Book 4: Chapter 62 (2/2)
It looked like an early summer bird came down to check.
However, it was a little far from me. And although I could see the orange flame, I could not see the shape of the early summer bird. The fog was working well.
(Okay, let’s hurry.)
I moved a little bit to the front and found the eggs. I attached the stone plate to the eggs for 2 seconds and peeled it off. Repeatedly.
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「No reaction.」
…Is this it? It’s a bit different from the location Punta-san gave me.
When I attached the stone plate once again for confirmation, it came out as “Alive”.
(Absurd. Was it because it was less than 2 seconds?)
This 3 seconds margin is awful. It will explode if I hold it for too long.
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「Alive.」
「No reaction.」
……I won’t be fooled twice. Reconfirmation.
「No reaction.」
Once again.
「No reaction.」
Is this truly it? I gently reached out and slowly lifted up the egg shell.
「It’s… empty?」
It was a genuine empty egg.
I reached for the next egg while feeling mentally exhausted. I checked one after another. While doing so, I heard the howling of beasts in the distance. The beasts may have begun to move.
(Hurry, hurry!)
I was right. The beasts were waiting for nightfall. There was no way they were aiming for something other than the eggs after coming this far.
While keeping my impatience in check, I counted exactly 2 seconds for every egg. There have been three “no reactions” since then, but when I reconfirmed, they were all “Alive”.
Where is it?
I had already checked the location Punta-san gave me. And now I was starting to look around the surrounding area.
The sun had completely set. Moonlight slightly illuminated the area, but it was quite dark due to the fog.
「No reaction.」
Okay, next egg…–No, wait, “No reaction”?
I was about to reach for the next egg out of habit. When I reconfirmed for the second time and it said “No reaction”–
(No reaction!?)
It was the second “No reaction” in a row. I hurriedly tossed the stone plate and magic stone into the tool bag and reached for the egg.
The egg shell was cracked. You can clearly see that the shell had already been opened before. But you can’t see the crack unless you are really close.
Thinking about it carefully, the height of this egg was about Punta-san’s chest. It’s just the right height.
I couldn’t control my heavily pounding heart as I picked up the egg shell.
As I slowly lifted the cracked top, the surrounding area was flooded with overflowing light of red, blue, yellow, and such.
『RAWRRRRR!!』
At the same time, a 2 meters high, four-legged giant body, jumped at me.