Chapter 55 The Giant Snake Monster
[Warning!
You have entered Mount Dandenong Dungeon!
High-level dungeon
Danger-rank: S]
A warning notification popped up the moment Radmilo set foot in the dungeon. When defeating other monsters, he used the <Pause> skill more often because he wanted to finish Zivile's mission quickly.
However, he did not use the skill when he entered Mount Dandenong Dungeon. He would not pass up the chance to face an S-class monster. His power would be used only if circumstances demanded it.
As Radmilo went deeper into the dungeon, many birds flew toward him. He knew they were not monsters, but he still killed them using his flame sword.
The birds could annoy him when he fought monsters. Because of that, he had to kill them so his focus would not be diverted.
Radmilo gripped his sword tightly when he felt the ground shake. Something big was making a slight crack in the ground as it walked through the dungeon.
"A big monster, huh," Radmilo muttered, remembering the large gate that surrounded the dungeon.
A few seconds later, the ground began to shake more violently, showing the monster was approaching Radmilo. He waited, looking around. The birds that reached the trees immediately flew away when the monster got closer to him.
Radmilo did not blink when he saw a dinosaur in front of him. "I thought T-Rex was extinct," he said as he swung his blade at the monster's leg.
The monster roared and spit out several fireballs. Radmilo jumped to avoid the barrage of attacks. When the fireball landed on the ground, it instantly burned the entire ground and spread throughout the dungeon.
Radmilo witnessed the incident while standing on a tree branch. The fire devoured anything in the dungeon. The fire even reached the tree where he was standing.
As soon as he jumped from the tree, the fireballs followed him wherever he went. He was lucky that his plate boots were resistant to anything, so he had no problem running through the flames.
"Do you want to play tag with me?" Radmilo asked when the monster came from behind him.
It was disappointing because the monsters did not run as fast as the dinosaurs featured in the movie. Nonetheless, the fireballs that the monster released seemed to have a soul. The fires burned everything in their path while keeping Radmilo as a target.
The man had no choice but to dodge because the fireballs could not be defeated. There was no point in slashing at the fireballs since they would still be there and following him. The only way to make the fires disappear was to kill the dinosaur monster.
"Can you tell me what the weakness of your fire is?"
Radmilo had spoken from the start to induce communication with the monster. Unfortunately, most of the monsters did not answer when he spoke to them. It seemed they thought he was trying to break their focus, or maybe they simply hated humans and refused to communicate with them.
"I've talked to the monsters before. You can talk to me too, since I'll be back here to make an offer."
The monster had decided to ignore whatever came out of Radmilo's mouth. However, it could not help but feel curious about when Radmilo said he would return. It had intelligence above average, so it could recognize the man was not a hunter from any guild.
In addition, he also said he would come back to make an offer. The monster wanted to know what the offer was. However, it did not have time to ask because the ground suddenly shook and collapsed.
Radmilo, who was busy avoiding the fireballs, had to stay away from the ground cracks. He narrowed his eyes as a large hole appeared. Moments later, he saw a snake's tail emerge from the hole.
The tail was bigger than the monster dinosaur's body, which surprised Radmilo for a moment. He then grinned because he did not expect the snake monster to be bigger than he imagined.
When the snake monster came out of the ground, it almost destroyed all the areas inside the dungeon. The snake had stone scales with a golden crown on its head.
Radmilo frowned when he realized the giant snake was wearing glasses. He had no idea how the monster got the accessory.
"Nice glasses, bro!"
The snake remained silent. Instead, it put out its tongue to wrap around Radmilo's body. It had to scream in agony when the man cut its tongue.
When Radmilo fell to the ground, the dinosaur monster using its head charged at him. It did not have time to dodge as soon as Radmilo thrust the point of the flame sword into its eyes.
As a result, the dinosaur monster went berserk and was about to charge Radmilo a second time. However, it failed because the man could control himself now.
"Are you a bull or a dinosaur?" Radmilo asked while running behind the dinosaur monster. He also wiped the blood that came out of his mouth and nose.
The dinosaur monster attacked him right in the face. Radmilo normally would not get hurt, but the S-class monster dealt tremendous damage. In addition, he also did not wear any equipment to protect his face.
Radmilo planned to launch a surprise attack on the dinosaur monster from behind. If he was successful in killing it, the fireballs would stop following him. Unfortunately, the snake monster's tongue stopped his attack.
The tongue wrapped around his blade, intending to make Radmilo fight unarmed. The snake monster's plan backfired when the man caused the flames surrounding his sword to flare even more, forcing it to stop coiling around his blade.
The snake monster immediately came out of the big hole, realizing it had to use all its strength to defeat Radmilo. It rarely came out of the hole and only used its tongue to wrap the hunter's body.
"The guest is surprisingly strong," the snake monster spoke to the dinosaur but received no response.
It growled in annoyance and then looked at Radmilo who was dodging the fireballs. "You said you wanted to make an offer, right?"
"Yeah, I'll offer it after beating you!"
The snake monster gasped when Radmilo suddenly dashed toward it. To avoid the attack, the monster had to jump into the hole.
Radmilo knew the snake monster would attack from beneath the ground. When that happened, he had to guess where the monster would attack him from.
That was why he had to go to the bottom of the hole to attack the monster head-on. He used his flame sword as lightning.
The flames danced in the air, burning everything in sight. The monster attempted to flee the flames, but Radmilo was quicker and caught up to it. He stabbed the snake monster's tail, but all he got was a nearly shattered sword blade.
"Gyahahaha, you can't stab me because my scales are made of stone," the snake monster spoke, its voice echoing through the hole.
After that, the snake monster attacked Radmilo with its tail. Radmilo barely avoided it and instead stabbed the monster once more.
He jumped off the ground to avoid another attack. The flames that surrounded his sword extinguished.
A moment later, he had a sword in each hand and both blades blazed with fire. His movements were as quick as lightning, causing the monster to panic.
The snake monster dashed towards Radmilo, wrapping its tongue around the man's body. Unfortunately, Radmilo could make the flames surrounding his swords blaze even brighter.
The snake had no choice but to release its tongue from Radmilo's body. "Why are you obsessed with attacking my tongue?"
Radmilo did not respond. He turned around and slashed at the snake monster's glasses, which covered its eyes. He had been suspicious ever since he saw a monster wearing that strange accessory.
The snake monster let out a scream as it lost its glasses. It requested glasses from the Prime Mover to cover its eyes, which was its weakness. Its eyes were not made of stone like its scales. Because of that, it would take significant damage the moment someone attacked its eyes.
Radmilo smirked when he realized the monster's weakness. He thrust his flaming sword into the monster's eyes without pause.
"No!"
The snake monster screamed as Radmilo sliced its eyes. It tried to escape the hole, but the man would not give it that chance.
He chased after the gigantic snake monster and ran on top of its body. Unfortunately, the monster continued to wriggle, causing him to fall to the ground.
It took Radmilo a moment to stand up, and the snake monster was already slithering a long way. The hole turned out to be wider than Radmilo had imagined. He put the hole out of his mind because catching the giant snake was the most important thing right now.
This time, Radmilo would not let the giant snake get him down. He then got close enough to the monster that he could see its eyes. Radmilo jumped up and stabbed the monster in the eye just as it was about to run out of the hole.
"Gyaahhh!"
The monster's eyes were gouged out, leaving only a pool of blood in its sockets. Before the monster could react, Radmilo used his foot to slam the monster's head against the ground. Blood gushed out of the monster's mouth.
Radmilo immediately swung his sword and thrust the snake monster in the eye, making its blood spurt onto his armor.