Chapter 87 *Spoiler* Title at End (1/2)
”Are you okay, Ria?”
Sheila worriedly asked while looking at the pale complexion on Ria's face as she gives a pat in the back. Right after Ria had beheaded the goblin in one sweep, she suddenly vomited on the ground. The scene of goblin's head rolling on the ground might have given her a huge impact than Sheila had expected. It's understandable as even Sheila almost puked after looking at the aftermath in the alleyway back then. Even though the goblin in the Trial Tower seems real yet not due to how it would be shattered to dust after being slain, it could still hurt you and potentially dying in their hand.
When Ria looked back at the dead goblin turning to dust before disappearing, her complexion seems to get better, yet Sheila could tell the impact was still hard for Ria to handle it on her own. It appears that Sheila mindset is more firm than her.
”I-I'm..fine... I just need a rest.”
”Alright, let's take a rest outside for some fresh air.”
”Mhm, that sounds good.”
The two then retreated to the outside before propping down near a tree and sat on the blanket that Sheila had laid on the ground. Sheila didn't forget to bring a certain amount of food from the inventory out for them to eat while enjoying the calm breeze. Seeing the opportunity, Sheila decides to bring the topic she had been waiting for as she opened her mouth and said.
”Ria? You remember that I told you I got the Faceless Mask from the Lottery, right?”
Although she didn't expect for Sheila to bring out such a random topic suddenly, Ria nodded her head in response.
”Actually, among all the loot I had received from the lottery, there's one that I didn't know what should I do with it. Do you want to see?”
”Hmm? But can't you tell what it was by that analyse thing from the system?”
”That's the reason I was conflicted. I'll show you and explain why.”
Suddenly, a golden snake-like scale egg at the size of bigger than their head materialise in front of the two before it was laid down by Sheila. Ria was surprised at how big this weird looking egg is; she had thought Sheila would bring out an item instead of an egg. When her finger touches the golden scale, Ria could feel how smooth the scale is from the touch than she had expected. After having touched all over the egg with her hands while analysing it with her eyes, Ria looked up and said.
”So, what sort of egg is this?”
”That's what I wanted to know the most. The information on its name only showed as '??? Egg', even the further details was all question mark. No matter what I do, I can't get any more information than that.”
”I thought the system you have is too convenient and powerful, but it has some weakness too, I see. But what is your opinion on this?”
”I thought it would hatch whatever that was inside of it after I pulled it out of the inventory, but as you can see, nothing happened. And as far as I know, I can't store a living being inside my inventory when I found out by having some experiment on the ants.”
”Does that mean this is infertility egg?”
”...I hope not. Maybe there's some sort of requirement for hatching the egg like what I saw in games.”
”There's such thing in the game? But would it really be like that? This is a reality which differs than the gaming world, which was all data. But then again, the status did show one strength as a digit.”
”Yes, or maybe it is not the time yet. Whatever it is, I couldn't do anything right now and just let store it in my inventory until I found a way to hatch it.”
Sheila said before putting the egg back into the inventory and resume eating the snack that was levitating to her front as Ria stares at it with a curious and exasperated look on her face. Couldn't hold her curiosity, Ria tries to grab the floating snack, but it dodges her hand to the side as Sheila looked at her.
”Do you have some sort of telekinesis skill?”
”I do, this skill is also one of the loot that I have gotten from the lottery. I couldn't make use of it in actual combat just yet since it couldn't carry an item that is too heavy and the fact that its movement is still restricted.”