Chapter 51
The Arch Serpent was fully focused on me as it came assaulting with its fangs on full display .
"KISHAAAAAA!"
While parrying the fangs of Arch Serpent that rushed in while screeching, I slash on it with my sword endowed with 【Acid-Proof】, 【Mana Strike】, and 【Steel Slash】 .
Its scales were extremely hard befitting of a 『Floor Master』 but I accurately aimed at a gap and cut off one piece of its scales .
The wound is just 50 cm big . For the Arch Serpent whose whole body is bigger than 10 meter, it's just a scratch .
However, it's enough .
The attack just now wasn't intended to decrease its health, but to make the Arch Serpent recognize me as an enemy and lose its cool .
Due to its strength as a 『Floor Master』, the serpent is not used to getting injured .
Truthfully, my sword only worked on it because I concentrated my mana to hit its weakest spot which I discovered by probing into its mana flow .
I'd need 10 times that power to destroy the Arch Serpent's scales through brute force .
Even the attack I used on the demon during the interpersonal match is likely still not enough .
"KISHA!"
Arch Serpent rushed at me in anger from its wound .
While dodging that using barrier as my footholds, I constructed a magic .
An extremely short-range flame magic the Fourth Crest is good at .
It hit the Arch Serpent's weakness, the inside of its throat .
"GAAAAAAA!"
The Arch Serpent retreats in agonizing cry .
Of course, a Floor Master isn't weak enough to be defeated by this level of magic .
However, it gets me time to construct my next magic .
I take out a magic stone from Storage magic and concentrate my mana into it .
Not delicate and small amount of mana like with augment magic . The augment I could do wouldn't be able to even scratch the Arch Serpent .
It's a magic not for turning magic stone into magic item, but one for destroying the inside of the magic stone .
A magic that I have never used before because it requires a great deal of mana and magic control .
The current me needs to concentrate all of my power on this one magic .
"KISHAAAAAAA!"
I crush the magic stone in front of the coming fangs .
A huge amount of mana and magic essence overflowed from the crushed magic stone .
I forcefully control that magic and clad my sword with flame elemental enchant .
【Special Mana Enchant】 .
It's one of mystic arts for a sword-wielding magic combatant .
The Arch Serpent was about to bite me right when I completed the enchant .
I swing my sword down without trying to dodge it .
The Arch Serpent's fangs were smashed, blood spilled out of a big wound .
However, it still hasn't fallen .
"It sure is tough . . . . "
However, the Arch Serpent has suffered a huge damage, its movement becomes quite dull .
The next one should do it .
I crushed another magic stone and cut it down with the clad sword .
It's still not downed . Then once again .
--After crushing three magic stones, I managed to cut off the Arch Serpent's neck .
Soon after, the venom scattered on the ground disappeared .
Arch Serpent's venom is composed of mana from the main body, so it will disappear if the main body is killed .
That said, the after effect of the venom remains .
--For example, like this .
"Oops . "
When I put my feet down on the floor after the battle, it sunk about 30 centimeter deep along with a dull sound .
Looks like the inside of the floor has been quite dissolved .
Well, since the battle had ended, it only managed to surprise me a bit .
"Now then . What am I gonna do with this . . . . "
I'm lost in thought before the Arch Serpent's body .
I can stow it whole in Storage magic with my current mana .
However, if I do that, most of my maximum mana will be taken by Storage magic and I'd be forced to return .
Right when I was thinking of just taking some of its fangs--I recalled the merchant who bought the War Tiger I beat in my trip to Royal Capital .
I have learned from that time .
Materials of monsters that I think aren't really valuable are highly prized in the world today .
These might fetch a good price if I brought them back and sold them on the guild or some material shop around . Yep . I'm sure of it .
While thinking what I'm going to do with all the cash I'm piling up, I put the Arch Serpent's body into Storage magic, and went back to floor 10 .
The Camp magic is . . . . Yep . It seems to be working fine .