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Capítulo 20: Crimson Cobra!

Sofia didn't feel it was right to pick them. With how much MP she has, It will be risky!

'Can I pick them and run straight away?' Sofia thought as she stared at the Borage batches, 'No, I better call the others'

Scratch! Hiss! She heard something in the overgrowth behind the trees. Sofia held tightly to her staff, 'I didn't pick any, what is over there'

Hiss! Hiss! She managed to catch a glimpse of the thing, long and thick it was!

'It's big!' Sofia froze in place, 'I never seen a snake as big as tree trunks before, is it a monster!'

Fear can be seen clearly in her eyes, her legs were trembling.

'Should I call Cain? could he even hear me from this distance?'

'No, if Cain can't then she is my only hope!'

Sofia took a slow, deep breath, her heart was racing as she knew. The moment she opens her mouth, that monster will attack.

"SELENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, without wasting any time she started running.

Crimson Cobra was the name of the monster Sofia spotted, one of the most vicious and efficient predators of the forest! It was large enough to swallow a person whole and boasted one of one the deadliest venom known. Despite its name, the monster had brown and green scales, allowing it to blend with the forest. The monster was named after its crimson eyes.

The Borage plant attract herbivores when pulled out, The Crimson Cobra had evolved to take advantage of that! The monster learned to rub the Borage batches to attract his meal!

Sofia was right, she can't fight that thing, she was outclassed on many levels! To be honest she felt that even Selena and Cain wouldn't be able to help her.

The Cobra started chasing after Sofia immediately, The monster had no intention of letting a meal run away. Hiss!

Sofia took her dagger and wounded her hand, letting a trail of blood.

...

On the other side of the forest, Selena was happily running around the forest checking every tree, "Not this-nya!" and to another one "Neither this-nya!"

"Selena!" she heard a faint call in the distance, recognizing who it belonged to.

"What does she want-nya?" Selena changed her direction toward Sofia, She wasn't in a hurry as the voice was too far away so she didn't recognize the stress in Sofia's voice!

"Did she find it-nya? Then why did she call me instead of Cain-nya?"

After running for around a minute, something entered Selena's nose, the smell of Sofia's blood.

"Eh!?" Something snapped inside her head, this wasn't normal, what did happen?

Selena's claws instantly extended to give her better traction to the ground, her hair stood up as her fangs emerged to the world. Her speed increased significantly as she chased the smell of blood.

"ROAAAAR!" It was several times louder than Sofia's scream.

...

Cain didn't have the same sharp hearing as Selena did so he didn't catch Sofia's call, he instead heard Selena's roar. He instantly knew that something was off and that it probably wasn't Selena!

'Did something happen to Sofia?' Cain climbed a tree as s as fast as he could to get a better view.

"I can't see anything, At this rate, I might be late!" Cain regretted splitting up but this was no time for him to feel guilty.

Holding both his hands together, Cain focused his hardest trying to trace his Mana. Sofia's nails were enchanted by him, he should be able to track them.

'Come on, I don't need details, just a general direction!' After a few seconds of concentrating he managed to grasp a faint trace of his Mana to the north.

[Lesser Empowerment]

[Swiftness]

Cain jumped from the tree and started running as fast as he could, with each step his heart filled with fear! 'Please be safe!'

...

Crack! Crack! The cobra's head emerged in front of Sofia blocking her way.

"AHHHHHH!" She screamed throwing her staff directly in the monster's mouth and started running in the other direction.

The cobra choked on it for a moment before spitting it out, Hiss!

Sofia suddenly felt a massive thing slamming into her side, BuhuA! Blood gushed from Sofia's mouth as she felt her left arm and ribs crack! The Cobra smashed her with him its tail.

Taking that massive hit, Sofia's light body was flung to the side, crashing into a tree.

Thump, thump! Thump, thump! Thump, thump! she could her hear heart pounding in her chest, her legs were shaking as she kept coughing blood.

Seeing his prey fall, the monster slithered slowly toward her intending to swallow her whole.

As the monster opened his mouth, Sofia slowly lifted her right hand.

