Chapter 84 The Pink Python [3] - Fear



Silas slid for a few meters after landing before looking back with his blazing emerald eyes. 

He had cut through the scales of the python, but the injury he inflicted wasn't nearly deep or lethal enough for it to be considered a critical hit.

However, the upside was that his attack seemed to have delayed the python enough to set its attack off course.

Jessica dropped back to the ground and jumped back to create distance. She had just watched her life flash before her very eyes, and now that she was "safe", she felt like he heart was about to explode.

She looked at Silas with a trace and appreciation, but he didn't even give her a second glance.

However, everyone else seemed to be worried about something else.

They had just watched Silas shoot through the poisonous mist. Sure, he was going fast, but that didn't mean he wouldn't have been poisoned.

The pink python's poison was a fast-acting one, mostly because it had mana imbued into it. Poison with mana in it was never a good combination for anyone going against it, yet Silas looked completely fine.

Silas quickly swung his axe before stopping mid-way, causing all the blood to fly off and create a crescent around him on the ground.

'This is going to be a difficult fight...' Silas thought to himself.

Sure, he had killed someone on the same level as the python before, but he doubted he would have the same luck again. The best thing he could do was somehow outsmart it, but even then, he would need to use a tier 4 spell or higher to do any real damage.

Thankfully though, it seemed like the python was only in the early stages of the pristine amethyst core.

If it had been any higher, he could have confidently said that most of them wouldn't have come out alive.

"Oi... Bastard! Look over here!" Silas waved at the python while grinning.

If he wanted to kill the thing, he'd have to use his full strength, something he couldn't do around his teammates... Or at least not yet. 

When the python heard his voice, it hissed at him while releasing the full throttle of its bloodlust.

Silas retaliated similarly, releasing the full power of his own killing intent, causing it to swipe over everyone before slamming into the Python's bloodlust.

Everyone affected by their aura felt like the world around them had suddenly become red.

On the one hand, the python's killing intent made them feel fear like never before, and on the other hand...

'What the hell is this...' They all thought as they felt like puking.

It felt like they could see corpses of all kinds laying around them. 

Animals... Humans... Grotesque monsters... It didn't matter who or what the corpses were. It felt like there were dozens of them, if not over a hundred of them laying around them, stretching their hands toward the humans while muttering words they could not understand.

It was a terrifying scene that made them feel like they were in a nightmare.

They couldn't blink.

They couldn't look away. 

But when the python and Silas began to move again, they gained control over their bodies again, allowing them to eventually blink and make all the horrible scenes before them finally vanish.

Silas dashed back into the foggy forest, and the python quickly followed behind him.

Silas was waiting for the right moment to attack, and hoped to everything he held dear that no one would follow him.

Silas slid for a few meters after landing before looking back with his blazing emerald eyes. 

He had cut through the scales of the python, but the injury he inflicted wasn't nearly deep or lethal enough for it to be considered a critical hit.

However, the upside was that his attack seemed to have delayed the python enough to set its attack off course.

Jessica dropped back to the ground and jumped back to create distance. She had just watched her life flash before her very eyes, and now that she was "safe", she felt like he heart was about to explode.

She looked at Silas with a trace and appreciation, but he didn't even give her a second glance.

However, everyone else seemed to be worried about something else.

They had just watched Silas shoot through the poisonous mist. Sure, he was going fast, but that didn't mean he wouldn't have been poisoned.

The pink python's poison was a fast-acting one, mostly because it had mana imbued into it. Poison with mana in it was never a good combination for anyone going against it, yet Silas looked completely fine.

Silas quickly swung his axe before stopping mid-way, causing all the blood to fly off and create a crescent around him on the ground.

'This is going to be a difficult fight...' Silas thought to himself.

Sure, he had killed someone on the same level as the python before, but he doubted he would have the same luck again. The best thing he could do was somehow outsmart it, but even then, he would need to use a tier 4 spell or higher to do any real damage.

Thankfully though, it seemed like the python was only in the early stages of the pristine amethyst core.

If it had been any higher, he could have confidently said that most of them wouldn't have come out alive.

"Oi... Bastard! Look over here!" Silas waved at the python while grinning.

If he wanted to kill the thing, he'd have to use his full strength, something he couldn't do around his teammates... Or at least not yet. 

When the python heard his voice, it hissed at him while releasing the full throttle of its bloodlust.

Silas retaliated similarly, releasing the full power of his own killing intent, causing it to swipe over everyone before slamming into the Python's bloodlust.

Everyone affected by their aura felt like the world around them had suddenly become red.

On the one hand, the python's killing intent made them feel fear like never before, and on the other hand...

'What the hell is this...' They all thought as they felt like puking.

It felt like they could see corpses of all kinds laying around them. 

Animals... Humans... Grotesque monsters... It didn't matter who or what the corpses were. It felt like there were dozens of them, if not over a hundred of them laying around them, stretching their hands toward the humans while muttering words they could not understand.

It was a terrifying scene that made them feel like they were in a nightmare.

They couldn't blink.

They couldn't look away. 

But when the python and Silas began to move again, they gained control over their bodies again, allowing them to eventually blink and make all the horrible scenes before them finally vanish.

Silas dashed back into the foggy forest, and the python quickly followed behind him.

Silas was waiting for the right moment to attack, and hoped to everything he held dear that no one would follow him.

He had a plan.

Silas swerved through the trees while piercing through the pink fog with his fiery aura, before finally stopping at a clearing in the fog.

The python quickly followed him in there, not losing sight of him the entire time due to its thermal vision.

Silas had been tracing a rune into the air the entire time. Runic spells were the only way he would get the advantage, and even though his mana purity wasn't nearly good enough to do damage the same way someone in the amethyst core would have been able to, it was good enough for him.