บท 356: Not Like This

Tycondrius kicked a foot forward, skidding as his boots scraped against the ice. Catching onto Centurion Zenon's forearm, the both of them slowed to a stop before a unique Lake Eel phased through the ice, roaring at the sky to show its dominance. 

⟬ Dire Lake Eel, Gold-Rank Magical Beast. ⟭ 

It was twice as large as its kin, its ghostly scales hardened and scarred, and had bony plates adorning its belly and head. More worrisome was that the color of its scales were a deep red instead of the frosty-bluish of its peers. 

...It looked surprisingly similar to a Flood Dragon, essentially an overgrown river eel. Tycon had met one before, but the current enemy appeared to have greater intelligence. It did not talk to prove otherwise. 

"Optio!!" Zenon yelled, "I'm not sure if we can fight that thing!!"