Chapter 29: Hatching of The Eggs (Part 3)
Prakash used his innate ability "Moving Nature" on his clothes to decrease his weight and on his shoes to increase his speed of movement.
Myra and the flame-breathing lizard were busy fighting each other that they failed to notice the approaching Prakash.
Prakash accelerated as he kept sprinting towards the location at which the flame-breathing lizard currently stood and when he was just 20 metres before the fighting duo, he jumped up and exerted his innate ability to its maximum limit as he zoomed in like a missile and directly kicked onto the fire-breathing lizard's head.
The area of impact and the resulting shockwave instantly shattered both of the lizard's eyes and immediately knocked it unconscious.
"Are you okay" Myra inquired with her voice full of worry.
"I'm fine" Replied Prakash as he slowly limped towards Myra.
"I'm sorry, I could only save 4 eggs" Said Prakash after which he immediately fainted.
Myra caught Prakash and gently laid him on the floor next to her.
"You were a lifesaver. I would always be grateful to you" Myra said in a gentle voice.
"But…" Her voice suddenly became as cold as absolute winter as she faced the unconscious fire-breathing lizard.
"You will suffer a hammering death"
Myra created another huge 10-metre wide barrier with ice attribute and brought it vertically smashing down atop the fire-breathing lizard's head.
'Squelch'
The lizard immediately died due to getting its head crushed into pulp.
Myra then approached the dead lizard and tore open its carcass by biting through it in her ant form and retrieved its Aria Core.
Myra then used her shared innate ability 'Karma Incarnation' to absorb the Aria Core. Since the flame-breathing lizard only had a single innate ability, Myra gained it without any unexpected outcomes.
After that, as Myra saw that the lightning-clawed lizard was still fighting equally against Enbi Arin in a fast-paced battle, Myra created another huge barrier as she mentally informed Enbi Arin about her plans.
Enbi Arin nodded mentally as she fought with the lightning clawed lizard.
When the lizard tried to swipe its lightning infused claws towards Enbi Arin, she suddenly created a sturdy barrier to block it.
At that same moment, Myra made her huge barrier to collide head-on with the lightning-clawed lizard.
The amount of power infused into and the momentum it carried with it, the barrier directly slammed the lightning clawed lizard to the tunnel wall and sandwiched it between them.
Myra vented her entire rage onto the lizard by repeatedly slamming her barrier onto the lightning clawed lizard until it became a pile of mush without even having a chance to roar or even wail.
"Huff….." Myra wheezed a bit due to her exhaustion and walked towards the lightning clawed lizard and swallowed its Aria Core too while activating her shared innate ability 'Karma Incarnation' and also successfully gained the lightning-clawed lizard's innate ability.
Myra further assumed her human form as she glanced at Enbi Arin "Let us first check if any of these damned lizards are still alive"
"Fine" Replied Enbi Arin as they first confirmed the death of the lightning-clawed lizard, then the fire-breathing lizard followed by the light-emitting lizard and finally the corrosive lizard.
It was when they reached the fireball lizard that Enbi Arin remarked.
"This bastard is still alive"
"Then let me burn it" Replied Myra.
"No" Enbi Arin stopped Myra "Don't waste such valuable meat"
Enbi Arin then severed its head with her butcher beams.
"Both Prakash and Li Qiu have suffered from severe injuries. I think its better if you guys stayed here to heal for the time being" Proposed Myra.
"True. We would be vulnerable outside. If your fellow ants can still move, can you ask them to close up the entrance? We don't want another foe to pop up while we are recuperating" Suggested Enbi Arin.
"I'll see to it as soon as possible" Replied Myra as she carried Prakash in a princess style to another side chamber.
Enbi Arin walked over towards Li Qiu only to see a bloodied figure of him still lodged a metre deep inside the tunnel walls.
"You're too reckless" Commented Enbi Arin as she teared up on seeing his injured state.
Enbi Arin carefully destroyed the wall surface near Li Qiu and gently removed him from his position and carefully carried him towards Myra.
In the meantime, after carefully placing Prakash on some soft mud, Myra walked over to the brood chamber area to check up on the situation of her brethren.
Myra immediately questioned Ella as she spotted her scurrying about in the brood chamber.
"How many died?"
"Out of 20 of us, we have no casualties, but most of them have varying degrees of injuries while a couple lost their legs" Replied Ella.
"Don't worry about them. Their injuries will naturally heal if they consume some meat" Assured Myra.
"But we lost 8 of the initial 12 eggs that our late queen had laid" Said Ella with drooped antennae.
"Take care of the living first" Retorted Myra, because, even though she too felt sad over the loss of their unborn brethren, but as their queen, she had to ensure their survival and continuity as her number one priority.
A couple of days passed in their recuperation with both Li Qiu and Prakash undertaking only the job of eating, sleeping and recuperating.
