Chapter 82 The Blue Anacondas’ Boss’ Domain (2)

Chapter 82 The Blue Anacondas' Boss' Domain (2)

Chapter 82: The Blue Anacondas' Boss' Domain (2)

"In my opinion, we should try to find the exit and call someone from the union," Seraphina shared her view on this situation, speaking from the experience.

She had often tried to chew more than she could, resulting in her turning tails from many monsters, barely surviving their response to her bold actions.

Which was more than often life-threatening, leaving her teetering between life and death.

If someone this experienced told them to not find the boss and instead run away from the domain, Hunter and Aimee were obliged to trust her judgment.

"Alright! How much left until your hiding skill wears off?" Hunter spoke first as a leader, drawing a smile from his crimson-haired companion.

Seraphina replied, "If we don't fight from now on... I'll be able to keep it for an hour and a half. I want to preserve mana for emergency cases."

Hunter agreed with her assessment, knowing anything could happen in the domain.

They weren't safe yet.

Although they had given up on fighting the boss and getting its corpse and information about it for sale, no one knew what could happen in an hour or two. It was much better to leave the reins of their voyage to Seraphina.

Hunter was also building his relationship and trust with Seraphina, surely making her feel much better.

Further, he kept in the back of his head that Seraphina might feel left out because of the experience Aimee and him shared, with his girlfriend turning into Death Queen.

There was nothing really he could do about it... because rushing in building relationships foiled all imminent opportunities and developments!

Also, Hunter was unconsciously too captivated by Aimee as he was in the happy phase after finally getting a girlfriend and sharing more about himself with her.

Still, he kept in mind his blessings for Seraphina and that she was a cute and kind woman inside.

With those thoughts keeping his head and heart heavy, Hunter followed Seraphina's back.

The teammate that was now burdened with the role of keeping them utterly hidden from the monsters to find the exit outside this disastrous situation.

Which wasn't as easy as it sounded.

Soon, however, Seraphina noticed a glimmer of hope!

Turning around, she gave a signal for her teammates to stop, then slightly distanced themselves from them, squatting before trails of blue anacondas left on the muddy ground.

There were multiple fresh and long trails with foreign blood mixed...

"Blood of another forest monster," Seraphina whispered, dipping her fingertips in the trail. "Those snakes must have carried some fresh food to their boss... if we follow those trails, we should be able to find the exit!"

Hunter clenched his hands, "Awesome, Sera! I didn't notice them at all! I can smell the blood, though."

"It's amazing and odd how both of you can smell blood and discern it at that in this mud..." Aimee didn't hide her astonishment about these two and even grew to respect Seraphina's experiences more.

Which Sera seemed to notice, "Thanks."

Following her wake once again, the party slowly proceeded to find the secret exit reserved only for the kin of this domain's boss.

It was something that no normal hunter had ever done in this domain's long longevity.

However, there was a reason no one had ever escaped this prison.

"How can this be?"

"Why... is it here?"

"...curses! This boss is so big... that's what she said... my bad, couldn't have stopped myself."

Yes, there was the boss of this domain waiting for Hunter's team at the end of its domain.

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The boss of this domain appeared to be too much for humans to handle.

Which was an impression based on its size alone.

The snake was so huge and long that it was seemingly tangled in the vast carpet of the tall trees, which were creaking and bending down under its weight. Even though it wasn't moving at all, the trees were desperately keeping their branches and crowns as high as possible to not insult the king of this domain, who was seemingly sleeping while they were crying in splinters.

Worse was that no one could tell whether the boss was resting, sleeping, or maybe patiently waiting for annoying intruders to be devoured, for its head was above the trees and dense fog, with some of its mass dropping like a waterfall onto the ground, blocking intelligent people from escaping the domain.

"It really looks like a waterfall! Those scales are shimmering and so light! I like them," Hunter curtly nodded as he witnessed and took in the sight before him.

It was an experience he couldn't easily repeat... and this one was actually bigger than the lizard he had killed together with Seraphina!

