Myths
Now with the questions out of the way, everyone was able to get back on track, still, on cooldown for his ants, Hiko bought a large vat for the egg to stay in before filling it with water. By the time he was done, the objected he had waited for arrived, everyone on board looked down at the monstrosity floating in the water.
Nearly five feet long and four feet tall the leviathan's heart leaked blue blood, jumping into the water with some rope Hiko secured the organ before he pulled the 500-pound object back on board. The hunk of muscle looked even bigger now, that it was on the ship, " Hiko what do you plan to do with that thing. " Not answering Nami's question Hiko moved the tub with the egg next to the heart before plunging his hand into the heart.
Nami, and Nojiko both turned pale at the sight as they leaned overboard to throw up their lunches Alvida was unaffected as she had long gotten used to gore and blood. Cupping his hands Hiko let the blood pool before bringing it up to his mouth and tilting his head back, as he drank the blood flowed over the egg, as the blue liquid traced the scale-like pattern of the egg no one noticed how much of the liquid was absorbed as the egg grew slightly larger.
Wiping his mouth of the blood Hiko groaned as he fell to his knees, ' I didn't expect the legends to be true, this is going to hurt. ' Opening his status Hiko looked over the large pool of Biomass he had gained before he assigned them most of them.
[Name: Hiko]
Race: Chimera Ant ( Pseudo King )
Titles: Proud, Waves Person, Eros Blessing, Blood Drinker, Nemesis
Lvl. 1 [0/1000 Biomass]
[Stats:]
Power: II [0/120 Biomass]---> Power: IV [0/1080]
Endurance: I [20/40 Biomass]---> Endurance: IV [227/1080]
Agility: II [0/120 Biomass]---> Agility: III [0/360]
Dexterity: II [0/120 Biomass]---> Dexterity: III [0/360]
Total Biomass: 4367----> 3700
Total PP: 5601
[Skills]
Karada wa bukidesu Lvl. 6
Pinpoint Strike Lvl. 10
Massage: Lvl. 11
Healing Hands: Lvl. 7
Trading Lvl.1
Fishing Lvl. 2
The pain was briefly suppressed as his endurance rose before it seemed to grow and try and eat through his stomach wall. Activating healing hands Hiko placed them on his stomach hoping to ease the burning and bubbling sensations battling in his body, eventually, the feeling made it's way up to his throat before Hiko was forced to throw up nearly a liter of black blood. Standing up Hiko looked at his wives, " That wasn't as bad as I expected. "
Taking out a bottle of water Hiko drank the entire thing in one going hoping to soothe his raw throat as he did he held up his hand to stop the tide of question undeniably coming his way when he was done drinking Hiko lowered his hands and sure enough Nami, Nojiko, and Alvida had something to say. When they finally died down Hiko started to explain, " A leviathan is a subspecies of dragons creatures surrounded by myths and legends. One such myth is the power of a dragon's heart or more specifically Life Blood. When their eggs are near birth the parent dragon will pierce there own heart pouring their 'Life Blood' over the egg greatly increasing the potential of the dragon when it's born. Off of this myth, there is another one that when a man drinks a dragon's ' Life Blood ' their body will be refined. This often results in the person's death but sometimes they'll survive becoming heroes and villains of legends. Didn't really think it was true, however. And it looks like the egg did well too. "
Looking over at the egg they were all surprised to see it had nearly doubled in size standing at a proud eight feet tall and five feet around. As if also responding to his words a notification popped into existence.
[Hidden Quest Completed: Lineage]
You have fulfilled a hidden requirement in raising the egg of a leviathan, soaking the egg in the blood of its parent has greatly reduced the incubation time of the egg as well as the strength of the leviathan.
Rewards: Incubation time reduced to 1 Month and 23 Days from 25 Months and 125 Days
Hiko sweatdropped at hearing the initial incubation time, that was way too long for his liking, transfer the egg to a bigger vat only took a minute and after checking over the egg one final time before locking it inside the built-in vault in the ships hold. The rest of the evening was spent in celebration as Hiko used parts from the small lobster Sea King and the dragon's heart to cook a full meal, Alvida had ended up killing the Sea King shattering its carapace with a Nen infused strike. When Hiko heard her request his mind blanked a little, Alvida wanted Hiko to feed much to the envy if Nojiko.
The entire meal Alvida had a wide smile on her face whenever Hiko offered her food using his chopsticks, while Nojiko was bussy being jealous of Alvida. Hiko could sense that Namo would want some alone time tonight. While the meal was interrupted several times by Sea King they were all dealt with easily by Hiko ants that were already in the water eating the leftover corpses of Sea Kings.
The party eventually died down when Nojiko and Alivda ended up passing out after Hiko brought out a barrel of rum he had gotten from Don Kriegs Pirates, while the two slept out on deck Nami and Hiko snuck away for some private time.