"Those eggs of life, you took more than one, didn't you?"
The authority of [Darkness] may be unparalleled in hiding and concealing its form, but it's not as good at stealing things as [Space] is, which is why Erebus was a step too slow in the Foggy Kingdom.
This was originally inconsequential, simply a matter of Laine taking more and he taking fewer, but because Chaos's invasion of the Nine Realms was suddenly complete, both hastened to end their theft.
In such circumstances, Laine naturally couldn't take many, but Erebus only managed to collect one from the very edge.
"You're also interested in this kind of 'thing'? I thought such weak life forms wouldn't catch your eye."
Moving his gaze away from the crystalline branches of the Flesh-Mother Tree, Laine's thoughts scanned through his spoils.
Two seemed quite vigorous, a dozen or so average. Of course, even the most average was a genuine Transcendent being, being the earliest of the dragon kind.