18th November 2018, Morning.
The entire colony was filled with various levels of noise and vitality.
"They are finally hatching" Exclaimed a joyful Myra.
"Yeah, it's a happy occasion" Replied Myra overwhelmed with happiness.
During such a bleak time of chaos and confusion, seeing the sight of a newborn installed a sense of fresh hope into Enbi Arin.
The 4 eggs that rested in the brood chamber were slightly shaking.
The shaking intensified over time as small knocking sounds were continuously being heard.
'T-thump'
'T-thud'
'Tick'
'Tick' 'Tick'
'Tick' 'Tick' 'T-ttick'
'Crack'
A small hairline crack formed on the first egg.
"Yaaaay" Myra was practically jumping around in joy.
'Creak'
A small part of the egg situated on the extreme left among the four eggs was broken down as a cute, frail, tiny leg popped out.
'Crrack'
Another crack followed by a tiny ant head popping out. The tiny ant slowly struggled as it wriggled its forelegs to break free from the egg.
Slowly but steadily, the tiny ant cracked the egg large enough to crawl out.
This tiny ant was only 10 centimetres in height and one foot in length.
"How cute" Myra exclaimed.
"Yeah they're cute" Nodded Enbi Arin
Ella immediately ordered the caretakers to take care of the newborn.
But the newborn ant did something that shocked the entire colony.
It slowly lifted its tiny head and directly gazed into Myra's eyes as it slowly lowered its head a little.
Myra was first shocked, but then was overwhelmed with happiness.
"Such intelligence and natural talent" Mentally exclaimed Myra.
"Wow" Exclaimed Enbi Arin.
Myra suddenly took on her humanoid form as she walked closer to the tiny ant and picked it up in her arms.
"You, my child, born into this world after enduring many trials and tribulations, blessed with luck to survive many lizard raids. Hence as the eldest of your generation, I'll name you…" Spoke Myra as she
proclaimed the last part.
"Stella"
Myra tapped her antennae onto Stella's antennae as she named her while also passing a skill seed of her 'Skeletal Gu' to Stella.
After that Myra handed Stella over to the caretakers as she waited for the other eggs to hatch.
After some time, the second egg hatched as another tiny ant slowly crawled out.
Just like Stella, this tiny grub too had wings attached to its back but its size was even smaller than Stella, implying it to be a male.
But unlike Stella, this tiny ant grub just sat in the same place, unmoving.
With a small laugh, Myra pick up this tiny ant as she named him "Aurella"
The name was more on the feminine side but Myra felt the name quite suitable to Aurella.
Sometime later, another egg hatched, but this time it broke into two equal halves as another winged ant crawled out.
This ant was the biggest among the bunch, being at 12 centimetres tall.
Myra again picked up the newborn ant in her arms and named her 'Bella'.
The final egg hatched as they patiently waited for more than 2 hours.
Finally, the egg hatched as another tiny ant, the smallest of their batch lazily walked out.
Myra couldn't help but roll her eyes on seeing the aura of laziness just oozing out of this tiny ant.
Myra then named him "Gabriella" as she transferred a skill seed into him.
After the excitement of the hatching eggs died out, Enbi Arin left Myra to do her work as she returned to observe the conditions of the resting Li Qiu and Prakash.
At the same time in the outskirts of the city of Wenzhou, three people were currently huddled together.
"Have you located that bastard's location yet" Commanded Akiko in an enraged tone.
"It's like finding a needle in a haystack, you have to patiently wait for my cuties to do their job" Replied Katsurou in a laidback manner.
"How the hell can you be so indifferent about it. That bastard stole everything we have worked for" Shrieked Akiko.
"Now, now, please don't lose your temper sister Akiko. Katsurou would soon locate that thief's position" Said Hikari as she tried to dampen the tense atmosphere between the two.
"As if I can be indifferent about this whole issue. I won't be able to sleep peacefully unless I pummel that crystal bastard to pieces" Declared Akiko.
"But he's strong, really strong. And his followers are powerful too" Hikari couldn't help but interject with worry.
"Hehe, don't worry. We would soon be meeting him anyways" Said Katsurou in an indifferent tone.
"At that time, we can let him experience hell for trying to mess with us" Continued Katsurou as his eyes suddenly took on a bloody crimson hue.
"Have you pinpointed his position?" Questioned an excited Akiko as she slammed her fists against each other.
"I told you right, my cuties never fail me" Replied Katsurou as he instantly created a 10-metre long blood dragon which immediately roared to the skies.
"Where to" Inquired Hikari.
"To Hong Kong" Laughed Katsurou as he sat atop the blood dragon.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Overlord_Venus
Overlord_Venus Sunday's chappie.
Do I have to add something like an oomph factor while describing about situations like the birthing of new lives? ( like in this chapter )
I need your opinion as readers.
-Trainee Chef Antarctica