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02 - First Battle

Cedwyn and his bears went on a rampage, they attacked everything in their path. There were many bite wounds from the centipedes on their bodies.

After a while Cedwyn's consciousness began to fade, but his body continued to move. He kept swinging his claws, no matter how many centipedes were in front of him.

On the other side, the centipedes attacked Arianell and Farramir. They saw that conditions would get worse if they continued. Farramir decided to get out of there.

"You go south, I'll take your friend," Farramir said.

Arianell immediately went south. The centipede chased Arianell but Farramir chased it away. With the speed of a rogue, he easily dodged the centipedes' attacks.

‘Clankkk!’ The centipede's forcipules clashed with Farramir's rapier.

From the other side, the smaller centipedes attacked him too.

‘Crackk!’ He held it with a dagger in his left hand.

His dagger started to crack from enduring the continuous attacks. Because Farramir had high dexterity he was able to dodge the attack

He continued to intimidate the centipedes until he felt Arianell was safe in the tower's direction. He threw a smoke bomb and went after Arianell, carrying Gaenor who was already unconscious from the centipede's bite.

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Cedwyn was panting, he fought off a three-feet centipede alone so he could reach the tower that Virgil mentioned

On the other hand, Virgil is still having trouble because many centipedes are still chasing him. Feeling that he was far away from the tower, Virgil threw a smoke bomb to make him disappear from the centipede's pursuit.

"Damn Dragon Centipede!" he said.

He rested for a moment while watching the centipede from afar.

'RROARRRRRR' A roar from the forest made all the centipedes run into the forest.

"That seems to be the Queen," Virgil muttered.

He followed the trail of the centipedes. It didn't take long to arrive at the Dragon Centipede's nest.

Virgil looked around and saw the dragon centipede queen making a big hole to hide her eggs. He wanted to mark the centipede queen, but he thought it was too dangerous. So he marked the nearby trees so he could come back here in one day.

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The calm outside the forest, covering up the tense events inside the forest.

Cedwyn appeared to be stumbling and falling after a few steps. His thin body could no longer support him to walk. He no longer cared if other centipedes were chasing him. He didn't have the energy to fight anymore.

After Arianell and Farramir came out from the forest, Farramir dropped Gaenor next to Cedwyn who was lying, Arianell seemed to be crying seeing her brother and Gaenor lying helpless.

"You guys will be fine," Farramir said soothingly, as he opened the tower door.

"Help me get your family in." Added Farramir as he pulled Gaenor into the Tower.

Arianell immediately helped Farramir.

The caravan had arrived at the entrance of the Sequoia forest. Aslan and Jean got out of the caravan. Seeing a stranger coming, Farramir was alert and activated his stealth skill.

"Arianell, someone is coming, if they come, pretend I'm not there. You said there were centipede monsters and you guys survived. I want to investigate them secretly first." Farramir said while sneaking out.

Arianell started to worry, afraid of the person who was coming. Farramir sneaks out when Aslan and Jean arrive and enter the tower. Farramir also came to the wagon to see what they were carrying in the wagon.

Jean and Aslan entered the tower, they saw a woman sitting between two figures who were lying limp.

The druid's clothes were worn out from the centipede attack and the moonlight coming in through the tower window made Arianell's wounds visible.

Jean came to Arianell and Aslan investigated the place.

“Anything happened to you and your friends?” Jean Asked.

"W...we were...attacked by monsters and hmm… we survived," Arianell answered nervously.

Jean observed Arianell's movements, it was clear that she was still in shock, Jean asked again,

"The one who attacked you was a centipede monster?" Jean asked.

“Y..yes...” Answered Arianell.

“So, where's your other friend?” Jean asked.

“No, there isn't. Just the three of us..” Arianell answered nervously.

Jean observed the wounds they had received. It was like a painful defeat. Aslan approached them.

"I know you're lying, where are the others?" Asked Aslan in his interrogative style.

“Enough, Aslan." Jean motioned for Aslan to stop.

"You can go out for another check.".

"Hmm okay," Aslan said as he turned and walked out.

"I think it's a good thing that we have Karn in our caravan," whispered Jean to Aslan with a smile.

