A little debate was held between captains, commanders, and headquarters to see how best to invade the island and deal with the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent, but there weren't many options.
The government, the Hunters Association, and the guilds would not send more soldiers after the death of an entire squad. So the remaining squads had to deal with the situation with the number of current Hunters.
In the end, they just decided to bomb the island and clear the entire forest until revealing the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent. The poison would be dissipated after the bombings.
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"ARE YOU READY??!!!!!"
The shout was for the soldiers holding the cannons in the front lines of the boats.
The appearance of the cannons was like the old ones used in ancient wars, but it had jewels, glittering crystals, and runes carved into the metal.
"ROGER!!!!!!"
"FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!" The captains stare at the island before ordering.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The cannons explode and a ball of energy shoots out of the barrel.
The energy ball was the size of a soccer ball.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
The island was bombarded by three rounds of fire from over a hundred cannons.
Flames burn the entire part of the island until there is nothing left.
The scenes were amazing to behold.
An entire island several kilometers away from being burned for several hours straight.
"..." The soldiers and hunters only look with solemn gazes to see if the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent would appear or remain hidden in that area of dense trees.
As the bombings happen, more destruction happens on the island.
In six hours, what was left of the island was just a flooded place. It didn't even look like an island anymore because only water could be seen.
The trees and higher ground were destroyed.
The image of a giant serpent-like creature could finally be seen by all.
The Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent was awake and looking in all directions.
Its eyes look to the sides, but a great coldness and hatred could be felt by everyone. The creature was very irritated by the destruction caused by the explosions.
Its resting place was destroyed by humans.
Unfortunately, it couldn't do anything but wait.
A hybrid creature like the Blue Three-Headed Poison Serpent had advantages on both land and water, but its venom needs to be spread through the air to have the most effect.
So it waited for the soldiers to charge to the island to devour them.
Feeling that vicious gaze, the soldiers felt a chill down their spines.
None of them know the power of the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent, but they do know that it is a very dangerous creature.
Only the strongest can command the other creatures.
"We will invade the island. Prepare yourselves!!!"
"ROGER!!!!!!"
If they attacked from a long distance, the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent would just hide in the water, so it would be useless. They need to defeat it to conquer this part of the island.
Liu Yang felt a great excitement inside him because he could absorb the energies of the dead, even if it lost some of the energy, it was still a lot.
A squad of over fifty soldiers and Hunters above level 100 contained a very large amount of energy.
The boats around the island sailed slowly towards the island, but used a vacuum to suck out the poison.
Sometimes they pinch their faces to feel pain and wake up, just to make sure they weren't being hypnotized.
The poison wasn't spread so far, just around the island.
The explosions spread the poison to the other sides, and the flames burned away some of the poison.
So the amount was small, but the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent kept releasing its venom.
Five hundred meters…. Four hundred meters… Three hundred meters… Two hundred meters…
The closer they got to the island, the air got heavier and a very fine blue mist was seen by everyone.
The long distance couldn't be seen, but it was close enough that anyone could see it if they paid attention.
"That's the poison. Be careful not to come in contact with the skin or be breathed in." A captain warned again.
Everyone already knew about the power of poison, so it was necessary to be very careful.
There was no antidote for it, but there was a way to withstand the poison.
As a hallucinogenic-type poison, the Hunter must have high amounts of INT attribute points to nullify or reduce the poison's effects.
Thus, mages were more likely to experience fewer effects.
Unfortunately, the other squad's misfortune was that they weren't prepared.
Otherwise, those who use magic could have used some mental protection or prepared themselves mentally to withstand the poison.
The Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent was very strong, so it took a lot of INT stat to at least partially reduce the poison's effects.