The predator's attention has changed from difficult prey to the easier ones.

'Get into caves and rifts, do not stay close to him, the open space is his playground.'

It was the best option but it was not a good option in any way as the snake's tactics are unknown to them. All of them but Dante went through the cracks and it was the biggest blunder. Titanus Titanic Anaconda surrounded the hill they were on and began to squeeze it with all its might, the igneous rock known for its hardness and extreme endurance began to crack and crumble so the cracks and caves became narrower as the moments passed.

'Hit the walls, try to expand the space as much as possible and surround your body with a shield.'

Orion who drew his sword was in a not large cavity and began to aim towards the center of the hill away from the beast outside. Each of them tried to do something similar and Aliana was the first to reach the center of the hill with the help of the spirit of the earth and helped the rest.

"He wasn't even scratched after all these blows?"

Dante who stayed on the surface was attacking this giant with everything he had but it did not work. Like an unwavering iron wall, he did not have a chance and kept trying and waiting for the intervention of the teacher, who was still watching from afar.

'Doesn't he see the danger we are in? Wouldn't he help? Does he want us to solve the problem ourselves?'

At the center of the hill was Aliana in a circular chamber, with a diameter of about five meters. Orion, Tai Min, Yoon Hwa and finally Eric and Mira followed it. The giant snake did not stop squeezing the rock, which continued to crush it to sand, the cracks spread to its depths all the way to the chamber where they were present.

'Let one of you do something, I can't do anything as a swordsman to prevent it from collapsing.'

Mira hurriedly tightened her hands on her staff, began to recite a magic spell, and then planted the wand in the middle of the chamber and thick roots grew from the bottom of the wand and stretched along the walls and gathered in the middle of the ceiling as a bird cage. That prevented the roof from falling completely, but it is still on the verge of collapse.

'The cave is about to collapse, stay away from the middle and stay near the walls.'

Several roots broke and parts of the roof gradually began to fall out and would have buried them alive. Some of them suffered fractures from falling rocks on them and had it not been for the protection they would have been killed or even amputated.

"Breathing has become even difficult, is that the end? Is it possible that the teacher abandoned us?"

Despite the severe injuries, the feeling of numbness takes away the pain. Consciousness began to become shallow, and voices never heard before became clearer.

|Just give up; your teacher has abandoned you. You are nothing more than a toy in his hands. Doll experiments. |

|There is no point in resisting, surrender and come to me. I will relieve you from your suffering. |

....

Each of them heard strange hallucinations on the verge of fainting or dying. Nevertheless, the teacher has not intervened so far. Dante, who was completely desperate, was screaming with all his might.

'What are you waiting for? Your disciples will die as you watch. Aren’t we something precious to you? You are no different from these scammers.'

There was no response or reaction until he was beaten by the snake's tail from behind after being overlooked for seconds and thrown away. Dante could not even move and he burst into tears.

'It's my fault, it's my fault. I told them to hide inside. I wish I had not. If we had cooperated, we would have a better chance.'

He hit the ground with his fists many times until they bled and he did not even stop. Maximus then appeared behind him and patted him on the shoulder.

'It's not your fault; you didn't have a better choice. You did not know what to do because you did not have experience against such an enemy. Don't blame yourself.'

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Maximus did not kill this giant snake and only took his disciples and evacuated the area. Maximus snapped his fingers and took them all to the training room: shattered limbs, severe wounds, survival itself is a miracle. However, complete treatment of such injuries is impossible even for the best healers. Treatment with ordinary methods is close to impossible.

'This is the perfect time to implement that thing. There won't be any opportunity like this.'

Using a knife, Maximus cut through his skin and seven drops of blood came out, each drop went through their bloody wounds and began to spread through their bodies. All of them were still unconscious and did not feel the pain of the operation, which was unbearable. Their bodies began to heal themselves, the wounds quickly healed, and their bodies began to wriggle on their own from severe pain. The operation took about five minutes until their injuries fully recovered and thirty minutes until their consciousness began to return to them.

'Where am I? Did I die? What happened earlier?'

'Are others okay?'

'Can anyone hear me? Where is everyone?'

The vision gradually became clear and the features of the place began to become clearer, it is the training room. "We survived!" they turned to each other and burst into tears, thanking for having escaped death.

'We survived, you guys are alive. I thought I lost you.'

This atmosphere lasted for a minute until Maximus interrupted it, waiting for this result was annoying enough and watching them now is equally disturbing.

'Enough, all of you.'

His aura was imposed on the entire room and the atmosphere changed, the joy disappeared from existence like a mirage in the desert. Everyone turned to Maximus, who had left them in that state earlier. It was not a humanitarian act in any way, they were waiting for an explanation of the reason for it, and according to which they would determine what to do next.

'From the look on your faces, you seem to hate me because I left you in that terrible situation. In fact, I have several reasons.'

He lifted three fingers and folded them successively with each reason he mentioned.

- The first reason: getting too close to the experience of death is necessary to strengthen someone’s mindset. Since you have realized what it feels like to die once, you will not want to try it again.

- The second reason: Sometimes, there may be no choice that allows everyone to survive, sacrifices are necessary in wars and this is inevitable.

- The third and most important reason: the severe injuries you have sustained are necessary to transmit the blood factor 'super regeneration', and this is why your injuries are completely healed. Such an ideal opportunity will only exist in the distant future.

'This blood factor makes you able to treat most injuries quickly with mana; it's just about withstanding pain. Show them an example, Dante.'

'What to do? Should I injure myself?'

'Cut through your skin with your dagger, and make it a little deep injury to give a better explanation. I cannot do this because I do not feel pain and so you will not understand how much it hurts. Sorry to ask you for this.'

Dante took out his dagger and proceeded to cut through his left arm's skin. He threw down the dagger and grabbed his arm in great pain. Tears fell involuntarily. The blood in the wound began to boil and the steam rose. In less than thirty seconds, the bleeding stopped and the wound continued to heal until it returned to its original condition in two minutes.

Dante sweated heavily and breathing became harder but he kept his conscience. The pain of the wound was not even compared to one-fifth of the pain of regeneration. The pain was unbearable.

'Did you see this?'

'Yes!?'

'Light and moderate injuries will not pose a risk and more serious injuries will not be fatal. At least the bleeding can be stopped. Watch what I'm going to do now and you'll see the limits of that ability.'

Maximus wrapped his right arm in an indescribably sharp aura and cut off his left arm and did not even express expressions, as if he was doing something very ordinary and continued in his explanation.

'The control of those regenerative capabilities is quite large, so it can be stopped at any stage. For example, now I have only stopped bleeding, but the injury remains the same to continue fighting and reduce mana consumption.'

He picked up his severed arm, reconnected it, and the wound healed completely in less than ten seconds. Their natural sense of logic dulled and these things are no longer so amazing to them: "He cut off his hand and reconnected it, what's amazing about it? It's not like it's the first time he's done something like that."

'Such a thing can be reached by training. The cut limb can even be regenerated but it takes longer compared to this. Any questions?'

'By having such an ability, doesn't it make you immortal and not die? Injuries can't kill you.'

'A good question, but there are cases from which you cannot recover, for example, if your head is cut off, if your body is cut in half, if part of your body is blown up by an explosion. You will inevitably die like this.'

'Reasonable words. No one would live if he was injured like this.'

'So you have to avoid these fatal injuries, especially when fighting. Our training session is over for today and tomorrow is a rest, have fun.'

Everyone left quickly after this horrific experience, looking for what would make them forget about today's catastrophe...