Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

"Master! Master!"

"Hmm?"

Kane was startled awake from his sleep by Yoyo, feeling a bit confused.

Yoyo pointed to the egg on the bedside table and said, "The egg is moving; Yoyo just saw it move."

Upon hearing Yoyo's words, Kane instantly became alert. He flipped out of bed with a start.

After turning on the lamp beside him, he moved to the bedside table and stared intently at the egg.

Suddenly, the egg shook.

"Oh!"

Seeing the egg shake, Kane exclaimed in excitement.

Then, fearing that the sound might disturb the little creature inside, he quickly shut his mouth.

The egg began to tremble slowly, then shook more vigorously until a crack appeared at the bottom of the eggshell.

"Crack"

With a sound, a hole finally broke open.

The crack spread across the entire egg, and once it completely covered the egg's surface, it suddenly shattered, reducing the shell to nothing.

A little creature appeared in the middle.

It was a cloud-like being, with two round eyes in the center, no mouth or limbs.

The entire body was floating in mid-air.

Kane was at a bit of a loss. He had expected an animal cub to pop out of the egg, but this cloud-like entity left him somewhat bewildered.

"Beep beep"

The cotton candy-like creature emitted a sharp sound, drifting toward Kane.

Uncertain of which part of its body the sound came from.

Watching the cotton candy drift toward him, Kane immediately caught it with his hands.

The cotton candy floated into Kane's hands, rolling around on his palm, with both round eyes narrowing in joy.

From the sensation transmitted from his palm, this cotton candy was very light and particularly soft and smooth.

He could also feel its connection to him and its attachment.

Kane tried to use identification on it and surprisingly succeeded. Pets can also be identified?

[Unnamed]

[Pet]

[Race: Floating Cloud]

[Age: Cub]

[Skill: Cloud Attachment] (Attaches to an object or creature, greatly reducing its weight.)

[Characteristic: Cloud Body] (Body is like a cloud, can split and merge, and is basically immune to physical damage.)

[Description: An elf born from clouds in a world of only sky.]

Looking at the cotton candy in his hand, it turned out to be a cloud. Indeed, in this stitched-together world, anything can be encountered.

The cloud drifted onto Kane's face, beginning to circle around his head.

"Beep beep, beep beep"

To Kane's surprise, he could understand the sound the cloud was making.

"You're saying you want me to give you a name?"

The cloud bobbed up and down, its eyes narrowing in agreement.

Giving a name, now that's something I'm good at.

"Let's call you Cotton Candy, lively and descriptive."

Upon hearing the name Kane gave it, Cotton Candy seemed blissfully unaware of the quality of the name and just happily floated around Kane.

Reidentifying Cotton Candy, indeed the first slot had changed from [Unnamed] to [Cotton Candy].

Although the name was settled, Kane had no idea how to take care of a cloud. He had no knowledge in this regard.

This issue had exceeded the syllabus, reaching his knowledge blind spots.

First, let's get up and wash up, and ask Burton about it; he's older and more experienced.

Seeing Kane get up, Cotton Candy followed him.

When Kane started washing his face, Cotton Candy suddenly swelled up above the water basin.

Some water droplets vaporized into mist and drifted toward Cotton Candy's body.

Kane stood dumbfounded watching this scene. It was because clouds are made of water vapor, so does it eat water vapor too?

Why is it inexplicably getting scientific all of a sudden?

After absorbing water vapor for a while, Cotton Candy seemed full, its body now a bit rounder than before.

It wobbled and floated downward, with Yoyo immediately flying over to cradle it on her head.

With its eyes narrowed, Cotton Candy settled down on Yoyo's head.

Watching it eat and then sleep, it's like suddenly having to raise a child.

After freshening up, Kane brought Yoyo to the tavern hall.

At this hour, the sky had just begun to brighten, with many explorers still asleep, so the hall was sparsely populated.

But Burton usually gets up the earliest.

Burton emerged from the kitchen, looking at Kane.

Confused, he asked, "Why are you up so early today?"

Kane didn't speak but had Yoyo display the Cotton Candy on her head for Burton to see.

"What's that, is it a new accessory of hers?"

Burton was a bit bewildered by Kane's actions.

Kane took the Cotton Candy off Yoyo's head and said, "This is the pet hatched from yesterday's egg."

Upon hearing Kane's words, Burton immediately stood on a stool, scrutinizing the creature in Kane's hands.

"What kind of creature is this?"

"A cloud."

"A cloud?"

"Yes."

Burton scratched his head in puzzlement upon hearing the creature's race.

"So do you know how to take care of such a creature?"

How could I possibly know? Burton was puzzled and shook his head.

Then he said, "Although I don't know how to take care of this little creature, there are items from Mist that can be used by any pet, no matter what kind, according to the rules."

It seems we can only take one step at a time. This little guy seems quite clever; we can ask for its opinion when the time comes.

Then Kane suddenly remembered he had a consumable item specifically for pets in his space equipment.

He took out the [Blood of Evolution] and placed this consumable item on the bar.

Originally resting, Cotton Candy suddenly opened its eyes and floated toward the [Blood of Evolution] on the bar.

"Beep beep"

It wrapped around the potion bottle, staring at Kane with its round eyes, chirping.

Kane chuckled, "I took it out for you to use."

Upon hearing Kane's words, Cotton Candy held onto the potion bottle firmly and flew up.

Then it handed the potion bottle to Kane.

"Beep beep"

Upon hearing the beep, Kane took the potion, opened the cork on top.

Cotton Candy floated above the potion bottle, swelling up once more, absorbing the red liquid as it turned into mist and flowed into its body.

After absorbing the red liquid, Cotton Candy's size didn't increase, but the white clouds on its body were dyed pink.

However, these colors were quickly disappearing.

When Cotton Candy returned to its original color, Kane checked again.

A line of text appeared at the bottom of Cotton Candy's information.

[Evolution points acquired, will automatically be used upon the next growth.]

Seeing this message, it seems the use of the potion was successful; it's just that it won't manifest until Cotton Candy grows a bit.

After absorbing the entire potion, Cotton Candy fell sound asleep in Kane's hands.