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Curt woke up inside a strange but clean room. He could smell the sweet scent of a woman inside the room as his eyes darted all over the place. Then suddenly his ears caught the sound of running water from the side room.
He didn't move yet and listened. But then his face suddenly blushed as he knew that someone is actually taking a bath inside that room.
As he scanned himself, he noticed that the mask on his face is already removed. Then his eyes darted towards the old wooden table.
He saw that his white mask is in there along with some of his things.
Before he could move, he saw the door in the bathroom opening. Then his eyes met the beautiful eyes of the woman coming from inside the bathroom.
Melissa noticed that the young man is already awake and showed a faint smile on her beautiful face. When she noticed him blushing, she realized that the young man felt shy.
"You're the killing machine in the battlefield, how come you're very shy now?" she thought while interest sparked in her dainty phoenix eyes.
Curt could not help himself to swallow his own saliva upon seeing the woman with only a towel covering her curvy figure. But then he suddenly shifted his gaze to the side and averted her eyes.
Melissa was a bit amused at the action of the young man. Then she suddenly remembers her late husband. He was the same kind of man. Even though they are already married and has a child, he would always shy look at her and admire her silently.
If she caught him he would blush. She reminisces those times when he was alive, and suddenly felt a slight pain in her heart.
Feeling the changing emotion of the woman, Curt slowly shifted his body and slowly sat down from the bed.
Hearing the rustling sound on the bed, Melissa's thought was directed back at the young man.
"Ah… Your things are in there. I'm sorry if I removed your mask. I… I thought you were wounded when I saw you on the ground. I could not let the others take you, so I decided to help you as I owe you a lot. Don't worry your secret is safe with me." She explained with a faint smile.
Curt just nodded his head as he was thinking of another thing. Sensing his thought, Melissa suddenly said.
"Oh, the woman… she… she is fine. She is already awake. In fact, we are preparing to go back to Kor city we are just waiting for the others to wake up."
With the words from Melissa, Curt knew what she meant and just nodded his head.
"Thank you…"
Curt stood up and grabs the mask on the table and then his other stuff.
"What time are we going to leave?" He asked as he stops when he approached the door.
"Well, according to Vipercrown, as we are still waiting for the others to wake up. So… around 3 to 5 hours from now." Melissa explained while she sits down and carefully dried her hair with a towel.
"Wait for me then… I will come back soon…"
"Hold on… where are you…" Before Melissa could ask she heard the door closing.
Then suddenly she thought for a while. Then her eyes suddenly went wide.
"Don't tell me he is going to… No way… that's dangerous…" she muttered to herself.
But then she suddenly ran to the bag on the side and immediately put on her clothes. Without thinking of anything anymore, she grabs the staff and quickly ran out of the room.
When Vipercrown saw her, she just shouted. "Wait for me to return before leaving, okay?"
Then he saw her suddenly using her wind power and flying to the air like a gust of wind.
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Meanwhile, Curt has already run through the forest and in the direction of the snake's lair. Curt somewhat feel that the giant snake was wounded. This is because he didn't see that thing on the battlefield.
And when he arrives in the place, he still saw a lot of blood on the ground. However, it seems that the bodies of those who died in this place were already eaten by some of the beasts in the area. Curt even found a scavenger beast that is slowly enjoying the flesh of an armed man which he might have killed in the battle.
Then Curt followed the trace of blood on the ground and walked into the wide river. He carefully scanned the river bank for some obvious traces of the huge snake but found none. He suddenly jumps up in the air and landed atop a tree.
Then he saw a figure flying towards him.
"You… why are you here?" Curt asked in disbelief.
"I… I just wanted to help you capture that giant snake." Melissa said with an awkward expression.
She wanted to stealthily watch him in the sky. But who would have known that he would suddenly jump and see her?
"Sigh… alright, but I need you to not be a burden, okay?"
Hearing Curt's words, Melissa unconsciously raised her eyebrow. She wanted to say something but she immediately held herself. This is because she realized that this is the man who is responsible for her growth, so she has no right to scoff at him in his words.
So she just nodded her head in agreement.
Now that he is in a vantage point, Curt could see below and then saw some traces on the ground with his sharp eyes.
