".....Wait why'd you become a human?!"
"When we become someone familiar we took our master race as a secondary form or do you wish I'm using my former form."
"No-no it's fine you look like that! A-anyway here wears this!"
"Understood."
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"So how'd we bring her out? She's bigger than you anticipated."
"No worries I already think the other solution, by using this of course."
"I see the Goldstone! You can enter vault room end exit with your party! Guess your brain are not totally useless."
"Hehehe I know I'm smart, but there's no need to praise me that much."
"Gene...your nose will become longer than your weiner if you keep doing that."
"H-Hey! Don't say a strange thing!"
"Uhm..is it morning already?"
"Ah Looks like Marie just wake up nice timing, we're about to escape."
"Escape? But isn't our is..."
"Oh somebody already taken care of that, look my stone already turn white right?"
"Does that mean you already kill the serpent?!"
"Uh...killing is kinda strong words but yeah you could say that."
"Thank gods...I thought I was gonna be serpent dinner…"
"Dinner? There's no way I could be satisfied by eating such a small creature, you're probably are only considered as a snack."
"What…snack? Uhm…Gene…Who is she?"
"Uh...she's-"
"I'm a serpent."
"A servant? You're also a slave?"
"Uh...Marie, I think it's not appropriate to say something like that."
"Eh?! I'm sorry! My name is Marie nice to meet- Gene are you ok?!"
"It's okay, I just feel little tired."
"Master there's somebody just arrive here!"
"Uh oh hide!"
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"Yesss! Finally, I've arrived at the serpent's lair! Hahahaha!"
From the corner young noble appear followed by knight and band of mercenary.
"Young master please don't move too fast, we are in the dangerous area."
"That's the reason I hire a band of a mercenary right? To protect me!"
"Yes, but-."
"Besides I have you here Hervey and I also already spent a fortune for you new magic sword I hope you do not disappoint me."
"I….Understood."
"That's more like it hahaha! Anyway, what happens with the army of a minotaur that my father send? Why I don't see it anywhere."
"There's a possibility the Minotaur already defeated by some adventurer and already devoured by the rift."
"Nonsense! That minotaur is taken from dark continent, a newbie adventurers are surely cannot able to defea- Ouch! What is it, Hervey? Why you suddenly stop moving!?"
"Somebody already arrived before us."
"Huh?! What'd you mean?"
"Look over there, a giant corpse."
"Move! No....way...I've already lost my slave before and now this?! Who's gonna be responsible for this!"
"Well, Gene looks like that's the noble we looking for."
"Who is he?"
"That's Vorsham youngest son Carel, I heard that his father really spoiled him."
"Uh oh then this is bad if he realize it was us we definitely gonna have a really big trouble we better get away from-"
"It's probably them."
"Hey! You there! Where's the serpent!"
"Dammit! That knight notice us!"
"Uh...what serpent?"
"Don't lie! This is serpent's lair!"
"Gene quiet, let me handle this."
"There's no serpent here, that's a chimera corpse."
"A chimera? In serpent's lair?! You think you can fool me!?"
"You can check that corpse for yourself if you don't believe me, beside what you wanna to do with the serpent?"
"Why should I tell you about that? Hey Hervey, check that corpse and you, tell your mercenary to surround them, don't let them escape."
Just as I expected we can't escape, they already quickly surrounded us...but why they grinning like-...Oh...pervert...
"Fufufufu, you commoner probably can't understand but what I want is to make that serpent become my familiar! Because only a great noble like myself are capable taming the rift guardian."
"Uh...Aunt Lucas, what is this guy talking about?"
"Gene...why your brain always only have half of everything…"
"Hey!"
"Listen, a chance making a normal rift monster become your familiar are really low and the difference between a normal monster and rift guardian like heaven and hell it's practically impossible to do."
"Eh!? But that serpent?!"
"That's why I was shocked when you successfully taming the serpent, usually people are using a monster from our world which is more easy to tame."
"What the hell you two whispering about! You think that impossible!? Well, look at this grimoire!"
"Young master I think it's not wise to show them something like that."
"Silence! I can do what I want! Anyway, how is it?"
"That is really a chimera corpse young master, but what I don't understand is why this Chimera has a minotaur and snake body part."
"Beat's me, maybe it's a crossbreed between naga and minotaur."
"I doubt that could happen, but looking at this chimera it should be stronger than the serpent, did this chimera force the serpent out from its own lair? Uh...young mas….ter?"
Carel keeps staring with a dirty look at Marie and serpent without even trying to hide it.
"I see...that's too bad, right Hervey?"
"Huh? Y-yes?"
"But Hervey there's no way I could come back empty handed right? And after they know my little secret there's no way I can let them alive."