Aslan just smiled and went back outside. And then Jean pulled out his rapier. Pointed towards Arianell.

"I don't know who you are…" Jean said.

"don't...don't kill us." Arianell interrupted Jean while frightened.

“I'm not killing you."

"Purification!" Jean released her healing skill.

The wounds on Arianell's body disappeared and Arianell's body recovered.

"I'm here to hunt those damn centipedes. Do you know where they nest?" Jean Asked.

"No, I don't know," replied Arianell.

“All right then, you're not nervous anymore,” Jean said.

"So, I'll ask you one more time. Who is with you?" Jean looked at the two druids who were lying down.

"Or tell me everything you know about the centipede and I will heal your family," Jean said while looking at Cedwyn and Gaenor.

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'brakkk!’ someone bounced from the wagon followed by Karn who came out, he lifted Farramir and threw him at Aslan.

“You thieving little elf!” Aslan said while smiling when he saw Farramir who was caught by Karn.

“What are you doing in my wagon?” Aslan continued to ask.

“I’m just… I just want to find out who you are…” Farramir answered with a little bit of nervousness.

“Finding out who we are? Then what is in your hand?” Aslan asked again.

As a veteran, Aslan has huge insight such as when searching out a lie. So, just by looking at body language and the way he speaks, he can already guess whether the person in front of him is telling the truth or not. As long as he doesn't draw his sword, it means he's telling the truth.

“Sorry, but I’m not a thief like you think. I need this potion.” Said Farramir trying to convince Aslan.

“You said you’re not a thief but look at your armor. It's from Thieve’s guild,” said Aslan with a cold face.

“Stop investigating him, Aslan.” Jean came out followed by Arianell.

“Arianell and Cedwyn have told me everything. Their family was attacked by that damn centipede monster, this person and his friend had helped them.

“So, where are your friends?” Jean asked.

“He is still inside the forest,” Farramir answered and He looked at Arianell.

"Are you okay?" Farramir asked Arianell.

“I'm fine, he just healed me,” Arianell explained.

Farramir looked at the potion he was holding.

“I guess you can have that,” Aslan said.

“Are your friends from the Thieve’s Guild too?” Aslan asked.

“Of course not, he is the guard of this tower,” Farramir answered.

Rouvin, Ivan, and Karn got off the wagon. Rouvin asks Jean who they are and Jean explains. Knowing that they had all been attacked by centipede monsters. Rouvin took the centipede carcass they brought along on the trip earlier to confirm that it was the same monster.

“Yo...you killed them?” Ask Farramir for shock.

“Absolutely yes.” Ivan answered.

"We came here to hunt that damn monster. The Queen centipede is 15 ft long and it's in this forest." Rouvin replied.

Hearing that, Farramis immediately thought of Virgil.

"My friend is still there," he said.

Ivan saw someone running from a distance.

"That's your friend, right?" Asked Ivan.

“By the lords, he is still alive.” Farramir was grateful.

From afar, Virgil could see the head and claws of a dragon centipede.

Virgil's figure got closer. His short hair made it even clearer that he was a royal soldier. Virgil immediately joined the group. He was curious about who was crowding around the tower where he was on guard.

“You guys killed this monster?” Virgil asked while looking at the dragon centipede's head and claws.

"Yeah, we're here to hunt this damn monster," Aslan answered.

Seeing Aslan, Virgil was shocked. Aslan is a veteran who decided to leave the kingdom. during the Great War in Weznorands. Aslan is a soldier who has served the kingdom very well. At that time, Virgil was still young and it was his first battle. Virgil tried to calm himself.

“It's called Dragon Centipede,” Virgil said.

"This creature is mutated, the Kingdom has confirmed this but doesn't know where it came from and where it has been breeding," Virgil explained.

"This creature is categorized into three sizes. The smallest is 5 feet long, the usual is 10 ft, and the largest up to 20 ft."

"On this mainland, it is confirmed that there is only one big one," Virgil added.

"I'm sure there is a Queen in the forest." Cut Rouvin.

"Yes, I just tracked it. It's not too far away and the dragon centipede queen may be currently guarding her eggs," said Virgil.

