Roams 9

Illi clutch the child hand and her other hand holding a flaming torch.

They were walking down towards the underground. The step was steep and seem kind of endless as if to be swallowed by a bottomless abyss.

It was gloomy and eerie with a death aura lingering around.

They were going down because the egg they incubate at the underground tunnel or room is going to hatch.

They have a feeling it was going to hatch.

The egg was incubate on a dead liquid. It was extracted from countless dead bodies. Its the underworld creature after all. What do you expect from it? Hatching on a pile of warm energy and life vitality?

Don't joke!

The Harpy is a malign and sinister creature with full of evil and death energy.

The child egg also strangely adapt well with the dead liquid. It must be a bad creature as well. Illi sincerely thought so.

"Are you tired?" The little cat breathing became a bit haggard. He does not practised martial arts nor does he have an internal energy. Even if he did have, it will all be absorb by the two poisonous insect on his body.

The child does not answer, just looking forward, and stubbornly walk step ny step.

Illi flick his forehead while shaking her head "Really, the temperamental of a feline"

Illi raise the child and carry him. He was very light.

The child purse his lip but still obediently looping both of his hand around Illi neck to stay firm.

"I know what my little egg will be, I wonder what your egg will be" It was not a question but a curious statement.

"For nurturing your egg, you must give me its sperm and a bowl of its blood to do my experinment"

The child nod his head slightly, already deeply aware of the research maniacy of Illi. He also know how to repay the favour. But the child obviously does not take into account the feeling of his soon to be beast, just agreeing on it behalf.

But then again, the beast could hatch safely with abundant 'nurtients' (dead liquid) provide by the nocturnus. It should know how to repay kindness. A sperm and a few jin of blood is not much considering the pool of dead liquid used on itself.

Illi and the child soon reached the chamber that hold the two egg. The dead aura was intense around and inside the room

The egg was submerged on the dead liquid.

The two egg was completely pitch black with a faint black light emit by it.

A fine crack started to appear on the egg.

Illi anticipatedly wait for the legendary harpy while putting down the child on the ground.

The egg cracked bit by bit at a steady pace. Just as the egg was about to crack completely. A sizzling bird cry rang out. It was penetrating and sharp, not pleasant at all.

Illi quickly cover her ear with internal energy not forgetting to cover the child ear as well lest their eardrum burst.

The egg cracked completely when a black mucus like thing flow out accompanied with a baby cry.

Illi hurriedly step forward and was kind of captivated.

It was a baby. To be exact, it has a baby head. A human limbs, a wings, some of the ankle and hand covered with feathers. The baby have a sharp fingernails that was black in colour. The baby feet was different, it was a bird claws.

But overall the baby was cute with fluffy feather and it belly botton is exceptionally cute. A bun like face. A pitch black eyes and a black curly hair.

Illi spoon out the baby.

The baby pitch black eyes glance at her, raise her hand to snuggle closer, the baby was very intimate with Illi. It exceptionally like the dead and despair aura lingering around Illi.

Seeing the overflowing affection on Illi eyes, the harpy baby was very satisfied with its master.

Of course, the harpy baby, afraid that if it know whats really going through Illi mind will not have such a beautiful thought and would want to run far away from it master.

Illi was very satisfied.

Look ah! An authentic legendary harpy!

She want to do her genetic research right away ah!

Illi have to hold herself back with great determination to wait for the baby to grow up. Although her experinment crave and need to study species sprang up, she cannot be too inhumane.

Let the baby grow up first. Yes, let it grow first.

Illi turn towards the child who was similarly carrying ....... A cat?

Two being, with both having the same orange eye colour blink at Illi at the same time with the same feign cold, in other word, tsundere expression

Pzzz..

Illi clutch her heart, somehow feeling that an arrow seem to struck at her.

Illi step forward, fiercely ruffling the child hair. Who told him to be this cute?

Illi then examine the cub at the child bosom. It was indeed a cub. A lion cub.

Illi part the cub mouth, although it was still in its cub form, it started to have a rather big fangs. The lion cub also obediently let Illi do whatever it like, appearing exceptionally tame. It even take the initiative to lick her hand.

"I take back my word, you are not a cat but a little cub, a lion cub. Anyway, cats, lion, tiger, they all are of feline type right?"

Illi chuckle, ruffling the little boy thick kind of curly but messy golden orange hair.

Illi lift up the lion cub from the back of its neck.

"Hmm... It is not a normal lion cub for sure. First of all, this lion cub was born from an egg, it also does not lose out to that phoenix and dragon egg. It can only mean that it is a mythical beast. If its a mythical beast, hmmm...."

Illi thought back on all the mythical beast she have knowledge of. An underworld beast to be specific. This lion cub was borne from dead liquid after all.

Ah... There seem to be that one particular beast.

Illi flick her finger containing energy on the lion fur.

Clang..

It does not pierce through.

The lion cub have a tough fur indeed.

"Ah.. Good beast, good beast... This is a Namean Lion also widely known as Leo. Its very powerful, you take good care of it"

The lion cub nod in satisfaction, very pleased with it being labeled as 'Powerful'. It try to give a mighty roar but it was still small and could only give out a soft meow so in order not to embarrass itself, it decided not to roar but will surely give a mighty roar that could shake heaven and earth when it grow up.

Illi bit her thumb, the blood was press on the harpin forehead, an unidentified word was spit out from Illi mouth.

It was a contract. Not a master and servant but an equal soul contract.

Although the harpy and her have spiritual connection, it does not mean they are in contract.

Illi also taught the child how to form a contract. This way, the beast truly belong to them.

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