[Firebolt] Directly into the throat, It was extremely painful it forced the Cobra to back down for a moment. Hissss!

Crack! In a rage, the cobra smacked Sofia on her right side as well with his tail, sending her flying yet again.

After taking the second hit, The pain was the only thing keeping Sofia conscious! She was already unable to breathe, her heartbeat was slowing down.

Her life was flashing before her eyes, fear and hopelessness filled her heart.

'Be like flames!' Her father's words rang in her ears, 'Don't give up and fade before burning everything down!' his words from when she was training to use magic came back to her.

Seeing her motionless body, The Cobra assumed she was already dead! Starting to swallow her legs first as they were closer. Gulp, as soon as her legs were inside the Cobra's mouth, her torso dangling.

[Firebolt], [Firebolt] Sofia fired to last desperate attacks from her feet, directly into the Cobra's throat. The monster growled in pain as it spat the girl out!

Sofia fell to the ground unconscious, finally losing all her strength. The monster stared at her in fear, to the Cobra she was a thing that kept hurting!

This followed with another tail strike, this time aiming to finish Sofia off by smashing her on the ground. At first, the Cobra was just toying with her meal with the first hit. The second one was out of rage, preferring its tail cause its mouth was slightly burned. But this last hit was different, It was out of fear, not wanting to get its mouth anywhere near Sofia's body!

Hiss!

Thud! thud! thud! Groowl! Selena bit Sofia in the leg, dragging her body out of the way!

Not having enough time to think, Selena threw Sofia's body under a tree and roared at the top of her lungs.

"ROAR!" Trying to intimidate the Cobra, She could feel her instincts screaming to run!

'I can't win!' Selena was certain, 'Its neck is too big to bite and I don't think that my claws can pierce his scales!'

Selena glanced at Sofia's body, 'Is she is still alive, She isn't breathing!' The Cobra was staring at Selena, waiting for her to make a move.

'If I moved to check her pulse he would lunge at us!' Selena could tell the monster's intention.

She can't carry Sofia in her hands and run, she will slow her down. With Cain, she had the time and clothes to tie him to her back!

There was no need to speak with a monster, she could only do one thing! By time and cause as much noise to get Cain's attention.

"ROAR!" Roaring as she charged at full speed, Her claws were fully extended and her mouth was drooling.

Seeing her frenzied Charge, the Cobra lifted its head high up to protect it. That was a smart move as Selena was aiming for the eyes!

Now the eyes weren't an option she instead swung her claws at the monster's side, Clank! They were hard, Selena felt as if she just clawed at steel.

Hiss! The Cobra tried to wrap its body around Selena.

In a swift move, Selena backed out dodging the grapple but before she could launch another attack, The Cobra attacked! Its tail was already racing toward Selena, 'Did it plan this?' Selena though.

Monsters usually just pummel at their prey, very rarely do you see one apply strategies! This had meant two things, either the monster had a decent intelligence or, 'This isn't the first time!' This monster had prayed on humanoids before.

"ROAR!" Selena roared once again as she jumped avoiding the strike!

Growl! Using her claws and her reflexes, Selena rode the monster's back, running atop its body, 'It's mine!' "ROAR!" Selena roared as she claimed the monster's eye with her claws.

Hiss! Being in excruciating pain, The Cobra turned its head trying to bite Selena!

"-Gaw!" Using her claws to grab the Cobra's jaw and change directions, Selena counter-attacked by uppercutting the beast!

The force she put behind her punch was so great it recoiled back extremely hard, Causing Selena's claws to loose grip! Her body recoiled toward the ground while the Cobra didn't seem to budge.

'I did feel it crack! It's jaw!' As that thought took over her mind, Selena was caught off guard, The Cobra had caught her, warping its body around Selena and trying to strangle her!

Selena tried to break free but wasn't able to, the Cobra was just too strong!

"ROAR!" Selena roared at the top of her lungs, 'Is this where I go?' She thought.

Slash! A man cloaked in black appeared out of no slashing the Cobra's other eye!

With that the Cobra growled in pain as she let go of Selena, The man quickly grabbed and took her to Sofia's place.