"Hmm, once a centipede lays an egg it will lay sixty eggs," Rouvin said pensively.

"No, for this Dragon Centipede, royal informants have confirmed that it only lays fifteen eggs," Virgil said

"And again, at a small size, the skin is still soft like a typical centipede. But when it gets big, the segments will harden like dragon skin." he continued.

“So you must be a guard here?” Jean asked.

“Yes, this is my first duty here,” Virgil answered.

“Can you send this information to the kingdom?” Jean asked again.

“Yes I can, tomorrow morning couriers will come to every tower in the Ironvale area to receive a report. two or three days the message will reach the central kingdom” Said Virgin.

“All right, now it's time to rest.” Said Aslan while bringing firewood from the wagon.

"O...okay! You can all rest, let me be on guard tonight!" said Virgil with the perfect attitude like a soldier facing his general.

Hearing that, Aslan just smiled.

"No need to be like that. I'm no one anymore." He said while walking toward the tower

“Karn, take the dragon centipede carcass back to the wagon.” Ask Aslan continued,

When he saw Karn who suddenly appeared. Virgil was shocked. If this had happened when he was still young, Virgil might have urinated when he came face to face with Karn.

"Y..you..." Virgil was shocked.

Seeing Virgil's expression, Karn immediately responded

"Just like Aslan, I'm nobody else," Karn said coldly while carrying the dragon centipede carcass.

"The aura of the person named Karn is very scary, the aura he appears is very thin," Farramir whispered.

"He's not a person, he's a war machine, he was only created to war," Virgil whispered

“Virgil, Farramir, you should rest too. Tomorrow will be a long day.” Aslan said.

“Let Karn be on guard tonight” Aslan continued.

"I'm afraid it will be the last sleep we all have because we won't be able to wake up again." Jean teased while patting Karn's shoulder, who had returned from the wagon and was heading to the tower.

"You can rest. I will take turns with Rouvin and Ivan." Jean said to the others.

"I will stand guard at the top of the tower." Jean went to the top of the tower.

Everyone entered the tower. Three druids were already fast asleep. Aslan and the others slept in the places provided in the tower.

Ironvale's royal tower is very nice. They can accommodate dozens of people to rest in critical conditions like this.

From above, Jean can see Virgil and Farramir whispering. And he was curious about their conversation. He also activated the ability to sharpen his sense of hearing.

“Virgil, are those two really that strong?” Farramir whispered.

"Yeah, you'll see tomorrow when they fight the dragon centipede," replied Virgil.

"Hmm interesting, looks like we can use it to our advantage, and the one with Karn is the son of the baron of Redwood Valley, right?" Farramir asked.

“Seeing him here, he doesn't seem interested in royal things, but we can save that for the last chance. ” Virgil continued.

Jean smiled when he heard that, he was curious about what the two of them were planning, when they were all asleep, Jean activated the Deep Sleep skill by playing his guitar.

The effect is that everything within its radius while sleeping will make the body recover quickly and be fresh when you wake up.

The night has passed, and nothing happened at night. The sound of birds chirping accompanies the warm sunlight in the morning.

They all woke up with fresher bodies than usual, the effect of Jean's healing ability.

Cedwyn and Arianell came out of the tower.

"Who's the leader here?" Cedwyn asked.

Aslan laughed at that.

"There is no leader here, do you want to be a leader? Go ahead," He said.

"Breakfast first, Chief! The centipede porridge made by Karn is delicious!" Jean teased while laughing and eating his breakfast.

Karn and Ivan laughed as they handed food to Cedwyn and Arianell. The atmosphere this morning was a little cheerful, for a moment they were all forgotten by the incident last night that threatened their lives.

Rouvin came with some plants that Jean had asked for.

"Jean, this is the plant," Rouvin said.

Jean immediately took the plant. He immediately mixed the plant to make herbal medicine for Gaenor.

"Arianell, you can give this potion to Gaenor," Jean said.

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“Thank you,” Arianell responded by bowing his body. Even though he lived in the forest for a long time, he had an attitude of respect for others.

"Is Gaenor conscious yet?" Jean Asking.

