Chapter 104: Demonic Dragon Babysitter

At this moment, Moria had already comprehended a Level 5 new skill,

and began to display his side as a Demonic Lord.

[Devilish Qi Overwhelming (LV1)]

[Effect 1: Consumes 100 Mana points. After killing an enemy unit, its corpse can be refined into Devilish Qi and stored within the body.]

[Effect 2: Releases the Devilish Qi within the body. The Devilish Qi will automatically attack surrounding enemy units or defend according to the host's will. The power and range depend on the amount of stored Devilish Qi.]

The next second.

The dozens of Devilish Qi accumulated just now were instantly released by Moria.

"Roar—!"

A shrill roar echoed through the canyon.

Those dozens of black qi twisted and expanded in mid-air, transforming into ferocious-looking black demons that roared and pounced toward the surviving members of the "Mad Lion Guild".

"Ah! What the hell is this thing!"

"Help! My blood! My blood is dropping!"

"Don't touch me! Get lost!"

The black demon penetrated a mage's body.

The mage's Health Points plummeted at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his body rapidly withered away, as if all his vitality had been drained.

The screams stopped abruptly.

He fell to the ground, transforming into a wisp of new Devilish Qi that merged into the churning wave of black.

Panic spread like a plague.

The few survivors completely broke down and turned to run.

"Run quickly! They are devils! They are devils!"

As soon as a rogue ran two steps, a swift flash of sword light swept past his side.

Pfft.

His head flew high into the air, infinite fear still lingering in his eyes.

Yasuo sheathed his sword, his figure like the wind as he chased after the next target.

After this battle, the reputations of the three figures began to circulate within the circles of Professionals in Donghai City.

One swordsman was fast to the extreme.

One shield guard was indestructible.

And another was the Grim Reaper lurking in the shadows.

Ordinary guilds dared not easily provoke these three people.

…

Suburban villa.

Zhou Huai did not pay much attention to the battle in the wild.

Instead, he focused his thoughts on how to hatch the black Dragon egg before him.

Just as assistant Xiao Liu said,

the little fellow inside the egg was still alive, and its vitality was astonishingly vigorous.

One could even say it was a bit too lively.

Zhou Huai could clearly hear that from time to time, faint yet full-voiced Dragon roars came from inside the eggshell.

"Aowu, aowu."

The voice sounded babyish, yet it exuded a majesty that could not be underestimated.

It would even interact with Zhou Huai.

Zhou Huai reached out a finger and gently tapped twice on the smooth eggshell.

"Du, du."

Soon, two responses with the same rhythm came from the inner wall of the egg.

"Du, du."

It was as if it was greeting him.

A smile appeared on Zhou Huai's face.

This little thing was quite spiritual.

He grew increasingly fond of the little Dragon in the egg.

But what followed was a deeper distress.

The hardness of this eggshell completely exceeded his imagination.

He had tried burning it with fire, but the eggshell only became slightly warm.

He had tried boiling it in water, but not even a single bubble appeared.

Hacking with swords and chopping with axes couldn't even leave a white mark.

In the end, he even had Yasuo strike out with a full-strength sword slash.

That fierce Sword Qi, which was enough to cut through steel, landed on the eggshell, made only a crisp "ding" sound, and then dissipated into nothingness.

The eggshell remained intact.

Zhou Huai looked through a large number of ancient books and related materials found by Uncle Fu.

The information he obtained gave him an even bigger headache.

For the ancient Dragon Clan, hatching a young Dragon is a long and complex process.

Parents continuously transmit their own power to the cub inside the egg through special methods.

This is a process of slowly accumulating power.

Only when the power inside the young Dragon's body accumulates enough to break through the shackles of the eggshell can it possibly hatch from the inside.

If the eggshell is forcibly broken from the outside, it will only cause the insufficiently powered young Dragon to die prematurely on the spot.

"Where am I supposed to find parents for it?"

Zhou Huai leaned back in his wheelchair and sighed.

If they were that easy to find, this Dragon egg wouldn't have been gathering dust in the military district's treasury for fifty years.

Zhou Huai felt melancholy.

He had a sense of powerlessness of holding an unrivaled treasure chest without a key.

This melancholy lasted until the night of the third day.

A black figure silently melted into the shadows of the bedroom.

Moria, whose Rank had already risen to Level 10, quietly returned to the villa.

As soon as he stepped into the room,

the black Dragon egg placed by Zhou Huai on the bedside table suddenly trembled violently.

"Aowu! Aowu!"

The little Dragon inside the egg let out cries that were more eager and excited than at any time before.

Zhou Huai's spirits lifted.

There's a reaction!

Could there be something on Moria that attracted it?

He immediately manipulated Moria to quietly walk over to the bedside.

The Dragon egg's reaction became even more intense.

It shook crazily on the desktop. If Zhou Huai hadn't been quick-witted and steady-handed to support it, it probably would have rolled straight onto the ground.

"This guy…"

"What on earth is it that attracts it so much?"

Zhou Huai's gaze fell upon Moria's slender figure and cold aura.

He thought of the Devilish Qi inside Moria's body.

In the past few days, as Moria killed more and more exotic beasts in the wild, the Devilish Qi accumulated in his body had also become increasingly rich.

Now there were as many as a thousand wisps.

Zhou Huai's heart stirred as he tried to manipulate Moria to release a wisp of thin Devilish Qi from his fingertips.

That wisp of black aura, like a nimble little snake, slowly drifted toward the Dragon egg.

The next second.

A bizarre scene occurred.

As soon as that wisp of Devilish Qi touched the eggshell, it was fiercely pulled by an invisible suction force.

Swish!

With a soft sound,

the Devilish Qi was instantly sucked into the Dragon egg and disappeared without a trace.

That feeling was just like someone slurping noodles with a straw.

It really worked!

"Aowu! Aowu!"

The little Dragon inside the Dragon egg became even more excited, its cries filled with desire.

As if it were saying,

"I want more! I want more!"

Zhou Huai tried to release another wisp of Devilish Qi.

The result was identical, and it was quickly absorbed once again.

So tonight,

an extremely bizarre scene appeared in the bedroom.

Moria, this noble and elegant Night Stalker, stood guard beside the bed motionless.

He extended a finger, and on his fingertips, wisps of black Devilish Qi were continuously drifting toward that black Dragon egg.

And that Dragon egg, like an infant crying out for food, greedily devoured all of this.

Zhou Huai didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Turns out this was actually a Demonic Dragon.

Zhou Huai directed Moria to feed it for the entire night,

while he himself went straight to sleep.

Until the sky turned slightly bright.

When the thousands of wisps of Devilish Qi accumulated in Moria's body were fed down to only a hundred-odd wisps remaining,

the little Dragon inside the Dragon egg finally burped with satisfaction.

It seemed to turn over inside the egg, adjusted to a comfortable posture, and fell fast asleep.

When Zhou Huai woke up and saw this scene, he silently pitied the little Dragon in the egg for two seconds.

Having stayed in the military district's treasury for decades without ever eating anything,

just look at how starved this child was.

Although eight or nine parts out of ten of the Devilish Qi that Moria had painstakingly accumulated were consumed,

his heart was filled with joy.

He had finally found the correct method to hatch this little thing.

It seemed that before it broke out of its shell, Moria the Night Stalker would just have to work hard and moonlight as the Demonic Dragon's babysitter.