My Reincarnation As A Chicken

The viper completely ignored Black Wayne-kun and was slowly making its way towards me. Its white scales were dirtied with blood and several cuts, but that didn't seem to bother it much. I myself begun to take a few steps back, treading lightly and watching for any sudden movements from the snake.

This kept up till I could feel water under my feet. I looked back for a split second and all I could see was a shallow water that became less and less shallow. The snake was getting closer by the second.

'What do I do? Agent?'

'Oh gee, what a smart idea. Wish I had thought that up! Useless agent. First you don't stop the whole soul bond thing and then you can't even come up with a proper solution for me? Hmm, I should have a skill that could help for a moment like this, right?'

I quickly scrolled through my skill list and stumbled upon two things. First being, that I needed to learn to shut my beak. As unfortunate as it may sound, it turned out that by screaming, I was literally sending an invite to an 'All-You-Can-eat-Tori-Buffet' for predators of my species, which I was guessing was practically every species. That was most likely the reason why Black Wayne-kun was ever here in the first place. It was all due to my skill [Baby Chick Cry] which attracted predators.

Next was that my only chance of survival was [Adorable Wink].

'While others are using stupidly broken magical powers and cheat skills to survive, I'm using the power of cuteness! Go me! Go!'

'Um… Evil Snake-kun are you still going to try to kill me?'

I asked, waving my wings around to get a response. I slowly stalked it, kicking a pebble next to it to see a reaction. I got none. I then checked its status and was happy to see [Stunned] there. I was even more happy to see [Severe Bleeding] there as I ran past it. I saw that it had no more than 15 health points.

While running, I saw its guts trailing behind it in a puddle of blood. I also saw the Black Wayne-kun still paralysed, looking at me with what I ȧssumed to be begging eyes. Unfortunately for it, I wasn't going to fall for it.

'Yeah! That's what you get for lying to me! You can't just come here in an attempt to eat me and think I'll help you bastard! Now you'll die… y-yeah… you'll die… Ha.'

I ran into the bushes at full speed, although it probably wasn't very fast. While running, I noticed that my eyes were welling up. That shouldn't have been possible. Chickens couldn't cry, could they? I stopped in my tracks when a single tear drop ran down my cheek. I looked up at the massive tree leaves.

'Sa sa! Abandon the stupid bird Akira! Just do it!'

I forced myself to abandon it, looking forward, but I couldn't. I clicked my tongue then looked back where I came from. I had just about enough stamina to get back to where I came from. Well, that was just an ȧssumption based on how much stamina had been used up to get here.

'Agent. Can I get back there with the amount of stamina I currently have?'

I ran back. I ran like hell, jumping to avoid all the stupidly huge tree roots, rocks and grass. My stamina went down faster than I expected. I had a theory that it was because I was still a few days old. Then a question entered my head.

'Wait… how didn't I die from the cold and hunger?'

I asked, but before I could get an answer from the agent, I appeared at the river bank, where I saw the snake wrapping itself around Black Wayne-kun. The big black bird struggled through its captivity even as the snake continued to dig in.

'Black Wayne-kun! I'm here for you!'

I jumped at the viper without a second thought and pecked at its exposed guts. The snake let go of the bird, hissing in immense pain.

'Yeah! That's what you get! Let go my savior you stupid viper! Oh! No! Sorry! Please don't eat me!'

I quickly switched my thoughts as the snakes fangs inched closer to me. I retracted my head to dodge the incoming attack, but my beak was stuck in the snake's guts. I tried pushing back even harder because I really didn't want fangs crushing my skull. With all my might, I ended up pushing back with the guts.

There was a huge spray of blood and my face felt warm and burnt. I was beginning to feel dizzy and nauseous as well. The snake bit itself, spraying me with that gory torrent of blood. Not wanting to be the next source of blood, I struggled to free myself. It wasn't working.

The wriggling viper flailed me about. It seemed to be stuck in its own body. I realised that it used me as some sort of cushion while it jumped about. As I hit the ground, pain surged through my body has my health decreased by 3. My entire body ached and I felt stupidly weak. That was when I realized what Evil Snake-kun was doing. Looking at his stats, there was no survival now for it. Even if it did survive, Black Wayne-kun would have probably been there to kill it.

This was a suicide attack. It wanted to at least drag me down with it.

'Sa sa! No way! No! No! That's against the rules for the first Isekai monster! I won't die here! Not again!'

I put my legs on the intestine forcing to jump off. Every time we landed on the ground, I would make sure to avoid touching it through whatever means possible. Evil Snake-kun too seemed to be very interested in making sure I died so he started turning more.

'Sa sa! I have only one choice now! I have to sacrifice my beak!'

That was the only thing that came to mind at that point. I didn't know what was in the white viper's guts that made it this sticky, but it didn't matter now. I needed to break my beak.

I scratched at it mercilessly and fiercely, giving my all into it. I ended up scratching my own face, the pain searing through, but that didn't matter now. I just needed to survive this. Whatever happened after was not important. If I died, it meant I was destined to die.

'Re. Move. You. Stupid. Beak! Sa sa! Hurry! L-Let go! Plea-'

DING!

[You have received 200 exp]

Two screens appeared in front of me and my body went poof, my feathers flying all about and I landed on my buŧŧ. I blinked several times, trying to comprehend what had just happened, but then I poofed again. Being pushed some distance back. This happened two more times before I was left in a daze.

I blinked several times, trying to understand what had just happened and the screens popping up in front of me.

[All your base stats have increased]

[You have acquired the skill [Peck]]

'W-wait… I leveled up? Then that must mean…'

I looked up and saw the horrid sight of the dead viper with its fangs still in its guts.