“Not yet, he is still unconscious,” Cedwyn answered.

"Cedwyn,I know a healer in Oldgate, can you bring Gaenor to him?" Jean asked.

“So he can get treated well there.”

"You just have to go west to Oldgate City, you can meet Physician Feng there, he is an expert in treating internal injuries."

"Just let me go take Gaenor to Oldgate," Arianell said to Cedwyn.

"I want you to avenge our family against that damn Centipede!"

Hearing that, Cedwyn was silent, remembering what happened last night so quickly

"Okay then, now everyone listens to me!" Jean shouted, calling the others.

Because he is a bard, he uses his motivational speech skills to encourage others.

"This morning we will go into the forest and kill those damn centipedes from this land! We all here have different backgrounds. But fate has brought us on the same path!" Jean shouted, making everyone who heard him feel the passion to fight the monster.

Everyone was getting ready, and Rouvin distributed three purple potions to everyone. Cedwyn carried Gaenor to the wagon.

“How is the wound?” Aslan asked.

"This person had his hip bone shattered by a dragon centipede bite," Jean explains

The wagon wheels had turned. Arianell left for the old gate, and Rouvin and the others started walking into the forest. Virgil activated his ability to see the route of the tracker he had attached to the tree since last night.

Cedwyn summon spiritual Hawk to looking the position of the dragon centipede. Cedwyn occasionally looks from an hawk's perspective to check the condition of the surrounding route.

It didn't take long to find the dragon centipede who was sleeping. Aslan glanced at Jean, indicating that he should start planning his attack this time.

Jean gathered them all together. He ordered Farramir, who could disappear, to be on the front line with Aslan, Rouvin, and Karn. The rest attacked from behind.

"This attack has to be effective, let's attack the small ones first. After that, we need to kill this monsters as quickly as possible." Jean whispered to everyone. Jean's hand pointed at the crowd of small Dragon centipedes.

[ Ivan Spell ] [ Virgil Spell ]

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Ivan released his fire missile, followed by Virgil who used his fire arrow.

'Whosshhhh' The flames burst out around the small centipedes and killed many of them.

Another centipede that was disturbed by the flames started to move. When they saw Jean and the others from the south, they immediately moved there.

Karn, Farramir, and Rouvin started sneaking around to kill other dragon centipedes that were approaching Jean and the others.

[ Rouvin Spell ]

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Rouvin activated his 'darkness' skill. This skill made the dragon centipede that was walking towards Jean turn dark within a range of fifteen feet. The dragon centipedes couldn't see anything. Karn and Farramir sneak up and kill them one by one.

Medium-sized dragon centipedes appeared, and they quickly moved towards Rouvin and the others. "Farramir, focus on small sizes," Jean ordered. "Aslan, help him."

Aslan's movements were very fast, he dashed towards Farramir and helped him pull the small dragon centipede mob towards Farramir and Aslan.

This made Farramir and Aslan visible because the small dragon centipede had come out of the dark zone that Rouvin had created. Virgil and Ivan continued to throw their fire at the medium-sized dragon centipede.

Rouvin with his gauntlet continued to block the dragon centipede that was moving towards them. Several blows from his gauntlet stunned the dragon centipede, which made it easier for Karn to finish him off.

[ Jean Spell ] [ Cedwyn Spell ]

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When the fire hit the group of dragon centipedes that were piling up. Jean uses his skill 'pyro explode' which makes the fire explode. It makes attacks more effective. Cedwyn summons his two spiritual boars to help Karn and Rouvin.

Cedwyn activate Spiritual Vision from spiritual Hawk because the dragon centipede Queen was not yet visible, she was hiding to protect her eggs.

[ Karn Spell ]

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Dragon centipedes kept coming as if there was no end to them. Farramir and Aslan continued to run around killing small dragon centipedes. Karn activated his berserk skill. Rouvin and Farramir were starting to get tired.

"I found that shit! It's there," said Cedwyn, pointing his hand towards the Queen's hiding place.

Virgil and Ivan quickly aimed their fire in that direction.

"Don't attack yet!" Jean shouted at Ivan and Virgil. Jean thought it would be more difficult to fight him if the medium and small dragon centipedes had not been killed. But it was too late, they had already thrown their fire. Jean immediately ran after the fire.