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"But be grateful because that I, have a really generous heart I'll let all of you become my slave and only kill that boy over there."
"Aunt Lucas can't we just defeat him?"
"We can, but there's no way we could get away that easily if something happens to him."
"Then what should we do?"
"Stall him I'm gonna thin-"
"I'm not interested serving anyone other than my master." Serpent quickly answers it.
"Now that's what I want to- What did you just say!?"
"Not interest, go look at another place."
"Y….you bitch how dare you reject me!?"
"Whoa, Gene he really takes after you."
"Hervey, kill them!"
"Understood, I'm sorry I'm not fond killing a weakling but young master order are absolute." Hervey releases a fire slash and hit Lucas directly quickly filled the area with smoke and intense heat.
Wait he say weak?! Uh oh, this is bad.
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"*Cough* *Cough* what did just happen? We save? Wait, G-Gene why are you shaking?"
"M-Marie this is bad that idiot says the forbidden word."
"Forbidden?"
"Oh~ I am weak you say?" Lucas cracking her fist after drawing her spear.
"Gene why your aunt expression suddenly become scary."
"She hates when somebody underestimates her."
"That spear...impossible! Why you can be here?!"
"Oh so you know about my spear, I presume that all of you are stronger than me right? Because I won't hold back."
"That spear!?...the Blazing Lucas is here?!"
"I don't wanna die!"
"I didn't sign for this!"
"Forgive me!"
"Hey what's wrong with you guys?! Hervey who is she?!"
"Blazing Lucas, the most notorious adventurer who always burn her target to a cinder. I heard that she retired long ago and disappear."
"What? Wait y-you mean Lucas is a woman? I-I thought she was a ma- Ek!? H-hot!"
"A man? You really know how to get my nerve huh."
"Young master get down!" Hervey quickly parries Lucas small fireballs.
"Oh~so you can sense that? Looks like you're not just some knight with a good sword."
"Y-you! How dare you attacking me! Do you know who I am?!"
"Oh~ I know alright, but...we're inside a rift, nobody knows what happen inside, maybe suddenly a strong monster appears and wipe you out."
"Y-you…" Carel realizes that she no longer afraid of his threat.
"See! She snapped."
"Uh...Gene didn't she says that if she using Agni it also burn her?"
"She lies."
"Eh…?"
"Master! We should get away from here!" Serpent suddenly pulls Gene sleeve shivering.
"What- Oh right, we should use this chance to- huh my stone not glowing?"
"Why!? Why it won't break!? What happens to my stone?! You! Give me your stone! Why it's also become gray?!" Terrified by Lucas Carel quickly slam his whitestone to escape.
"Mine too?! What's happen?!"
"Aunt Lucas, what is actually happen here?"
"This feeling...Rift Reaper…" Lucas turns into full alert.
"Rift Reaper?"
"The legend says it's a wraith created from a deceased monster."
"A legend? So it's true or not!? A-anyway what should we do?"
"We need to get away from it since the rift reaper has an ability to disable any teleportation magic."
"Gyaa! What is that!"
"Heeelp!"
"Save m-!"
A giant black snake appear from the ground and start devouring some of the mercenaries in instant and quickly bounded by a strange chain,
"Hahaha, so this is the serpent?! Listen here you vile monster! I shall make you my familiar!" Carel arrogantly approaches it and while chanting with from a grimoire that keeps releasing another chain.
"That idiot...they didn't even know what is in front of them he can't do nothing even with that grimoire."
"Aunt Lucas, what is that?"
"It's a grimoire of obedience, it's very useful to forcefully tame some creature but it won't work against a monster with a strong will."
"But is that creature even have a-"
The bind suddenly broke when the grimoire disappears and the snake quickly charges forward. Luckily enough, right before Carel is about to be eaten Hervey block its attack and rescue him.
"Young master are you alright?!"
"Wha...what the hell is this?! This grimoire...It's must be a fake! Hervey kill this ungrateful monster! I don't want it anymore!"
It's not like you can do that anymore.
"Understood! Men stand on your feet! We have a new order, slay this monster!"
"Ooooh!" The mercenary morale raises again and now focused all their intention to kill it.
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But still is there really two rift guardian in this place? That snake somehow rather weaker, even with just a band of mercenary they can push it back.
"Aunt Lucas, is that really the rift reaper? Hervey and the gang are winning is it really that strong?"
"Yes, the rift reaper always took form rift guardian...and this rift guardian is a serpent."
"Just a little more! We're gonna win this!"
"Yeaaah!"
The morale is high and the black snake keeps weakened with each Hervey strike until finally, Hervey deliver a finishing blow that cut its head.
"See, he won."
