Where is this place?
I rember my body being sucked into the flask the Nakhal Bird threw.
So, is this the inside of the flask? Or have I simply been moved sowhere else?
Right now, I couldn’t be sure of anything.
“Grrr…”
No, there was one thing I could infer.
The countless eyes staring at .
If there were no way for to escape, there would be no reason for these beasts to be here.
They were gathered here to kill .
In other words, if I defeat them all, I should be able to leave this place.
Either I’ll erge from the flask, or I’ll find my way back to where I was.
“Geh-geh…”
Whatever the case, I have to face these creatures.
“Kreee!”
Starting with the Terror Birds.
“Groaaar!”
And even the Sabertooth Tigers.
Their hostility toward was palpable.
This scene felt familiar, as if I’d seen it before.
Like when I fell into the Silver Dragon’s Den, trying to escape the Piranha Caiman.
Back then, a horde of insects had gathered.
But these beasts were far stronger than those insects.
Each one was at least as strong as a Terror Bird.
Did they really set this elaborate trap just to capture a single lizard?
Philbang and the Nakhal Bird were only distractions; this was the real plan.
It’s possible that the Snake Queen, upon seeing vanish, would beco enraged and kill both of them on the spot.
Even so, the Bird King was willing to take that risk to set this trap.
Did he value that highly?
Should I be grateful?
But there was one thing he didn’t know.
This type of tactic couldn’t defeat .
By leveling up, I could recover from any state.
In fact, these kinds of enemies were nothing more than walking experience points.
“Groaaar!”
The lead Sabertooth Tiger let out a fierce roar and charged at .
Getting caught by those teeth wouldn’t be fun.
[Using “Scale of Rage Lv1”]
Ti to fight efficiently.
[Temporarily acquiring “Toxic Cloud Lv1”]
Although I could produce poison naturally, my skill level wasn’t particularly high.
This was where Scale of Rage ca in.
I’d borrowed the Dilophosaurus’s skill.
Sssss.
Hoooh!
A massive cloud of poison poured out of my mouth.
According to my Wild Eye, these creatures had no resistance to petrification or poison.
They weren’t elite troops directly raised by the Bird King; they were more like rcenaries obtained through brainwashing.
That didn’t an they were weak in battle, but their lack of resistance to poison was good news for .
The fact that poison worked on them gave dozens of strategic options.
“Grroar…”
The Sabertooth Tiger that had been charging at hesitated.
It had sensed the deadly poison.
I didn’t miss the chance and lunged at it.
I struck the Sabertooth Tiger’s head with my front claw before it could react.
Bam!
“Graaaah!”
The Sabertooth Tiger let out a scream, blood spurting from its wound.
It was the largest among them, so it wasn’t dead yet.
But it had suffered serious damage.
I wanted to follow up with another attack, but I couldn’t.
This wasn’t a one-on-one fight.
As if waiting for this mont, beasts charged at from all directions.
Despite coughing up blood from the poison cloud, they still tried to attack .
Even if I broke through one side, I’d be attacked from the other.
Komodo.
The creature’s na ant sothing like “ancient executioner.”
The reason they emphasized its tail was simple.
Buzz.
Crash!
The Komodo’s tail was its deadliest weapon.
The massive, four-ter-long tail whipped around like a club.
I hadn’t learned any formal techniques for using my tail as a weapon.
But just swinging it was enough to cause incredible damage.
Any creature hit by my tail had its head smashed or was sent flying several ters.
“Kee… kee-kreee!”
Though they were brainwashed by the Bird King, so couldn’t overco their instinctive fear.
So creatures scread and tried to flee from the battlefield.
And of course, they would.
A seven-ter-long lizard breathing poison and slaying everything in its path was a terrifying sight.
The sharp scales along my tail were as good as a giant sword.
Slash!
My front claws, razor-sharp, were no different.
Smash!
If a creature was hit directly, its head exploded; even a graze left a deep wound.
And as soon as it was cut, the poison seeped into the wound.
“Grrkk…”
The enemies foad at the mouth and collapsed.
I cut them down rcilessly.
I wanted to show my overwhelming strength and break their will to fight.
And, of course, to level up by killing them.
No matter how many enemies ca, it didn’t matter.
As long as I leveled up, I’d be in peak condition again.
Yes, as long as I could level up.
...
……
I wasn’t leveling up.
One hour before the Komodo’s assault.
“So, you want and Philbang to act as a distraction for the Snake Queen?”
The Nakhal Bird sounded incredulous.
A re distraction?
As a high-level spirit beast, this wounded its pride.
“It’s the only way to kill it for sure...”
“That’s not like you. Isn’t this too much of an investnt?”
“Realistically... it won’t be you who kills him… which ans your strength remains intact…”
The Nakhal Bird and Philbang’s task was simply to divert the Snake Queen’s attention.
There was no need to use excessive force, and if they were cautious, they wouldn’t fall to her.
Their power was to remain hidden while the Snake Queen’s companion was killed.
This was the Bird King’s best judgnt.
A strategy that concealed his cards while weakening his opponent.
“You think that’s enough to ensure the job gets done? I don’t think so. Why don’t we have Philbang take on the Snake Queen alone, and I handle the lizard?”
“Woo…”
Philbang shot a glare at the Nakhal Bird.
Its suggestion was blatantly self-serving.
Philbang might have been the strongest in terms of raw power, but he couldn’t hold off the Snake Queen for long.