When it is within reach.

"pyro smoke!" Jean screamed.

'pufff' the fire turned into a puff of smoke.

Even though Jean succeeded in putting out the fire, Virgil's arrow still aimed at the Queen.

‘stabbb’ Virgil's arrow hits several eggs that are being protected by the Queen.

Jean saw with his head. The size of the dragon centipede Queen is very large; it's more than 20 ft in length. This was the first time he had seen a creature like this. Seeing the Queen's enormous size made him short of breath. Reflexively he raised his sword signaling Virgil and Ivan to attack. And they launched their attack once again.

The fire missiles and fire arrows are already above Jean, just waiting for the time to hit Jean and the Queen. The Queen began to move out of her hiding place.

[ Queen Centipede Stats ]

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The Queen jumped at Jean to attack him, but Jean quickly dodged so that the fire hit the Queen. While jumping, Jean uses his skill

"PYRO EXPLODE!!" Jean used his skill when the fire hit the Queen.

'BOOMMM!' The explosion was very loud. Jean was thrown several feet by the explosion. His rapier supported him to stand and his neat short hair was now messy.

Jean looked at the Queen who was walking through the clouds of smoke.

"RRROOAARRRRR" The dragon centipede Queen roared, causing the smoke to quickly dissipate.

'Whosshh' the strong wind hit Jean. Her tail wagged at Jean, and delivering a strong hit that left Jean quite injured.

“Protect him!” Aslan shouted.

“You don’t need to.” Jean uses her ‘silent image’ skill and makes the Queen continue to attack Jean's illusions.

This spell requires a lot of energy. So, Jean drank the potion given by Rouvin. It increased the time for them to kill the medium and small dragon centipedes.

“I can spare some time for you to finish off the others!” Jean Shouted.

Aslan took the other sword and began to tear the dragon centipede in front of him with the dual sword. He saw several more dragon centipedes around the area. Their sizes range from 10 ft to 16 ft.

“It’s a Medium-sized Dragon Centipede.”

"Farramir, you protect Ivan and Virgil, We have to approach Jean.”

"Virgil, aim your arrow here," said Aslan.

Rouvin and Karn killed a small-sized dragon centipede in front of him. Karn's halberd continued to clink with the dragon centipede's forcipules.

Karn kills a lot of small dragon centipedes. His armor was now red from the blood splashes of the dragon centipede he had killed.

From behind, a medium-sized dragon centipede attacks Karn, Also another medium-sized dragon centipede bites Rouvin. The damage isn't that big, but the bite causes Rouvin to get poisoned.

And from the other side, Karn was attacked by another centipede. The monster bit Karn, but it only injured him, not poisoned like Rouvin.

Seeing Karn being attacked by many dragon centipedes.

Ivan attacked one of the dragon centipedes that was attacking Karn. He cast the spell "magic missile" but it was not very effective, the attack was not felt by the monster.

“HWAAAAA!!!!!” Attacked by three monsters at once, Karn activated his Rage and swung his halberd. The swing hit a centipede that was near him, the attack was effective, the centipede that was hit staggered.

Seeing the centipede staggering from Karn's attack, Farramir also attacked it. The other dragon centipede avoided Rage Karn, it attacked Rouvin.

Seeing that the surroundings were safe, Aslan helped the others, he attacked the dragon centipede which had been attacked by Farramir.

From behind, Virgil shot his fire arrow.

The fire arrow hit one of the dragon centipedes near Karn. He immediately ran towards Virgil.

The dragon centipede tries to bite him but Virgil manages to dodge.

While others were busy, Rouvin was flinching. He felt the poison in his body spreading.

“Purification!” Jean, who realized this, immediately cast heal spell to Rouvin

As a result of that, his body started to get better

One of the dragon centipedes took a stance and started to pounce on Karn, he was hit and started to get wrapped around his upper body.

The dragon centipede that had taken a lot of damage from Karn and Farramir ran away towards Ivan and scratched him.

Rouvin, who was already fit enough, chased the dragon centipede towards Ivan, he threw a punch with his gauntlet towards the monster.

