Chapter 35: Crocodile
We were getting further and further away from the river. Me and Fenrir were able to maneuver through the forest quite easily, but the crocodile was constantly getting stuck.
In the end he didn't give a damn about the trees and just rammed into them.
After a few minutes of running we ran into an area with less trees. It wasn't as advantageous as in the forest, but I preferred to fight in here.
Waiting for the crocodile to catch up I gave Fenrir a cooked pork to replenish himself before the fight.
Soon after the enemy emerged from the forest destroying another tree in the process.
I could clearly see a path of missing treetops behind him.
Wanting to infuriate the crocodile a little bit I created some Shadow Blasts and threw them at its face.
Seeing an approaching projectiles, the crocodile leapt to the side, successfully evading most of them.
- 123 Magical Damage! { Damage Halved }
Even with its superior agility It couldn't dodge all of them. One such Blast landed on its back injuring it, unfortunately its passive skill halved the damage.
Watching the situation my eyebrows were raised.
" Why aren't Status Effects triggering? "
I questioned, since my Shadow Blast spell has 100% to inflict a Status effect it was clear that the beast is resistant.
It's a shame, but soon I'll travel into the territories of other races where the beasts will have less resistance to such attacks.
While the crocodile was eyeing me I was contemplating on using Shadow Realm. As I am now I was not confident in killing the beast without receiving any damage or the crocodile injuring Fenrir, but with the Shadow Realm I was sure that I could keep a distance and kill it successfully.
The problem was that if I used the Shadow Realm skill right now I wouldn't be able to pass into the other race realms for another 24 hours, since there is a guardian overlooking the wall.
I've heard myths that there is a guardian, an undead guardian guarding the walls of these race realms.
If the myths were true I was planning to assault the guardian and stack some < Blindness > Status Effects on him. My plan was considerably simple not including that the guardian had superior attributes and skills which could help him detect you.
Shaking my head I threw these thoughts at the back of my mind and looked at the now fast approaching crocodile.
Its jaws were full of sharp and long teeth that would, without a doubt, cut me in half.
Gesturing Fenrir to flank from the side I took a few steps backs Extending my Staff forward.
" Lightning spear "
A lightning projectile appeared on my hand illuminating my face hidden in the hood.
Crocodile seeing me prepare a spell slowed down considerably leaving himself enough time to dodge the spell.
Unfortunately for him my plan was different. Dropping my staff on the ground I chanted a Blast of darkness on my other hand.
Throwing both of the projectiles I made sure to cut off the possible escape path with the spear and damage the beats with A shadow blast.
Everything was perfect seeing the Shadow Blast approaching crocodile was about to stop in his place and leap to the right, but as soon as he did his tail was impaled by a spear.
- 114 Magical Damage! { Damage Halved }
The damage was once again halved. At this point I was just enjoying the Shadow of crocodile getting beaten up, of course the area we were fighting was advantageous for me, but it's its own fault for leaving the safe area.
I took a peek at Fenrir, who was lying on his belly looking if I needed some assistance. Even though I asked him to flank, he was able to deduce that the fight was going in my favor and I needed no help unless I said otherwise.
To that I only smiled.
' He's gotten smarter '
Before I tamed him his intelligence was considerably lower, but now he has lower human-like intelligence.
' I guess that's what bonds do '
I shrugged it off as a normal occurrence when a beast and a player bonds.
Oh how wrong I was, but that I found later on.
Shifting my gaze back to the slightly injured crocodile I thought that I've played enough and it's time to end this.
Conjuring another Shadow Blast I used SE to empower it.
The crocodile, seemingly feeling something was amiss, took a few steps back and ran back to the forest.
Since my agility was lower I didn't even bother to chase him. I just lifted my eyes towards the running creature and threw my Shadow Blast high into the air.
A huge arc was made and soon the blast landed right at the top, of the beast's head mortally wounding it.
- 512 Magical Damage! { Damage Halved }
I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows.
' How lucky can one be to have his passive skill prock three times in a row? '
I shook my head and walked up to the creature that was now profusely bleeding.
If I didn't have experience from my past life I would've said that it looked cruel, but with two lifetimes of experiences I wasn't easily shaken up.
Lowering my body I crouched near the crocodile's head and looked in its eyes. I could see pain and anguish Buried deep in them.
Creating another Shadow Blast I almost felt bad for killing such a majestic yet annoying beast.
< Elite Deinosuchus x1 Killed >
<LOOT>
1️⃣ 750 EXP
2️⃣ Reptile Meat x10
3️⃣ Deinosuchus teeth x3
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My rewards were nothing out of ordinary. I expected something more, but I was still happy with what I've gotten.
Setting the Corpse on Fire I watched as Demonic Flames slowly consumed its body.
Even though I didn't like the process I needed to make sure not to set the forest on fire.
When the body was almost gone I was about to turn around when I noticed something reflecting sunlight in the ashes of the crocodile.
1️⃣ Reptile Beast Core <Lv.13>
-- Rarely found in corpses of reptile creatures
-- Used to craft weapons and items
~ Water attribute
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' Holy shit! '
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone