Soldiers and Hunters approached the island slowly, but the fog began to thicken, it was still enough to see what was in front of them.
The closer they get to the island, the pressure gets higher because of that vicious gaze toward them.
The Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent can't stop staring as it swings its sharp tail from side to side.
"You will stay behind while the rest of us will go to the island"
Those who used magic and ranged attacks would be safer being far away, so they had to stay in the boats along with one or another Hunter with melee attacks.
The others would invade the island to attack head to head.
…
On the other boat…
"Liu Yang, you will stay on the boat to help others. That's an order." The captain spoke solemnly. He didn't even need to think too hard to make that decision.
"Captain, I want to go to the island to help. If I stay on the boat, I won't be able to do anything." he protested.
His only motive was to want to absorb the dead soldiers' energies, but he needed to get close to attack, otherwise, the others would suspect that he had grown stronger.
The distance between him and the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent was great.
For others, the distance was nothing, but for someone as low as him, his attacks would never hit the creature.
"Liu Yang, what will happen if you die?"
"I'm prepared for this. A soldier is always prepared to die on a battlefield."
"Good answer, but you still need to stay on the boat. Your safety and that of others are in my hands. Any wrong decision, you can die and it will be my fault."
"Captain, you trained me, so I trust my survival skills. Besides, I'm an independent Hunter, not a soldier"
"Brat…"
"Captain, just let him do it. Liu Yang has never fought dangerous creatures before, so it's a good time for him to learn more about Hunters' fights"
"You guys…" The captain thought it would be a waste to put Liu Yang on the front lines, but he accepted the pressure from others and his request.
Liu Yang was not a soldier, but an independent Hunter, so the captain couldn't let emotions interfere with his decisions.
An independent Hunter had more freedom than soldiers.
"It's all right. Liu Yang, you can follow us to the island, but do the same job as before as support."
There was no way Liu Yang could damage the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent's hard scales, so he would just help in another way.
"ROGER!!!"
Soldiers jump into the water to swim to the island.
No sea creatures attacked them because they were ordered by the Great Lizard Emperor.
"Be careful not to get hit by the snake's attacks and don't fall into the holes around the island, some carnivorous creatures are hiding out there" A captain recalled.
The images of the several hundred creatures coming out of the ground and devouring the previous squad still were on their minds.
The Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent did nothing but stare coldly at the group approaching from all sides of the island.
The size of the island was about four hundred square meters in length, but that was only less than one percent of the island's original size, the rest was flooded by the sea. Only this small piece of land was high enough to stand on the surface.
When Liu Yang set foot on the island, he received notifications from the system that new skills were learned and his body grew stronger, much more so than any other time he went on an adventure. He wanted to run the other way and absorb the rest.
A few soldiers and Hunters died somewhere closer, but it was enough to give a lot of power.
The squads slowly walk towards the Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent with weapons in hand.
Some of them had some sort of probe equipment to see if any creatures were hiding in the holes and mud.
"Creatures are lurking everywhere in front of us." They talk at the same time when they feel something is wrong.
"Get ready for the fight!!!"
At the same instant as the scream was given, several thousand creatures leap out of the muddy holes with big open mouths intent on devouring the invaders.
The Three-Headed Blue Poison Serpent just watched as a liquid trickled down its scales to be diluted in the water.
"ATTACK!!!!!!!"
ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The two sides get into a great bloody battle.
The swords, the mouths covered with sharp teeth. Claws rip through clothing and armor.