273 Venus (1/2)
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”Okay, that should be it for preparations.” Raven murmured after standing up.
He turned around and waved his hand at the wall nearby, this action caused the walls to slide away and reveal a small chamber which is littered with many inscription marks everywhere.
Raven stepped inside the chamber and closed the entrance behind him. As soon as he was the only one remaining inside, the inscriptions one the wall lit up with golden light and illuminated the dark chamber. In the middle of that room, there is a small platform with something on top of it.
This object appeared to be the reason why this chamber exists since all of the inscriptions on the wall eventually meet at the surface of this object.
What's on top of the platform was an egg. More precisely, this is the Mount Seed that Raven received a while back.
The Mount Seed had gotten so big compared to its size when Raven received it. Back then, the Mount Seed was a literal seed, now however its at least the size of an ostrich's egg.
Raven created this chamber as the incubator for the Mount Seed for about a year ago. It had always been here ever since. This chamber was in his father's office, he placed a seal on it so that only him could enter the place as to prevent any accidents on happening.
The array he set for the seed is programmed to absorb large volumes of energy and convert it into the purest form, feeding it to seed as nourishment. Even before Raven set up this incubator, he already knew that this process is going to take a long time, which he didn't mind since the longer the mount seed absorb nutrients, the more exceptional the results would be.
This is also part of the reason why Raven often visits his father's office. He comes frequently to check this Mount Seed. And today, he got the signal that it's ready to be hatched.
Making sure to be very careful, Raven started turning off the array. He watched as the golden inscriptions dimmed down and disappeared on the surface of the walls in an orderly fashion. As the inscriptions disappeared, the Mount Seed was freed and started radiating with an intense energy fluctuations.
Raven had no doubts that whatever's inside the egg, was alive. This is shown by how the egg was shivering on it's place even without him touching it. He didn't want anyone to be alarmed of what's happening inside this chamber so Raven activated one of the array discs that he prepared earlier which shrouded the entire chamber and prevented any kind of energy fluctuations to be felt outside.
After erecting the concealing array. Raven slowly approached the egg and performed the final step in order to hatch his mount. And that is by establishing a connection with it.
Raven sank his perception in the mount seed and placed a mark on the life source inside. After establishing the connection, the mount seed shivered in excitement and started trembling fiercely.
*Crack* *Boom!*
The Mount Seed shattered, causing Raven to shield himself with his hands in order to not get hit by the shards that flew everywhere. He then slowly turned around in order to see what his mount looks like but before he could do so, he felt something bit arm.
He was about to instinctively slap whatever that was but he stopped upon seeing what it was.
It was a big albino snake. It's at least four meters long with a girth of 10 inches, it's reptilian eyes stared at Raven as it experienced it's first feeding by sucking his blood.
Raven gazed at it and wondered how in the world did his mount turned into a snake. He stared at it and felt the connection they shared through the mark which clearly told him that this is what really came out of that seed. Although it doesn't make sense how this four meter long-ten inches thick snake fit inside that small space, it won't matter since it already hatched anyway.
He touched the snake by petting it, the snake wriggled its body and closed its eyes in response. It seems that it likes his touch.
”Happy birthday.” Raven greeted it which caused the snake to move happily. ”Take your time, it's your first feeding after all.”