Chapter 18: Unique (2): Serpents after Serpents

Chapter 18: Unique (2): Serpents after Serpents

I didn't attack first. Not now.

My hunger had to reach maximum and then... only then will I decide to attack.

Even if this serpent was weaker than the previous, I wouldn't stand a chance with how weak it was...

If I were to attack it, then I'd not just be dumb, I'd even probably get the title of Monkey! Cause of how idiotic they are... maybe even they would be better than me!

I shook my head, calming my nerves as I continued the staring game.

The previous serpent was giving a different gaze. It was as if it was confused but this one... heck, it was staring at me as if it would Devour me any moment.

However, for some reason, it wasn't making any movements.

It was not approaching me.

It just sat there, coiled.

Was it waiting for me to make the first move? I wasn't sure.

But one thing I knew... I was not making the first move, at least, not yet.

And thinking this...

1 month passed.

Or maybe more? I stopped thinking about tine at this point.

I simply blinked and stared at the 8th serpent that had entered.

And another Greenland slithering serpent.

"..."

I once again stared, this time, not just blankly but with intent.

I had already learnt a few things in this time...

My fire Bolt had leveled up. My Devour leveled up and so did my hunger skill.

I had leveled up too and picked up a new skill...

And above all, I had completed the mission.

Was it in the fifth try? Yup.

Doesn't matter, because even now, I was powerless.

So all I could do was... stare.

And yes, this weird ass serpent did the same thing too, as if it was looking at something new for the first time. ...

'Crap crap crap! Snaky crap!'

The newly released serpent could barely believe its eyes.

'Why in the snaky god's hell was I released here!? That human... that snucking snhuman!!!'

Yes. The serpent was terrified.

It had stopped hissing and barely even moved. It didn't dare to.

'My snluck is bad!!! I was finding a matimg partner but i... i got caught by a snhuman and I thought in dead! But the kind Snhumam release me... he kind! I thought he kind!'

The serpent's eyes were hovering left and right, contemplating again and again.

'But that darn man put me in a dungeon where this beast exists! What in the snaky goddammit situation is this!?'

The serpent knew better than attacking.

When it was released into the dungeon, it's eyes fell on the pitiful goblins.

They looked so weak that he would cry!

Tears did start streaming down but not from its eyes. It was from its mouth!

It would be a fun feast!

But the serpent hesitated.

It scanned left and right, spotting the corpse of a fellow serpent, all too familiar.

There were many other corpses but this one stood out.

"Serko!?"

It was a serpent he knew.

Serko, the big bad bully serpent of the Greenland region, was famous.

He had just briefly heard that the bully was finally caught and taken away but it was only now that he met him.

But this bully, who was obviously stronger than him, was split in half.

'Someone here... someone here managed to defeat Serko!?', he gulped hard.

'Defeat is an understatement... someone cut Serko in half! He's half half! It was one sided!'

He was now cautious.

His gaze changed briefly.

He looked at the pitiful goblins with caution but then shook his head, 'Snah, these goblins aren't capable of this feet.'

He then looked around, 'Someone else...'

He had almost rejected the idea of it being a goblin. However, other than them, there was no one present in the cave.

His eyes fell on the corpse once again and this time, he noticed a few more things...

Wounds!

His eyes started to shake vigorously.

He looked left and right and noticed a few craters, and other marks of demolition, destruction and utter chaos.

It felt as if there was an equal fight.

'But if someone killed him with one strike... then rather than equal fight, this is... this is more like...'

Toying!

'Someone kept trying with Serko... someone tortured him...', he couldn't shake off the fear and surprise that came with this thought.

'That individual made Serko believe snhat he's going to win... and maybe when he felt true happiness, that monster killed him... killed him in one strike... he...'

And at that very moment, he felt... true fear.

He felt a gaze on him.

His eyes drifted instantly, scanning the entire place, to locate the individual who was staring at him.

But there... he stood.

Gubzo, staring right at him.

'Wait, where did he come from?', at first, he flinched surprised by noticing Gubzo but then he shook his head and realized... 'He was there all along. It's just I didn't notice him... or I didn't care to... or... he made sure I would think of him as some insignificant being.'

Misunderstanding...

The serpent misunderstood the entire scenario!

Gubzo had stared the stare game with him and he too, stared back.

'I scared. I'm scared. I scared...!!!! Scared scared scared! Snaky God! Serpy God! Help!'

If it was not obvious, then now it's clear. THE. SERPENT. SCARED.

The serpent hadn't hissed so far and it probably wouldn't have dared to if not for his habit... of over speaking.

"Who are you?", it asked nervously, being cautious.

Seeing the bodies of so many serpents, some decaying while others fresh, especially Serko, he had to be on edge.

So he dared to ask... but instead, he got a weird answer back from Gubzo.

"I want to reproduce with you."

'What the SNUCK!?', he blinked in confusion hearing this.

He retorted back, "I'm male!!!"

"I want to reproduce with you!!!"

"And I'm male!!!"

"I want to reproduce with you!!!"

"..."

The serpent just turned back for a second, pondering if the goblin was simply looking at someone else...

Empty-

Nope, it was him!!!

"I AM MALE!!!"