Vol 4 Chapter 27.2 (1/2)
Chapter 27 – The Birth of the Silver Dragon a.s.sa.s.sin (II)
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“It’s already quite late in the day; I need to rest, so I won’t keep you any longer. Yin Zhu, this is for you.” After she spoke, Anya took out a milky white egg from a table. She handed over the egg, which was approximately the size of a person’s head, to Ye Yin Zhu.
“What’s this?” Ye Yin Zhu subconsciously accepted the egg. He then felt the faint pulsing of a heartbeat that wasn’t his own, as it had come from inside the egg. A pure elemental aura flowed continuously from the egg. The aura wasn’t just of one type of element, but was rather composed of all the magical elements! The milky white eggsh.e.l.l had a veined silver pattern along its exterior, accompanied by a flickering and glittering magical elemental fluctuation.
“This is my gift to you. You need a powerful magical beast, so this should be very suitable.” Anya smiled faintly as she looked at this egg, her eyes exuding a gentle light.
“Silver Dragon egg. Heavens!” Sura cried, unable to restrain himself. His gaze didn’t budge from the egg.
Anya glanced at him. “Because I trust Yin Zhu, you are also allowed to be here. I want you to not speak a word of what you see here today.”
Sura’s expression was somewhat complicated as he glanced at Anya. She naturally knew how precious a Silver Dragon egg was. ‘To be able to give away such a precious thing, Anya must possess an incomparably powerful strength.’ Sura’s heart was already confused.
“Elder Sister Anya, are you saying that this egg contains a Silver Dragon?” Ye Yin Zhu lightly caressed the eggsh.e.l.l as he posed the question.
Anya smiled, nodding her head before saying, “Yes. If you choose to form a contract with it, this Ancient Tree of Life will hatch the egg, nurturing and maturing it. A Silver Dragon has dragon magic, which is extremely strong. Against a mature Silver Dragon, even I’m not necessarily capable of contending against it. I already have Mu, so I don’t need it and have now given it to you. I know you are a kindhearted character, so I’m rea.s.sured. This egg was something I had picked up previously. When its parents were approaching their ends, it was given to me.
“If a Silver Dragon grows naturally, it is impossible for it to fully mature within a thousand years. When it agrees to a contract with a human, however, it can absorb power from a few magic items through the contract in order to promote the growth of its own magic. I believe it will definitely become your greatest ally. You can have it follow you around. Even as an infant Silver Dragon, it is still enough to intimidate many rudimentary magical beasts.”
“Elder Sister Anya, thank you. But, I cannot accept.” Ye Yin Zhu shook his head, handing the Silver Dragon egg back to Anya.
Anya frowned and said, “Although a Silver Dragon egg is very precious, you did save me today, so consider this your reward. Besides, this was what I had promised you previously.”
Ye Yin Zhu smiled slightly and said, “No, it’s not because of how precious it is, but because I’m already unable to sign a contract.” He had even given away a divine item casually, so Anya gifting him this item didn’t make him think it was something inappropriate. How could he?
Anya was alarmed. “Don’t tell me you already have a magical beast?” She couldn’t refrain from being worried. Her greatest fear was the pure Ye Yin Zhu contracting with a rudimentary magical beast.
“No, no. I don’t have a magical beast. Instead, I already signed an Equal Life Contract with my best friend. So, I can’t sign a contract with a magical beast.”
“Equal Life Contract!” Anya cried out; she knew what this contract entailed better than anyone else! “You, how could you do this? Who told you of this contract? Don’t tell me you signed it with him?” Her gaze shot towards Sura.
Sura shook his head. “It wasn’t me.”
Ye Yin Zhu said, “Elder Sister Anya, do you remember when I disappeared today? The partner I signed the contract with sensed that I was in danger and summoned me away.”