BXBX NOVEL Chapter 269: Friends To Enemies
The egg was gray, oval-shaped, with countless glowing blue runes on it, giving off mysterious and intriguing vibes, almost tempting one to smash it open to find out what was inside.
From its appearance, Nathan could tell this was a beast egg—a very powerful one at that—because even in its dormant stage, it was emitting a terrifying aura. Sure enough, he had seen his son with a couple of beasts before, but Nathan wasn\'t a fan.
He feared they might snap one day and attack everything in sight.
"It\'s a gift," the man smirked. He was tall, broad-shouldered, with dark purple hair and extremely lightless eyes—beautiful yet dangerous. A casual smile from this man could get any woman into his bed. That was how terrifyingly handsome he was.
Nathan often wondered how he was able to father such a beautiful son. His friends liked to nag him about this most of the time. Apart from his height and some features, Arthur was almost a photocopy of his mother.
"A gift... you\'re giving me a monster egg as a gift?" Nathan asked.
"Tsk, just take it and say thank you already, old man," Arthur crossed his arms, a smirk tugging at his lips. "Or do I need to remind you who\'s stronger by kicking that old butt of yours?"
"Tch... talking about beating your father so casually, how disrespectful." Nathan sighed with a wronged look on his face, then sighed again. "Okay, I accept it, but are you sure this thing... whatever\'s inside won\'t turn on me one day?"
Arthur waved his arms dismissively. "That wouldn\'t be a problem. I already tamed it and gave it a series of commands."
"Hmm... that\'s a relief," Nathan said. "Makes me wonder, do you have something to do with the mounts the Royal Knights ride on?"
Arthur simply winked. "That\'s a secret."
Although Arthur said it was a secret, Nathan already had an answer without much thought. He stepped through the portal, holding the gray egg.
"What is that? Is that a monster egg?" Elvin and Hans, with Gordon, came over when they saw the egg.
Gordon was a druid, more connected to nature. Simply placing his hand on the egg, he could tell it was a real egg.
"You should smash that thing and kill it early. Don\'t even think of taking it back to the capital," Celine strode forward, a calm irritation flashing in her eyes. Celine\'s dislike for wyverns started when she was an infant.
"Get a grip, guys. This little fella here won\'t hurt anyone," Nathan assured them with a smile. "Arthur did his little trick."
"Are you sure about this?" Celine asked with narrowed eyes, eyeing the egg... she couldn\'t help but imagine a situation where the egg would hatch and destroy everything in sight.
"I\'m very sure," Nathan nodded.
After the short conversation with his friends, Nathan left the group and rushed to his mansion, located in the prestigious area of the royal capital... a few miles away from the royal island where the former king and Nathan\'s good friend resided.
After arriving at his home, Nathan kept the egg in a warm place and waited eagerly for it to hatch. At first, the waiting game was exciting; anytime he saw a crack on the egg, it made his heart beat fast as he anticipated what creature would emerge.
But then it got boring fairly quickly. It had been months, and the egg had yet to hatch fully, with only several cracks running through its body.
Some months later, almost close to a year, when he had stopped paying the egg attention... one day while training his fire skills in the cobblestone courtyard, Nathan felt a beastly aura radiating from his mansion.
Swoosh!
A red-haired woman with beautiful eyes of the same color swiftly appeared in the courtyard. She looked at Nathan and asked, "Father, do you sense it too?"
"Yes, I do," Nathan responded. "Come on, let\'s go check it out."
Following the beastly aura, the father and daughter-in-law duo soon arrived at the stable where the horses were kept. Their eyes instinctively landed on a strange creature that appeared like a crocodile but with short wings jutting out from its tough-looking scales.
Seeing the beast struggling to walk and staring around cautiously, a smile broke out on Nathan!
"Hahahaha, finally, my baby has been born!" he shouted and hurried over to pick the little wyvern up, spinning it around like a child who just got a new toy. The smile on his face was so huge that even Aina, who was at first confused, became amused.
Meanwhile, the little wyvern felt slightly disoriented and dizzy as it watched the broken-toothed man spin it around. It was still trying to understand its surroundings when this man suddenly picked it up.
Grrrr! (Let me down, you frail old man!)
The wyvern let out an intimidating growl... at least, that\'s what it thought. But Aina and Nathan merely smiled because it sounded so cute, almost like a cat.
Just behind the door of the stables, a fluffy white kitten stared at the wyvern with a strange twinkle in its eyes. While Nathan was spinning it around, the wyvern had already caught a glimpse of the cat and was genuinely frightened for a moment.
Finally, after a while, Nathan placed the little wyvern down. Its eyes spun, and it staggered before tripping over.
"So, what would you name it?" Aina came over and picked it up. The wyvern let out a pleasant sound as it rested its head in Aina\'s bountiful chest.
"Damn, even the beasts discriminate against us men." Nathan felt an existential crisis as he witnessed this.
After a moment, he stroked his goatee, then looked into the eyes of the wyvern, which stared back at him.
Although the old man\'s appearance was anything but saintly, the wyvern felt a strange connection with him and an urge to protect him at all costs, even laying down its life. It felt as if it had known him for a lifetime. The beast leaped out of Aina\'s hands, jumping to Nathan, and looked up at the old man as if threatening to rip his head off if he bestowed a half-hearted name.
Nathan stared into the beast\'s eyes; the two locked gazes, as if they were staring into each other\'s souls.
The smile on Nathan\'s face widened, and then he declared:
"From this day onwards... your name is Doombringer!"
Grrrr! (Good, good, I like it!)
A few years later...
Years passed in the blink of an eye. Nathan and Doombringer\'s bond grew stronger, solidified through countless adventures. Now, the wyvern was no longer the little hatchling that once struggled to walk but a mighty beast that soared through the skies.
A giant wyvern flew high in the western region with an old man mounted on top of it.
To the Barony, it was their staunch protector.
To the bandits, it was their greatest curse.
"Burn them alive, Doombringer!"
"P-please, Lord Nathan, spare us!"
Kra-kra-BOOM!
"Aghhhhhh!!!!!"
"That\'s my boy! Come on, let\'s go return their loot to the rightful owners," Nathan said with a righteous look on his face.
Doombringer rolled its eyes, resisting the urge to throw the silly human off its back.
...
In the present.
Nathan locked eyes with Doombringer. The familiar warmth in the wyvern\'s gaze was gone, replaced by hostility. A single tear slid down his cheek as memories of their time together flooded his mind.
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