The hawk with bee-striped feathers had all its attention on the Wasp Monkey. It had never considered that tiny Nameless and his companions would dare attack it.
Caught off guard, the golden light sank into the hawk's body.
The next moment, the hawk's sharp talons seized the Wasp Monkey. The Wasp Monkey struck back with its stinger, but the hawk's dense, rigid feathers stopped it.
Then the hawk drove its beak viciously into the Wasp Monkey's head and plucked out an eye. Blood streamed from the socket, and the Wasp Monkey shrieked in pain.
Nameless immediately wrote the character "bee" and flicked it at the hawk. But when it entered the hawk's body, it failed to control the bird. Instead, every feather on the hawk grew stronger.
Nameless wrote the character "hawk" and flicked that at it too, but that also failed.
"How is that possible? Neither 'bee' nor 'hawk' was right?" Nameless looked incredulous.
After his level rose, he could use Guess the Text, the ability attached to Nameless Name, four times in all. Getting it wrong twice in a row still startled him.
An ordinary animal like this shouldn't have been hard to guess.
He used Guess the Text to create an Imaginary Flower, then, after careful thought, chose the character "insect."
Since this hawk had already undergone Insectification, perhaps "insect" was its Origin Text.
Sure enough, when the golden light entered the hawk, it turned into a silent radiance that seeped into every cell. Nameless could feel himself gaining control over every part of it, but the process was slow—far slower than when he had controlled other creatures or materials.
The hawk seemed to sense the change inside it. Releasing the Wasp Monkey, it shot into the sky. But the feeling did not vanish; it kept spreading