"There… I found the lair. This is the lair of a venomous snake that has already evolved. We should be careful…"
After saying that, his figure flashed and landed on the ground.
The two cautiously entered the lair of the giant snake.
"What is that foul smell…" Melissa grumbled as a heavy stench of rotting carcasses assaulted her nose.
Curt also smelled it and just covered his nose.
As they walk deeper into the lair, the smell also grew stronger. Not long later, they soon arrive in a huge cavern. Not too far from them, they could hear the sound of something busily munching over something.
The two carefully walk through the huge dark cavern.
Curt suddenly took out a pen and two yellow papers. Then he wrote something on the papers and folded it into thumb-size talismans. He then handed Melissa one talisman.
"Hold this at the side of your temple." He whispered and showed her.
When Melissa followed his action, she suddenly saw her surroundings becoming brighter. It was like she is wearing a pair of night-vision goggles.
Then from where they are hiding, she saw the large flood dragon eating among the pile of dead carcasses.
"Eww… that's gross…" she complained.
Curt did not bother with her and began taking out many types of stones with carved glyphs on them.
"Assist me, I attack…" Curt said as he suddenly threw the stones at the entrance of the cave.
His action immediately made the Flood Dragon lift its head in surprise. But before it could react, it saw a stone flying towards its head.
Boom! Crackle!
The sound of a thunderous noise exploded as the stone made contact with the thick scale of the flood dragon.
"It turned into a flood dragon with good defensive scale. This would be challenging." Curt muttered as an unknown strength and bravery seem to give him some confidence.
Roar!!!
The Flood Dragon suddenly went wild as his scales were chipped by that lightning explosion.
When it saw that there are humans inside its lair, it felt a bit afraid especially when it saw the woman who is behind the rocks and the strong energy coming from her body. The flood dragon immediately slithers towards the only entrance and exit of the cave not minding the other human blocking its path.
Curt did not attack him but instead took out his machete and dodge to one side. Then as the Flood Dragon passed by him, he suddenly thrusts the sharp blade towards a certain part of the Flood Dragon's body.
Feeling the pain, it wanted to growl but it ignored it and directly tried to escape. However, how could Curt let it go out? Suddenly as a strong lightning barrier hit its body making the Flood Dragon feel intense pain all over its huge head running down its long body.
Growl!!!
It howled in pain as it felt its body seem to have been paralyzed.
"Do it now!" shouted Curt as he threw another stone towards the Flood Dragon's head making it tilt upwards.
Then a strong compressed wind suddenly flew out like a cannonball from Melissa's staff. When it hit the lower part of the Flood Dragon's head, it acted as a series of crisscrossed buzzsaw that cleanly decapitated its head.
Although without a head, the body still twitched a little bit until it stopped. Curt did not waste time and immediately extracted the poison from under its fangs, and also at the side of its jaws. Then he opens a portion of its body near its chest area and then extracted a portion of its tissue and blood from that part.
After doing his thing, Curt looks at the rest of the corpse and could not help himself but want to take it away. But then he was a bit hesitant because his space ring is not a bit enough. So he decided to look around the cave for more things to be had.
Melissa just curiously watches the young man as he did those things and then went to the place where this huge creature was a while ago. When her eyes saw that place, she could not help but rub her eyes to make sure that she is seeing things correctly.
Curt on the other hand already is now holding two fist-size raw diamonds. And on his feet lays many precious gemstones.
"This… what is this?" Melissa could not help but mutter.
The smell of the foul rotting corpse did not even bother her anymore after seeing the pile of gemstones that looks like a small mountain.
"This thing has been living in this place for a very long time. I guess it also likes to collect shiny things." Curt casually said as he suddenly takes out some materials from this spatial ring.
Curt casually uses the materials present in the cave to create a small pouch. He then began writing the array on the around seven thumb-size sapphires connecting them into one array.
After checking the capacity of the pouch, Curt showed a faint smile of satisfaction on his face.
"Here, take this… this is storage pouch. You can fit that huge thing in here." Curt said as he walks towards the huge snake and then touches its tail.
Upon seeing Curt touching the tail of the snake, Melissa suddenly had a stupefied look on her face as the whole body of the snake suddenly vanished.