"H-help!!"
"Captain Kurt, we can't hold out! That snake... it's too strong!"
"Gabul, Bachilo, quick... quick, we have to retreat!"
[Those voices... are they Kurt and the others from the Dokurab Village Delinquent Squad?]
Something stirred in Cui Ciyou's mind, and he immediately recognized
that slightly arrogant voice, now unmistakably tinged with panic.
Cui Ciyou immediately signaled to his companions and said gravely, "Quick, let's take a look!"
The four moved like phantoms through the forest.
Without a sound, they pushed aside layer after layer of petrified branches and leaves.
When they followed the voices to their source, the sight before them startled them.
In a small clearing where numerous petrified trees had been knocked down,
two adventuring parties stood back-to-back in a defensive formation.
Surrounding them was a dark red serpent of almost unimaginable size.
The dark red serpent had encircled them with its enormous body.
Its cold, slit pupils brimmed with mockery and cruelty.
It seemed to be savoring its prey's final, futile struggles.
The two adventuring parties were already in desperate straits!
One was the three-man Dokurab Village Delinquent Squad, led by Kurt.
Their usual arrogance had long since vanished.
Their faces were bruised and swollen, their clothes torn. Clearly, they had fought hard and were barely holding on.
The other party consisted of three burly Pig-Headed Demonfolk with savage tusks and thick pig snouts.
Though the enormous axes and broadswords they wielded looked fearsome,
they, too, were being driven back relentlessly by the serpent's attacks.
One of them had even fallen to the ground, his fate unknown.
The serpent attacking them was even more terrifying!
Its entire body was covered in dark red scales as hard as rock.
At least ten meters long, its barrel-thick body exuded explosive power.
Most striking of all, on its vicious