The moment this Flame Python appeared, even Sifa was dumbfounded, let alone Yedga, who was embedded in the rock.
Even a fool could tell that this Flame Python, formed from countless Fire Snakes, was anything but ordinary. That was precisely why Yedga was so shocked, so stunned.
From Sifa's earlier series of "performances," he had inferred that this Hunter was a Pyromaniac. But Yedga had never known that a Pyromaniac could gather so many Fire Snakes into a Flame Python as thick as an oil barrel.
Although Pyromaniacs had been called Fire Mages in ancient times, wasn't this Flame Manipulation ability far too outrageous?
Sifa, however, thought this might be the effect of the "Crimson King" label. As the number of likes on the label increased, its influence over his flames had grown stronger and stronger, even beginning to bring about a qualitative change in his abilities.
No matter what, this change was all benefit and no harm to Sifa. He continued releasing Fire Snakes, urging the Flame Python to take shape faster.
Soon, the Flame Python reached Yedga's side. It raised its head, and its body, with swarming snakes visibly writhing beneath its surface, rose upright. Its flat head nearly touched the dungeon ceiling.
The Flame Python suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out a mass of crimson flames. Fire surged like waves, slamming into the walls and washing over the rock and Yedga's body.
In an instant, Yedga's entire body caught fire. His black bristles burned away into ash.
The horned helmet on his head began to melt. His eyes, nose, ears—his entire body rapidly melted beneath the ceaseless torrent of Flame!
He could no longer even scream, because his vocal cords had burned away. The flesh and skin on his neck peeled off, exposing the windpipe and