Walking on the rock spiral path, Alvin was observing if there were any new cloud plants or cloud monsters.
When he was half way through the spiral, he found a new cloud plant at the side of the spiral. This flower grew behind a rock. If he had not been observant, he wouldn't have even seen this flower.
Normally, most of the cloud plant that grew in spires would be in green, yellow or blue. However, this was a new cloud plant with purple colour leaf and a pink colour flower. Alvin suspected that it came with a poison.
After putting on a glove, Alvin picked it up and put it into a glass container. Then, he kept it in his backpack.
"With this new cloud plant, I probably can complete a B class mission and get the B Class reward." Alvin mumbled to himself.
That was the thought he could finish before he saw a blue light out of the corner of his eyes. He squinted his eyes and saw a snake shoot out a group of blue cloud energy from its mouth.
Instantly, he knew that he encountered cloud monsters. On top of that, the snake was a new cloud monster. He didn't see it in any book. It was a blue snake with a triangle head, two sharp eyes and a big mouth with sharp teeth. The snake size was huge, like a big pillar that support the building. Judging from the snake's cloud spell, it should be an ice element cloud monster.
Although Alvin knew nothing about the snake, he did know one thing, the snake was probably more than level 20. Due the powder on his cloth, cloud monsters with levels lower than 20 shouldn't dare to attack him.
Alvin didn't have enough time to do anything else, he just squatted down and let the cloud energy attack pass by.
He was sweating, not because the environment was hot, but because he knew he was in a dangerous situation.
Alvin had been paying attention to the surroundings because he was at an unknown place, but he didn't expect the attack to be so sudden.
He took a quick glance at the snake. The snake was casting a second attack at Alvin again. A group of blue colour cloud energy was formed at its mouth.
"Body strengthening, leg" Without wasting any time, Alvin cast his magic skill. He accelerated away from the snake in a lightning speed. He knew that it was stupid to stay at the same place and try to fight the snake.
*bommmm
The next second, the second attack hit the larger rock aside, breaking it into smaller pieces.
"phew" Alvin tilted his head and looked backward. The snake was chasing him, its tongue was flickering.
Fortunately, with his magic skill, Alvin was faster than the snake. Slowly but surely, he could run away from the snake. It was just a matter of time.
Suddenly, Alvin heard a loud hissing sound from the snake. Even though Alvin was a few meters away, he could hear it clearly.
Then, Alvin heard a lot more hissing sound, but from a different direction. Alvin swallowed and ran faster. Apparently, there was more than one snake at this place.
Alvin raised his head and looked at the exit located at the end of the spiral. "Too far." Alvin mumbled to himself. He was still far away from it. It was impossible for him to reach the exit when so many snakes were chasing and attacking him from all directions.
After thinking for a moment, Alvin gave up on going to the exit. While running and dodging the attack from snakes, Alvin was glancing around. He saw there was a crack in the mountain walls, big enough for a kid like him to squeeze in, small enough to block the big snake.
Alvin took a deep breath and darted to the cracks. At this moment, he was surrounded and attacked by 5 big snakes. Although there was many snakes, Alvin was able to dodge all the attack because of his body strengthening magic spell. In a blink, he reached the cracks in the mountain walls.
*boomm boommm
Just before two attacks hit Alvin, he managed to squeeze into the cracks. Then, the opening of the crack collapsed due to the snake's attack.
The crack in the wall was so small that his chest and back were touching the wall. He held his back pack tight with his right hand, panting and looking at the small cracks. Alvin heard that the snake tried to squeeze in but failed because the crack was collapsed by the snake's attack. After a few tries, judging by the sound, the snakes left.
Alvin stood inside the crack, breathing heavily. He was tired because of the fight. Finally, he had a chance to rest.
On his left side was the crack opening that he just went through, but now it was blocked by the rock. On his right hand side was a small road to some unknown place. Calling it road wasn't accurate, it was actually a small path that was formed in the wall because of the crack.
Alvin had no choice but to go to the right hand side as the crack opening was blocked by rock, and the snakes might be waiting for him outside.
After walking sideways in the cracks for 10 minutes, Alvin saw a larger space. With a grunt, he squeezed throught the small crack and reached a small cave.His eyes widened as he looked around the space. It was a place full of gems, ranging from rank 1 to rank 2.
Then, Alvin froze as he glanced around the space. "is a dead end." Alvin frowned and mumbled.
At first he thought that he found a way to run away from the snake. However, he found out that this place was a dead end. He was surrounded by rock. There was no way out.
He turned his head, looked at where he came from and swallowed. It seemed like he had to go back and face the snake.