Chapter : 71 : The Fang’s Demise

"Onii-sama!" Luna's voice echoed through the dense, mana-infused forest, trembling with desperation. Her hands crackled with raw magical energy as pink tendrils danced along her fingers, ready to be unleashed. She hurled bursts of light at the serpent's coiled tail, but the creature's thick, scaled armor deflected her efforts like raindrops striking a shield.

Orian gritted his teeth, the crushing force of the serpent's tail wrapping tighter around his torso, threatening to break bones. The air in his lungs burned as he struggled to draw breath. His blade, Ravager's Edge, lay on the forest floor far below, its hilt glinting faintly under the sparse light that managed to pierce through the dense canopy above.

The serpent's massive head loomed closer, its glowing, ghoul-like eyes locking onto Orian's face. Rows of venom-dripping fangs gleamed in its gaping mouth, each droplet sizzling as it hit the ground, melting away the forest floor in ominous hisses.