Ben has defeated the serpents even if he needs to get swallowed by one. But he can defeat the female serpent with the new spell that he just made.
Ben's new spell, Sun Mode: Super Heated Body is something that he & A.I. Chip made. The spell raises his body temperature to a very high degree. Currently, he can only raise it to 1500 Celsius, but he will be able to raise it further in the future.
This mode is actually a result of his miscalculation when he tries to raise his fire's temperature. He tries to raise the temperature of the fire on his hand. But instead of the fire, he raised his body temperature.
At first, he panicked because he thought his body was burned, but then he realizes that he doesn't felt the heat at all. He tried to raise the heat, and he started to felt a little heated at 800 Celsius.
He tried to found his limit, and it's 1500 Celsius currently. At this degree, iron will almost melt, and it is even hotter than lava. He knows that the one that limiting this spell's heat is his body. He needs to raise his physical power to be able to withstand more heat.
In this mode, Ben can also project fire from all over his body, like he burns his body. The fire will have the same temperature as his body, and he can control how big the fire is using his MP. Ben uses this fire projection to kill the female serpent earlier.
But of course, this spell isn't perfect, and it has weaknesses. Other than his physical limitation, there's also a magical limitation. It uses a high amount of MP to raise the heat and maintain it every second.
Ben has a rather high amount of MP, but he can only sustain this mode for 10 minutes with full MP. It's also he has low mastery over the spell that made him use more MP. But in that 10 minutes, Ben is sure he can defeat his opponents.
Another problem is, the heat will burn his clothes. Unless he has clothes that are made from materials that have high heat resistance. He will keep getting naked after using this mode, like now.
"Sigh, this mode is so troublesome."-Ben
Ben gets inside the cave where he left his backpack earlier. He has brought spare clothes with him for this situation. Ben wears the clothes and decides to check the room where the serpents mate.
He has felt something ominous come from this room before. He thought it was one of the serpents, but it's not, because he still can feel it now. Ben scans the room and try to find the source of that ominous feeling.
After some time, he finds the source of that feeling. He feels it from a side of the cave wall, so it must be behind the wall. Ben tries to hit the wall with his hand, but it's very hard.
So Ben creates a yellow magic circle on the wall. He covers his right hand with bright yellow light and punches the magic circle on the wall.
"Sun Dragon's Light Cannon!"-Ben
*BOOM*
Ben uses minimal power to not break the wall too much. He cracks the wall, and it's enough. He removes the cracked parts and digs through the wall.
After removing some parts, he finds a black dagger. The dagger has a simple appearance like a normal straight dagger with 2 blades. But the dagger has a black, ominous aura coming out of it.
Ben didn't touch the dagger and just scanned it with A.I. Chip. He doesn't get something useful from the scan, because the A.I. Chip didn't have enough data.
Ben decides to take it to Roubaul and ask that old man to check it. Ben uses a towel to grab the black dagger, and he covers the towel all over it before putting the dagger in his backpack.
After confirming that there's nothing else, Ben leaves the cave. He looks at the 2 serpent carcasses and sighs. He needs to take them to the village as proof of his job completion.
"How should I carry them? They're too big & long, so it's not easy to carry them. Should I cut their head? No, I don't have the tool. Damn, if only I use my car to come here, I can tie them and drag them with my car."-Ben
Ben thinks of a way, but it seems he can only drag the carcasses by hands. Ben grabs the 2 serpents' lower lips, then he drags them slowly to the village. He walks backward to hold the serpents easier.
It takes him 2 hours to reach the village because he lost grip many times. Ben leaves the carcasses outside the village and goes to the Chief's house. The Chief is very surprised to see him return alive.
"Y-you're alive?"-Chief
"Oi, did you want me to die?"-Ben raise an eyebrow
"A-ahahaha, what are you saying? I'm just glad that you're fine, that's all."-Chief
"Well, whatever, I've finished the job, follow me! You can also take the villagers with you to make them more assured."-Ben
Ben leaves the Chief's house, and the Chief follows him. The Chief orders his son to call the villagers out. The Chief follows Ben to where he left the carcasses, and the sight of 2 giant serpents really surprises the Chief.
"...."-The Chief can't say anything and only have his eyes open wide, and his jaw drops.
"Oi, are you okay?"-Ben
"I-... *gulp*"-Chief swallow his word back
*DRAP DRAP DRAP*
The villagers finally come. They run a little after the Chief's son told them about the serpent.
"CHIEF, I HEARD THE SE- Oh my God."-Villager 1 stop in his track, stunned
"T-T-TWO? THERE ARE 2 SERPENTS?"-Villager 2 widen his eyes
"T-their size, so big."-Villager 3
"Chief, these are?"-Villager 4
"Yeah, they're the serpents that ate our livestock. Although I don't know that there are 2 of them. This problem is bigger than I thought. If we don't solve it fast, we might get attacked by 2 giant serpents soon."-Chief
"W-who are the mages that killed these 2 serpents?"-Villager 3
The Chief point at Ben, and all villagers can't believe it. But the proofs are there, so they can't refute it.
Ben doesn't care about the villagers' doubt, he just wants to go home fast. Ben takes his car that he parked near the village entrance. He takes his car to the serpent carcasses' location.
"Why're you taking your car here?"-Chief
"To pull them."-Ben place his car near the carcasses
"Pull them? Why?"-The Chief confused.
"I want to sell them. They're strong magical creatures, they'll have good prices in the market."-Ben
"Oh, okay. That's mages stuff, I don't really know about it."-Chief
Ben then pulls a thick rope from under his car's rear bumper. He places ropes with a pulley in front & rear to pull his car in an emergency situation. But he never thought that the rope's first usage would be to pull 2 serpents.
Ben makes a hole in each serpent's lower jaw. Then he passes the rope through the hole and tied it.
"Well then, the job's done, so I will leave now."-Ben
"Alright, here's the job completion letter."-Chief
Ben takes the letter before he set out & leaves the village with the 2 serpents. Ben drives carefully while keeping tabs on the serpent carcasses.
Ben was planning to sell the carcasses, but he cancels it. He will bring it back to his village because they can use it. He'll ask Roubaul to make magic items from the scales & bones. As for the meat, they can eat it if it's edible.
"I hope Gramps can make some heat resistance clothes from these things. I don't want to keep getting naked every time I use sun mode."-Ben
With this, Ben's first lone job has finished.
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