Chapter 74: Killing a Level 30 Monster (2)

[STATUS]

Name: ???

Kind: Snow-White Snake

Level: 30

Description: Snow-White Snakes are a rare species found in the high snowfields of Alvas. Finding one here is incredibly lucky.

Note: The snake is currently laying its eggs. This is the perfect time to attack.

Raven couldn’t hold back his laughter. The moment he’d been waiting for had finally arrived.

"Claire, Rose, get your weapons ready," he ordered.

"Got it!" they both replied at once.

They summoned their weapons and aimed them at the monster.

Raven stayed silent, watching from a distance.

Time passed quickly, and suddenly, the previously motionless snake began whimpering in pain.

"Now!" Raven shouted.

"Fireball!"

"Conceal!"

A fireball appeared above the monster and struck it.

Rose vanished from sight. The next second, she appeared beside the snake, swinging the Lightning Blade in her right hand.

Slash!

The snake’s steel-like scales split open, revealing the twitching red flesh beneath.

Roar!

The monster roared furiously, its eyes fixed on Rose with murderous intent.

However, it couldn’t move while laying its eggs.

"Again!" Raven commanded.

Four more fireballs appeared and hurtled toward the monster.

Rose kept striking its vital points, keeping the monster on the defensive. The pain of laying its eggs, combined with her deadly attacks, made the monster roar in agony.

"This is the final strike!"

Whoosh!

Rose landed above its head and thrust the tip of her blade into its skull, piercing its brain.

Roar!

The monster’s final roar was terrifying. At last, it breathed its last and fell backward.

"Hah... Hah... Hah..."

Rose panted as she wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"We did it!" Claire exclaimed happily.

Raven smiled and ruffled Claire’s hair.

"Good job, you two."

"Hehehe..." Claire squirmed happily under his touch.

Raven withdrew his hand and walked over to the monster.

"Raven, look! The eggs have come out of its body!"

Rose’s startled voice caught his attention.

He turned toward where she was pointing and saw four white eggs and one golden egg beside the snake’s dead body.

"Hmmm? Why is one of the eggs golden?"

Claire approached, looking confused.

"System, open the description panel," Raven commanded.

[STATUS]

Name: ???

Type: Mutated Snow-White Snake Egg

Description: Mutated eggs have a survival rate of only 5%. However, if one survives, it will be far stronger than its parent.

Note: Hatching this egg will bring you good fortune. The snake will become a powerful ally in the future.

Thud!

Raven’s heart raced as he read the note.

"Is this my lucky break?" he murmured in amazement.

As it happened, he had always wanted a pet. However, nothing had caught his interest. Most of the monsters in this area were level 15 or below.

Even if he found a stronger monster, it was usually already fully grown and impossible to tame. He hadn’t been able to find any eggs or young monsters.

"But..."

His eyes narrowed.

"Five percent is incredibly low. I’m not sure whether I can hatch it."

Then he remembered the system and chuckled softly.

"System, do you have any potions or items that can increase the little one’s chances of survival?"

DING!

A message appeared in front of him, and Raven tapped it.

"[The System Shop has one, host. But it’s quite expensive—about 8,000 Love Points. Would you like to buy it?]"

"8,000?" Raven was stunned.

He checked his remaining Love Points. He had 10,800 left.

If he bought it, he would only have 2,800 points remaining.

However, his hesitation lasted only a moment. Obtaining a mutant pet was clearly worth the price.

He could easily earn more Love Points by conquering the chosen women.

"Buy it!" Raven replied without hesitation.

DING!

His Love Points decreased by 8,000, and a blue potion appeared in his palm.

"Raven, what are we going to do with the eggs?" Rose asked.

"I’ll absorb the other eggs. Leave the golden one to me. I want to keep it."

"Keep it?" they both asked in surprise.

Still, they didn’t ask any more questions and simply let Raven do as he pleased.

Raven placed his palm on the monster’s head.

"Gluttony..."

Whoosh!

The snake’s body was sucked into a giant hole until nothing remained.

Raven closed his eyes with a faint smile.

"Not bad..."

He opened his eyes and whispered, "Open the status panel."

[STATUS]

Name: Raven Draxel

Age: 27

Nickname: The Most Disgusting Bastard in the World

Level:21 (90/2500)

Talents: Strength (B), Endurance (B), Intelligence (S), Magic (D), Agility (C), Speed (C), Charisma (S), Vitality (A)

Class: Necromancer

Summoned Subordinate: Migel (12)

First Awakening: None

Second Awakening: None

Third Awakening: None

Skills: Gluttony (F) 3,000/5,000, Appraisal (S), Hypnosis (A), Shadow Movement (F), Slick Tongue (A), Woman Satisfaction Technique (S)

Storage: One box of XXL Condoms

Love Points: 2,800

Description: You have begun your journey as the most terrifying bastard in the world. Your very existence is an anomaly that should not exist. Your future is bleak, and no one can see it—not even the gods.

Seeing the progress of his Gluttony skill, he nodded in satisfaction.

Level 30 monsters were highly nutritious.

Unfortunately, they were also rare and nearly impossible for the three of them to defeat. It was only by chance that the snake had been in such a weakened state.

Raven then walked over to the four eggs. Each one was enormous, almost as large as two adult men’s palms.

He absorbed all four, converting them into experience points and leveling up his Gluttony skill.

"Phew..."

Raven let out a long sigh before turning toward the other two.

"Let’s go."

...

Back inside their cave, Raven placed the golden egg on a rock.

"How are you going to hatch it?" Claire asked curiously.

"Just watch."

Raven didn’t give her a definite answer. He took out the potion he had bought from the System Shop and poured it over the egg’s surface before stepping back a few paces.

The three of them watched in silence.

"Will this work?"

This time, Rose was the one who asked.

"It should."

Suddenly, a panel appeared above the egg.

[Survival rate is increasing!]

[5%... 15%... 25%...]

Raven couldn’t help but smile. It had worked. But before he could enjoy his relief for long, the panel stopped at 50%.

"Huh? What’s going on? Why did it stop?"

DING!

"[Mutant eggs have a fatal flaw. One of them is that they require a higher temperature to hatch properly.]"

Raven frowned.

"Why didn’t you tell me sooner?"

"[Sorry, host. I forgot.]"

Raven shook his head and racked his brain for a natural heat source that could warm the egg.

But what could he use?

"Raven? Why do you look so confused?"

Claire’s worried voice came from beside him.

Raven turned toward her and met her beautiful, innocent eyes.

At that moment, an idea suddenly popped into his head.

"That’s right... How could I have forgotten? You’re the one!"

Three question marks appeared above Claire’s head.