The Goddess Granted Me the [Hatching] Skill and Somehow I Became the Strongest Tamer, Commanding Mythical and Divine Beasts - 93

Chapter 93: The Mastermind is the Black Dragon

“Ha, I thought I was going to die.”

Everyone collapsed, sitting on the ground.

“I never expected such a monster to appear.”

“Could the strange behavior of the Cockatrice here have been caused by that thing?”

Strong monsters sometimes disturb the ecosystem, causing other monsters to lose their homes and wander into human settlements.

The cause of the monster outbreak across the Stesia Kingdom is definitely that Black Dragon.

“But we managed to survive somehow.”

Ritz-san sighed, looking deeply relieved, but…

“But we couldn’t recover the Crystal Cockatrice’s claws! What should we do?!”

Hanna-san shouted. To save Carol, they needed the Crystal Cockatrice itself, the source of the problem.

“What else can we do? We have to go down and search!”

“In this rushing water? That’s impossible!”

Most likely, the Crystal Cockatrice was no longer alive.

“If we don’t, this will have been a waste of time.”

That was true, but I had been feeling something strange for a while.

‘… (search)’

Rock was also acting restless, and when we all felt the same unease, we began digging in the ground at a distance.

“Klaus, is something wrong?”

“There seems to be a presence similar to that of the Crystal Cockatrice here.”

It was probably Rock’s ‘Ore Detection’ skill that was affecting me.

This place was in the direction the Crystal Cockatrice had tried to keep me away from, so I could somewhat guess what might be buried here.

“This is…”

Everyone looked at what had emerged from the ground with astonished expressions.

“I see. The existence of both the Crystal Cockatrice and the Black Dragon—this is important information. A great achievement.”

When we returned to the base to report, Paris-san said this with a serious expression.

“I will share this with the country right away, but…”

Paris-san looked awkward and continued.

“Though it’s unfortunate we couldn’t obtain any materials, it’s lucky that we survived the encounter with the Black Dragon.”

He probably sympathized with us for the lack of results from the investigation.

“No, we brought something back with us.”

I showed Paris-san what I had carefully carried to avoid breaking it.

“What is this?”

“This is a Crystal Cockatrice egg.”

“A Crystal Cockatrice egg?!”

The people around us were also in an uproar. It was understandable, as an egg from a mutated monster was a valuable item.

“I have the skill ‘Hatching,’ which allows me to hatch monster eggs. If I use it, I can hatch this egg.”

“What?!”

It was the first time I explained my skill to someone from outside our group.

“If we hatch this, we can get materials. Then, we can leave the rest to the alchemists.”

Only I could do this, and I was going to save Carol.

“However, even if that’s the case, I wonder if we can safely transport the Crystal statue to the nearby town…”

Even if a potion was made, if part of the petrified body was missing, it couldn’t be healed. He asked about the difficulty of safely moving it.

“We’ll have to hatch it here and make the potion here!”

I said, and then asked Paris-san to contact the royal capital for me.