Quite awesome how many monsters like that could wander around and live close to small humans.

"Could you not... feast your eyes like that on something that can actually kill us?" Aimee nervously replied, aware that this existence wasn't something easily to be defeated.

Hunter whispered back, "If we hold hands, we'll repeat the scene from the second exam."

Without waiting for her words, Hunter squeezed Aimee's hand. For a few seconds, she turned to him exasperated, but as Hunter grinned at her and told her that he was by her side, Aimee caught on to what he was doing for her and turned away with a faint blush.

Her boyfriend was serious.

Too serious.

He just calmed her down in his way.

Taking a step back, the three of them tried to distance themselves from the boss before it noticed them.

Which seemed easy for a few steps, only for the boss to break their bubble.

Reeling in its scales, the boss caused the entire forest to ripple, with the fog getting blown away from the scene. Continuing the horrifying spectacle, the snake softly hissed, causing the trees to explode from the raw force of its long, forked tongue, creating a clearing above the three astounded humans...

...on which its long body rose to the skies, leaving the head hanging up in the heavens, looking down on them as though Hunter and his precious teammates were worse than ants.

Other than golden eyes stuffed on the sides of its head, the boss had crowned two Lucifer's eyes on its forehead.

In its case, however, those eyes lacked light and bits of conscience. Unlike the lizard back during the demonic invasion, those eyes on the snake seemed like just fake adornment.

They hadn't shone at the sight of women to be preyed on... or even at the appearance of Hunter, who was surely a valuable oddball in this female dominated world.

Ignoring the lackluster demonic part, Hunter kept attention on those golden orbs that soon flashed with killing intent.

Which raised Hunter's arms high to make a guard, compelling him to go all out, "Dullahan — Dark Knight!"

Encasing himself in the black armor and turning himself into a hulking man, Hunter instantly left commands to his teammates while taking the helm of their formation.

"Duck behind me as I take him head-on! Wait for the impact, then aim for the eyes unless you find another weak spot!" Hunter shouted.

At the same time, the boss caught that they had noticed its mood, plunging in to dance a tango with them! The first target was naturally the eye-catching black armored man, whose equipment taunted the snake's prowess.

But what Aimee and Seraphina were expecting hadn't happened at all...

...for before the boss slammed its snout at Hunter's frame, it actually opened its jaw, threatening to gobble him up in one go!

Which Hunter was prepared for because his guard was no longer just a defensive position!

In this stale pose, he galvanized his cold blood and origins, drawing them into a scheme to turn his Ice Breath into a weapon of mass destruction.

Hence, when the sharp teeth became exposed, and the disgusting stench went past him, with the snake's insides dripping wet with saliva hanging above him, Hunter was more than ready to answer this!

'Eat this!'

Blowing out the absolute zero coldness off his lips, Hunter ushered all his dragon-like breath into the boss' mouth, invading and permeating the monster's insides in abundance, freezing it to the core!

For a moment, the boss couldn't move an inch!

Which Aimee and Seraphina gladly used.

Zooming from behind Hunter's towering frame, two ladies took their respective sides with their little hands on their swords' hilts. From below, each chucked their long-distance skills, with Soul Slash and Fire Breath ending up in a race to first hurt the boss' eye.

Alas, the boss covered its eyes with scales just in time, splashing the offense on its tough defense.

"Damn... no damage," Seraphina clicked her tongue.

"I barely hurt it," Aimee aided her mood, aware that blood flooded out the monster's scales only because of her profound soul concept.

As these two wasted their moment, the boss had finally shaken the coldness off its body.

A blue poison surged from the depths of its throat, washing off the frozen mouth and teeth. It then dropped like a water bomb onto Hunter's armor, getting into his system through the slim gaps in his armor.

'I took medicine... but this is the boss we're talking about! This poison will root me faster than just common blue anaconda, so my time is now limited... Aimee and Sera didn't do much to its scales, either... so we can only attack the insides! Those are vulnerable!'

Exchanging glances with his teammates, Hunter understood they also came to the same conclusion.