As the Magical Energy Tide arrived, the ravens on the Citadel's Raven Island all began cawing excitedly.
As birds that were already unusually perceptive, they could clearly feel a wondrous energy pouring steadily into their bodies, transforming their very essence to some degree.
Of the twelve white raven eggs Danyla had left to hatch in the Maester's Tower within the Hightower, only two had hatched a few days earlier. Now all ten remaining eggs hatched successfully as well.
The old maester, who had been happily feeding the two little white ravens, could not help widening his eyes in shock.
"Caw, caw~"
The two little white ravens had been almost full just moments earlier, yet their bulging crops rapidly shrank. Once again, they opened their beaks wide, frantically begging the old maester for food.
Like Maester Riven on Raven Island, the old maester had become a full-time nursemaid to the seemingly insatiable raven chicks, with no choice but to keep cutting up fresh meat to feed them.
Amoros, the great dragon beneath the weirwood beside the Hightower, felt it even more clearly. Cool magical energy poured madly into her body like a flood with nowhere else to go.
At the same time, another cool energy rushed straight into her head, making her thoughts increasingly lively. But the surging magical energy had also accelerated her metabolism far too much. She felt as though she was nearly mad with hunger, yet she dared not leave.
The five dragon eggs beneath her had all begun to stir. Now they were like bottomless pits, frantically devouring the magical energy around them. The flames of life within the five eggs burned ever brighter.
Now that the energy channeled through the weirwood finally had an outlet, its countless roots redoubled their efforts, madly seizing and drawing in