Chapter 109: 109

Kiyaa—!

Rumble, rumble—

Ouroboros let out an extremely loud roar that hurt Se-hyeun’s eardrums . He covered his ear with one hand and spoke to Miru, who was on his head .

“Miru, go inside the subspace for a moment . ”

At Su-hyeun’s words, Miru spread his wings as if he was waiting for that command and went inside the subspace . It seemed like Miru was frightened by Ouroboros quite a bit .

‘Well, Miru is still a baby, even if he is quite big,’ Su-hyeun thought .

Miru was not even half a year old yet . The demonic beasts were opponents of the divine beasts . Since Ouroboros was a top-level demonic beast, it was understandable that Miru got scared by him . Su-hyeun was proud that Miru even tried to be brave by not crying out .

Se-hyeun used his powers to utilize various skills like the Indomitable body, Doppelganger, Flame: Phoenix, and transfiguration skill .

Caw, caw—!

Dozens of small birds appeared around Su-hyeun . They were birds made of blue flames . His eyes changed to blue as well, and he stood in the middle of the birds with his eyes shining .

‘I should not take this fight lightly . ’

Swish—

‘Here I go . ’

Caw, caw—!

Dozens of birds flew toward Ouroboros . In the center of them, Su-hyeun leaped in the air a couple of times and swung his sword at Ouroboros’ scales .

Slash—

Kiyaa—

The scales were very thick and hard . Even though the sword was covered with Su-hyeun’s magic, no cut was made on the beast’s body . After he stabbed the sword deep into the beast, he quickly jumped away from the creature .

Swoosh—

Ouroboros’ tail smashed down and missed where Su-hyeun landed by a hair’s breadth .

Ka-boom—!

One side of the shore collapsed, and seawater flowed over it . A strong gust of wind formed when the beast lifted its tail . Su-hyeun staggered widely but jumped up through the air once more .

Swish, swish—

Slash—

Su-hyeun swung his sword, with the Flame skill applied to it, a few more times . However, the beast’s scales were ridiculously hard, so he could not deal much damage to the creature . Since Ouroboros was very big, Se-hyeun could only inflict small stab wounds, no matter how many times he cut the creature . Even then, it was challenging to inflict those types of injuries .

‘I have to cut this beast more deeply,’ Su-hyeun thought .

Stab, stab—

Su-hyeun continued to wield his sword .

‘I will cut this beast at once!’

Rumble—

Su-hyeun concentrated his magic on the sword . He rushed his sword toward the wounds that he had been making on the scales of Ouroboros .

Rip—!

He made quite a deep wound this time . Blood splattered out of Ouroboros, but the creature didn’t even scream in pain . This wound seemed to be nothing more than just a small scratch to the beast .

Soon after he had made the wound to the beast, a huge shadow fell over Su-hyeun’s head . He quickly moved his body before his brain could even process what was happening .

Swoosh—

Ka-boom—!

The thick tail hit the surface of the sea . Seawater splashed up .

Gulp—

Su-hyeun nervously swallowed as he observed the power of the tail that passed right in front of his eyes .

‘One hit from that tail could kill me at once,’ he thought .

He thought Ouroboros would be slow since he was massive, but he was actually quite agile . The creature didn’t seem to have magical powers, but its strength came from its large size . Not to mention, the rigidity of the scales on its body made it difficult to wound the creature . Su-hyeun could count all the monsters he had seen in his life on the fingers of one of his hands . However, none of them were like this beast .

‘A small wound . ’

Su-hyeun’s eyes focused on one place .

‘Let’s try again . ’

Swish—

Su-hyeun quickly jumped towards Ouroboros again .

Whoosh—!

Boom—!

Su-hyeun could hear the tail ripping into the air . Again, Ouroboros’ tail missed Su-hyeun as he quickly disappeared from where he was .

Hiss, hiss—

Ouroboros looked around and flicked its tongue out . Su-hyeun could move quicker than the beast since he was smaller in size . He climbed on the back of Ouroboros and ran up the creature before it could notice what he was doing . Su-hyeun was holding a long spear instead of the sword this time . It was the Dragon Slaying Spear .

Su-hyeun grabbed the spear tightly and aimed the weapon at the wound in front of him . It was the wound that he had been deepening with stabs previously .

‘One, two . ’

Whoosh—

The blue Flame skill wrapped around the spear .

‘Three!’

At that moment, Su-hyeun’s body bounced forward .

Boom—!

Su-hyeun threw the spear with all his might . The Dragon Slaying Spear flew precisely and quickly toward the wound on Ouroboros . However, somehow the spear was maintaining its original state . This was a weapon that was supposed to fragmentize as soon as the user threw it .

Rumble, rumble—

The rumbling sound came from the Dragon Slaying Spear . It trembled as if something restrained it .

Su-hyeun muttered to the spear, “Please hold on a little more . ”

Whoosh—

Ouroboros moved its tail again . At that moment, the spear flew into the wound and stayed there .

Kiyaa—!

Ouroboros screamed out for the first time . The Dragon Slaying Spear shattered into thousands of pieces inside of the wound . For the giant Ouroboros, the Dragon Slaying Spear was just a small thorn . However, it was a different story when it turned into thousands of pieces .

Whooosh—

Bam—!

