(Earlier)
'I got careless,huh?' Skyler thought, lying beneath the swamp, 'I was too occupied to notice the attack coming for me.'
[Alert: Multiple serpents detected]
The system interface appeared. But he was in no condition to look at it. His vision was blurry, yet he could sense the approaching danger.
The swamp which remained empty most of the time, was now filled with countless Black Serpent of various sizes. It was not their size that made them ferocious, but their frustration.
They gathered in the swamp only to compete for the female one, and got defeated by the big one — the one whom Skyler slayed earlier. The frustration of their defeat led them to their madness as they detected an unknown presence in the swamp. It was Skyler. Thus they all headed towards him.
