And he kept flying for an hour inside this death zone until he reached the membrane of the world.
"Start activating the egg now," he hurriedly shouted before standing motionless in place and defending himself.
'Wait a minute,' Gege muttered before adding, 'it seems to take longer than expected.'
"How long?" Arthur hurriedly asked, "I'm not in a position to wait for an entire day here!"
'Few hours,' she muttered, 'four at maximum.'
"This…" Arthur couldn't help but sigh, "I should retreat then."
'Ding! Staying here would be futile, replenish your energy and exit this place for now.'
Arthur went outside after another hour of stressful fighting. Once exited he closed his eyes and started scanning everything inside his garden.
There the egg kept twitching and shining like it was a beating heart. The energy stored beside it seemed to grow fainter in speed visible to naked eye.
"It's absorbing energy fast," he muttered.
'This is just the initial phase,' Gege sighed, 'despite absorbing the energy at a fast pace, it's not showing any major changes yet.'
"But she might explode all of sudden and be activated in no time," Arthur was hesitant, "should I return back then?"
'I… frankly dunno,' Gege muttered, 'but from this rate I believe it would take hours to be activated.'
'Once the energy is absorbed you should return back to the membrane,' the golden dragon suggested, 'after all this is something I never experienced before.'
"Sigh," Arthur glanced at the egg once more before adding, "alright, let's see what will happen once consuming the entire energy."
He paused for a moment before adding, "can you plant a portal in there?"
'You mean at the membrane?' Gege thought for a moment before adding, 'I might use the tree help to do that, but it will be risky.'
"For me?" Arthur laughed, "I can handle it. just prepare things first."
'Leave it to me.'
Gege went to silence as she returned to speak and arrange this with the tree. Arthur kept himself there watching the egg gluttonously absorbing the energy with no signs of stopping.
"Will this energy be enough?" he suddenly asked.
'I believe so,' the golden dragon sighed, 'this amount of energy can turn your Gege into a sexy girl instantly.'
"Hahaha, I might consider doing this later on then," Arthur laughed trying to lighten up the intense mood.
But he miserably failed as a heavy silence prevailed next for the next ten minutes.
'It's ready,' Gege returned to say, 'once done you can instantly move to a spot nearby the membrane. The tree couldn't precisely teleport you under the heavy lightning, but roughly you won't be far from the membrane.'
"It worked fine for me," Arthur muttered, "can you check the remaining energy and see how much time remained?"
'Half an hour,' she said after a moment of pause, 'and this egg is still absorbing the energy with no sign of awakening.'
"I hope the energy is sufficient for her to be awakened," Arthur honestly prayed.
'If not then we can still salvage more energy at once using the ready to be used arrays,' she said, trying to reassure him.
"Hmm…" he nodded before returning to gaze upon the egg once more. During the next half an hour nothing new happened but for the egg to shine brighter nothing else.
'She absorbed the entire energy,' Gege suddenly said and Arthur could see the dense sphere of energy nearby went into nothing by now.
"And?" he urgently asked.
'I believe it's getting into a hibernation,' Gege strangely said, 'all the signs of life inside is getting weaker now.'
"Strange," Arthur muttered.
'Ding! It's the calm before the storm… I hope,' the system said while the golden dragon kept his silence.
During the next half an hour the egg continued to be more silent, even the light emanated from it grew weaker with time.
"Don't tell me it's going to sleep," Arthur said in disbelief while recalling the time limit he had, "damn! We need to find something to instigate her if this happened."
``We need to just wait,'' the golden dragon said, ``I doubt she is going to stay silent for a long time.'
His predictions proved to be correct during the next ten minutes. Suddenly the egg shook and the part of the garden around it rumbled. Arthur saw with his own eyes the entire ground trembling like an ocean surface filled with wild waves.
"Savage," Arthur muttered while the trembling kept happening in increasing pace now. "Are you alright? Can you still handle it?"
'I can,' Gege said in a tired tone, 'but the worst seems not to come yet.'
"Damn!" Arthur cursed the moment the egg broke free from the pillars' prison and rose high in the air before landing massively on the ground. "Contain it!" he shouted while Gege shouted back: 'I'm trying!'
'She can't contain it alone!' the golden dragon shouted before adding, 'use my energy, try to make it stabilize… fast.'
The situation escalated in a flashing pace and there was no time to argue. Gege instantly used part of the golden dragon's energy before managing finally to stabilize the egg tens of meters off the ground.
And the terrain around it started to change drastically like never before. There were deep holes everywhere and Gege seemed quite hurt from these short moments of rampage.
"Is she activated yet?" Arthur said in a gratified tone, "if so move me now towards the membrane."
'Not… yet,' Gege was gasping for air, 'There is still more to come.'
"Damn!"
Arthur didn't wait for long before the next phase of awakening hit the entire garden world with a mighty shockwave that sent his phantom even flying and hit the ground massively, feeling immense pain.
"Screw it! this egg is just a mere savage beast!" he cursed out loud while ascending from the deep pit he fell inside and glanced at the egg.
It was now shining in bright light that hurt his eyes.. The egg released a gigantic pillar which connected the ground and sky together while the entire world started to vibrate massively like it was the end of it.
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