"Hurk...!"
Right as he finished his words, Aster felt the pain multiply. A cold sweat fell from his face as he gripped his right arm. Looking closer at the wound, it was turning an unhealthy purple, a sign of poisoning.
"Oh no!" Kali, who arrived at the scene, realized what it was at a glance. "That arrow is coated with a Death Viper's poison! We need to hurry!"
"Death... Viper?!" Aster's face turned pale after hearing Kali's words.
Although he wasn't that knowledgeable about monsters, he did learn the names and properties of all monsters from the first to the tenth floor, at least. And the Death Viper was one of them.
It was a snake monster, about as large as an anaconda, that lived in the forest on the tenth floor. Its main feature was its pure black body with silver diamond marks along its spine, possessing a deadly poison that could kill one afflicted with it in minutes.