The monster died instantly after being hit by Rouvin's attack

The dragon centipede that was chasing Virgil, this time he succeeded to attack Virgil.

Virgil fell down hit by the dragon centipede's claws,

"Roarrr!!!" The monster roared to summon another dragon centipede to attack Virgil who he had just pounced on.

“Cover him!!” Aslan shouted orders to protect Virgil.

Karn, who was still wrapped around one of the dragon centipedes, tried to prevent other monsters from attacking Virgil who was lying down.

He succeeded in attacking one of the monsters in front of him who wanted to attack Virgil.

Just like Karn, Farramir attacks another dragon centipede who wants to attack Virgil.

Hit by Faramir's attack, the dragon centipede attacked back. He bit Farramir which caused Farramir to be poisoned.

Realizing that the bite of the dragon centipede is poisonous, Jean immediately tells everyone to avoid its bite.

“Aslan! Help him!” Jean pointed his rapier to Farramir and shouted.

Aslan with his two swords attacked the dragon centipede which had bitten Farramir.

From the attack, the Dragon Centipede was thrown aside.

Drops of dragon centipede saliva fell onto Virgil's armor.

"Roarrrr!!" the dragon centipede roared again.

Virgil held the dragon centipede's head that wanted to eat him with all his might with both of his legs.

“Ughh!” Virgil prepared his arrow and started to draw the arrow.

He aimed the arrow towards the mouth of the dragon centipede.

‘Stabb!!’ Virgil's arrow pierced the dragon centipede's eyes.

The dragon centipede was knocked away by Virgil's attack. That made him able to stand again.

The dragon centipede that had been on the tree came down and ambushed Karn. But the attack was not very effective.

"Be careful of its bite! It's poisonous!!" Jean shouted.

“Karn! You’ve got a lot of attacks and bites from this damn monster? Are you poisoned?” Jean also asks Karn.

“Why are you asking him, Jean?”

“He can't be poisoned! He's not human!” Aslan answered while slashing a dragon centipede in front of him.

“Can you focus on me?” Farramir Asked

“I need your heal.”

“Purification!” Jean casting the spell to Farramir and walked towards the dragon centipede queen because the effect of the silent image spell was about to run out.

Karn, who was being wrapped around by the dragon centipede, was continuously attacked by the monster above him. He tried to untie the monster but couldn't.

He tried to untie the monster but couldn't. Rouvin who was about to drink the potion he made was bumped by Karn who was trying to untie the monster. That made Rouvin drop the potion.

“Ughh! Karn! What are you doing?” Rouvin is upset.

“I just wanna untie this DAMNED CENTIPEDE!!!” Karn shouted while hitting the centipede that was wrapping around him.

Rouvin sat limply because of the poison that spread to his body. Cedwyn immediately cast a Hand of Druid on Rouvin and healed his body.

"ROARRR!!" The centipede near Virgil roared again.

He immediately scratched Virgil. He, who had woken up, fell again due to the grip.

Jean's Silent Image has run out of time.

“Whossh!” Dragon Centipede Queen sees Jean who is already near her quickly moves towards Jean and bites him.

“Aarghhh!”

Jean did not have time to dodge, he got bitten and got poisoned.

“Ivan! Aim this damned queen centipede!” Jean asked.

“BOOOMM!!”

Ivan cast his firebolt without thinking towards the queen dragon centipede. The attack hit it squarely. Making the monster step back a bit.

Karn, who saw the others trying hard, started to get angry. He attacked the dragon centipede on its head and made blood flow from the monster.

Seeing Rouvin trying to drink the potion, Farramir, who had been poisoned, tried to drink Rouvin's potion.

After drinking it, Farramir's body felt fresher, he didn't feel like he was poisoned anymore.

The dragon centipede behind Farramir who saw Farramir as prey immediately attacked him.

“Whops! You think you can bite me eh?”

But Farramir's reflexes were faster, he managed to avoid being hit from behind.

Seeing that Farramir was refreshed, Aslan moved to Jean's side and immediately attacked the Queen Dragon Centipede.

