Souta was shocked when he saw a giant snake in front of their group. He could roughly estimated the length of the giant snake. From his calculation it's a twenty meters long snake and it's one meter thick.
He squinted his eyes and use appraisal on the giant snake.
[Greater Isle Boa level 18]
'Oh! Fuck?! Greater Isle Boa?! A level 18 monster!' He cursed in his heart when he saw the level of the giant snake. It's level was double of his.
Sssss!!
The Greater Isle Boa turned it's head at him. It felt the uncomfortable feeling when Souta used appraisal. It opened it's mouth widely and when it was about to charge at Souta, a shadow flashes and appeared on the head of the Greater Isle Boa.
Souta smiled as he know who's that figure. He sometimes use the appraisal to distracted their prey and made their hunt more easily.
That shadow was none other than the leader of their group, the hobgoblin.
The hobgoblin raised it's sword and quickly stabbed the eye of the Greater Isle Boa.
Putchi!!
The Greater Isle Boa only became angry. It slammed it's body on the ceiling.
The hobgoblin who was on the head of the Greater Isle Boa noticed it and it quickly jumped to the walls.
Boom!!
The hobgoblin looked at the giant snake and like a spring it charged at the snake once again. It tackled the body of the giant snake.
Bang!!
Unfortunately, the scales of the snake was too thick and it barely damaged it.
"Hmm?" The hobgoblin looked at his side and found that the tail of the giant snake were already in front of his eyes. He could only crossed his arms in front of him and brace himself for the attack.
Bang!!
The hobgoblin goblin flew like a rocket and crashed in the walls.
Souta opened his eyes widely as he watched the battle in front of him. This is the first time he saw the true might of the hobgoblin. Their leader, the hobgoblin, could even fight a terrifying monster like this.
Then, he saw that the other goblins charge at the giant snake. They stabbed it's body with their weapons while the hobgoblin were fighting.
'I will distract the Boa using appraisal and this will give the Hobgoblin to attack.' Souta thought as he used appraisal on the giant snake to distract it.
Ssssss!!
Just like he predicted, the giant snake turned it's attention from hobgoblin to him. It quickly charged straight at him but the hobgoblin punch it's head and the other goblins pounced and stabbed their weapons once again.
Bang!!
The hobgoblin climbed up to it's head and pulled out it's sword.
Chiiieeeerrrrschhhh!!
The giant snake produced an ear piercing sound that made Souta felt dizzy.
"W-What's this?" Souta muttered as he covered both of his ears with his hands.
Suddenly, the giant snake wriggle with all of it's might. It smashed it's body all over the floor, ceiling, and the walls.
The goblins got caught up in this as they were smashed in the walls.
Swoosh!!
A heavy weight pressed on Souta's body. He couldn't do anything about this as he still felt dizzy. Then, he felt that he was smashed into the walls.
Boom!!
Souta lifted up his head and saw the hobgoblin were still fighting the giant snake. That's was what he last saw before he lose consciousness.
"I can't die... in a place like this..."
Smoke and dust covered the whole area but the giant snake and the hobgoblin were still fighting. Both of them were injured. In terms of strength the giant snake was higher but in terms of speed the hobgoblin was higher.
...
After some time Souta slowly opened his eyes. He felt pain all over his body. He lifted up his head and looked at his surroundings. He saw that the area was in ruins.
Debris of rocks were scattered and dust were everywhere.
He finally remembered that they met a giant snake. The hobgoblin fought the giant snake but he don't know what happened afterwards as he lose consciousness.
"Who won?" Souta supported himself as he stood up. He looked at his surroundings and saw the bodies of the goblins. Then, he saw the body of the giant snake.
He approached it and muttered, "I guess that the hobgoblin won."
If a single hobgoblin could bring this much destruction then how does powerful the humans who raid their nest. Maybe, the humans were powerful than he could imagined. After all this is a fantasy world.
He used appraisal to checked the giant snake that leave him surprised.
"What?!" A surprised voice escape out of his mouth when he saw the words.
[Greater Isle Boa level 18]
He didn't see the word "Deceased" next to it's name. It only mean one thing. The Greater Isle Boa is still alive barely hanging to it's life.
Souta gulp as he looked at the giant snake. Isn't this a great opportunity to hog the experience and kill the giant snake.
He then turned around and looked at the bodies of the goblins. He scanned them with appraisal skill. He found that some of them were still alive and some weren't. He didn't find the body of the hobgoblin.
He turned back his attention to the giant snake in front of him. He saw that the sword of the hobgoblin were still embedded in the eye of the snake. It seems that the hobgoblin pierced both of the giant snake's eyes.
He slowly approached the snake and lifted up his foot. He stomped the handle of the sword.
The sword went deeper inside the eye of the snake.
He checked it using appraisal skill but he saw that the snake were still alive. He once again lifted up his foot and stomped the sword. He kept stomping it until he heard a notification in his mind.
[Experience gained!]
[You've level up!]
[You've met the condition to evolve!]
"What?! As in like those pocket monsters!" Souta was surprised at first but he quickly regained his composure.