Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Lexi was a little flustered when Zach suddenly looked straight at her with a piercing gaze. She wondered what kind of ridiculous question was going to slip out of his mouth now.

"Do you have your egg on you?" He asked simply.

"Always," She answered quickly and retrieved the bottomless black egg that she summoned back then.

"Perfect." Zach turned to Ra and asked, "Do you bleed in that form?"

Ra furrowed her brow while looking at the egg. She didn't even hear Zach's question.

"What…is that?" She asked, pointing at the egg with a frown.

"My familiar?" Lexi responded, a little concerned about the way Ra looked at it.

"Hmm."

"We figured out that it consumes blood. Our theory is that it fuses and refines the essences of the blood of different creatures to enhance its potential and so on," Zach explained with excitement.

"Is that why you asked for my blood after summoning me, Master?" Mandra asked. Zach nodded. He looked at Ra with glowing eyes.

"Well?"

"Let me get this straight. You figured out that whatever hatches from that egg will be stronger the better the blood it consumes while it's an egg. And you've gone around gathering blood from all kinds of powerful beings to feed it, serving it an all-you-can-eat buffet of things that might as well me elixirs?" Ra asked, her doubt making it clear that what they had done seemed just a little irrational and perhaps very reckless.

If their theory was right, if whatever hatched from the egg perfectly fused and refined the essence of all the blood it consumed, what were they expecting to hatch?

From what Ra knew, the blood of a deity, an Archon, a Desert Witch, an Archangel, and a human with world essence energy were already within it. And since Zach had told her a little about his adventures, she could guess what else it had.

The blood from the familiars of his friends. Three beings from Hell of three different but powerful lineages. An oversized millipede with an innate potential for growth. A mystic Midnight Butterfly with unique powers. A bat living to steal the sun.

The familiars of the other ones that entered the Labyrinth of Vidur back then didn't bleed as far as she knew, so they probably hadn't joined the cause.

But Ra knew Zach was well-connected. She just didn't know how well connected he was.

The principal who was infamous throughout history for being powerful and domineering had donated his familiars' blood. The Empress Dowager had eventually agreed to do it as well with her familiars.

The Underworld and Zoe. Minatio.

Almost all the familiars at the Academy.

The distant descendants of the Hydra and whatever else Lexi and the Evandiels had found to give to the egg. With their resources, they would have undoubtedly made sure to get the egg the best possible nourishment in the hopes of securing another card up their sleeves against the Hydra.

Too bad it didn't hatch in time, but if Lexi and the egg survived, it would still be a great aid to her and the family. They hadn't held back.

Ra sighed. She could only imagine.

If the theory was true, whatever hatched from the egg would be ridiculously insane.

But seeing the light, anticipation, and hope in Zach's eyes, she couldn't help but feel a little curious.

The Ra people were an innately strong people with a high ceiling and deep potential. She had extracted all of that potential beyond the limit and reached past the ceiling, refining herself to a level beyond mortals. She had transcended her world.

If she added her blood to the mix, what would happen?

"It's not my blood, per se, but I can condense a drop of my essence," She eventually said with a resigned sigh. Just the beaming smile on Zach's face made it worth it.

Ra held her hand above the egg and closed her eyes to focus. After a few moments, a drop of golden liquid dripped down from the center of her palm. It didn't even land on the egg before it was sucked in and disappeared.

It was clear that the egg very much liked the donation.

Zach squealed excitedly.

But when he turned to thank Ra, he saw that she was paler and her existence was fainter than before. If she had looked almost solid before, now she was partially translucent.

"Are you okay?!" He hurriedly asked. He wouldn't have asked her to give that drop if he knew it would weaken her to this point.

Ra looked at herself with a tired expression.

"I might have forgotten I didn't have a body. I'll be fine after some rest," She said, waving off Zach and the others' worry as she floated over to her cushion, sitting down and closing her eyes.

Zach was still worried, but he turned back to the egg.

If it didn't take just blood…

Zach could control his world essence energy now. He couldn't do that last time. His blood might be of better quality now, too since he was stronger.

He grabbed one of the daggers strapped to Lexi and cut his finger. He held it above the egg and squeezed out a drop of blood filled with world essence energy. When it escaped the cut in his finger, even the others around felt it.

That drop of blood shone with an otherworldly luster, and it hung in the air with a weight that drew them all in. It was enough to make Ra open her eyes and look at it with hunger.

But the hungriest of them all was the egg. As soon as the drop stopped touching Zach's finger and finally let go, the egg vacuumed it in before anyone else could even think to snatch it.

Ra might have transcended the limits of her world, but world essence energy was the energy and representation of an entire world. They were a little different in base value. It was understandable that the egg wanted it so desperately.

Mostly Zach and Lexi looked at the egg with excitement and anticipation. Maybe this would be enough…?