When Vex regained his vision, he was stunned to find himself lying in a massive bird's nest.
Looking around, his glowing eyes widened in shock. Three large eggs—each about the same size as his own body, they were neatly placed beside him, their faint shells were shimmering with energy.
"The Golden Lightning Eagle… it's not here?" Vex muttered to himself, scanning the surroundings nervously.
"This must be the Golden Lightning Eagle's nest… and these must be its eggs,"
"Fuck! That damn bird must've carried me here as food for its children once they hatch!"
"What do they take me for? Do they really think they can just treat me like food?" Vex snapped, his glowing eyes flickering with both anger and fear.
"They better wait until I get stronger," Vex muttered coldly, his tiny wings trembling as he try to suppress the rage in his heart. "When that time comes, we'll see who's eating who."
With a thought, the system map appeared in front of him. Seeing that there were no red lights near his location, Vex let out a sigh of relief.
But suddenly, something caught his attention on the map.
Not far from his position. There were dozens of red lights surrounding the golden box icon."
"System, what does that golden icon mean?" Vex asked in confusion, his glowing eyes were fixed on the strange golden box icon on the panel.
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[System Notification: The golden box icon represents a Treasure Point. Rare resources, skills, or bloodline fragments may be found within. However… Treasure Points are usually guarded by powerful beasts.]
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Vex's glowing eyes widened the moment he heard the system's reply.
"Treasure…! Rare resources, maybe even bloodline fragments?" His tiny body was trembling with excitement, but then his gaze fell back on the countless red lights circling the golden icon.
His wings stiffened. "Tch… guarded by powerful beasts, huh? Just my luck."
A bitter laugh escaped his beak. "I've only just level up and now the system is dangling treasure in front of me, surrounded by death. Are you trying to kill me, system?"
Still, a spark of greed flickered in his glowing eyes. "But… if I can get that treasure… my strength might skyrocket."
Vex's glowing wings fluttered restlessly as he stared at the golden box icon.
Vex bird beak click in hesitation. "Surrounded by so many beasts… one wrong move and I'll die without even a trace."
But the more he looked at it, the harder it became to resist. His tiny chest rose and fell rapidly, his glowing eyes were burning with greed.
"Treasure Point… rare resources… even bloodline fragments! If I can grab it, I might not have to crawl around in fear anymore. Maybe I can level up with the help of this treasure!"
Vex voice grew firm with determination.
"I've already risked my life once against that Flaming Dog. If I survived that… then maybe… just maybe… this is my chance to rise."
Vex's spread his wings wide and his whole body glow even brighter. "I'll take the risk! If I want to survive in this world… I need power, no matter the danger!"
Just as Vex was about to fly toward the treasure's location, a sharp crack suddenly sound behind him.
Vex froze mid-flap, his glowing body stiffening in shock. His first thought sent shivers through him— Did the Golden Lightning Eagle return?!
He slowly, turned his head, his glowing eyes widening in surprise.
It wasn't the terrifying Golden Lighting Ealge.
Instead, one of the massive golden eggs inside the nest was trembling violently, faint lightning sparks were dancing across the egg shell. Fine cracks spread like spiderwebs along the egg surface—
Crack! Crack!
Vex's beak twitched. "Don't tell me… this damn thing is about to hatch?!"
Crack! Crack!
The golden egg burst open with a dazzling flash of lightning. A tiny creature, that was about the same size as Vex himself, crawled out of the broken shell. Its whole body glowed with golden feathers with arcs of electricity flickering between them.
A newborn Golden Lightning Eagle.
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[ System Notification]
[ Name: Golden Lightning Ealge ( infant)]
[ Level: Frist order- level 1]
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As soon Vex set his gaze at the newborn Golden Lightning Eagle , he saw all of its information.
The newborn Golden Lightning Eagle locked its gaze on Vex and screeched at him. It looked at Vex as if it were looking at its food.
Seeing the way the newborn Golden Lightning Eagle looked at him, Vex felt very angry inside.
"Fack, what's with those eyes? Do you think you're your mother, daring to look at me like I'm your food?"
[Flash Beam]
Without hesitation, Vex used the Flash Beam skill. A sharp beam of concentrated light shot out in an instant, piercing through the air with terrifying speed and piercing the newborn Golden Lightning Eagle in the chest, killing it instantly.
The newborn Golden Lightning Eagle didn't even have time to screech before it fell to the ground.
Vex looked at the dead body with cold eyes and walked toward it. But at that moment, the other two eggs also began to hatch. Without giving them the chance to let out a screech, Vex shot them with the Flash Beam skill as well, killing the two newborn Golden Lightning Eagles instantly.
["Congratulations to host for killing a Frist order - level 1 magic beast, The Golden Lightning Eagles. You have gained 10 experience points....]
["Congratulations to host for killing a Frist order - level 1 magic beast, The Golden Lightning Eagles. You have gained 10 experience points....]
["Congratulations to host for killing a Frist order - level 1 magic beast, The Golden Lightning Eagles. You have gained 10 experience points....]
The system cold mechanical voice suddenly sound in his head. Hearing the system voice Vex pushed in his steps.
"10 experience points? Why is it so little? System, you have to explain yourself."
[System Notification: The newborn Golden Lightning Eagles were newly hatched and had not yet developed strength. Their vitality and essence were too weak, resulting in low experience points.]
[Note: Only matured or fully grown Magic Beasts provide large amounts of experience. The stronger the beast, the greater the rewards.]