"Hello, Chosen one."
All of a sudden, the egg began to shake under Huo Yu's gaze—and it actually started speaking human language.
"???"
"It's one thing that I summoned an egg, but it even speaks Huaxia."
"Could my summoning superpower have mutated?"
Huo Yu fell silent.
"Chosen one, I am not a Summoned Beast. I am the Divine Beast Lion!"
Apparently dissatisfied with Huo Yu's form of address, the egg shook as it spoke.
"Divine Beast Lion? Who came up with that name? Don't you think putting 'lion' together with 'divine beast' is completely unfitting?"
Hearing that name, Huo Yu, who had been silent, could not help complaining again. It was not as though Huaxia mythology lacked lions. The Nine-Spirit Primal Saint, for example, was a nine-headed lion. Just look at how imposing that title was.
But when normal people heard "lion," the first thing they would think of was probably the lions on The Grasslands.
"Mm."
After Huo Yu put it that way, the egg did not know what to say for a moment. After thinking for a long time, it said:
"I also have the title Flame Beast. Is that any better?"
"Then I'll call you Flame Beast."
Huo Yu clapped her hands decisively.
"Now that I know your name, tell me. Where did you come from? What abilities do you have?"
"And what does 'Chosen one' mean?"
"..."
For some reason, the Divine Beast Lion felt that something was off, but it still answered honestly:
"At the beginning of Heaven and Earth, the world was barren. Arceus descended upon the human world carrying divine power, bringing clear spring water and life to the land."
"Arceus also created Legendary Pokemon to help the Human Race develop. I was one of them."
"However, these are merely memories in my