“Shit! This is hard!” Aslan said while holding back the sword that bounced back

But his attack hit the Queen Dragon Centipede's carapace. Which made his attack bounce back.

“Ugh! I don't care anymore! The dragon centipede queen must die !” Virgil aimed his arrow at the queen dragon centipede.

He released his arrow, unfortunately the damage was not very effective.

Seeing Jean and the others heading towards the queen dragon centipede. Ivan moved towards them and took three hot peppers and forced Michelle, the black cat he always carried in his pocket to eat them.

The cat ran to the side of the queen dragon centipede. Its eyes changed from yellow to fire red, then it released "Dragon Breath"

Realizing Michelle, Ivan's black cat is releasing dragon breath, Jean pulls Aslan to avoid it. But Aslan is hit by the flames even though only a little.

"Fuck You Ivan!" Aslan shouted.

"Oops! no need to thank Aslan." Ivan replied with a smile.

Because he was getting frustrated, he used a reckless attack on the dragon centipede on his head.

It makes the dragon centipede on his head even weaker. This allowed Karn to move towards the Dragon Centipede Queen even though he was slow.

Farramir tries to help Virgil, he attacks the dragon centipede that is attacking Virgil. The attack makes the dragon centipede in front of Virgil stunned.

Behind him, the dragon centipede wants to attack Farramir but still misses. Farramir knew it and was able to avoid it.

“HYAAAAARGH” Aslan swung his two swords, aiming at the dragon centipede queen's feet.

“Claankkk!” Aslan's sword clinked as it hit the monster's leg.

Aslan's attack was ineffective, his sword could not penetrate the thick skin of the dragon centipede queen.

“Shit Aslan! Your attacks are damned useless!” Jean shouted after seeing attacks by Aslan.

“Why did you say that Jean?! What if Aslan gets angry and discouraged.” Ivan asked Jean.

“It’s a motivational speech, you morron!” Jean shouted.

“What…? awesome!” Ivan was amazed to hear that

“These parties... What the hell happened to us?” Virgil muttered while he pulled his arrow.

As he pulled his arrow, there was interference from a nearby dragon centipede, but Virgil kept aiming and attacked the queen dragon centipede.

“Whooosss!” The arrow shot towards the dragon centipede queen.

But the arrow hit the carapace of the centipede dragon queen, making her attack ineffective just like Aslan's.

“Ugh,I need a good position to attack.” Virgil mutters while he tries to escape from another dragon centipede near him.

The dragon centipede that had pounced on Karn from the tree suddenly changed direction of its attack towards Cedwyn.

The dragon centipede jumped at Cedwyn and wrapped around him just like it had attacked Karn.

"Hahahah! it won't be easy to get off." Ivan looked at Cedwyn while laughing.

Being hit by the dragon centipede's attack, Cedwyn fell and was damaged.

Jean saw flames on the body of the Dragon Centipede Queen. He immediately threw a pinch of gunpowder and cast a spell to turn the flames into an explosion.

“BOOOMM!!” a loud explosion near the head of the queen dragon centipede. Made the monster back off a bit.

Heard a loud bang. The dragon centipede that was wrapped around Karn, gripped him even tighter and made quite a wound on his body.

Rouvin tried to drink the potion again, he took it from his pocket and tried to drink it. But now there was a disturbance from the dragon centipede who wanted to remove Virgil's arrow that was stuck in his eye.

‘Brugh!’ Rouvin fell again and failed to drink his potion.

His body became weaker.

Cedwyn who saw Rouvin immediately helped him. He summoned his spiritual bear and attacked the dragon centipede that was bothering Rouvin.

The bear bit and scratched him fiercely. The dragon centipede attacked the bear again. They both attacked each other.

The centipede dragon queen raised her head and quickly hurled a blob of stinky goop to Jean. The monster release Pheromone Marking

“Ughhh… What is this shit?!” Jean was astonished by the lump on his body.

“Ahaha! That's literally shit!” Aslan laughed when he saw Jean got the blob of stench.

Shortly after, all the surrounding dragon centipedes suddenly ran towards Jean.

“Shit! They come to me”

“I think this is the effect of this spittle.” Jean said while trying to clean his body from the saliva.