"Drink one and give the other to the girl!" The man threw two red bottles in Selena's hands.

"Shit, a single time won't be enough for this! Miko, you better pay me with a whole night!" Daraku laughed at his bad luck!


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I hope you like this chapter! Please don't forget to support with power stones and comments!

What did you this of the fights? Did they do a good job against the Cobra? And if you think Daraku could solve this situation before Cain could arrive!

Capítulo 21: Taking the Cobra down!

Daraku was a rogue, he specialized in ambushing his opponents and taking them by surprise. Fighting face to face was Takeshi's job not him.

"Take her and run, I will take care of this" Daraku shouted as he took a stance.

The potion should heal Selena enough to carry Sofia and run.

Even though the Cobra was Blind with both its eyes gouged out, it could still see! Using its tongue, heat senses it could still detect the three of them.

It was the worst foe for Daraku who specialized in sneak attacks and poisons, he was there just because Miko asked him to keep an eye on Cain and his friends!

'I don't have enough power to finish it off, only Yamauba and Takeshi have!' Daraku scanned the cobra's body.

From his pocked, Daraku took a talisman and ripped it apart, "With this, they are coming, I will hold alone so run!"

"I can smell you sweating-gaw, that is my prey-gaw!" Selena gripped her knuckle dusters, ignoring his warning and preparing to attack the cobra!

Sofia was stable and she has started breathing again after Selena forced the potion down her throat!

With its tongue sticking out, the Cobra charged at Daraku with tremendous speed and power.

Thud! With a single jump, Selena was in front of Daraku, preparing a heavy punch! quickly dodging to the side, she punched it on its head's side.

Daraku smiled, "Let's see if you can match Takeshi!" using his incredible speed, he raced on top of the cobra, slicing it on multiple spots.

Selena taunt the cobra and Daraku attacks from the side, even though they never fought to gather before, they were displaying impressive performance. Daraku's nimbleness and quick adaptation speed helped him to sync his attacks with Selena going crazy!

'If only Takashi was here, he could have beheaded this thing with his big Nodashi!' Daraku though. 'Yamauba as well, she could blast it with elemental magic!'

The fight was dragging out, the two of them weren't able to deal any serious damage to take it down.

Suddenly, the cobra stopped moving, staring at Sofia's place. Both Daraku and Selena stopped to see who happened.

Besides Sofia, Cain was kneeling, slowly brushing his hand on her head.

"You there..." Daraku stopped, he felt an immeasurable bloodlust coming from Cain.

Cain slowly turned to face Selena, "Are you alright?"

Selena who was just fighting like a monster has smiled, "Yeah! Thanks to that man's potion-nya!"

"Go sit by Sofia's side, I will finish this quickly!" Cain said as he walked toward the Cobra, Selena obeyed without questions, hurrying to stay by Sofia's side.

"No! A swordsman like you won't be able to face it!" Daraku screamed as he saw Cain draw his sword.

Cain ignored Daraku's warning and started mumbling, "Leather boots, raincoat, poison, dogs feed, luxurious bags!" Cain was counting what he can do with the cobra's corpse!

"I mustn't damage it too much!"

[Enchanting: Ringing Sword]

VROOOOOOOOM! Cain's sword started screaming as if it came to life.

The Cobra felt a sense of danger coming from Cain as it has never before, He was on another level than the rest! She charged at full strength, her mouth wide open and ready to deliver a bite.

[Firelance], [Enchanting], [Enchanting] Cain mimicked the fourth-tier spell [Fireburst] It ate at a massive chunk of his MP! <MP: 395/432>==><MP: 155/432> but he didn't care.

The blue ball of doom raced directly into the Cobra's mouth, bursting inside, frying everything!

The Cobra should have been dead, the heat must have destroyed its brain. Cain knew that but he didn't stop, following with quick steps, he sliced the Cobra's head clean off.

"Spellsword!" Daraku gasped as could just stand there with his mouth open, Those weren't the moves of an E-ranker. They had made it clear to him, The Unchained man Amaterasu spoke of was Cain! Selena should then be the Raging beast.

