Two weeks had passed, and the Dragon baby was still in its egg, and Ben and Luca gave it some of their element powers every day. The group was adapting good to the levels and soon made it to the seventh level.
But they started to wonder why their guild name was 'Fantastic Five', if it weren't for the dragon egg, they would have changed the guild name. They managed to get through the sixth level in these two weeks and were relaxing now.
"Hey, Eddie when are we going to shop for food?"
"I and Lena will go shopping later Ben, you can stay here and keep an eye on the egg. I don't want this Luke to get it."
"That is boring, I never get to leave the house unless there is a level to clear, why doesn't Luca need to keep an eye on it?"
"Ben, you know Luca is visiting his girlfriend!"
Ben scoffed and stood up from the table, it was getting boring for him. Every time he asked Eddie about going out he always declined. Luca was always allowed to leave, and he had to stay here, that wasn't fair.
He looked out of the window, he could see Lena and Eddie walking there, while he watched feelings rise in him. He wanted to have a girlfriend, Luca already had one and it was only him who never had one before.
Ben turned his head away from the window and went inside the living room behind the kitchen. There were two sofas and a table in the middle of the living room, sadly there wasn't any Tv or something like that.
He walked over to a corner of the living room, there was a golden-blue egg lying in a nest, it was the dragon's egg. Ben sat before it on a pillow and started talking to the egg.
"Hey, I hope that you choose my element when you grow up, if not this whole thing is pointless you know?"
No answer, but what did he expect, it was only an egg.
"No, no I am just joking with you, it doesn't matter which element you choose, you will always be my baby dragon."
Something happened after Ben said that, and he couldn't believe it. The egg shook for a bit, before calming down again. That meant that the baby dragon was able to understand what Ben was telling him.
Suddenly Ben thought back on all the times he spoke to the egg Ben remembered all the swear words he had said and all the gossip he had told this little dragon. When he remembered that, it became dark before his eyes.
When he woke up again, the egg was missing he stared at the nest without the egg and punished himself in the face. He could feel the pain, and that could only mean one thing, that this was real and that the egg got stolen, but how?
Ben never noticed someone, till he passed out, but why did he pass out? He tried to recall what happened before he passed out.
*Ok, I talked to the egg, and then it wiggled a bit and I passed out!*
That was all Ben could remember he slowly stood up and went over to the kitchen like he was being controlled. When he got to the kitchen, he grabbed a glass and filled water inside it, then he took out a pill and drank it.
"Puah, what was that? If that girl didn't warn me about something like this I would have been lost!"
Ben had completely changed in a matter of seconds, he went outside in the garden and searched for traces of an intruder, but there were none.
*So, whoever stole the egg must be a great player*
A smirk formed on Ben's face and he jumped onto the top of their house, from there he could see a big part of the city. He activated a skill and searched through the small passages, where the players of the black market were dealing with things.
The skill he used was just like the one Anton had gotten but there was a difference, Ben's skill could see if a player or person was light or dark.
If they had light around them, the player or person didn't do anything bad since everyone had done something evil in their life at least one time the brightness of the light showed Ben how many evil things they committed.
If a player or person had darkness wrapped around them, like a shadow it meant that this player or person was completely evil. Until now, Ben had never seen anyone having a shadow on them but he could see it now, a player was running through the passages completely engulfed in darkness.
He jumped from one roof to another, closely following the player. It seemed that the player had noticed him because the player suddenly got faster and Ben nearly lost him. The player was running in the direction of the poor district, where players and people went if they didn't get a job or get accepted by a guild.
*If he gets there, it will be his advantage*
The civilians of the poor district didn't like the players like Ben, who had established their home in the city. But it wasn't all over for Ben, if they got to the poor district, that also meant. that he could use his fighting skills.
Using your fighting skills in the not poor part of the city is a felony, only if you are taking part in a Quest, like the one they had to do, to establish their guild. But if they got to the poor district this rule wasn't active anymore.
Ben was now closer than ever, but he didn't dare to attack him, the fear of violating the city's rule was too great for him. So all he did was follow and check out the player, Ben tried to see what skills the players possess by using another skill, which he got from his sponsor but it was pointless.
*I can't see any skills, so that means he is strong*
Ben didn't call for help from the people and players standing by because if he did they would see what the player he was chasing stole. A dragon egg is extremely rare, there are only about five players who ever got their hands on a dragon egg in the whole history of the tower.
