Chapter 416: The little dinosaur and his family (1/2)
(AN: I just realized that I made a typo in Chapter 392. Not a big one, but, just to be clear. Aiden and Galina's family name is Voragon and not Vordragon that I wrote. Sorry, there was a heatwave in June frying my brain in the process most likely. :D)
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As the transformation finalized, so did Aiden's Message Log revealed yet another update, signaling that the second stage of Thuk's evolution has finished as that his newest member of the Voragon family was about to emerge.
*Ding!*
[ Status | Lab | Domain | *Activities* ]
[ *Message Log* | Quests | Assignments ]
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[Minion Evolution Stage 2…. Complete!]
[Minion Evolution Complete… Resuscitating Subject…]
[Initiating Emergence Protocol…]
As the last message appeared, the lights that swallowed the egg began to fade, finally revealing the dark, greenish leather-like surface that was so far, unseen.
As the swallowing luster dimmed, in the next moment, the sound of a crack could be heard. Following the sound to the source, a small, spiderweb crevice could be seen at the top of the cocoon.
A moment later, another cracking came from inside, as the spiderweb rapidly spread, covering the entirety of the shell in the span of a few tense seconds.
Finally, one last push came from inside, as the egg violently exploded, releasing the last strands of golden energy from inside in a blinding, bright explosion of light.
All spectators, besides Aiden, averted their gaze for a brief moment, but even that small span of time was enough to cause their jaws to collectively fall to the ground by the time they turned back.
What emerged from the cocoon barely had any resemblance to that old, battered old skink from before.
The creature that was now proudly standing in front of them was unlike anything they have ever seen. Its size more than doubled, only a head shorter than Scarlet, the entity was now at the size of a healthy human child.
Bursting with muscles below the new, healthy-looking skin, Thuk's body was now protected with thick, dark green scales with a golden ring spaced in-between every now and then.
His limbs, which were frail, weak little sticks before, were now thick and strong, with a unique, exotic look to it.
His arms were twice as long compared to before, reaching down the ground, giving him the illusion of a quadrupedal beast rather than what he was before.
Yet, that was only that, an illusion, as his new, strong legs were more than solid enough to carry his much higher weight. His legs while at first glance seemed smaller than before, it was only because, that his new, natural resting pose was something similar to what looked to be crouching.
His feet growing much longer than before, its shape now reminded Aiden of the dinosaurs from the books back from the Modern World.
Lastly, there was a thick, heavy-looking meter-long tail coming from his behind, with a row of sharp-looking leather-covered bony plates running all the way through his backline, reaching atop to the back of his head.
Funnily though, Thuk's previous red-feathered crest remained, crowing his new crocodile-shaped head.
Besides Aiden, the rest of the gang was baffled, still trying to process the scrawny little lizard's new form. It was so unique that Drake and Scarlet couldn't even start guessing what it should even be.