【Arthropleura LV17】
【Status】
「Hunger」
【Arthropleura】
The largest millipede, growing up to 2.6 ters in length, 55 cm in width, and weighing up to 50 kg. It prefers a herbivorous diet but possesses strong venom.
It was the sa creature I had seen when I first arrived at the Silver Dragon Cave.
“Gekkk!”
Why didn’t I notice it was here earlier?
Could it have so sort of stealth skill?
“Hissss!”
Give back my kind centipede!
The millipede stared at blankly.
Its twisted mouth—was it… smiling?
The creature opened its massive jaws wide, revealing the remains of the centipede, now just a pulp.
Is this supposed to be a ssage about your comrade?
Though it didn’t speak, I could almost hear its mocking tone.
“Gekkk!”
You bastard!
I will never forgive you.
That centipede was the only sane creature I’d t in this cave.
Crunch.
Crunch.
Gulp.
The millipede swallowed the gentle centipede whole.
“Hissss!”
It let out a roar.
The air trembled.
If this had been before, I would have run away without a second thought.
But now, I couldn’t back down.
“Gekgekgek!”
I puffed up my body as much as possible and faced the creature.
The size difference between us was staggering.
There was no need to compare directly. The thing was over 2 ters long—how could I possibly win against sothing like that?
In the past, I had no ans of penetrating that iron-like armor.
Yes.
In the past.
Tadak.
I kicked off the ground and leaped into the air as if flying.
“Hissss!”
The creature hadn’t expected to attack and was visibly startled.
If I attacked now, I could inflict damage.
No, wait. I’ll hold off for a mont.
Flash!
I aid for the wall behind the creature.
Its massive jaws brushed past where I had just been.
If I had charged straight at it, I would have been caught in that attack.
I kicked off the wall again, charging toward it.
This ti, it’s for real.
I spread my hands wide.
These were no longer the hands of a re lizard.
Dragon Claw Hand.
A martial art so lethal that it earned the na “Dragon Claw.”
Shhhh!
My claws tore into the shell of the massive millipede.
“Kieeek!”
The creature let out a furious roar, clearly enraged by the unexpected strike.
My attack had landed.
But it wasn’t deep enough.
And I was still airborne.
For a brief mont, I was completely vulnerable.
The creature knew it, too.
Crack!
The massive body charged toward , its iron-like armor gleaming with deadly intent.
Even grazing it would be fatal.
I had to avoid it sohow.
‘Tail Sever!’
As soon as my tail was severed, my speed drastically increased.
But no matter how fast I was, I was still in midair.
Without sothing to step on, I couldn’t maneuver properly.
“Gek!”
But the speed I gained wasn’t the only thing from Tail Sever.
The severed tail acted as an anchor.
I kicked off the makeshift platform and leaped again.
Crash!
The creature ramd its head into the cave wall with such force that it nearly shattered it.
If I hadn’t dodged, I would have been ground to dust.
I focused intensely.
My next landing point was right on the creature’s back.
The attack was mine now.
With my head facing the ground, I descended rapidly.
I clasped my hands together, readying my claws.
My sharp claws aid for a single point.
Crack!
My claws collided with its armor.
Riiiip!
My claws tingled.
The creature must have felt it too.
The power of Dragon Claw Hand, the speed gained from Tail Sever, and the kinetic energy from the high-altitude drop—everything combined to form an attack it couldn’t ignore.
Crack.
Cracks began to form in its tough armor.
It’s working.
Break!
Thud!
But my focus on breaking through its armor left open to its tail attack, which sent flying several ters away.
Slash!
Before crashing into the wall, I managed to dig my claws into the ground and halt my montum.
“Hissss!”
The creature roared, its fury palpable.
I hadn’t managed to split it in half.
But it was severely wounded, that much was clear.
“Gekgek.”
I stood on both legs, claws ready, waiting for the perfect mont to strike again.
“Kieeeek!”
The creature was flailing its massive body, enraged at the thought that it had almost been killed.
Boom!
Crash!
The cave wasn’t collapsing, but the tremors were threatening enough for a small lizard like .
I needed to end this before it thrashed around too much.
As I rushed toward it, a thick fog suddenly spread through the air.
My instincts scread at .
Poison fog.
Of course. It was only natural.
So millipedes were known to carry poison.
I just didn’t expect it to use it like this.
“Keek!”
My legs wobbled.
My tail hadn’t fully regenerated yet, making it hard to keep my balance.
The creature charged at .
Its plan was simple: paralyze with poison and crush under its massive body.
Impressive.
But here’s the thing.
“Gekgekgek!”
I am immune to poison.
I kicked off the ground and leaped high.
The creature, thinking I had succumbed to the poison, crashed headfirst into the ground.
