Chapter 80 Down By The River

Chapter 80 Down By The River

Their drive took them out of the grassland, and down a road that led through a marshy area, where the Crocolisk could be found. There were other magical beasts in the area, ones that hadn't been flagged as the most likely ones to build a strong team with Hawk, and some of them were not shy about being around the roadway when they passed.

For example, a large antlered animal roughly the size of their truck, with long legs, and a thick neck that promised those broad antlers weren't just for show.

"What exactly is that?" Karl muttered as they passed it by.

"Southern Moose. They're not a magical beast, but most of the Common Grade beasts won't mess with them." Alice replied.

That was understandable, the beast was massive.

Up ahead they spotted a few smaller magical creatures, and the others watched Karl carefully to see if he had any sort of response to them, but Karl was just in wonder at all the scenery, unlike anything he had ever seen before.

"First up, there should be a Stoneskin Rhino nest around here somewhere. It is further back off the road, so we will have to walk in to find it. One team will come with you, the other will stay to guard the truck so we don't have to walk home." Daniel informed him seriously.

"Alright. Let's go see what we can find." Karl agreed.

According to the map, they would have to pass by a bit of the marsh, then they would be back at the river, and that was where they were likely to find the Rhino nest, as well as many other predators.

"Stop. Don't leave the truck. It looks like we found one of our options early." Alice ordered, and Daniel abruptly, but silently, pulled his door closed again.

Off in the trees, there was an enormous furry creature with a mottled pattern of golden spots through jet black fur. That should be the Golden Dire Bear that they had informed him of, and it had a small cub with it.

The problem was that they were together, and the mother was paying close attention to her young cub, which meant they wouldn't be able to sneak up on it and see if Karl could bond it.

He could feel the egg, the life form inside of it, and it had been pushed to the other space when Hawk entered his home, but it was not ready to hatch. There was something missing for Karl to form a bond with it.

"I think it's a possibility, but I need to do something, and I'm not sure what." Karl informed the others, as Jodi began driving again. Slowly, as if the bird had nothing to do with them.

"Then we will keep looking. Place the egg here in the padded bag, and we will hold on to it in case it's the best option." Alice explained.

In the taming space, Hawk shook his feathers, and something else moved to the secondary space.

[Did you get something on you?] Karl asked curiously.

[Not sure, what happened?] Hawk asked, unable to see the other space or its contents.

[There is a tiny egg. Like miniscule.] Karl explained as he examined the egg.

"There is another tiny egg there as well. I think that it was on Hawk when he came back. I'm not sure what it is yet." Karl informed the others.

"Can you bring it out? Or is it too fragile to move easily?" Alice asked.

"It looks very soft, not like a bird egg, but there is something alive in there for certain, I can feel it." Karl explained, then moved the egg to one of the padded bags.

The others looked at it in horror, and Alice opened the door.

"Get that thing out of here. That's a Bloodbath Spider egg."