Expedition (2)

Drake smiled.

[Name - Giant Python | Age - 131 Years Old

Race - Giant Python (Adult) - Intermediate Rank Magical Beast

Attributes:

Strength - 8.6 | Agility - 2.8 | Vitality - 18.8 | Magic Power - 9.6

Perks: Giant Python Scales (Attacks below 5 degrees of damage will be reflected)

Skills: Bite (151)...

Spell: Petrification (68), Soul Hiss (12)]

These attributes, this strength...

Drake was almost drolling at the thought of drawing Blood Absorption runes over its body. He had yet to encounter a beginner rank magical beast and test the Blood Absorption rune. In fact, he had hope. Hope that this crazily strong beast might help you reach 30% of bloodline purity.

And he knew that emerging victorious in this fight would...help him break through the intermediate realm. His blood was boiling in excitement. A third of his army had been knocked out by its [Soul Hiss] spell, which stunned average humans.

"Nobody shall look at the giant python in its eyes. You will turn into stone if you do so!", Drake shouted.

A normal army would have collapsed already if put against such a strong, dominant beast. However, Drake had trained them personally. Training with a monster had given them some fear resistance against monsters.

Fang Zheng was trembling: "Drake...I am afraid this beast can't be taken out by-"

His words were stopped in the middle, As Drake ordered: "Ballistae, FIRE"

Five 2-meters-long bolts were shot accurately towards the beast.

[4 Bolts hit the target. Expected damage: 9 Degrees, 11 Degrees, 10 degrees and 15 degrees of damage respectively]

*HISSSSSSSSS*

The Giant Python hissed so loud that the army had to cover its ears.

"RECHARGE!", Drake ordered, while taking out his bow and arrows. Shooting repeatidly, he used the sound of the Giant Python to locate it. Everyone was closing their eyes, in fear of turning into stone, Drake not being an exception.

[Target Hit]

[6 Degrees of Damage Dealt]

[Target Hit]

[6 Degrees of Damage Dealt]

[Target Hit]

[6 Degrees of Damage Dealt]

[Target Hit]

[6 Degrees of Damage Dealt]

The arrowheads were made of magical alloy, yet it only dealt so little damage. Still, damage was slowly accumulating on the Giant Python's body.

As the Giant Python reached the middle of the pit, Drake ordered: "EXPLODE THE ROPES"

Ground collapsed, and the Giant Python felt fear for the first time in its life.

*SPLASH*

[Trap was effective]

[Expected Damage: 28 Degrees of Damage (x5)]

The Giant Python's body was impaled by 5 ten-meters-tall spears embedded on the ground.

"EVERYONE! TAKE OUT YOUR BOWS! AND SHOOT! SHOOT REPEATIDLY LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!", Drake ordered.

Everything was going according to the plan. The sight of 200 men shooting an injured beasts repeatidly entered Fang Zheng's eyes. It was terrifying. When the soldiers ran out of arrows, they started to take stones and threw them in the pit. The giant python hissed in terror. It wanted to get out, but the pit was 40-meters-deep, to the point that besides Drake, no one could pinpoint its exact location.

"DO NOT STOP! DO NOT FALTER! THE BEAST IS STILL ALIVE"

Drake was in awe.

He could see the damage dealt to the Great Python. By now, its back was exposed to thousands of arrows, its scales were crushed by the huge block of stones thrown by soldiers and amplified by gravity. 89 ballista bolts also impaled it to the ground. Yet the beast was still hissing.

'So this is a beast possessing 19 points of vitality, huh...'

Drake was well aware that high vitality gave a sense of invicibility. However, this Giant Python destroyed all misconceptions he had about magical beasts.

'No wonder the family ordered me to ask for help in case I encountered an intermediate-rank magical beast...Even as I prepared this much, the beast is giving us so much trouble'

Had he been a normal knight, he would have probably rushed in the pit by now and tried to slay the beast with his sword. However, Drake was different. Why would he risk his life? His swordsmanship was very high, and he possessed sword aura, but he would have to risk his life by coming down. Shooting arrows from the high ground was much safer. Plus, as he was closing his eyes, there was even less risks of getting petrified.

"Fang Zheng, supply my soldiers with dragon-slaying arrows starting from now"

Dragon-slaying arrows were high-quality arrows coated with extremely potent poison.

[Target is poisoned]

[Target's vitality is decreasing]

[Target's lifespan is decreasing]

'How much vitality does the Giant Python have?'

[Computation in progress]

[Giant Python Vitality - 88%]

Drake couldn't believe his eyes.