15 Egg Ⅱ

The hours steadily creep by as Izo periodically checks on the egg, but the egg remains intact. Somewhat angry, she fans the fire and adds more wood to the fire. Yet, the egg appears just as cool as before. Tired of waiting for the egg to cook Izo chants a simple fire spell. The mana gathers together as a simple fireball slams into the ground. The branches strewn on the ground nearby turn to ash. But to her disbelief, the egg looks the same.

Rolling her sleeves up in a pointed manner, Izo furrows her brows crossly as she chants another spell. Mana gathers together to form a giant fire arrow that slams into the area, the ground explodes in an explosion. Satisfied at the result, Izo waits for the dust and smoky debris to settle. The air finally clears to reveal a smug egg sitting perfectly intact in the middle of the blast site.

Izo's stomach roars with anger as Izo feels the same sentiment towards the smug egg. Without giving up, she chants a spell used to vanish a multitude of enemies, "Fego Nish!" The sky turns dark as clouds gather together in an ominous circle. The clouds turn red as a pillar of fire descends from the sky and blasts into the earth. Despite the humidity in the air, suddenly the jungle catches fire at the oppressive heat. The ground, on the other hand, is hot enough to receive first degree burns from a mere touch.

The fire dissipates after some time as the gathered clouds let out a torrent of pent-up water. The jungle fire is swiftly put out as steam hisses angrily from the burning hot ground. As the smoke clears, the wet figure of Izo expectantly sniffs for the scent of cooked egg to fill the air. Too impatient to wait for the fire to cool Izo carefully walks over to the approximate location of the egg to find the egg intact in the middle of a crater.

Izo's mouth flops open as she lets out a stream of curses. Tired and out of breath, she narrows her eyes darkly. The glint in her eyes reveals a hidden darkness that causes the egg to almost shake in fear. Murderously, Izo withdraws a familiar scythe from her inventory. Without mercy, she slams the scythe against the top of the egg until a large crack is heard. Using the scythe, Izo pries the broken top egg shell off to find a cute pinkish jelly, octopus staring at her with big midnight eyes full of tears. They both gaze at each other for a moment until the pink jelly thing says, "Mama?"

Without hesitation, Izo grabs the broken eggshell and slams it back onto the egg. Izo tactfully glances away and returns her scythe back into her inventory. Izo minding her own business strolls back towards the teleportation until a heartbreaking wail from behind her is heard crying out, "Mama! Mama! Mama!"

Izo flinches as soft baby cries can be heard across the clearing all the way from the inside of the cracked egg. Feeling guilty, Izo walks back towards the egg and removes the top of the eggshell. The crying ceases as the pink jelly thing waves its tiny arms in the air asking to be picked up. "Mama," the pink jelly happily crooned.

Izo hesitantly glances around hoping that the parent of the thing will arrive. But the pink jelly thing becomes frustrated and cries out, "Mama!" Izo sighs and reaches inside to pull out the ball sized pink jelly thing. The pink jelly purrs with happiness and snuggles in her arms at being picked up. The pink jelly gurgles happily as Izo shivers at the cool, weird thing in her hands. Suddenly a message pops up causing her pale face to pale to darken.

Young Cthulhu (Infant God)

Child of the Old Ones.

You have gained the affection of a God!

New Title: Apostle of Cthulhu.

Stats cannot be changed.

New Skills have been granted.

God's Blessings have been bestowed.

Izo's face twitches with a mix of violent emotions as the pink jelly in her hands begins to tremble. Suddenly feeling an executioner's blade hanging overhead, Izo hastily says, "I'm not angry, I'm just shocked!" The pink jelly just gurgles with pleasure and begins to shine brightly.

Izo releases the pink jelly that waves its little arms happily in the air and waves goodbye. A bright flash that leaves Izo almost blind, but allows her to see the pink jelly disappear. With a sigh of relief, Izo carefully strolls back to the teleportation ring and clearly states out loud, "Emerald City Branch," lest anything else suddenly befall her.

*

The mage technicians having finished recalibrating the teleportation ring, after many hours finally pronounced that Ophidian Wilderness was once more open. A fan club of adventures hastily transports to Ophidian Wilderness. In a blinding flash, they suddenly find themselves in a sticky jungle. With awe, they gape at the destroyed scenery that revealed a massive battle.

A fangirl excitedly says, "The Sky Knights are the best!"

"Of course! They're not only handsome but super strong!" Another fangirl chimes in.

The group takes commemoratory pictures in various heroic poses, before returning to the guild with proof. Their tale only grows wilder in the making as the reputation of the Sky Knights Order only grows. By the end of the day, there was no doubt in their minds that they were looking at the next A-class adventures party. And possibly even the top B-Class adventurer party of the year!