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As the sun rose, Max opened his eyes, stood up and started stretching.

BOOOOOOOM!.

Before he could stretch his body, a huge explosion pushed his sleepiness off instantly.

He understood that little she-devil completely, and could instantly judge the situation.

That air-head. After he told her to wait till the morning, she decided to start preparing for it and kept cooking gunpowder.

and the moment he woke up, she detonated it immediately.

Max's eyebrows kept twitching.

“Sigh. Thankfully, her mixing speed is too slow, otherwise she would have blown me up.”

Max just ignored Lucy’s shenanigans and washed his face, then went to eat his new favorite breakfast barbecue with black coffee.

Anyway, they live in the wild, so let Lucy play as much as she like,

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After breakfast, Max went to check on the eggs…

After confirming that everything was fine, Max wanted to leave the room, maybe go explore the mountain?.

But at this moment, the earth started shaking, and Max fell to the ground.

BOOOOOM!.

An earth shaking shock-wave washed over Max and the surroundings.

Max stood up immediately and rushed outside. At first he suspected Lucy, but on careful thought it's impossible.

If Lucy wanted to cause such a shock-wave, she needs to cook gunpowder for at least one month.

As Max left the mountain house, he called for Lucy.

“Lucy, what's going on?”

Lucy's mist form appeared in front of Max and pointed to the south with a worried look on her face.

Max looked in that direction.

BOOOOOM!.

A second shock-wave spread. But this time Max was ready and didn't embarrass himself.

Looking at the source of the commotion, Max relaxed visibly.

Whatever is happening is too far from this location.

Max could react according to the situation. If the source doesn't come closer to himself than just ignore it.

However, if it starts closing on Max, being this far, he could escape in time.

Max just sat down next to the door, enjoying the barbecue.

After Lucy saw Max's calmness, her anxiety dissipated, and she sat on Max's head, still in her mist form.

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The shock-waves stopped, but Max still waited, keeping watch with Lucy.

.......

After a few hours, Max was preparing to go inside the room since the simulator’s cooldown was only a few hours away.

Since the situation, whatever it was, seemed to be settled, he plans to give Lucy some instructions as a last ditched effort just to make sure.

But at this moment, Max noticed a gigantic figure passing through.

Max opened his mouth as wide as possible, stunned. “fuck me sideways, is that a dragon?”.

Lucy opened her mouth wide, this was her first time to see such a big bird, and she was speechless for a moment.

Thankfully, the colossal is just passing by, but when Max felt relief, the figure stopped midair, and glanced down first at Max, then Lucy's figure, then its gaze switch to Max's house, specifically the incubation room.

Max didn’t panic, but started slowly moving to a certain spot while communicating with Lucy.

‘If it shows any animosity, use full power to slow it down and jump after me immediately.’

Lucy regained her composure and started preparing for a big move

As Max was preparing to escape, the dragon suddenly turned into light and appeared in front of Max.

But what appeared in front of him wasn't a big dragon but a tall silver-haired woman with a snake's lower body instead of her legs.

Max noticed something that calmed his restless heart.

This woman didn't look real but like a Mirage.

‘Spirit form, she should be dead, thankfully.’

Lucy didn't know that, and gave the woman a wary look, while waiting for Max's instructions.

The woman just gazed at Max deeply for over 5 minutes.

Max didn't speak. After he confirmed that the woman shouldn't pose too much danger to himself, he just decided to watch the situation.

Suddenly, the woman waved her hand, and a big egg appeared in front of Max. It was almost as big as his arm.

“ta…. Take.. Care.. Off.. It.. Ple.ase.” the woman spoke weirdly, almost like she never spoke human language before.

Then, before Max could respond, the figure of the woman dissipated in the air.

If a powerhouse of A-rank or higher dies but is not completely killed, they have the ability to escape in a spirit state. However, this state can only be maintained for a few hours.

In rare cases, if specific conditions are met, they can partially revive. Unfortunately, these conditions are extremely difficult and nearly impossible for ordinary individuals to achieve.

If they are unable to meet these conditions within the given time, they will ultimately perish completely.

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Max looked at the egg speechless, “am I that lucky? Isn't this the legendary turn Misfortune into Fortune?”.

Max excitedly approached the egg. “This should be a dragon egg.”

While touching the egg, Max remembered something. When the woman's Spirit dissipated, he seems to see something enter the egg.

This might just be his illusion, but he decided to check, anyway.

“Simulator, scan this potential pet for me.”

When it comes to pets, the simulator is very efficient and the egg’s information appeared in front of him.

Max's happy expression changed immediately, and he noticed a special condition on the egg's stats.

Two spirits…

Even if Max used a rock instead of his brain to think, he could still figure out that the woman wants to share the dragon’s body.

From the simulator, Max understood that if he makes a pet contract with the dragon, the 2nd spirit won't be under his control.

‘am I, Max, running a place for homeless fucks? Someone actually wants to take advantage of me. This bitch actually planned to eat my resources for free while living in my pet's body?’

Max had a serious allergy for being taken advantage of in any way and he obviously will not accept such a pet.

‘simulator what's the situation of the second spirit?.

can it sill make a move?’

[ding, reporting to The Host.

The second spirit is in a dormant state and represents no danger to the host unless provided with a substantial amount of energy and nutrients.]

After reading the report, Max smiled evilly.

“Lucy, come here in your true body. We will be having something delicious for dinner.”

Lucy appeared next to Max with a curious look on her face.

‘Food? Is this big thing a seed?.’ She thought to herself

Max didn't mind the little one and took out the pen and put it on

The fire-pit.

He cracked the egg and started cooking.

Vesh!. Click.

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Soon Max sat with Lucy for dinner.

two plates of dragon omelet was on the stone table in front of them.

He already confirmed that this thing was edible from the simulator.

Lucy looked at the omelet. This thing is obviously not a seed. Is Max trying to trick herself?

Max started eating first, but his eating pase kept getting faster and faster, like a ravenous beast.

This thing was too good.

Looking at her pet master's actions, she curiously tried some.

Her eyes widened instantly, and just like Max, she started eating like a hungry beast.

Just like that, the pair of master and pet enjoyed a dragon omelet.