At Pamir Academy, in Anvis's underground Magic Laboratory.
"Welcome, esteemed administrator, Your Excellency Anvis—"
Seer Silver's soft, sweet welcome rang out.
Today's randomly selected voice sounded somewhat like Fiona's.
Anvis nodded out of habit and walked toward the mana cultivation pool.
"Seer Silver, activate the Mana Conversion Pool and report on the Cursed Plutonium Dragon's cultivation status."
"Command received—"
As Seer Silver spoke, the anti-magic metal alloy floor in one corner of the laboratory opened, and the Mana Conversion Pool slowly rose from underground.
"At 7:46, abnormal fluctuations in Life Mana appeared within the dragon eggs. Comparison indicates a 78% similarity to the hatching curve of dragon creatures in the database. Recommendation: add Cursed Ore, Magic Crystals, and conversion fluid, replenishing them to 173%. Add supplemental Blood Silver-2 and Green Radiance Magic Gold-1 elements."
"Approved. Add them."
"Command received—"
A faint sound of metal scraping arose as large quantities of various raw materials were fed into the pool through delivery pipes.
Gurgle, gurgle...
The surface of the Culture Fluid, suffused with a deep blue glow, rose rapidly, its light becoming exceptionally bright.
As the raw materials continued to be added, the fluctuations in Life Mana within the three dragon eggs at the bottom of the pool swiftly intensified.
Crack—
Amid the sounds of cursed elements being added to the conversion pool, a faint, crisp sound suddenly came from the bottom of the pool.
Anvis slowed the rate at which he was adding Cursed Ore and Magic Crystals, listening carefully to the sounds within the pool.
Soon, a second sound came through more clearly.
Crack—
The source was the dragon egg at the lower left among the three Black Dragon Eggs.
A thin, branching crack appeared on the jet-black eggshell surface, which was covered in scale-like patterns.
The crack damaged the