Overwhelmed by fear, Alex wasn't even cautious of the bear as much as he should have and was sprinting at full speed. The wolf was also running right besides him.
Once he was certain he had ran enough Alex takes a heavy breath. He turns his head towards the wolf which also finally catches up, but unlike him the wolf wasn't exhausted at all.
Making sure they left the spider way behind Alex finally calms down. 'I have to survive now matter what, I can't die yet.' Alex lies on the ground.
After taking a short rest, they now looks around at this new scene. There was a cliff just nearby, an old bridge was connecting from one end to the another.
Beyond the other side were actual healthy trees, with huge grasses and wild flowers.
Alex waste no time and crosses the bridge. Down the bridge was a huge mysterious creature in the water 70 meters down from the bridge. It looked like a whale. Both amazed and feared by that being, Alex quickly crosses the bridge.
The Whale had such a heavy presence, Alex couldn't help but feel cautious every second he spend time on that bridge.
Soon a vulture could be seen flying in the sky, at first it didn't look huge but when it got closer, it was extremely huge. 12 foot giant vulture was flying around and around in the sky right near Alex.
"They say where vulture goes, death follows."
'I have to be careful from here on out, this must be Level 3 of the Heart of the Abyss each and every monster is 10 times stronger than the Lich'
"Level 3 has the largest land area in the entirety of the Abyss. Be careful on your way" Alex remembers the message of Kairo.
Wherever Alex went, the vulture followed him circling round and round in the sky. The forest was full of fresh leaves, although the forest was thick of trees and grasses it was still a refreshing feeling. The spoil was also perfectly moist.
Soon a group of wild foxes were glaring at Alex and the wolf. They were larger than normal foxes, there were more than 12 of them almost like a gang laying around near the trees.
Soon one of the foxes jumps at him, Alex immediately draws his sword and cuts him in two.
[You have slain a Red Fox!]
[You have gained 7 exp]
It was sword given by Kairo, shocked by the sharpness of the blade, Alex raises it towards the foxes to scare them.
The foxes were rather angry instead, all of them stares heading towards Alex.
"Stand back, I'll handle them myself." Although they were in large numbers, Alex's agility was a force to be reckoned with.
"Quick Dash" Alex dashes straight towards the closet one and stabs him in the chest and kicks the other one jumping at him and then moves from his initial place and cuts the other two who were dumbfounded from Alex getting close to them.
The foxes were fast too, one of the fastest fox goes straight for his leg but Alex barely noticing him somehow kicks him right away. Within the next two minutes all of them were lying on the ground dead.
Alex picks up one of them to fill their stomach on their way. On their way, Alex didn't met any new enemies, only some harmless snakes, small foxes, and some harmless monkeys.
'There aren't much animals here'
Soon they finds a cave, the entrance was deep underground just like a dungeon. "Don't tell me"
Alex remembers what Kairo said "Remember if you ever see dungeons in stage 3 and 4 becareful there could be some strong enemies lurking inside."
"And just how strong are you implying?" Alex asks Kairo with a sharp gaze as if he would actually fight them if they were doable.
"I don't know, but definitely stronger than the Lich"
Alex slowly walks through the cave, it was downhill so he had to be careful with his footsteps.
But however Alex accidentally steps on a weak stone and he starts falling down underground. Rolling through the narrow road, Alex lands staright on a stone. Thanks to his impenetrable armor nothing much happens.
"You don't have to come, keep the entrance in check. If you see any wild monsters only then jump right away." Concerned, the wolf was about to head in until he remembers what Alex said.
Inside the cave, there were no presence of light at all. Alex could see the cave even deeper, since the path was narrow he was confident there aren't any big monsters inside.
But the moment he reaches to the end, the cave was actually quite big. The place was silent, not a single soul could be heard.
Soon a snake lunges on Alex's neck, it wasn't a normal snake, it was Black Mamba. But Alex didn't feel pain and casually throws the snake down and continues walking normally.
Soon he could see a small light from a bit far, he could sense human presence from there. But as he went deeper into the cave, there were thousands of snakes in the place. "What's this?"
Towards the opposite end, there were a group of 5 people. They were advanced adventures who came on a mission and ended up getting trapped among the snakes.
One of the members was lying on the ground, her face was extremely pale. One of the members, purple haired girl was igniting a flame towards the end of the entrance blocking all the snakes to enter.
"I think I just heard a person's footsteps from outside the hall" A green haired girl with glasses looked confused upon hearing the sound.
"Don't be ridiculous, no matter how strong a person is, they won't be foolish enough to come here the moment they see this many snakes." A tall yellow haired man spoke in disbelief.
But she continues anyway "More than a hundred snake has attacked him from all direction."
"What?" The yellow haired man widens his eyes. All the others looks at her interpreting it.
"Did he died?" The man continues.
Her expression looked even more perplexed. "No, He is slaughtering them all"
"What nonsense, Maria this isn't time to be joking"
"I'm not joking look for yourself." She insist with irritation.
As soon as they slightly lowered the fire, they could see Alex cutting through all of them even though he was being bitten by hundreds.
"Is he a demon?" The brown haired from behind speaks.
"Possibly not, I don't sense any demonic energy from him"
Meanwhile -
[You have slained a green snake]
[You have slained a coral snake]
[You have slained a ball python]
[You have slained a Kingsnake]
[You have gained 0.8 exp]
[You have gained 0.6 exp]
[You have gained 0.7 exp]
........
"These snakes are almost endless"
With venom all over Alex's face, he kept on purging them all.