Finally, the houses started to change, they became more run down and also the people changed. Ben only looked away for a second but the thief used this chance and disappeared, Ben stopped instantly and changed the skill he was using but even his skill couldn't see him.
"Why are you following me?"
A knife was put at Ben's throat and a female voice was speaking to him in a threatening tone.
"If you turn around, I will kill you on the spot!"
Ben was about to turn around but stopped as soon as he heard the words.
"I will ask you again, why did you follow me?"
Ben let out a laugh and answered in a cocky tone.
"Why? Are you dumb, you stole something that belongs to me!"
The female was shocked by how chilled Ben was, but that changed into anger very quick.
"Don't speak in such a cocky way, and what did I steal from you?"
Ben didn't want to speak about the dragon egg, even if the player behind him stole the egg, he wouldn't talk about it. Instead, he asked a question.
"I don't want to speak about that, instead I will ask you something, why did you steal it?"
Suddenly Ben was turned around by the player and to his surprise, he was seeing the eyes of a woman, the rest of her face was under a mask, but Ben only needed to see her eyes and hear her voice to know that he was a woman.
"I didn't steal anything today, so why are you accusing me of that?!"
Ben was shocked, the darkness he had seen just a minute ago on her, had turned into a small light colour.
"Oh, I am sorry, it seems that I made a mistake"
After pushing him in the face, the woman let go of Ben and quickly dashed away, Ben had lost all hope of getting the egg back.
*How can I even make such a mistake? Didn't she tell me that no one can interfere with the skill?*
While thinking about that suddenly two things plopped up in his head, the first was that the player he was chasing was very strong, he or she could block his second skill. The other thing was that other Angels or Demons could interfere with his first skill if their sponsor is stronger than his.
Ben turned around immediately and followed the woman but he didn't use any of the two skills before instead, he used a skill that makes his movements silent, even for players a bit stronger than him.
*She tricked me really well, but the knife she was holding was a sacred tool of the angels and only an apostle of an Angel like me, can get one!*
Ben was lucky that he found her pretty quickly, she was dashing deeper and deeper into the poor district.
Ben had a bad feeling about this, he was alone in a place he didn't know and was chasing someone who was in the same circle as him. The woman got slower and slower until she finally came to a stop and entered a small, broken-down hut.
Ben didn't directly go into the hut and first looked through the broken glass window on the left side of the hut. There was no one inside, he couldn't see the woman or any other player but how was that possible, he just saw her enter this hut and the only way someone could leave was the front door, so how?
That question was answered when Ben went inside the hut, he first had to evade the traps placed for unwanted guests like him and then he could finally see, why there was no one inside.
*A secret path, not bad*
Ben went through a hole in the ground, which lead to the secret path, which then lead to a secret facility. When Ben saw what was going on in the facility he needed to puke, and not just one time, multiple times.
The facility was an experimental lab in which rare species were held captive and were used to make positions, Ben didn't know what potions but he knew one thing, this wasn't right. He quickly took another look around, this time without puking and he saw the woman he was just following.
The woman was talking to another woman in a white lab coat.
"So, have you found the egg?"
The woman in the white lab coat asked.
"No, but I found a better one!"
The woman who stole the egg took it out and showed it to the other woman.
The woman in the white lab coat didn't speak for a moment and instead slapped the other woman on the cheek.
"How can you be so stupid? Of course, this dragon egg is ten times better than the other one, but it has the wrong elements. I need a fire, darkness dragon, not a water, light dragon."
Ben listened to their conversation, and while listening he thought about why she needed a dragon with two elements, which would only make it harder to get the element she wants. Why didn't she ask for a fire, fire dragon or a darkness, darkness dragon?
His question wasn't answered but instead, he saw something interesting.
"It doesn't matter, we will keep the dragon and pay her for it!"
A kid walked in, it was a kid Ben recognised too well, it was Luke.
"But I need other elements on the dragon, otherwise the potion won't work Luke!"
"I know that, and because of that the girl will also bring us the other egg, we will also pay you for that."
Both women were a bit stunned by Luke, but the woman in the white lab coat had a different expression than the thief woman.
"Ok, that's a great idea"
"No, I won't do it again. If someone chases me again, like today I might get caught next time!"
Luke heard her words and quickly asked her.
"Do you know who?"
The girl didn't need to answer, a golden flame answered in her stead, the flame hit the woman in the white lab coat and a young man with golden hair jumped down.
"I chased her!"