章節 205: Crisis (2)
After the lesser darkness lindworm and I had saved arrogant flame and muscle head - despite arrogant flame's insistence that he could have handled it - we decided to form a group for the time being.
All three lesser sub-dragons had noticed an increase in human activities during the past few weeks. They had lived in this dungeon far longer than I had so they knew what they were talking about.
As a group of four lesser sub-dragons with little darkness - the name given to the lesser darkness lindworm - taking out the opponents' sight, muscle head to act as the vanguard, arrogant flame for fire support, and me for venomous and vanguard support, we made a terrifyingly strong team for where we were located.
As a few days had passed and we had taken out a dozen or so human hunting parties we grew bolder. We started to shift our territory towards the entrance of the dungeon.
The action we were about to do would be called spawn camping in the human world.
As hunting parties made up of many different kinds of adventurers entered the dungeon we would ambush them. Having only just entered the dungeon these groups weren't expecting to be met with attacks right away.
Sure, we didn't attack every group. Some of them gave off such an intimidating vibe that even if we had wanted to attack our bodies wouldn't have cooperated. In general, we only attacked groups we were confident we could eliminate.
This strategy worked for a while and we all gained a few levels as well as leveled up our skills. My three partners in crime all gained venom resistance since after one level up of my sanguine venom it began to affect them too. The effects were minimal and as long as they didn't stay in my venomous mist breath for extended periods of time the symptoms were negligible.
My status now looks like this.
Status Jade Lv.12 lesser sanguine wyrm
Mp 10+51+245
Strength 3+51+21
Constitution 3+51+31
Speed 6+51+15
Magic ability 5+51+15
Skills:
universal humanoid language, universal monster language, dungeon map, thermal detection
Sanguine bite lv. 6; blood-stealing constriction lv. 3; sanguine venom lv. 3; enhanced stamina lv. 5; sanguine boost lv. 3; stealth lv. 5; energy fang lv. 7; hardened scales lv. 7; tail whip lv .4; heat resistance lv. 4; blood magic lv. 4; group fight tactics lv. 2; digestion of the great serpent lv. 1; venomous mist breath lv. 4
My sanguine bite went up a level from all the screaming adventurers I sank my fangs into. Navi said that it's very likely the skill has a debuff effect lowering an opponent's constitution stat for a while. In other words, if I bite someone my venom that can only be defended against by a passive skill or a high constitution stat will be even harder to survive. Not to mention that even if the venom isn't a problem then the lowered constitution stat will still lower one's defense against my companions.
As mentioned previously my sanguine venom leveled up too, twice even. It hasn't gone through another qualitative change like when it evolved from the lesser form but it must be getting stronger since it started affecting the other sub-dragons after reaching level 2.
Stealth gained a level from all the hissing we did from the strong adventurers while hardened scales increased due to the frequent damage I got dealt as vanguard support. Similarly, tail whip and group fight tactics increased due to frequent battles.
My one level-up of heat resistance is a somewhat painful story. Simply put, arrogant flame's fiery breath does not distinguish friend or foe. Coupled with a prideful salamander who can't aim that well...
Lastly, I am most satisfied with the two levels I've gained in my venomous mist breath. Its coverage and density are slowly increasing and make me more and more of a menace to be around.
<Yeah, we might have to seal your sanguine venom's growth or you'll be restricted to dungeons that won't be damaged by you.>
What do you mean damaged?
<If your sanguine venom evolves again it will likely be lethal to even creatures stronger than yourself by quite a bit. If you enter such a dungeon and use venomous mist breath you'd wipe out the very monsters defending the dungeon.>
So all the dungeons wouldn't let me enter?
<Not all of them. Dungeons with undead monsters or monsters with high toxic resistance would still welcome you but... It would complicate things.>
Then I have no choice but to seal that skill?
<We won't be sealing the skill itself. Just its ability to evolve. It will remain stuck at level 10. Apart from that, your usage of it won't be hindered in any way.>
That's good then. Though I am a little disappointed that I won't get to have the evolved version of my sanguine venom. Surely that would be even more lethal than before.
"Bloody? Bloody!"
"Yes?"
I take a moment to respond since I'm not yet fully accustomed to the name little darkness has given to me.
"Why are you daydreaming now? There's another group of adventurers!"
"Prey?"
"Unfortunately, no. Only strong groups enter recently. They must be onto us!"
"True... Maybe it's time we did something risky."
"What do you have in mind?"
"Have you ever thought about leaving the dungeon? Humans usually set up supply camps outside dungeons that are frequently entered to facilitate teleportation and other needs the adventurers may have. If we attack such a camp the casualties will be staggering."
"Leave the dungeon? That's dangerous!"
"I said it was risky, didn't I?"
"Have you done it before?"
"No. But maybe it's best if I go alone since I can't die. But you guys need to go deeper into the dungeon or you'll get caught in the aftermath."
...
"I'll come back, that much I can promise you for certain. You can trust me on that."
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