Master Of None

Chapter 1095 - 1095. The Deal

"Honestly, you don't realize how hard it is to find homes for some of the eggs I manage to collect. Some years I will have the same stock without finding the right tamer or pertinent for an egg, but other years I will clear out my stock completely." Ash seemed like a weight was off his shoulders now that Alice had accepted the heavenly serpent egg. She seemed very interested as well. Walker couldn't help but feel that the strings of fate had come together. If he hadn't met Ash this early in the morning then he wouldn't have been able to learn all that he did and bring Alice here. 

"Now about the eggs you can offer me. I see you have some gravel fly eggs over there. Do you think we can make a deal with those?" The king of the deep cave hadn't been able to get gravel fly eggs for some time due to their scarcity. 

"Oh, of course. I found that clutch some time ago. I would say there are about sixteen in that clutch. They should grow to be about the size of a fist. Perfect for exploring caves." Ash was ready to jump right in to the next conversation and make a real sale. He had even managed to catch the attention of the king without any effort. 

"Wait, before you get in to things, can I ask why that egg you wouldn't show me is so dangerous? I can feel the mana that is similar to the swamp lands. If I had to guess it has poison of some sort." Walker wanted to ask so that he could sate his curiosity. But he wasn't prepared for Ash to react. 

"Look at my hands." Ash pulled off the gloves to reveal heavy scars. "I was exploring and found it in some rocks. The egg is definitely ancient and is a monster that I doubt anyone can currently handle. But I can't identify it. I want to do it myself. The only problem is that most of my skills require touching an egg. That was my first mistake. If I didn't have the right antidotal herbs then I would have lost my hands and my life. The egg constantly causes poisons to pool around it. I assume that it will hatch when the poison fully pools around it but I can't let that happen until I know what it is. It's part of my pride as an egg hunter to figure this one out." 

"I understand. I didn't want to force you to show me that. I just had some curiosity and didn't want to risk anything dangerous. But if you need help feel free to come looking for me." Walker knew that he might have overstayed his welcome. 

"No, no. It's fine. If you tried to force me to show you the egg I would have been very annoyed with you. But you just wanted to ensure my safety. I'm impressed that you can feel the mana and that it has a poison accumulation skill. I will keep that in mind. I may come asking for you when I have a breakthrough." Ash turned back to the king and began to show off the clutch of eggs. They were small stone like spheres that definitely would hatch in to small rocky shelled flys.

"Walker…" Alice was ready to head back to the cathedral. She wanted to compose her song to bond with the heavenly serpent along with speak to her father. She wanted to help the little heavenly serpent hatch and have a family. She also knew that Onyx was very interested in this as well and couldn't help but want to answer his curiosity. 

The four left the king of the deep caves and Ash behind. Walker figured they were too caught up in their talks anyways. "I will search through the libraries to find anything about the heavenly serpents. I have a feeling that I might be able to find some things about them in fairy tales though since they seem kind of old. I also think people won't believe they are a real monster." This was something that Walker was catching on to. Even Scylla who had descended down from an ancient monster could barely find real documents about the ancient Scylla that once lived. She had voiced that annoyance when they had started to get to know each other. 

"I wonder if I can find some poison resistant materials for gloves." Walker was thinking that he could make some new gloves to gift Ash since he was glad that he could work out a deal with him for the egg. Walker knew that as much as Ash was going to make from the new connection with the king of the deep, that he cared more about the egg actually being able to hatch and live well. 

Alice casually bumped in to Asher's shoulder while walking. She was carrying the egg close to her so that it would stay warm. It wasn't very necessary but it was something she did out of care. She was more excited than she expected to be able to hatch any companion. The idea that it could help her on adventures was great. It was also a way to make sure that she would never be left alone. This was something she worried about no matter what because she had seen many people injured left alone to be healed in fear. 

"You know, now that I think of it…The high priest might get a little angry that I brought you to get a monster partner. Especially one that will be tough to hatch." Walker found it a little funny but knew he could be in for a scolding. Based on the way Alice looked at him he knew he had a chance for a scolding. 

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