Soren was racing through the tree tops listening hard for muffled voices he had heard.

'Is that odor a humans'? I didn't realize my sense of smell got better after evolving, did I used to smell that bad? I haven't bathed since I got here, do I smell that bad now? NOTE: TAKE A BATH SOON.'

He stopped his pursuit once he got close enough to where he was able to see people, two men. The first was clad in hard leathers probably from some reptilian type monster who dual wielded swords, was bald headed and had a crooked nose that seems to have been broken a few too many times. The other looked more of the woodsy type; less bulky armor, bow, travelers cloak that matched the colors around him. He had longer hair tied back into a ponytail and a french mustache that seem to curl up slightly at the ends. The armored man said, "We need to find one more of those infernal snakes to finish your armor Roy, so make sure you keep your eyes peeled. "Blake, why do we need to find this particular snake anyway its a ranked C- monster, surely there is a different beast we can use," Roy replied.

"It is one of the strongest leathers you can get for the weight it'd be pointless to use a different monster show some backbone man," Blake teased.

'Interesting, maybe this will be a good opportunity to see what a C- monster looks like, I already died to a C ranked monster. I should check my magic to make sure I am fully prepared. System check magic abilities' Soren thought.

<[Light-D] [Radiant-B] [Holy-A] [Lightning-A] [Gravity-A] [Space/Time-B+]>

'open Light magic'

[light] [healing touch] [bedazzlement] [restoration]

'not bad mostly supporting magic open radiant magic'

'Open Holy'

'Open Gravity'

'I have a bad feeling about this, open Space/TIme'

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'sigh so that's why they were only 10 points a piece, well at least I got the capability.'

Soren followed behind Roy and Blake at a safe distance for the better part of an hour, he was close to just writing off the pair of them when heard a fast rustling through leaves. Blake screamed, " AAAAAAHHHH" its here it just thwacked me real good too.

"You good?" replied Roy.

"It broke one of my swords but I'm not hurt too badly"

The two of them looked around standing back to back weapons at the ready when the giant snake reared up {hissss} fangs showing, and if you looked carefully drops of venom coating the fangs.

'[Inspect]'

Level: 20/25

Health:800

Def: 200

'So skills can level up and improve as well, interesting.'

Soren wanted to wait for the right opportunity to get involved, after all this monster was far more powerful than he was. Soren watched the standoff between the two parties continue both poised to strike, their muscles tensed up. Knowing that once the fight got started it would not cease till either party laid dead; {pfisss} the snake spit venom at the both of them. The two dodged to either side and looked back seeing the grass wither and die leaving nothing but a brown spot. Blake gripped his sword and threw the broken one into the snake, the broken end landing true, however no visible damage was done. The snake lunged forward snapping at Blake who managed to get out of the way; Blake being a dual wielder class also excelled in mobility; evasion over defense is his motto. Quickly regaining his footing he took his remaining sword and brought down a devastating slash, then immediately retreated trying to examine the wound he had just inflicted upon the serpent.

Level: 20/25

Health:775/800

'Only 25 damage from that huge swing, this may take longer than I thought, lets see how this plays out.'

The sword managed to cut through the snakes tough hide but not enough to draw blood, the snake thrashed out its tail on reflex and Blake was able to deflect the blow by turning his blade to the side. Roy getting to a better vantage point loosed arrows at the serpent, who coiled in defense letting it bounce off its hard scales. The snake optimizes its fighting by limiting the amount of time its underbelly is exposed, even though its still durable, its roughly only half of what the scales are on top of its body. Blake exclaimed, "We aren't going to be able to damage this thing without using skills!"

Roy said urgently, "I've got something in mind but Ill only be able to do it twice before my mana is depleted."

Soren watched with great interest as Roy notched an arrow, the arrow itself started twist and elongated itself in the process. When Roy release the twisted arrow he could see that it started to spin like a drill and at incredible speeds. The serpent thinking it was just like the other arrow went to knock it down with its tail, but the arrow bore right through the bottom third of the serpent's tail. {HISSSS} enraged, the snake catapulted a couple shots of poison {pfisss}{pfisss} while trying to the close the distance between itself and the one that damaged it. Soren took mental notes on swordsmanship as Blake spun through the air like a top generating greater speeds as his sword sliced into the snake.

Blake out of breath, "{huff}{huff} that damage would've been better if I had both my swords."

'It may be my time to shine soon' thought Soren.

Level: 20/25

Health:375