I shot away from the serpent trying to get space, to take time to prepare my next attack. As I retreated to gain space, the serpent took advantage to strike, and lunged at me ready to try to take a bite out of me. In the flash of blue light its face became visible, its massive jaws ready to bite me in half. I created a large spike of ice, and propelled it forward at the serpent's eye.
The serpent gave up the chance to take a bite out of me, to save its remaining eye. I was relieved. Taking the chance I shot closer to the glowing stone. I am really tired focusing on using the mana from my soul space. Then let it immediately refill. If I keep this up, I can have much better control. Getting my back to the stone, I turned and faced the direction in which the serpent went.
Feeling through where the mana is absent, I feel it rushing at me. I shot myself around the stone to the other side and started trying to make the hardest ice spear I could. Putting as much pressure to compact the ice as I could, calling on the mana I really gave everything I had to make this spear as solid ice as I could. That's then the serpent stuck its head out from the side of the stone with its ugly left eye staring down at me.
I grabbed the spear and threw it with all I had and packed behind it all the water mana I controlled to launch it forward. It impaled itself into the last remaining eye. The serpent wriggled and thrashed, which meant I did not end the fight. I launched myself onto the face of the monster. Grabbing on to its thrashing face trying to dislodge the spear, I tried to grab for the spear but I would almost get thrown off if I tried. I also could not reach it with my tail. Running out of options I did the last things I had available to me. I rammed my head into the rear of the spear as hard as I could pushing it all the way through as the serpent started to roar then froze, and stopped moving. My head throbbing in pain, I let go and grabbed onto my head.
‘Ow!’ I thought loudly, my head pounding.
I moved away from the serpent and landed on the ground next to the large stone. My body is getting repaired and healed by the mana near me, which is nice, but that was still really stressful. I took the moment to let my body heal, as I also calmed down next to the large stone, which kept periodically pulsing its bright blue hue. I wasn't sure what this stone was, but it felt weird. I don't think any of those humans above had anything that harnessed mana, so why is this here? It doesn't make sense this can't be human work. Maybe a relic left by dragons? I shook my head at that. Again it didn't make any sense.
I decided to shut it out of my mind, thinking about such things will just confuse me. I slowed my heart and mind. I was not in any danger anymore. I did not like the feeling of not having any air in my lungs. I closed my eyes, thankful that I didn't have to worry about drowning, but it still is very distracting. I relaxed myself laying on the cold hard ground. The serpent's corpse lying still on the floor on the other side. Impressive that a serpent could grow to be so big.
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I haven't seen anything that is bigger than a dragon before. I wonder how such a serpent could grow so big. It didn't feel or act like a dragon, so it's not one of those interesting dragons which would visit home randomly. I wonder how it's doing. It has been so long since I had a dream about Fas, it's hard to remember details.
I got up, looked at the corpse and decided I didn't want so much food to go to waste, I should bring it up to the humans to use. Hickory told me it's bad for food to be wasted. I grabbed the corpse and used the water mana to help propel me up with the corpse towards the top where the exit is, then after leaving the cave, I swam up to the surface with it. Then with one large mighty push with water mana I shoved it up onto the land, which promptly crushed the docks and buildings, washing the place over with water as well.
I gasped at what my actions did. I forgot how small and weak human buildings are. The screams which followed and people running around was my queue to leave. I slowly sank myself back down into the water.
After getting under the water, I swam away from there. Going back to one of the floating things, I went up to it and curiously pushed on it. It flipped over and all the humans started screaming and struggling as they fell into the water. I realized these things are very fragile when I watched the things on the ship sink down into the water. It was very curious that humans use such fragile things. I summoned up a small breath and blew it onto the bottom of the boat which was above the water. To no surprise to anyone but me, it immediately caught fire.
I panicked and splashed water onto the upside down boat, which was on fire. As I could still hear the yelling from the land where the humans were trying to get different looking boats moving in my direction. I sank under the water and started swimming away.
‘Oops. I don't think they like me.” I thought to myself, I just wanted to know.
Swimming back down to that stone, I wanted to see what it was like. Having made my way all the way down to the stone I took a closer look at it. It's completely round, with swirls of blue and white, which pulsates that brilliant blue color still. It was impressive, but I was curious to see what it was. I put my claw on it, and focused on the stone, to see if I could maybe just feel what it is.