Chapter 397 Expedition To The Frozen Region: Venomous Devourer

I am not exaggerating when I say a Venomous Devourer can devour a whole mountain because that is real. Looking at the Venomous Devourer that is guarding the ore, it is still a child and it seems to have yet reached the mature state a normal Venomous Devourer should be since mature and old versions of them are way bigger and way more menacing than the Venomous Devourer I am seeing.

Venomous Devourer is a Raid Boss found in the Kamikaze Region and it was dubbed by the locals as the "Modern Yamata-No-Orochi" despite the fact that it lacks the iconic eight heads of the snake. It was a monthly raid boss and it is one of the monsters that take a week before it gets killed due to how huge its health is. It came to the point where some players decided to take a rotation in killing the boss. Due to the length of the boss fight, even if you log out of the game but you fought against the boss for a while, you will earn a reward after the boss is slain. So even beginners were also joining before they escape as it is a big chance for them to earn lots of experience and a few materials to use.

Now, I am seeing a similar monster but in its baby form. No wonder it is a very hard quest because the enemy is also not a joke. What am I supposed to do now in this situation? Am I going to fight back or I should just go and try to steal it?

Stealing it is still possible since Venomous Devourers are not as sensitive as they are compared to other serpents but they are still capable of identifying whether you are a friend or a foe. Therefore, I have to act carefully and plan it out.

I have plenty of time left before the quest ends so I still have time to plan out how I should do it but I also need to be quick before the Venomous Devourer wakes up.

"Master, what if you try to tame it? Since it was in Baby Form, taming it is possible. The Wolf Pack is different since you tamed them without using the [Chain of Taming]. But I think it is the most applicable time to use it now," Gobu suggested.

"You can tame this thing?" I frowned since all I know about the monsters that can be tamed are monsters that are small, medium, and large sizes, not the extra-large-sized monster like the Venomous Devourer. Leona was not counted since she hatched as an egg despite her size already about to reach the Extra Large category.

"Yes, Master. That is how we goblins tame monsters bigger than us. It wasn't easy but definitely not impossible. And if you successfully tamed one, this will bolster our forces in the future battles."

Gobu was right. And since tamed monsters will go to the pet slots like Leona, they won't have any problem being too crowded inside the summons area. Besides, it is also appealing to tame a monster of this size and use it in battles. Not only that, I can have a large monster mount that is specific on the ground alone and not specialized in flying alone.

Since Gobu managed to catch my interest, I decided to go to that trick. I am lacking the [Chain of Taming] in my inventory. Sure, I purchased one before but I needed a maximum of 3 tries before I can tame it. Thankfully, creating it is not hard and I already know the recipe on how to craft it in the past timeline, since crafting can allow me to create anything even without a recipe, this feature is allowing me to utilize my past timeline's knowledge.

I started creating the [Chain of Taming] immediately and since it doesn't need to use any forge or anvil just to finish creating it, I can do it without any equipment.

"Alright, two additional [Chain of Taming] are now in my inventory. All I need to do now is to tame it and reduce its health for me to tame it."

There is no guarantee I can tame this monster though, not only do I have a risk to proc the Instant Death effects but I only have 3 tries to tame it and after that, I will have no other choice but to kill it. It's not a surefire way to win and I don't like this in the slightest. Still, I wanted to cling to that chance.

The plan to not trigger the Venomous Devourer ended up at naught and my tactics were forced to go to the drain as I am now going to trigger this guy up.

To avoid accidentally killing it by hitting its weak point, I have to provoke it instead of attacking it straight. Deploying the Shield of Vanagloria, I activated its effects.

And just a split second after I activated it, the eyes of the Venomous Devourer opened up and it stood up from its slumber.

HISSSSS~

With the power of the provoke of the Shield of Vanagloria, the name, and HP of the boss appeared, not only that but the Rodola Ore also appeared in plain sight.

[Venomous Devourer][Baby Form]

Level 150

HP: 5,000,000/5,000,000

Trait: Serpent, Earth, Ice, Poison

Because the Venomous Devourer is too angry, it opened up a way to access the ore. I can get a good way to access the ore but right now, that is a bad idea as that would just incur the wrath of the Venomous Devourer.

I pulled out the Pain Delivery and started firing. Since this gun is capable of reducing a lot of health in a single bullet if I want to reduce its HP as fast as I can this is the way to do it. And I am not worried that it will kill the Venomous Devourer immediately unless the effect of my Instant Death procs since the gap of our level is big and the defenses of a Venomous Devourer is very high.

BANG!

-you have dealt 523,900 damage.

Alright, that damage is passable. If it reaches 1 million damage, I will have to be really cautious as that will potentially kill the Venomous Devourer immediately.

The sudden loss of Hp made the Venomous Devourer wriggle wildly and attacked me with its tail and mouth simultaneously. I quickly dodged its attacks but I never expected it will spit out poison the moment its head landed on the ground. The Venomous Devourer anticipated my dodge and spits out a volley of poison to my location.

-you have been inflicted with Poison[Severe]. You will lose 1000 HP per second.

I opened my inventory immediately and grab an Antidote(XL) to cure the Poison before returning the attack with another gunshot.

-you have dealt 650,132 damage. Critical!

Holy crap, a critical hit. Alright, that made the HP much lower now but now I am worried if it hits another critical hit, I might lower its Hp a lot more.

After dealing that much damage, the Venomous Devourer did not accept that lightly and started rampaging around the place and opening its mouth to devour me. Just seeing the endless hole in its mouth plus it was chasing behind me is a pure nightmare experience.

No need to defend on this one, even the Shield of Vanagloria won't save me on this one if I get devoured. Once I get devoured, my situation will not be the same as the time I was devoured by the Devilfish, since the Venomous Devourer will immediately douse me with poison and drown me into it. My death will be instantaneous if that happens.

The only way to win is to run and never look back. With its body everywhere, I have to make sure I step on the right way, or else, the huge body of the Venomous Devourer will squish me flat.

HISSSSS~

Not only it is chasing me but it is also starting to spit out the poison from its mouth. Compared to earlier's poison, it is now throwing a corroding poison and one hit from it will corrode my defenses immediately. I pull out the gun once again and shoot on the body of the Venomous Devourer and this time, not only one but two bullets. I don't dare to rapidly pull the trigger as that might ruin my timing and instantly kill this guy. I don't want to rely on the Pain Delivery when killing enemies, as that will just lose the main purpose of my Versatile Weapon.

-you have dealt 531,002 damage.

-you have dealt 590,086 damage.

When the HP of the boss entered the 2 million thresholds, the Venomous Devourer hissed loudly before it stopped chasing me and its body started glowing red.

"Oh f*ck... it's entering Berserk Mode..."

If this Venomous Devourer has the same effects as the raid boss Venomous Devourer, then once it enters berserk mode, it will be increasing its damage from attacks and will increase the Movement Speed. Poison attacks will also become a permanent attack power of the Venomous Devourer. Not only that but it will gain infinite stamina, allowing it to attack without stopping. for the duration of the Berserk Mode which commonly lasts till 30 minutes.