, the Thunder God, Atri, killed the Blue Dragon King Arilertos, the young son of the Dragon Emperor, in a territorial war."

"That incident was the spark that ignited the final war."

"The Dragon Emperor, in a fit of rage, led his entire clan into battle with the Titans. Both sides suffered heavy losses, and the goblins seized the opportunity to rise."

"When I watched the movie, I didn't pay much attention to the history of the hawkman race.""Back then, the hawkmen were still under the royal court's rule, considered an intelligent race, with hundreds of thousands of them in the ancient world."

Jano glanced at his own appearance and sighed.

"Hawkmen, once part of the intelligent races, are now a weak, marginalized species. In the fifth chapter, players won't even have the option to start as one."