Do snakes have ears?
Of course not.
A snake's charm lies in its smooth, round head.
Having sothing like ears on that elegantly curved head wouldn't look very nice.
But strictly speaking, we can't say they 'don't have ears' either.
Being born as a snake, I knew this for certain.
Though there are no ear holes, I could still hear surrounding sounds.
There must be an inner ear attached to the skull under the skin.
That's why I could hear sounds.
And I don't think my hearing has gotten worse compared to when I was human.
I don't think that's normal - it might be because I'm not an ordinary snake but a monster.
Why am I thinking about such things?
Because the 'Dancer' also had no ear holes.
No eyes or ears, just a bright red maw.
Still, it seed able to hear sounds. Judging by how it reacted to movents.
But it definitely couldn't see. That's for certain.
So how could it move so fast?
Just by sound?
Or like how snakes detect heat through pit organs, could it be sothing similar?
I'm quite sharp-minded. Probably definitely am.
Through keen deduction, I reached an answer.
It has suddenly charged at us from far away before.
That was when I t the human.
Since it couldn't possibly detect our body heat from that far, it must have heard our conversation or slled us.
At that ti, the human was soaked in blood, carrying chopped chira at.
Perhaps it tracked us by the sll of blood.
With this suspicion in mind, when I examined it, I confird it definitely had nostrils.
Not only that.
The inside of its gaping red mouth was grotesque, and like , it kept flicking out a long tongue.
Snakes flick their tongues to gather scent molecules from the air.
If it's the sa for this creature?
The Dancer must have a highly developed sense of sll.
It was the sa during battle.
Even when I stayed still without making sound, it faced my direction.
When I told this hypothesis to Pelerian.
"...Unbelievable."
He glared at so seriously that I wondered if I'd said sothing strange.
"It's a very plausible hypothesis."
It was the opposite. Pelerian was impressed with .
We imdiately used the chira at and blood we had to set a trap, and lured in the Dancer.
It must have been hungry, as it appeared right away.
Zhanil broke the ampule at the perfect mont.
Crack.
I used magic.
「Using Basic Elental Magic: Wind lv6」
It wasn't anything special wind.
Not even wind with blades mixed in for attacking.
Just sufficiently strong wind.
That carried the ampule's scent and enveloped the Dancer.
"Jurerererereek!"
It vomited with a unique cry.
My prediction was correct.
It was a monster with particularly sensitive sll.
When monsters are most vulnerable.
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Is exactly when they're vomiting.
Puk!
I landed an effective hit for the first ti.
Sunset pierced deeply into its side.
"Jukeek!"
Blood burst from its mouth along with vomit.
Got it!
"Don't mistake a chira's vitality for that of an ordinary monster!"
Pelerian was right.
Though it couldn't stop retching, it tried to flee with the sword still stuck in it.
Must stop it.
「Surpassing Basic Elental Magic: Earth lv7's limit with Crown of Overco lv2」
「Using Interdiate Elental Magic: Earth lv1」
Earth magic elevated to interdiate level can create stone walls instead of dirt walls.
Stone materials suddenly rose from the ground, blocking the Dancer's escape route.
Kwang!
If the Dancer had been in its normal state, it could have easily broken through such a thin rock wall.
But it couldn't get its bearings due to the terrible sll, and thanks to that, the rock wall didn't break.
It tried to get up, floundering on the ground.
No matter how terrible the stench, one adapts over ti.
We need to finish it sohow before that happens.
Having blocked its escape route, this was the perfect situation to use hellfire.
But Zhanil hesitated.
"Huaap!"
He scattered throwing knives.
His reason was understandable.
He was trying to prevent the rising Dancer from approaching.
If he turned his back to flee and got his spine crushed, he'd die.
Pa-ba-bak!
But that attack wasn't bad at all.
The daggers started embedding themselves in the Dancer's body as it couldn't get its bearings.
Those daggers were coated with poison, so they should be effective.
But that only lasted a mont.
Teong!
The Dancer charged at Zhanil with a movent close to a body slam.
Zhanil was thrown back like he'd been hit by a wild boar.
Behind , that is.
And, the wind was still blowing from back to front.
The scent molecules evaporating from the ampule Zhanil broke were carried along.
"Sauk!"
I accidentally inhaled.
By the way, snakes also have a good sense of sll.
"Saueeeek!"
"Jurerererereek!"
The Dancer and I started retching together.
What a truly horrible sll.
Could it be like socks unwashed for a week stuffed with fernted tofu and fish sauce, then aged for three days in a warm electric blanket?
But I had one ally without a nose by my side.
Twitch...
Isil.
Sohow, even Isil the plant seed troubled by the sll, but.
At least it could still breathe fire.
Hellfire spewed forth.
Whoosh!
The corridor wasn't wide, and the wall was blocked.
With nowhere to escape, no matter how agile the Dancer was, it had to be engulfed in hellfire.
When wrapped in extrely hot flas, one gets burned instantly and the body shrivels.
Once the muscles are cooked like that, it's over.
But the Dancer had quite high heat resistance and.
It also had the Elastic Burst skill.
It must have been just desperation.
It kicked the ground with all its might and crashed into the blocked wall.
Teong!
The magically created stone wall broke.
However, the hellfire still managed to consu two of the Dancer's legs.
With two legs burning, the Dancer tried to escape while writhing.
「Using Beam lv3」
I hit its buttocks with a beam as it tried to stand.
I was actually aiming for its shin, but anyway, it fell with a thud.
"Sauuuk!"
"Leave it to !"
Zhanil ca running.
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