An Owl's Rise

The titanic beast that was one of the rulers of the forest had deep brown fur and had reached the high tier of the tyrant rank.

With both of its thick arms it beat its chest intimidatingly and sent a wave of magical energy out towards Evelyn. Cleary it did not appreciate her invading its territory and was issuing her a challenge.

Most newly evolved tyrant beast likely would have been frozen in fear coming face to face with such a powerful foe, but not Evelyn. Pretty much since she had been born in this world, she had been fighting against entities that were higher rank. A single beast that had grown only in the wild was not going to scare her after all she had been through.

"I suppose he'll do as a good training partner. I need to get used to fighting in this form and test out some of the new abilities I gained."

Evelyn may have had an easier time learning to move her humanoid form thanks to her first life, but even when she used to be a human on Earth, she never had any experience fighting. She already knew that her humanoid body would allow her to fight in different ways from what she was used to as owl.

Then there were more advanced techniques like she had seen Melisandre perform by rapidly switching between her smaller humanoid form and much larger owl form, but she knew she was far from being capable of that.

Having decided to fight, Evelyn held out her hand and motioned for the giant gorilla to come at her.

Naturally the beast that was one of the strongest within the Forest of Giants understood what her gesture meant and charged at her furiously. It could tell she was not taking it seriously and was furious that it was being belittled by a beast multiple tiers lower than it.

Demonstrating great agility despite its large size, the giant ape leapt from tree to tree and reached Evelyn's location in an instant.

In one big motion it swung both of its arms down with clenched fists and aimed to crush the little humanoid owl that dared to insult it.

However, its furious attack failed to so much as graze Evelyn, as she gracefully jumped from the branch she had been standing on and flew into the air outside of her opponent's reach.

"I think that you are the one underestimating me. You're not going to come close to hitting me without even using magic." Evelyn chided.

She had felt that the giant ape was attacking her with only its physical strength. Undoubtedly it wanted to humiliate her for looking down on it by beating her without really trying.

Unfortunately, for the gorilla, it was not up against an average newly evolved tyrant beast that it could easily toss around.

"Gravity Tether."

Evelyn pointed at the tree she had just jumped off of and imbued it with a great deal of magical energy.

She then dragged her finger over to the giant ape and connected the two with a line of purple magic.

At first nothing seemed to happen, but the tree soon began to shake violently and regardless of its deep roots that tethered it to the ground it dislodged itself from the earth.

No longer was the tree within the influence of the world's gravity, but instead was drawn towards the giant ape.

Of course, Evelyn's magic had not simply made the tree attracted to her target, but also heavily increased the force of gravity on it. The tree was going to come at the giant ape with two hundred times the normal gravity experienced on this world.

With an evil grin on her face, she watched the gorilla's reaction to seeing one of the forest's enormous trees rushing towards it.

For its first move it rushed out of the way to dodge the tree, but that was not going to do anything but delay the inevitable.

After passing by its new gravitational attraction, the tree stopped for a moment before chasing back after the giant gorilla. It would follow it until it either reached its target, was blocked by something it could not pass through, or the magic fueling it ran out.

"Oh. Looks like it is finally going to use magic." Evelyn said. Watching the show from above.

The giant ape chose to stop running and face Evelyn's attack head on. It was a proud beast and was not going to continue to flee from an attack from a beast it viewed as inferior.

Slamming both of its hands into the ground, it caused a great earthen wall to rise up and block the incoming tree.

Without waiting to confirm the outcome, the giant gorilla then turned towards Evelyn who was floating above it and prepared to kill her for her insolence.

Except, its powerful stone wall that should have easily been able to hold up to the enormous tree shattered like a thin piece of glass.

Surprise filled the great ape's face as its magic crumbled and the giant tree finally reached it.

A thunderous clap reverberated through the forest as the tree slammed into the gorilla.

The sturdy wood of the tree buckled under the force and splintered apart while the giant ape was sent flying by the impact.

"Tch!"

Clicking her tongue, Evelyn was not quite satisfied by the results of her little experiment. While things had worked mostly as she expected, the tree had shattered upon hitting the ape and broken the magic cast on it.

What she had wanted was for it to continue sticking to the gorilla to weigh it down, but apparently two hundred times the normal force of gravity was too much for it to retain its structural integrity.

"I guess I'll need to procure some large objects made from a tougher material. Something that can hold up to extreme gravity and not break."