Chapter 25: 25. Giant Serpents
Ben now faces the 2 giant serpents in front of the cave. He can sense that these serpents are strong, so he needs to be careful. But he knows it's also his chance to hone his skills.
"I have a new thing that I want to try, so you guys will be my test subjects."-Ben grin.
The serpents can't understand Ben's words, but they understand the situation. They need to fight this small human in front of them. They're wild beasts, so they can feel that Ben is strong, with their instinct.
The male serpent lunged at Ben and opens his mouth. His move is fast even with his big body. Ben jumps to the side and makes a magic circle in front of his mouth.
"Sun Dragon's Roar!"-Ben
Ben breathes out hot sun plasma energy toward the Male Serpent. It hit the serpent's head and push him to the side. The female serpent sees her partner get attacked, so she also attacks Ben. Ben is forced to jump away again and stop his attack.
Ben looks at the male serpent's head that got attacked earlier. The serpent seems fine and only gets a little burnt mark on the scales. Ben clicks his tongue because of the scales' toughness, and it can even defend the hot plasma.
"It seems I'm right, my fire & plasma aren't hot enough. It can push the serpent just now, but the heat isn't enough to burn those scales."-Ben
Ben has a problem with his magic, it's the heat of his fire & plasma. It's a big problem, and Ben has known it for a long time. But he decided to not approach it previously. He needs more Magic Power To raise the temperature. That's why he raises his magic power first.
Sun isn't like any normal fire, it is a lot hotter than fire. Ben isn't a science guy, but at least he knows it. Although he doesn't really know about how hot the sun is.
'This world should have knowledge about sun, right? I hope some scientists learn about it so that I can learn more about sun later.'-Ben
Ben stops his thought because the female serpent attacks again. The serpent lunged at Ben again, so Ben jumps away. But then the male serpent also attacks him, forcing him to move again.
The female serpent attack again with its tail now, so Ben move to dodge again. The 2 serpents attack him relentlessly together, forcing Ben to move around. While he moves, Ben prepares a spell, and he activates it in the middle of 2 serpents' attacks.
"Sun Dragon's Plasma Sphere!"-Ben
Ben claps his hands, and a big magic circle appears under his feet. Then an orange sphere of plasma appears around him. The sphere has a diameter of 2 meters, but then it expands to 10 meters.
The serpents are moving to attack Ben when the sphere appears. They crash into the sphere and then get pushed when it expands. Ben put more MP on this sphere to make it hotter.
The sphere is a defensive spell. But the heat also burns the serpents' scales and gives damage. The serpents roar in pain now, because the sphere is hotter than Ben's dragon roar, so it burns their scales.
The 2 serpents are now separated, although it's just 10 meters. But now Ben can focus on attacks one of them. He goes for the male serpent on his left. Ben run while preparing his magic and make a magic circle on his right hand.
"Sun Dragon's Bomb!"-Ben
A miniature sun ball appears on Ben's right hand. He runs toward the male serpent with the hot ball. The male serpent suddenly opens its mouth and spray purple vapor toward Ben.
"Venom?! It's dangerous, but it's a mistake to open that mouth."-Ben
Ben throws the sun ball to the male serpent's mouth. The ball enters the male serpent's mouth, and he swallows it. Ben immediately ran away from there to avoid the venom that the serpent sprays.
*BOOM*
The sun ball explodes inside the male serpent's body with a loud booming sound. Ben expects the explosion will burst the male serpent's body, but it's not. The serpent's body is only bloated from 3 meters to 8 meters in diameter.
The male serpent opens his mouth, and the fire from the explosion burst out from it to the sky. The explosion subsides after some seconds, and smoke comes out from the serpent's mouth. The male serpent still has his head raised high.
"Shit! Is it not enough?"-Ben jumps back.
The male serpent stays like that for a moment before he falls to the ground. Ben tries to sense the serpent's magic power, and he feels it leave the serpent's body. The male serpent has died from that explosion.
Ben sighs in relief because his attack worked. The explosion from Ben's sun bomb rupture the inside organ from the serpent. The serpent's internal organ isn't as tough as its scales, after all.
"SSHHYYAAA!"-Female Serpent
The female serpent moves toward her spouse and checks on him. She shakes & calls him to no avail, her spouse has died. Now she is furious and looks at Ben with hatred.
"You can hate me because this is how life is. You are threats to my kin, so you are my enemy. If you want to survive, then kill me, if you can though."-Ben
The female serpent's eyes suddenly turn from yellow to red. Ben has a bad feeling, so he wants to move and attack. But the female serpent suddenly raises its head to the sky.
"SHHYYAAA!"-Female Serpent scream to the sky
Suddenly Ben feels a strong force come from the female serpent. He gets pushed back by the strong force, and it makes him flung back. Ben rolled on the ground then crashes into a tree with a rather big impact, but he can handle it.
"Ugh, what happen?"-Ben
Ben looks at the female serpent that didn't just have her eyes change from yellow to red. Now her scales also changed from brown to black.
Then suddenly, the female serpent moves her head toward Ben and shoots a dark purple beam. Ben widens his eyes and immediately jumps away & runs to the side.
The purple beam hit the tree where Ben was, and move through to the forest behind it. The trees that got hit start to wither at high speed before they die.
"Crap! That venom is really deadly."-Ben
Ben is looking at the destruction when suddenly he feels danger. Ben turns his head to look at the serpent. But what he sees is a big tail that has arrived in front of his face.
"SHI-"-Ben
*SLAP*
Ben gets hit by the tail and sent flying to the cliff near the serpents' cave.
*BAMM*
"UGH!"-Ben
Ben can't even take a breath because the female serpent attacks again with her venom breath. Ben covers his feet with light then jumps away fast to avoid the venom.
However, the female serpent has coiled herself while she uses the venom breath. When she sees Ben jump, she springs out to jump at Ben too.
"WHAT?!"-Ben widens his eyes.
The serpent flies fast toward Ben with her mouth open. Ben is still midair, so he can't get away from the serpent's mouth.
"MOTHERF-"-Ben
*PLOP* *GULP*
The female serpent closes her mouth, and she eats Ben whole.
This seems to be an end for Ben, but it's not. The serpent suddenly hears something from inside her body.
"Sun Mode: Super Heated Body!"-Ben
The female serpent suddenly feels her inside get very hot, and it keeps getting hotter. She knows it's Ben, so she tries to get him out, but it's not working.
The female serpent thrashes around because of the pain. Steam generated from her body, and more steam come out from her mouth. She wriggles around for some time before stopping, she's dead.
Then Ben comes out from the serpent's mouth. He is naked, and his body is bright red, he even glows like the sun. Steam also comes out from his body, indicating that he is very hot.
"That's what you get from trying to eat me."-Glowing Ben
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