Break

The next day, Rune woke up to the gentle rays of sunlight streaming into her tent. As she sat up, she could feel the soreness in her muscles from the intense battle with the Umbrablaze Phoenix. Despite the exhaustion, a sense of accomplishment filled her heart.

"I did it," she whispered to herself, a small smile gracing her lips. The memory of her victory and the phoenix egg she had acquired brought a sense of excitement. She quickly got up, determined to start the day with renewed energy.

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Skill: sloth(lvl2) has increased your sleep quality.

Fully replenished stamina and mana.

Skill: sloth(lvl2) has leveled up

Increase stat: all stat +5

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Stretching her limbs and shaking off the remnants of fatigue, Rune made her way outside the tent. The camp was already bustling with activity. Members of the Wrath's tribe were going about their daily tasks, preparing meals, tending to the animals, and maintaining the camp.

Runaan, her loyal companion and assistant, was diligently carrying out her duties, but her gaze lit up with relief when she saw Rune emerge from the tent. "Master, you're awake! How are you feeling?" she asked, concern evident in her voice.

Rune grinned and flexed her muscles. "Sore, but alive and kicking!" Runaan nodded, a hint of admiration in her eyes. "You truly are remarkable, Master. Defeating the Umbrablaze Phoenix was no small feat. "

Rune's chest swelled with pride. She had proven herself capable, not only to others but also to herself. She could feel the newfound strength coursing through her veins, a result of her resilience and determination.

"Speaking of the Umbrablaze Phoenix," Rune said, remembering the egg she had entrusted to Runaan. "How is it? Is it safe?"

Runaan suddenly became awkward… "ah well… master that's an egg of an umbrablaze phoenix r-right…" Rune nodding with anticipation "so.. Ah well while the flames were weak it was still a flame that's inextinguishable, so i sealed it in a box. But don't worry it's safe and sound~ "

This relieved Rune but filled with excitement of a legendary pet of her own, Rune asked Runaan to unseal it. To which Runaan took out a box from her storage and opened it revealing the umbrablaze phoenix egg.

Checking it with her half mystic eye.

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[Umbrablaze phoenix egg]

Status: unhatched

Information: through a tough battle, the flames of itself died out. However, due to the nature of phoenixes, it will be reborn as a new.

Requirement: flames of pure yang energy (0/100,000,000)

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"Ah-..." Rune was flabbergasted, she couldn't use pure yang energy, heck she doesn't even have yang in her body… but this reminded her "Runaan can control pure yang energy!" The sudden scream freaked Runaan out like a cat being woken up suddenly.

"Ah yes of course~ it's a requirement for mages to utilize the main three energies" said proudly, "so why'd you ask?" Runaan asked "well the egg need's a lot of pure energy to hatch… but um… I don't have yang energy" laughing awkwardly.

Runaan understood this and with a twirl of her hands yang energy came flowing out of her hands like a fountain. Rune placed the egg on Runaan's hand that's overflowing with Yang energy.

The egg began absorbing the yang energy like a sponge sucking out everything from Runaan, to which the better began to move…

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Requirement: flames of pure yang energy (97/100,000,000)

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"... isn't this going too slow, Runaan? Is there a problem-" "hmph! Master, to people like me that's normal not having pure yang energy is normal" puffing up her face angrily. "Kk sorry Runaan" to which Rune walked up to her and started to massage her shoulders.

"Huh?? Why are you assaulting me!" Runaan proclaimed "what do you mean? I'm giving you a message." Rune shrugged "what's that?" this just left Rune shocked… completely confused… but she just continued on…

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5 hours passed, and Runaan who'd continued to dump yang energy into the umbrablaze phoenix egg has finally ran out of yang energy. Runaan stood up feeling slightly light headed from, yang energy depletion. But due to her duties, She told Rune that they're leaving in a few hours.

Going into her tent to rest, Rune checked the egg's info after 5 hours of hard work.

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[umbrablaze phoenix egg]

Status: unhatched

Information: through a tough battle, the flames of itself died out. However, due to the nature of phoenixes, it will be reborn as a new.

Requirement: flames of pure yang energy (567,821/100,000,000)

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"Hah… you really aren't making this easy for me are you…" but despite only making small progress over 5 hours, the size of the egg increased to the size of a hand from the size of a palm.

Rune marveled at the progress the Umbrablaze Phoenix egg had made in absorbing the pure yang energy. Although it was a slow process, she could see the egg growing and changing before her eyes. Excitement surged through her as she realized that they were making progress, albeit gradually.

And a few hours passed, and Runaan woke up on time like a robot, and told Rune that they're heading to the fourth floor, the domain of gluttony.

Finally, the time came for them to leave the camp. Rune and Runaan packed their belongings and prepared for their journey, ensuring that the egg was carefully secured and protected. Rune couldn't help but steal glances at the egg, her heart filled with hope and wonder.

To which abyssal embrace became jealous… and slapped her ass again… "..." Rune, who got use to it ,just ignored it at this point.