Everyone paused whatever they were doing.
With all eyes focused on the egg in Lazarus's hands, the surroundings turned quiet. The egg... it was something that he had almost completely forgotten about, but he did recall receiving the egg as some sort of reward.
"Hm."
Lazarus found himself shifting his attention towards a distant creature he had killed.
After a little bit of thought, he raised his hand, and the creature's body moved towards him.
It was a massive, octopus-like creature — its body towering several times larger than Lazarus, who glanced at Pebble from the corner of his eye.
"Pebble."
"…Yes."
Without wasting a single second, the cat pressed its paw against the water surface, and the octopus shriveled up into a tiny ball the size of a fist. Lazarus brought the egg right beneath the octopus as a black liquid began to seep out from the octopus's shriveled up body, dropping onto the egg.
