Chapter 105 - Hatching the Magma Drake Egg (Patreon)

As Camille Ferros left the warehouse, Valkorion met with Darius, who was right now the official speaker for the rest of the Trifarian Mercenary Company as they would be soon establishing official ranks and hierarchy within the Trifarian Mercenary Company, so for now he was just the speaker or whatever.

"We have one day before we depart from the Volantis. We got a contract from the Clan Ferros to escort their merchant caravans to the Cartharys, and it would be full of war supplies whose collective value would most probably exceed one and a half million Gold Dragon Coins. Afterward, we are tasked with aiding and destroying the hideout of the bandits and brigands controlled by the Arvinos Clan in the Painted Mountains. The good news about the last thing is that we can keep the loot we obtain aside from a few things that would be handled by the Clan Ferros."

Valkorion issued orders to Darius, who was now clad in heavy armor and wielding an enormous waraxe that looked it was bigger than his entire person. When he observed Darius like this, the man looked intimidating as hell, and he was sure that he could punch a good pack.

Aside from that, with Darius's powerful physical strength and now wearing top-notch dwarven armor, he was like an armored tank that would be unstoppable on the battlefield unless he was intercepted by another powerful Beyonder.

"I will relay the orders to Rhaenar, Benn, Aruk and Kled."

Darius answered as he went to carry out the orders of his Lord because right now, Valkorion was not only the best bet for them to regain their freedom but also to rise further than they could imagine.

Valkorion was confident that the few future lieutenants of the Trifarian Mercenary Company would take care of everything. He was rather surprised that the Kled, the psychotic Yordle, was part of the leadership, but if he could lead, then he didn't have much problem with it.

Darius, meanwhile, knew that this was a good opportunity to prove their worth and that they would be going against bandits and brigands, which wasn't any kind of challenge for the current Trifarian Mercenary Company.

Most of the members of the Trifarian Mercenary Company were former soldiers or even Legionaries of the Valariyna Freehold Legion. Their training and skills were unmatched across the Westeros and Essos, and their training and discipline matched the legions of the Golden Empire of Yi Ti, the Royal Army of the High Elves in Sothoryos, or the dwarven legions of the Underground kingdoms.

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When he finished the talk with Camille Ferros, he had two things to do.

The first was to hatch the Magma Drake Egg, and the second was to meet with the Gotrik Gurnisson and discuss his possible involvement in the Trifarian Mercenary Company because Valkorion wanted to obtain dwarven Slayer for the Trifarian Mercenary Company.

If the Trifarian Mercenary Company had someone like Gotrik Gurnisson, it would tremendously increase the prestige of the Trifarian Mercenary Company, as the presence of dwarven Slayer would mean a lot in the propagation of the Trifarian Mercenary Company.

Aside from the fact that every Slayer of the Slayer Cult was a powerhouse on its own, Gotrik Gurnisson was a very talented Slayer. There were not many Slayers who left the Underground Kingdoms to seek worthy challenges, so having the service of the dwarven Slayer would be a great achievement on its own.

Hatching the Magma Drake Egg is a rather simple matter because there is an entire manual for hatching the Egg. To hatch the Magma Drake Egg, one needed to submerge the Magma Drake Egg in the magma and let it hatch naturally, or one could use Magical Ritual to substitute the Magma with the Magic, Flames, and one's own blood.

Valkorion was going with the second alternative for now because he couldn't really find magma anywhere to hatch the Magma Drake Egg naturally, and at the same time, with the second method, he would be able to establish the Familiar Contract with the Magma Drake at the same time.

He borrowed the Beyonder Ritual Chamber that was within the Volantene Branch of the Ferros Chamber of Commerce as he took out a look at the Magma Drake Egg for the first time since he got the egg from Camille Ferros.

The egg looked crimson red, covered in scales that looked pretty tough and hard.

After observing the Magma Drake Egg for some time, he opened the small booklet that was on the bottom of the carved stone box, which was used to store the Magma Drake Egg, and started researching the hatching process for the Magma Drake Egg.

When he finished reading the booklet, he started drawing a ritual circle on the ground, which seemed to take a whole eternity because he wasn't really good at drawing things. In order to properly draw the ritual circle perfectly, there were many smaller details that were very delicate and hard to replicate.

In the end, it took Valkorion around three hours to properly create a circle and put the Magma Drake Egg in the middle of the circle. Afterward, he took his ohs sword and slit his hand and started dropping his own blood onto the Magma Drake Egg, and at the same time, according to the instruction in the booklet, he carefully started inserting Spiritrons into the Magma Drake Egg.

Because Valkorion had only awakened a really weak Spiritual Sense due to the early limitations of his Pathway, as the Pathway of the Warrior wasn't Spiritually strong from the start, and his control over the Spiritrons was weak, not to mention his Spritron capacity was pretty, low.

Still, the effects were rather slow, but they were sure, because after several minutes, he could see that the Magma Drake Egg started slowly hatching when the outer shell of the egg was breaking.

It took some time for the baby Magma Drake to break free of his shell as it soon enough revealed itself. Valkorion observed the tiny Magma Drake that looked very similar to the illustrations of the Magma Drakes that he had seen, with just a single difference being its small size. 

Its scales looked like cooling lava, and it also had crimson eyes. Even though it looked pretty small, it was clear that the Magma Drake hatchling looked pretty strong and would grow into a very powerful Drake.

"Well, I think that you need a name."

Valkorion pondered as he would need to choose a name for the young Magma Drake. He felt that a Familiar Bond had been formed with the hatchling of the Magma Drake, and it was taking effect on the Beoynder Potion Digestion rate, as it was finally moving.

The digestion rate was stopped because, as the Beast Knight, he could digest the Sequence 6 Beyonder Potion only due to him getting the Beast as his Familiar and cultivating the Beast Familiar of his.

"You shall be named Glaurung... that's a good name."

The small lizard that had hatched nodded its head as if it understood him, and it seemed to be pretty satisfied with its name. Even Valkorion was because Glaurung seemed to be a powerful name for the small lizard.