Daraku looked at the unconscious Sofia, 'Who is she? The purgatory witch or the merciful devil?' It didn't matter, he had confirmed Miko's suspicion and finished his mission.

"Thank you for helping them!" Cain thanked Daraku with a slight bow, snapping him to reality.

"No, no need to think about it!" Daraku said, hoping that Cain won't ask why he was there.

RonRonRon! A strange blue and white portal-like thing opened mid-air beside Daraku, he wasn't surprised as he was waiting for it!

From it, Yamauba came rushing in her casual clothes, only holding her staff! Following her was Takeshi screaming, "Where is it!" he has already unsheathed his Nodashi.

Behind the two, walking slowly was Miko, the only of them who was wearing her equipment, "Daraku, you still alive?" She asked and he replied instantly, "How can I perish before getting to night's reward? I don't care what you say, this job was worth a whole night!" with a smug face.

Miko blushed for a moment, "Guess It can't be helped, where is the monster?"

"What, It's already dead! Did you do this Daraku?" Takeshi asked, "This can't be him, I sense strong magic in the area, at least third-tier!" Yamauba adds, being too shocked that she spoke at normal speed.

"It was him!" Daraku instantly pointed at Cain, "He is at least A-rank in strength!"

As the three looked at Cain in confusion, he had to explain a bit, "I hope that was the case but it was just a short burst, I'm already out of steam!"

They did have a lot of questions but it wasn't the time for that. Miko hurried to cast healing magic on Sofia as the potion didn't fully heal her.

On the other hand, Takeshi and Yamauba were inspecting the Cobra's corpse.

When things calmed down a bit, Takashi decided to help Cain with the Borage quest so the two finished it quickly.

As Cain pulled out the plants, A moose, three deers, and a bunch of rabbits attacked. Takeshi was excited to wrestle the moose but was surprised when Selena finished off with a single bite to the neck! After that, he just took care of the deers.

Cain and Yamauba captured the rabbits alive as they can sell for a higher price alive than dead!

As they were preparing to leave, Takeshi asked Yamauba to carry the Cobra in her magic! She seemed to dislike the idea as it drain a lot from her.

After a few sweet words and the promise of carrying her back, Takashi managed to convince Yamauba to do it.

After that, they made their way back home. Takeshi carrying Yamauba in his arms, Daraku jumping happily around Miko. Cain carried Sofia on his back as Selena walked beside him.

Cain wore a happy face as the girls were mostly safe, and as he was able to see a thing no one else could.

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<Name: Sofia Lawrence><Race: Human><Level: 2/20><Exp: 75/900>

<HP: 12><MP: 20/20><SP: 10>

<Strength: 8><Dexterity: 10><Constitution: 10>

<Intelligence: 14><Wisdom: 14><Charisma: 16>

<Magic>

First-tier magic:

[Firebolt]

Third-tire magic:

[Fireball: Locked]

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Sofia woke up on the way and started Crying, It was a terrifying experience to her! Selena just patted her on the back saying, "It's over-nya!"

As they entered the city, Sofia asked Cain to let her down as it was a bit embarrassing.

"Cain, can you let me down?" She asked with a faint voice.

"Now if you excuse us, me and Selena will go for a walk so can we meet in the bath afterward?" Cain felt the questing was a bit weird but didn't prey further, even Selena was like, "Why me too-nya?" but Sofia just dragged her by hand.

Cain and the dragon's fang party continued their way toward the guild leaving the two girls.

Sofia's aim was simple shop and a single item was in her mind, Razors! On the first general shop they encountered, she bought enough for her and Selena.

"What are you going to do with those-nya?"

"Prepare ourselves for tonight!" They raced to the bath after passing by the inn.

...

"Did Cain get in before us?" Sofia asked the old woman working at the bath and she got a negative reply.

Selena didn't seem to fully understand what was so important for Sofia, she was always giving her a confused look.

Sofia entered the bath determined to get in shape, to her this was an important occasion!


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I hope you liked this chapter! What do you want, get straight into the night next, or have a detailed bath chapter?

Leave me your suggestion in the comments below, Tomorrow were having double chapters!

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