Chapter 77 - HES NOT THAT HELPLESS (1/2)

LUO YAN fed Mana to the egg through the incubator.  He put more than usual since he wasn't able to do it this past weekend.  After doing so, he stared at the egg inside the crystal incubator.  It had been more than a week since he got this egg, but it still wasn't close to hatching.  He pressed a button at the side of the artificial beast incubator to check the status of the egg inside.  Then a screen appeared on top of it.

Unknown Egg

-Status of Hatching: 10%

-Current Health Meter: Extremely Healthy

-Current Mood Meter: Somewhat Satisfied

Luo Yan looked at the status of hatching.  10%?  He began calculating inside his head.  He had this egg for 10 days now.  If he multiply that by 100 and then divide it by 10, the answer would be 100.  Which meant that this egg would take 100 days before it hatched.  A hundred days?  How come it's so long?  Even a fertilized chicken's egg hatched after only 21 days.  Just what kind of beast was inside this egg?

Then he narrowed his eyes at the current mood meter.  [Somewhat satisfied?  What, because I neglected you for two days, you can't be fully satisfied no matter how much Mana I input in you?]  He turned off the status and then raised the incubator to eye level so he could glare at it better.  ”You brat, you haven't been born yet and you're already starting to rebel?  Let's see how I spank you once you come out,” he said to the egg in a low voice that no one would hear.

If the egg was sentient, it would probably be shaking by now and shouting; ”I'm sorry, Master!  I didn't mean it.”

”Yan, stop hugging that incubator and let's do our task,” Luo Jin said, interrupting his moment with his egg.

Wait- that kind of came out wrong.  It sounded a bit perverted.  Like his talking to Luo Yan Jr. down there.  Should he give this egg a nickname?  How about 'Little Ancestor'?  Since this guy was already so cheeky despite being just a zygote.

He put back the incubator in his Items Tab and walked beside Luo Jin.  ”Ah Jin, I read something interesting in the game forum last night.”

”It wasn't another post with a screenshot of your game avatar, is it?” Luo Jin asked, already frowning.

”No, it's about something called the Rookie Carnival.  It's a tournament held every November.  But it's only open to beginner players who just created an account this year.  And the players also have to be at least level 80.  How about we participate?”

Luo Jin scrunched his eyebrows a bit after hearing that.  ”A tournament?  Wouldn't that be too violent for you?”

After all, it's different from fighting the monsters here.  They'd be fighting other players.  As much as he liked the idea, he's worried that his second brother would meet some sneaky players who would use underhanded means just so they could win.

Luo Yan looked at his brother.  He already had an idea of what he was thinking about.  Looked like he could only use his ultimate weapon.  He blinked.  His big eyes filling with tears.  ”Why?  Is Ah Jin looking down on me?”

Luo Jin froze and stepped back.  ”Argh- that's not it.”