"Gene, that's not the end...Reaper can keep reviving no matter how much you kill it and always return stronger than before."
"Hahaha take that you weak creature this is what you get for baring your fangs at me, hahaha!" Carel quickly stomping the dead snake body as if he's the one who kills it.
"Young master stay back! We're not-"
"Wha-" Before the Carel able to react his body already torn to piece by constriction.
"On your guard! This thing is not dead yet it's not a serpent it's a hydra!"
The snakehead grows again with along with the new head, this time the hydra able to spit fire and spit poison. Those who hit by fire burn to a crisp and the one who hit by poison are melt into a puddle.
"See this what I told you! We need to get away from here!"
"But how!? Isn't this room a trap room?!"
"Find some crack! There's must be some here! Marie can you sense it?!"
"Wait a sec."
"Eat this vile creature! Brave slash!"
Hervey releases another wave attack that successfully cut one of its head but quickly regrows again along with the new head.
"Retreat!" Seeing that horror the mercenary fled from battle but quickly blocked by zombies.
"Gyaa! What the hell is this creature! Captain help me! Nooooo!" This time the 3rd head cast resurrection magic that calling the dead as a zombie and start killing them one by one until finally only Hervey who survive.
"I found a crack right over there!"
"Gods! Why the crack must appear near the hydra!"
"Less talk more action Gene! We need to go!"
"As if I'll let you do that!" Overhearing our conversation Hervey quickly change his course and run toward us with hydra and before escaping Hervey swung his sword again making a making the whole area covered with smoke.
"That guy is really underhanded!" By the time I realize it Hervey already disappeared and were also separated, I'm with Serpent and Lucas with Marie.
"Gene! Jump to any crack you find, we've met outside! Good luck."
"What!? How could you!" Aunt Lucas quickly carries Marie and jump disappear leaving us with the hydra.
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"Uhh...what do we do now..."
"Master, if you wish it I can become a diversion for you."
"Huh, why I would need that?"
"Don't you want to escape from here?"
"Same question I ask you, Don't you want to escape?"
"I...I want but that's impossible."
"Hmm I see....that magus is the reaper right?"
"Wha-how did master find out?"
"Of course I know, you keep Shivering since that hydra appear there's no way you could forget the smell the one who imprison you here. But...there's no way you could win against him, and now I reduce you to this state."
"Then what should I do master? There's no way I leave this dungeon knowing that he's still alive all this time!"
"Technically he's not really alive, but what do you want then? Tell me."
"I want a revenge! I want it so bad after for everything that he did to me!"
"What a nice answer! Then we just need to beat him up!"
She finally let out her emotion.
"But master, can we really win!?"
"Will you choose to give up then?"
"...No, I will fight!"
"Good answer, you show me your desire so shall I."
"Master?"
"Knock the door shall be opened, ask then you'll be given the answer, show me what's your desire and the Ashen blade will reveal it!"
Ashen blade once again radiates with red aura and become a blood-colored sword that continuously dripping a blood from its hilt. Like starring by the death itself, hydra and Serpent froze in fear and with a single swing, the blood turns into a sharp wave that cuts all of the hydra head in an instant.
"Master...is that really you?"
"Of course it's me, but It's not done yet, now do you wish a power to carry your vengeance?"
"Yes."
"Then take my sword claim it on your own."
Gene sticks his sword to the ground and without showing any hesitation serpent grab the Ashen blade with her both arm, the dripping blood quickly covering her arm along with a painful expression before finally let it go.
"Master but I can't pull it out."
"It doesn't matter, Look at your hand."
"This is…" The blood that covered serpent hand start to crystallize and become a pair of a red gauntlet.
"This is what you desire a most, a power to defeat the hydra, a power to defeat your nemesis for now on your name is Revia the!...the...Arrgh, forget it!"
By the time they finish talking Hydra head already regrow along with new head making its head become 6.
"Now show me your desire."
"Understood master!"
Levia charging forward start attacking relentlessly, with each strike destroying hydra head not even giving it a chance to retaliate.
"What happen why the hydra didn't regenerate?" After the fight, Hydra suffers heavy wound all over its body but unlike before the hydra didn't regenerate instead keep degenerating before turn into dust.
"Isn't that what you wish for?"
"You mean this is?...Master are you alright?!" Gene suddenly falls to his knees and vomiting blood.
Ugh I'm using too much Ashen power...her wish is stronger than I anticipated.
"I'm fine...but remember that power didn't come for free, your soulbound weapon is not like any other, it is created from your hatred and malice you need to control it or you'll be the one who devoured by it."
"Understood master!"
"Anyway this stone already returns to its former self it's time to go, hold on tight."
Tightly hugging Revia, Gene throw the stone calling pillar of light before makes both of them disappear.