Citro dug into the earth. That was right.
The Jade Eyed mongoose burrowed into the soil after a little struggle in its approach to reach the large dark snake. What was the snake, even?
[Ding!]
[Name: Darkness King Cobra]
[Race: Beast]
[Threat rank: Class Nine Threat]
[Attributes:
STR- Class Nine
AGI- Class Nine
INT- Class Ten
DEF- Class Ten
DEX- Class Nine]
[Skills: Snake Bite, Ferocious Bite, Darkness fangs, Tail Whip, Venomous Bite, Darkness Surge, Darkness Tail]
Emery grew a lot worried as he watched their large opponent slither on the ground. It was as large as an entire building when it stood upright. Its tongue came out from time to time, from it, a dark unknown liquid dropping.
Venom, he realized.
"Elyn, get ready to charge forward at any second." He said, staring at the white-haired girl. "This is not a simple Class Ten Threat."
"Yeah, but I believe in greeny!" she said.
'Let's hope I don't end up regretting this.'
And just as he thought that the confrontation started. The small mongoose jumped out of the earth and clawed the cobra's dark scales. A hole appeared where Citro had hit and blood came out.
That attack did far more damage than Emery had expected initially. Was this because mongooses had some sort of innate advantage over snakes?
Perhaps that was the answer.
HISSS~!
The snake let out an ear-piercing hiss and then slammed its tail onto the area where Citro was. It dodged and climbed onto a piece of rubble, then launched itself off that as well.
A strange yellowish light gathered around its claws as it sent out a wide barrage of attacks. The cobra dodged a few but was hit by multiple others on its wide head.
Blood streamed out of the holes and cuts that appeared, but it didn't deter the creature.
HISSSS~!
It coiled back several metres, then struck out. Like a spring, its body flew forward with a lot of force aiming towards the vulnerable mongoose.
"Fuck, if that hits, then it's over for Citro!" Emery yelled, then looked to his side.
Elyn was no longer there. He looked bck to the battlefield and found her clashing against the cobra.
Her jacketed arm was stuck in the snake's wide mouth.
He couldn't help but sigh in relief as he noticed that. Citro's entire body would be stuck in the snake's body had that happened.
But on the other hand, the beast had clearly not anticipated another factor. Elyn grabbed hold of that confusion and slammed her second arm on its nose bridge. It let go of the arm that was being bitten and coiled back in fear.
She followed it up with another blow. This time, a silvery aura coated her entire arm as she punched outward.
Moonlight Jolt.
It seemed different from before, though.
'No time to think about that. I need to go help them!'
The snake skidded back once more, but it looked rather tired of the constant attacks without being able to get a single hit in. At that moment, the creature noticed Emery running towards them and decided on its next target.
It swivelled around and lashed out with its tail. A dark aura enveloped the flesh and corroded any rubble that came into contact with it.
'Shit!'
Emery was running down a slope, if he stopped now he would lose his balance, then later his life to the lrge amount of debris and shrapnel everywhere.
His instincts kicked in right at that moment.
Jump!
He jumped up and to the side, where there was a bit of space for movement. The tail missed him just by a hair, colliding with a pile of stones and corroding them in nothing but an instant.
'How did i just do that?'
His entire action took place in a little less than a second but there was no time to think about that. He quickly reached into his pantry before the snake could have another chance to swing its tail.
A dull blade appeared and all the knowledge of his new skill along with it.
First, he rushed forth.
He jumped over the mess, as quickly and stealthily as he could, activating one of his other skills; Stealthy Blade.
The weapon seemingly disappeared from his hands as he approached the large Cobra creature. At this time, it had recovered. It lashed its tail against the ground, using the force to fling the rest of its body in Emery's direction.
Emery ducked down, avoiding the sudden rubble that came from the snake's actions, but now he was face to-face with the beast itself.
It wasn't over just yet. In his hopes of concentrating on Emery, he forgot all about the other opponents from before.
Citro dug into the ground and Elyn leapt forward all at the same time.
The white-haired girl kicked at the creature, a blinding silvery light appearing on her entire leg. Moonlight Jolt?
'Focus!'
The kick connected directly with the back of the snake, causing it to fall to the ground, but it didn't falter just yet. Its tail swished around and grabbed Elyn's entire leg from the back, then slammed her down.
Emery lost his composure for one entire second and increased his pace.
"Elyn!"
The Darkness King Cobra turned back to him, slithering and hissing. A dark aura emerged from its body, concentrating on its fangs. It attacked again with its darkness fangs, but Emery dodged in response.
It wasn't a flawless dodge, though. The fang hit him in the side, corroding his clothes and biting his skin.
Two things happened at once and he noticed them immediately. Venom coursed through his veins rapidly, inciting weakness within him, rioting all his bodily functions to abandon him at that moment.
But not yet.
He grasped the knife even harder until he finally reached the large snake. And then he decided to do something he would have never done before.
He jumped.
It wasn't a leap of faith. He jumped straight for the large snake creature and landed soundly on its head. The creature had only a vague idea of what happened, but it didn't want that.
'Fuck!'
The beast shook around, rearing and trying to chuck Emery off its body completely, but not yet.
'Just a bit more…'
Eventually, the darkness king cobra grew tired of this and gathered another large amount of darkness energy. This time the energy didn't concentrate on anywhere in particular, but Emery could feel it.
But not yet.
The energy gathered quickly, and when it finally reached, a large amount collapsed into itself. It was going to explode.
That was when he knew it was time.
Just before the explosion of darkness took place, Citro flew out of the ground, its whole body shining yellow. Its fang bit into the snake's scale, causing a far bigger injury than before.
Its whole attack was suspended instantly.
'Now!'
Emery's kitchen knife turned into a blur as he slid down the back scales of the snake. Tiny invisible slices were drawn across its entire body, digging into its flesh and slicing it up with laser-like precision.
Razor Knife!
And so he finally reached the end of the tail where Elyn lay. Their opponent, the large Class Nine snake beast, collapsed not long after.
[Ding!]
[Host has Killed a Class Nine Threat!]
[100 Exp awarded!]
[100 exp awarded to host, and all summons]
[Level: Three…Exp:435/900]
[Ding!]
[Host has created a new skill: Darkness Razor Knife!]