I didn’t miss the opening.
Crunch!
Green Basilisk’s Dragon Claw Hand, Fourth Form.
Hit the sa spot again.
Crack!
Crunch!
This ti, I alternated my hands, driving my Dragon Claw Hand into the sa spot repeatedly.
“Kieeek!”
The giant millipede thrashed in agony.
No, by now it was nothing more than a plaything.
“Gekgek!”
This is for my one and only sane friend, the centipede!
“Gek!”
This is for Tuss and Puss!
“Gekgekgek!”
And this is for Nephila Jurassica!
“Keeeeek!”
The millipede seed to suffer, as if it were unjustly punished, but I ignored that.
I could feel its strength weakening with every mont.
It hadn’t used its poison at first.
It had opted for a seemingly inefficient thod of charging at .
The reason?
Using poison must have been more of a strain on its body.
It had underestimated , thinking it could crush with its weight alone.
Its exhaustion was now visible to the naked eye.
Ti to finish this.
I won’t end it simply.
Using all five fingers, I aid to pierce its head.
I put all my strength into my right hand and drove it down.
Boom!
It shattered in a clean hit.
…My fingers!
“Gekek!”
Damn, that was tough!
Trying to show off by imitating sothing I hadn’t fully mastered yet—it felt like I was being punished for it.
The creature seed to recognize this as its chance and began thrashing even harder.
Its body started to turn semi-transparent.
So it did have stealth capabilities after all.
If I had taken my ti with this fight, I would’ve been in serious trouble.
“Gekgek!”
But I still had one hand left.
Crunch!
With my other hand, I tore into the spot I had already weakened.
Crack!
The millipede split in half.
Phew.
That was a tough opponent.
If I hadn’t had poison immunity, I would have definitely lost.
Its overconfidence had played a big role in my victory.
It should have expected that there would be enemies immune to poison.
If it had used its invisibility from the start, things might have gone differently.
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
It had been a hard fight, but the reward was sweet.
I had leveled up twice in one go.
[You have reached the maximum level.]
【Green Basilisk LV10( )】
HP: 100/100
MP: 40/40
【Title】
「Beloved by Spiders」
If I hadn’t been at the maximum level, I probably could have leveled up even more.
But there’s no need to feel disappointed.
Reaching the maximum level ans…
[You are enveloped by a mystical energy.]
[Evolution is possible.]
…It’s ti for the next evolution.
[Would you like to evolve?]
Though I was tempted to accept right away, it wasn’t ti yet.
There were still things I needed to do first.
I approached the millipede’s mouth.
Centipede friend, can you hear ?
This is my requiem for you.
“Gekgekgek.”
The centipede I had t in the cave.
I didn’t know if it was male or female, and I hadn’t known it for long, but in this dark, gloomy cave, it was the only light I had.
I’ll rember you.
After finishing my tribute, it was ti to prepare for myself.
During my last evolution, if Nephila Jurassica hadn’t provided with food, I would have starved to death.
…I've gained so much.
I hope it’s doing well.
Nephila Jurassica was no longer by my side.
I had to provide my own food now.
And right in front of was a huge piece of at.
Dragging its body was tough.
Given its size, moving it would’ve been impossible if I hadn’t cut it in half.
I pulled the corpse between the stones where the murals were.
For so reason, the creatures of this cave seed to avoid that green rock.
And with the boulder covering it and the millipede’s body still emanating poison, no ordinary creature would approach this area.
If a poison-resistant creature ca, they’d prefer to eat the millipede over so suspicious egg.
Everything was ready.
“Gekgekgek.”
It was ti to say goodbye to this cute cry as well.
[Would you like to evolve?]
Of course.
【Green Basilisk】 can evolve into:
【Green Iguana】
【Marine Iguana】
【Great Armored Lizard】
What are these boring options?
If this were a ga, people would complain about palette swaps and recycled content.
No.
These choices are for a regular Green Basilisk.
I was aiming for a special evolution.
And right now, I had t quite a few conditions.
Fragnt of a High-Grade Core
Martial arts like Dragon Claw Hand
Survival in this dark cave
That should be enough to count as prerequisites.
Co on, let’s go!
[You have t the conditions for a special evolution.]
Yes.
Show Green Dragon, Green Hydra, or Green Tyrannosaurus.
【Green Basilisk】 can evolve into:
【Green Iguana】
【Marine Iguana】
【Great Armored Lizard】
【Thylacine】
【Ditrodon】
…What?
Thylacine?
That makes even less sense than a dragon.
And what’s a Ditrodon doing here?
Isn’t that thing smaller than the rest of these combined?
Even if it’s in the evolution tree, isn’t that sothing I should only see at the next stage?
I stared at the options.
This was suspicious.
Very suspicious.
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