Ivan quickly cast his Firebolt towards the centipede dragon queen. The attack effectively prevented the queen dragon centipede from biting Jean.

Karn, who was annoyed with the Dragon Centipede that was wrapped around him, tried to intimidate the Dragon Centipede creature to come down.

"Okay, do you want me to kill you or get out of my head right now!"

Uniquely, the method worked. The Dragon Centipede came down and ran towards Jean.

Back to the dragon centipede that was wounded by Virgil's arrow.

The monster began to weaken. Farramir sneaked up next to him. He quickly stabbed his dagger into the dragon centipede's neck.

Making the monster die instantly due to a critical attack by Farramir.

Another dragon centipede that wanted to bite Virgil, ran towards Jean and bit him from the side.

causing a bite wound and Jean was exposed to the poison.

“RROOARRRR!” Aslan who was annoyed with his ability, plus Jean's motivation made him angry.

By reflex, he roared loudly, frightening the dragon centipede queen in front of him.

He also slashed the queen dragon centipede who was affected by frightening. This time his attack was effective. He made his attack hit the queen dragon centipede.

“Whooshh!!” Several arrows struck the dragon centipede queen.

Seeing the centipede dragon queen helpless against Aslan's attack, Virgil unleashes his bursting arrow attack.

Jean took out a potion and drank it immediately. His body felt fresh again, the poison in his body was gone. But Jean still smelled from the lumps left on his clothes.

When Jean tried to get rid of the smell, the dragon centipede that had previously wrapped around Karn immediately pounced on Jean and bit his shoulder, causing Jean to be poisoned again.

When he saw all the dragon centipedes moving towards Jean, Rouvin tried to drink the potion, this time it was successful because there were no distractions.

Cedwyn, who was already wrapped around the dragon centipede, was also pulled because the dragon centipede was moving towards Jean.

In the midst of being pulled by the monster, Cedwyn summoned a spiritual boar.

“Groookkk!”

“Grokk!” The spiritual boar that Cedwyn summoned began to growl.

The spiritual animal immediately chased after the dragon centipede that was wrapped around Cedwyn.

Followed by the spiritual bear that attacked the dragon centipede on Cedwyn's body.

“Crackkk” The spiritual bear scratched the carapace of the dragon centipede and bit it, making some of the hard skin on the centipede peel off.

"Brughh!" From behind, the spiritual boar attacked by ramming the dragon centipede, but it made Cedwyn fall too.

Cedwyn and the dragon centipede both took damage from the attacks of their spirit beasts.

The elder dragon centipede performs the legendary movement again with its pheromone marking, it spits towards Aslan which makes the dragon centipede near Jean distracted and looks towards Aslan.

“Whooshh!” Michelle, Ivan's cat, releases Dragon breath again.

The attack made the dragon centipede queen burn again.

Karn put down his Halberd and drew his two hand axes, he immediately jumped and charged towards the dragon centipede queen. Karn's attack is the same as Aslan's attack at the beginning, it is not very effective.

“I don’t know why you keep the halberd and change your weapon into a hand axe.” Aslan was a little annoyed to see Karn keeping the Halberd and using a hand axe.

“Your attack is useless.” Aslan grumped while cleaning up the stinky goop that the dragon centipede queen had released.

After he killed the dragon centipede which was injured in its eye, He’s going to Cedwyn

He sneaked around Cedwyn and took out his dagger.

“Slashhh!”

With his speed he slashed the belly of the dragon centipede that was wrapping Cedwyn.

Jean and Aslan began to be surrounded by dragon centipedes due to Pheromone Marking, being scratched by one of the dragon centipedes.

The scratch hit his left hand deeply.

"Ughhh!" The scratch hurt Jean quite badly.

Seeing Jean fall, Aslan attacked one of the centipede dragons that had previously wrapped around Karn who was near him.

“Stabb!” Followed by Virgil who attacked the dragon centipede.

“GRRRRAAAWRRRR!!!” The queen dragon centipede roared while waving her body.

Suddenly, from the queen dragon centipede's hiding place, three 10 ft. dragon centipedes came out. They quickly ran towards Aslan and Jean.