The vertebrae cracked beneath his fist, bone shards flying out as an impact crater was formed in the flesh. Seeing the green light from outside, bathing inside, Norbert can get a better look inside the body.
Just as he had feared, he was inside the stomach of the snake, everything around him being halfway through or fully digested. Feeling the snake turn around once more, the world outside spinning around, Norbert looked at the side of the hallway before dirt came through, the snake having flipped around the entire way.
Norbert knew he couldn't make the move again and did not want to eat anything in this wet environment. Not seeing anything else, the snake continued to spin; Norbert took out the sword from between the ribs and started slicing through the snake.
Pushing energy around his body, making sure not to let any of it go, Norbert continued to strike forward, slashing on the side as he made his way down the snake. He was so turned about after the rollercoaster ride that he went on Norbert, not knowing which way was out.
He was rushing forward; he saw a wall of flesh in front of him, Norbert slicing through before the next tunnel appeared, much smaller than the previous one. Too small to allow Norbert to make it further, walking through the snake.
As he watched it start to undulate, Norbert wondered what it was, remembering his lessons in biology in high school and wondering if it was the snake's intestines.
Not wanting to follow through to the bowels, not wanting to imagine what it smelled like, Norbert changed his course. Standing on top of the hole he had made, getting a bit higher, Norbert hoped to miss the guys completely, having spent enough time inside the snake and wanting to get out of there.
The blade squelched in as he forced it through, spinning it around like a drill, trying to dig inside and create the most damage possible. Norbert continued this strategy until his entire arm was inside the creatures flesh, feeling it pulse around his arm.
Pulling out his dagger; Norbert pulled himself out of it before sticking his feet through, using it as a seat as he took a dagger out, stabbing it into the flesh to hold himself. The muscle gripping the dagger stopped it from moving around.
Twisting it further around, Norbert continued to dig through the body, the snake thrashing around, the tight enclosure that he was currently stopping the snake from dislodging him. Digging further down, Norbert slowly made his way through the body. Cutting it up as much as possible, the hole getting larger and larger as he made his way through.
For whatever reason, the snake could not heal what he was making; Norbert was unsure why but did not care as he continued to dig further and further in. Occasionally, I heard more screams of animals as they were devoured, the time between each one getting longer and longer.
Continuing through, Norbert felt bones all around him, not seeing how he could go any further; now it was time to get out of the creature, hoping he had done enough damage to finish the fight.
Feeling his sword hit across something, Norbert took the dagger and scraped the flesh away as he looked at the underside of the ribs again, part of the skeleton of the snake.
Its bone was thicker than his leg as he whistled in amazement. Just there not being enough space for him to slide through, Norbert started banging against the bone, working his sword against it. Norbert made his way through.
Seeing it bend before finally giving in, the bone shoots outwards, creating an opening for Norbert. Pushing his way out, Norbert looked at the hall, surprised at the destruction that the snake had caused.
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Norbert could see all the trees had been flattened; there was only the clearing, and no more creatures were stirring there. Norbert saw several bodies squashed as the snake continued slithering down, his legs still inside.
Pulling himself out of the snake, Norbert wondered what it was doing; grabbing onto his sword, Norbert looked at the body, the gashes all over it, its head a bloody mess as goo trailed out of its non-blackened eye.
Norbert pulled himself out the rest of the way, now far away from the doorway with the blue barrier blocking its path, the light that was once in the cavern growing darker with none of the plant life up, creating light for him to see.
Changing his vision to see better at night, Norbert saw another line of cuts near the snake's head. Not seeing what creature did it to the snake, slightly worried at what it could be for something to even take this thing on.
Pulled up, the snake slithering around, forcing Norbert to duck down lower to the skin, ensuring he wasn't bucked off. Reversing the grip on his sword, Norbert shoved it into the snake, the blade catching between two scales, going all the way to the hilt.
The snake slithers around, turning the part that Norbert was on around him, forcing himself into the ground and pulling his leg up; Norbert let his body move. The blade went further and further along the body until, finally, he flew out the other end.
Norbert watched as the snake was peeled in half, from halfway down to the section of the tail where Norbert had ripped it with his sword. The two sections were still connected as Norbert couldn't make it through the snake.
Norbert watched as the bone's white shad crack marks through it, stopping it from healing correctly as they tried to mend itself.
Norbert fell off the snake and onto one of the trees before sheathing his sword and jumping up into the air, following the snake as it tried to escape its other foe. Norbert watched as the snake tried to bite at something near its head, smashing its head onto the ground.
Unsure of its exact strategy, it was attempting to defeat its foe, Norbert, again landing on the snake. Holding both fists together, Norbert slams them down onto the bone of the ribs; Norbert watches as blood and guts come flying at him, covering his upper body in gore.
Spitting some that went into his mouth out of it, he reminded him again that he was missing the lower part of his mask, hoping he could get it fixed before entering the tournament correctly.
He was smashing through the next one; Norbert repeated it, throwing the bones that broke off into the snake, ripping the cut he made even more comprehensive.
Norbert continued down his path, making it to the end. Norbert stabbed it in as a smell washed over him, and he fell off the snake, losing his balance. Norbert watched as a torrent of brown liquid burst from the snake, falling all over it due to its pressure.
Bathing him, Norbert rolled out of the way, unable to escape the brown wave as it hit his legs. Standing up, Norbert could smell the contents on his legs, reeking from the smell as he waved his hand in front of his nose, trying to lessen the smell.
The snake left a trail of blood and gore behind it; Norbert let the snake continue its fight with the invisible creature as he turned to the fallen trees, looking at his prize—the leaves.
Walking through the canopy now on the ground, feeling them scratch at him as they cleaned him away. Turning around behind himself, he saw a trail of brown at first, thinking he was wiping it off.
As he stared longer at it, he realised that it was due to the leaves dying that he had touched. He was getting a more significant amount; Norbert viciously scrubbed his legs to get the filth off of him, not wanting to waste any energy within his body.
Feeling it in himself, not being at the level he remembered before, wondering what could be the reason for it. Thinking back to his kick and punch, depleting the energy within his body, Norbert took another piece of meat out, popping it in his mouth as he swallowed.
The taste was disgusting, and all the other contents that had fallen in his mouth were coming back up as he swallowed the meat. With it in his stomach, feeling the energy come out of it as the power in his veins lapped it up, becoming thicker and more robust, flowing quicker.
He breathed a sigh of relief; Norbert looked to where the snake was last seen.
CRAAAAAAAASH
Norbert was breathing as the tree he was standing on reverberated and turned around; Norbert watched as the snake fell, lying still on the ground. Its head was no longer attached to its body as Norbert panicked and looked around at what fell the great beast. All parts of the chimera were defeated.