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I examined the snake carefully to check of its weakness. However, all I could see is its name and all of its weaknesses are labeled in a question mark.

"Blue, I frequently see this question marks when I use Weakness Perception. This is not the first time I have experienced it but how come when I necessarily want to see a weakness, it is not working at all!"

"It's normal. If that happens, you will immediately know that the monster or enemy you are facing is stronger than you. If that happens, either you flee or you proceed cautiously," Blue answered.

If that was the case, then how about using real-life logic about the snakes? Defeating the snake is not something I can do nor my companions can accomplish. It was clear as day that we will die if we directly confront it. Then, I just remembered something.

My gloves are still in my hands. I snap my fingers and embers and sparks started to appear from my fingers. I think I have to test it. Conjuring a small fireball in my fingertips, I throw it towards the far wall where I spotted a dead sapling good enough to conduct a fire. My control in the Blazing Gloves is already good that I can perform small tasks like this without any problem.

As soon as my fireball hits the dead plant, it quickly started burning. I am not afraid it will spread the fire since the surroundings of the dead plant are rocks and more rocks. We observed the snake's reaction and find the reaction I am looking for.

The snake stood up like a cobra and slithers towards the flaming plant. When the snake arrived on the plant, the burning plant already got extinguished. The snake then returned from its position earlier and did not bother to do anything after.

Snakes are very sensitive to heat and if we try to sneak in without any kind of plan to proceed on, then we are just sitting duck, ready to be the food of that snake itself. Therefore, why not make a decoy? We are quite sure we can't beat up the snake at all since it is very strong and compared to us, the snake only views us as ants. We will be devoured easily if we just leave it like that.

I turn around to my companions and discussed my plans to them.

"Guys, I have a plan. But you all needed to be quick," I started.

"Don't tell me you are going to use us as a bait?!" Maple looked at me in fury even though I have yet to say anything.

"Wait, wait, what the heck are you talking about, I am not going to use a tactic that can harm my comrades. I am not that insane so please remove that thought. I am not that evil."

"So you can do evil if you wanted to?" Anya looked at me, waiting for my answer.

"If it is something that has to be done because either choice you make either makes you f*cked up, I won't hesitate to do it. So it means I can tolerate evil but I can also do good things so nothing is impossible. Doing both is possible.

"Anyway, you all sneak out when I throw the fireball somewhere. That is the signal. Quickly move out and go to the door."

"What about you?" Maple asked.

"I will act as the decoy and will follow after you two have arrived. Don't bother to help. I have my ways to get in there as soon as I can," I said to her.

The flames in my gloves start to get hotter and hotter, enough for the snake who was just silent and resting for a while to stand up and look into my direction. Without waiting, I throw the fireball away to the other direction where it will lead the snake further from the entrance of the cavern.

"Go!"

With my signal, Maple carried Anya immediately and used her ability to blend in the shadows allowing her to move quietly and has a lesser chance of being detected from the snake. In just a few seconds, she arrived at the cavern's entrance. Just like what I said to her, she did not wait for me and carried Anya deeper towards the said gate that blocks our way.

Now that they are now out of the snake's scope of range, it is now my problem. There is a large chance that the snake had already discovered me before I have thrown the fireball. It is a very big problem for me and solving it is not as easy since I don't think my plan will really work well.

Fortunately, it seems the snake only noticed the snake. To enhance my chances, I cast Frigid Wind in my surroundings, causing my temperature to drop low. I don't know if it will really work because the snake might also detect the coldness and discover me.

I started moving a little bit faster while keeping myself low. I also keep my eye on the scanned area using my Mana Scan to make sure the snake will only head straight to the flames. I made sure the flames that I have thrown to last long enough. It also emits enough heat to make sure the snake won't just ignore it.

When I was about to reach the entrance of the cavern, I saw the snake swallow up the flames that I have thrown. I almost choked up seeing this and panicked when the snake starts to wriggle and slam its body and tail around.

The snake is getting hurt!

My flames are not too easy to get extinguished and if the snake ate it, that means the flames that are still blazing too hot earlier are now inside and burning the flesh of the snake! The snake wriggled too much and I almost lost balance in my footing due to the tremors it was making. There are also countless times I almost got wrecked to death by its tail which I luckily evaded.

In the end, I noticed the snake to roar even though snakes don't do that. Then it fell into the ground not moving. I checked if it is dead using my mana scan and confirmed that it is still alive. It might have been too exhausted to move since the burning sensation that it swallowed destroyed the flesh of the snake inside. I think it is recuperating at the moment. Seeing the chance, I left the snake to suffer without dealing the final blow to slip past and follow Maple and Anya towards the cavern.