While Zach,Taron and the other were fighting their snake, Bea was alone against a similar snake. She fighted with her claws and daggers, until now even if she didn't heavily injured it, she made it suffer quite a few injuries. She also received some but it was also minor injuries.
From a corner of her eye she saw how it was going for Zach and the others, she was satisfied but she knew that they would not last long so she decided that once she finished the snake she would go help them.
The snake tried to slam its tail on her but she used her hand to block it, she sank a bit in the ground but she was alright. The snake felt like it succeeded in making her suffer so it retracted its tail slowly and slightly dropped its guard.
Bea took advantage of that, she summoned a thin layer of water under her feet and started to run towards the snake. Thanks to the thin layer of water she was running at a greater speed that she could usually go.
The snake seeing Bea coming so fast started to panick and was about to do like Zach's snake, it was about to slam his whole body here and there.
However Bea didn't let it do as it pleased and focused a lot of her energy in her right dagger. Just as the snake was about to jump and slam its body down she reached its head, she aimed at its left eyes and her dagger approached it at great speed.
BRR BOOOM !
Everyone in the swamp hear this, they heard lightning, they took a small glance to look at where it came from and when they saw it they were surprised, the rumor of Bea having 2 attributes was true and Bea's second attribute was indeed lightning.
Bea's lightning was ravaging the snake's left eye and head, it tried to go away but its muscles were all contracted due to the lightning.
The snake dropped on the ground, it was in a miserable state, on its way toward death, it couldn't even hiss and the last thing he saw with its right eyes before fainting was Bea with her lion like appearance.
Bea retracted the dagger she had plunged in the snake left eye and went to Zach's group, she was quite tired and couldn't fight another snake alone but with Zach and the other they would be able to kill it in the end.
The mysterious girl, Xaratus, Kimstros and Galitos were still fighting their snake and they were still quite far from being done. They didn't have a hard time like Zach and the other but it was a lot harder for them than it was for Bea.
Xaratus had a warhammer and when he had the opportunity he slammed it on the snake, each time the snake would let out a hiss and try to slam Xaratus but surprisingly he was fast enough to didge it even with his warhammer.
Kimstros used a two handed longsword, he imbued it with his wind affinity which made it even sharper. However even with this he would leave at most a medium injury, and the snake would be able to continue the fight without trouble.
Galitos made use of a fighting staff and his earth affinity, he would try to hit the snake's head or destabilized it by manipulating the field.
As for the mysterious girl she was trying to immobilize the snake using roots, however each time she was about to succeed it started to slam its body and destroyed every roots. She would have to start again from the start.
Until now they put the snake in a tough position however each of them were starting to tire, they had to make a finish move fast or the snake would gain the upper hand in the end.
In fact they could have ended this fight much sooner however they had such a bad coordination that they ended hindering each other, thus making this fight drag.
They were still hindering each other, Kimstros was about to slash the snake but a hit from Xaratus warhammer made it recoil so Kimstros slashed the mysterious girl's roots. It was a complete disaster, when looking at how well they were in team fight, compared to the group with no fighting experience they were worse.
"Stop ! Like this we will just get ourselves killed, so Kimstros wait my signal to go and strike it. Galitos make it so it had troubles moving on the side, Xaratus go in front of it and use your warhammer to draw its attention. I will try to immobilize it properly and Kimstros will try to place a clean and deadly hit." The mysterious girl complained and ordered them.
Kimstros gritted his teeth but shut his mouth, he didn't like to be ordered around like this even in his family he has some problems with this. Xaratus and Galitos nodded, they could see that if they didn't change anything they wouldn't go anywhere.
Galitos manipulated the field to put the body of the snake in a dyke like environment, the mysterious girl's roots were already starting to cover the snake and would not take long to lock it up. Xaratus was hitting the snake's head with his warhammer and dodging its fangs, once he dodged he did the same again and again.
Kimstros was on the side waiting for the signal. The snake too distracted by Xaratus didn't feel that it was completly locked up. "Now !" The mysterious girl shouted and Kimstros did not need her to say it twice to rushed towards its neck.
He jumped and slashed down on its neck, this time the cut was deeper than every other he had done, a lot of the snake's blood was gushing out. It hissed loudly and broke every roots in a last effort before dying.
He slammed its tail towards Kimstros the one who had fatally wounded it, Kimstros was running away but suddenly something hit his foot, this made him trip and fall on the ground, the snake's tail was about to smash him down.
He looked towards Xaratus and all he saw was a smile and he was playing with a rock, thanks to his eyes he could read on his lips and he could swear that he was saying. "Told you."
The snake tail finally slammed on Kimstros, a loud crack was heard on all the battlefield, it wasn't as loud as Bea's lightning but not too far. A few seconds later the snake breathed for the last time and went limp, it was dead.
Kimstros was on the ground under the snake's tail, he fainted from the hit. When Xaratus went to see in which state Kimstros ended, Kimstros had both his legs destroyed, it would take a few months before he would be able to walk again.
Blood was also flowing out of his mouth, he had suffered at least an internal injury, he needed to be healed as soon as possible. If he was left like this he would not survive more than 3 or 4 days and it would already be lucky, 2 days of travel would be tight for him so they would have to rush back.
The mysterious girl and Galitos both looked at Xaratus, knowing what he had done, they could not help Kimstros in time and in fact it was not sure if they would have helped him even if they could. Xaratus shrugged his shoulder and said. "Don't look at me guys, it's not my fault."
They sighed and Galtis shouted. "Bea ! We have to go back now, Kimstros is at death's door."
Bea just entered the fight with Zach against their snake when she heard this, she clicked her tongue and ordered. "Go back everyone, I'm sure we will get a harder blame if we let his young mister of the Gorenpos family die than if we only partially complete the mission."
Everyone stepped back, Taron and one from the inexperienced group were chosen to carry Kimstros body. They had to return to the capital as fast as possible, they would have to run nonstop as such they would get there in about a day.
Zach was a bit dispirited he didn't get any soul or experience in this mission. The peak rank 2 snake fled before he could kill it and the low rank 3 which they would eventually kill had to be let to go back at Constantos.
During the travel Kimstros body twitched from time to time due to the pain and more blood was coming out from his mouth.
They reached the capital in about a day like they had wanted. They got stopped by the gates' guards however Bea just threw them Kimstros family emblem and entered, everyone followed her.
They went straight to pose Kimstros body to the greatest healer of the kingdom, his internals injuries were the most urgent matter.
Now that they didn't have someone at death's door they could go slower, everyone was exhausted from fighting and running, the weaker ones immediatly fainted from exhaustion.
Bea dragged all the other to the royal palace, it wasn't time to rest, first they had to make their report about their mission.