Yeon-woo, Phante, and Edora headed to the elders’ room in the center of the village. The elders were still taking care of the egg and didn’t let it out of their sight for a moment. They were too curious about what it would hatch into.

“Mm?”

“Why are the elders doing that?”

“I-I don’t know."

Yeon-woo cocked his head to one side, and Phante and Edora turned away like they were embarrassed. The elders had wrapped red bandanas around their heads and were all lying on the floor together holding each other’s hands.

“Don’t take the egg!”

“A new Legendary Beast might be born! We need more research, give us more time!”

“Yes, that’s right! It’s too soon to take the egg. You’ve already finished the trial of the eleventh floor, so allow us to keep looking into it a bit more!”

“Besides, you don’t even have the Seed of the Moon yet! How are you going to hatch it?”

“If you try to hatch it…you…will have to do it…over our dead bodies!”

No one could see Yeon-woo’s expression because of his mask, but he was extremely surprised at the moment. ‘Is this because I denied their request yesterday?’ The night before, Yeon-woo had told them that he would take the egg back and that he would try to hatch it soon.

The Council of Elders requested...