Ouroboros swung its tail faster . Su-hyeun dashed toward the end of the coast . Ouroboros twisted its body due to the pain it had never experienced before . The creature then looked around to try and find Su-hyeun . At that moment, Su-hyeun yelled out .

“Go bite it!”

Caw, caw—!

Dozens of Phoenixes flew up .

Whoosh—

Boom, boom, boom—!

The Phoenixes bumped into Ouroboros eyes just as they were searching for Su-hyeun . The creature closed its eyes at the burning pain .

Kiyaa—!

The creature’s big body shook .

Boom, boom—!

Rumble—

Ouroboros swung its tail randomly with its eyes closed and hit its head on the ground . The coast was completely ruined, and the seawater rose and splashed like rain on the shore .

After feeling some relief from the pain, Ouroboros opened its eyes again and started looking around . It was hard to find the original terrain since it collapsed and was ruined . Su-hyeun was nowhere to be found .

***

Boom, boom—

Kiyaa—!

The magicians in Moros poured into the streets after hearing the loud roars . The earth shook, and the cry of Ouroboros filled the island . The tall wall couldn’t block the sound of Ouroboros from them .

“Why is the creature suddenly going crazy?”

“Are the dark magicians trying to kill everybody?”

“That sound really drives me nuts . ”

The magicians on the street buzzed with speculation . Amongst them, a small bent Malcolm lifted his head . He could see the head of Ouroboros from afar .

“Why is Ouroboros suddenly—”

“Mr . Malcolm! What is happening?”

“Isn’t Ouroboros your responsibility? Explain this!”

The magicians found Malcolm and started to complain one by one . They usually treated Malcolm as an invisible person because of their resentment towards him, but if Ouroboros went crazy, Malcolm was the only person that they could turn to . He was the one who knew Ouroboros better than anyone else .

“W-well, I have no idea . There is no reason for Ouroboros to be acting crazy like that,” Malcolm said .

“What do you mean? How do you have no idea?”

“Yes! You are very irresponsible! What didn’t you study about that—”

“You should come up with a solution!”

Malcolm backed away, sweating at the sound of resentment in their voices . He knew nothing about what was happening right at the moment .

“I can explain this . ”

Thump, thump—

At that time, a small voice interrupted the crowd . The magicians looked back . There stood the old dark magician who wore a black robe around his shoulders . At his appearance, the crowd of magicians dispersed and made a path for him . Malcolm stared at him with surprise as well .

“Raeng, what are you doing here?” Malcolm asked .

“Long time no see, Malcolm . ” The old dark magician named Raeng approached him and said, “My old friend . ”

***

Sizzle, sizzle—

Su-hyeun’s whole body was tingling . There was fluid falling from the ceiling, and he felt a slimy liquid under his feet . He was inside a dark cave with no light at all . Su-hyeun could barely keep his balance as he held onto the wall with his hand .

“Well, somehow, I didn’t die . ”

Whoosh—

Su-hyeun used the Flame skill to illuminate the dark place he was standing in . He could see quite a spacious area that was slightly curved into a slope . There were some puddles of black liquid .

‘The liquid seems to be quite a deadly poison . ’

Sizzle—

The black liquid that fell over his shoulder evaporated and left a burning sensation . It was fortunate that he was wearing Falcon’s Holy Armor . It seemed that the armor protected him from the black liquid with its magic .

“It’s so humid and stuffy . ”

Rumble—

The area around him shook once more . Su-hyeun grabbed the wall tightly . It seemed like Ouroboros was moving .

‘Well, I came in here somehow but—’

After Su-hyeun was discovered by Ouroboros, he jumped into the beast’s mouth when it screamed . He entered the creature’s body through its esophagus . He decided to attack Ouroboros from the inside .

‘I guess the head-on match is impossible . ’ Su-hyeun sighed and scratched his head .

Perhaps he was becoming confident, but he thought he possibly had enough power to kill Ouroboros now . The creature wasn’t just big . It also had hard scales and thick skin that Su-hyeun’s sword could not penetrate easily . It was evident that Se-hyeun would die before he could cut through the creature’s skin . However, perhaps he can injure him from the inside now .

‘Well, this monster was not for catching in the first place . ’

The main purpose of this trial was not to defeat Ouroboros but to survive . The primary objective of this trial is to escape the magicians when they tried to sacrifice him in a month .

‘I certainly digress from the main objective . ’

All he had to do was survive . It was natural that the achievement rate of the trials would vary depending on the course of action taken . However, Su-hyeun believed he made the right choice in his decision to fight Ouroboros .

“Where should I look around here anyway?” he muttered .

The inside of the beast was like a winding slope, so he could not navigate his way around easily . Furthermore, time was a problem . It was unlikely that he would be able to withstand a few hours of the venomous fluid in Ouroboros . Ordinary people would have probably melted as soon as they got in here .

Rumble, rumble—

“Uh, uh?”

At that time, Ouroboros, who was standing upright, began to lean down slowly . Su-hyeun was now standing on the very wall he had initially been holding onto so he would not fall . Ouroboros moved its body, and the winding path straightened up .

Rumble—

The area shook for a while . He was certain that Ouroboros had laid down .

‘What is it doing all of a sudden?’

His body became more comfortable, but he felt anxious inside .

Syaa—

Su-hyeun turned his head toward the unpleasant snake sounds and saw multiple mouths open . The inside of Ouroboros was filled with thousands of pairs of eyes staring at Su-Hyeun .