To endure, he needed the Nakhal Bird to destabilize her psychologically.
If Philbang was left to face the Snake Queen alone, it would be like a death sentence.
“Don’t... worry…”
“What do you an, ‘don’t worry’? Haven’t you failed to kill him three tis?”
“This ti is... different…”
“Why?”
“I’ve discovered his secrets…”
Kachalagaatal’s massive wings flared out.
This operation involved sending all three of his high-ranking subordinates.
Even if two were ant as distractions, it still ant his forces would be absent for a while.
“This is… an unavoidable death…”
For Kachalagaatal, this mont would beco his most vulnerable.
“He will be left helpless… surrendering to his own weakness…”
But so risks were necessary.
To kill the detestable companion of the Snake Queen.
“Once his life is snuffed out… I will go to witness the Queen’s expression…”
The Bird King grinned a twisted, ugly smile.
The Nakhal Bird shivered.
It would never get used to that face.
No wonder the Snake Queen had rejected him.
Though the Nakhal Bird wanted to say this out loud, it barely managed to hold its tongue.
I’m not leveling up.
I know that as I continue to evolve, leveling up becos harder.
But I’ve already taken down over a dozen beasts.
At least one level should have increased.
What on earth is going on?
“Grrr…”
A Terror Bird charged at .
I swung my front claw imdiately.
However, this ti, I held back just a little.
Wham!
My claw connected with the Terror Bird's head.
Boom!
In that mont, the Terror Bird’s head exploded.
Sothing feels off.
That was certainly enough force to withstand at least one hit.
I had controlled my strength.
Yet its head still burst open.
The Terror Bird’s durability shouldn’t be this low.
Sothing was wrong.
It was crucial to quickly understand what was causing this discomfort.
Sssss.
Hoooh.
I filled the area with poison, turning it into a veritable swamp of venom.
This was necessary to analyze the strange phenonon occurring now.
The creatures kept rushing in endlessly.
I tried to minimize the use of skills and engaged the beasts in hand-to-hand combat.
Crunch.
Bang!
I aid to level up using the Predator effect, but that wasn’t easy either.
I couldn’t even spare a mont to eat the corpses.
When I finished a creature off with my sharp teeth, I could at least taste a bit.
But I couldn’t consu a sufficient amount of at.
Before I could chew a few tis, the bodies were exploding.
This was excessive.
The incoming enemies were becoming increasingly bizarre.
They crumbled from even the lightest blow.
Boom!
Even a Terror Bird that hadn’t attacked began to explode.
To be precise, it was a Terror Bird that had been slowly succumbing to my poison.
Only then did I realize the reason my level wasn’t increasing.
When they sustained a certain amount of damage, they would explode for so unknown reason.
The ones that died this way didn’t contribute to my experience points.
“Kee-kee-kee!”
The Bird King had grasped my abilities.
He probably hadn’t noticed that I had a status window.
What he understood was the rewards I gained after defeating enemies.
It was all about leveling up.
“Craaak!”
A multitude of beasts rushed in again.
No matter how many there were, as long as there wasn’t an exceptionally strong enemy, I believed they couldn’t defeat .
But the situation changed rapidly.
The enemies were endlessly flooding in, and I had no ans to recover my health.
I would die before I could kill any of them.
The sa was true for poison-based attacks.
Once I sustained a certain amount of damage, my body would explode.
The cause of death would be sothing other than .
To stop my leveling up.
As I realized I could no longer recover, fatigue hit hard.
The number of beasts that had died from the poison reached thirty.
What was despairing was that none of those beasts had been killed by .
There were simply more and more of them.
Even if I miraculously took them all down, nothing would change.
They would keep coming until I died.
...
“Geh-geh.”
Get a grip.
I had definitely experienced this situation before.
An endless tide of enemies.
The situation was becoming increasingly dire with ti.
Yes, it was when I encountered the Cordyceps in the Silver Dragon’s Den.
Rember how I handled that?
I had found the main body and split it apart.
Soone was definitely manipulating this suspicious space.
Boom!
Strong power surged through my feet, shattering the ground.
This created a brief opening.
Sssss.
I pulled on the energy deep within my dantian.
The energy gathered in my eyes.
I focused to activate my Wild Eye.
At the peak of my energy, I could see things that had been invisible.
A very faint thread.
An intangible thread created from my energy.
My mind raced.
The despair I felt monts ago lted away.
I had found my breakthrough.
“Grrr…”
I dashed forward at high speed.
Toward the source of the thread.
Swoosh!
I slashed through the enemies that rushed to block .
Boom!
Their durability was exceedingly low.
To avoid giving experience points, they exploded after sustaining a certain amount of damage.
My tail and hands.
And my body, enhanced by my scales, beca a weapon.
I crushed every enemy that stood in my way, literally smashing through them.
Bang-bang-bang!
I could see it.
The owner of this place.
The one who commanded these beasts.
【Ditrodon Lv55】
Ditrodon.
I instinctively knew.
This one was the strongest here.
Moreover, I could feel the energy radiating from it.
It was different from ordinary beasts.
Its appearance was also unlike any Ditrodon I knew.
One of its arms was deford and unnaturally short.
Additionally, it had a single eye.
While it was larger in size, it didn’t seem suitable for battle.
That’s likely why it controlled the beasts from behind.
“Grrr…”
It let out a low growl.
Ditrodon.
A close relative of the Spinosaurus.
I will surely devour you.
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