A pillar of ice rose toward the bush that snake was rushing into and..

Bang!

It slam into it and drop Puff from its mouth.

The snake moved again and crushed the ice pillar with its strength. It gazed toward Nixie and the father, who were running toward it, its sharp eyes showing the extreme hatred it had toward the two of them.

Suddenly, the snake began to vomit something out from its body. A little white pearl emerged in its mouth from inside its body.

Holding the pearl in its mouth, the snake once again gazed toward Nixie and the father, then crushed the pearl and swallowed it.

In an instant, the poison smoke emitting from its body increased tremendously, turning into a poison cloud that spread around the area, blocking everyone’s vision from each other.

Sssss!

Through the unseeable poison cloud, the father and Nixie struggled to breathe. They became cautious as they heard the sound of the snake moving around them through the cloud.

Shush!

Through a tiny bush growing on a layer of rock, Blaco stepped out as he came searching for the source of the scream. Looking around, he saw Puff lying on the ground and a cloud of smoke rapidly approaching to swallow him.

Through the wind, Blanco smelled the air and felt a familiar sensation looking at the cloud of smoke.

"Is that poison? It seems terrifyingly lethal. Puff won't survive something like that if he gets caught in it," Blanco guessed.

"I have to hurry up." Jumping forward, he rushed toward Puff, but as he went, he saws that the clouds were already near Puff, and he was still much further from him.

"No, I won't be able to make it in time. I have to be much faster," Blanco determined. He ran with all his might, and suddenly the straight line and dot mark on his front paw glowed. Blanco felt a sudden surge of energy, and in the next moment, he dashed forward with tremendous speed.

He got close to Puff, but getting closer didn't stop Blanco. He couldn't halt his momentum and passed Puff, running through the smoke. Blanco collided with the snake, which was preparing a stealth attack toward the father and Nixie.

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With the impact, both Blanco and the snake were launched far away by Blanco's force and landed in a place surrounded by trees.

"What's up with that? Did I get a new power or something?" Blanco wondered aloud as he straightened up. He felt the sudden surge of energy calming down, but he also sensed that if he needed it, he could summon it back.

"It's like a powerful rushing force. This would come in handy when hunting," Blaco thought, examining his new ability.

Sssss!

Blaco heard the sound of the snake and looked back to see the giant serpent writhing on the ground and straightening its back.

Shhhh!

It roared toward him, and suddenly Blanco's gills waved in an unusual manner, sending a threatening feeling to Blaco.

"This feeling... I've never felt this even when I met that eagle the other day. This snake, it's really aiming for me, and it certainly could kill me easily," Blanco thought.

Shoosh!

Around the snake, the cloud of smoke began to spread out again. The grass, little plants, and everything plant-based started to decay from it.

Opening its mouth, the snake spat out a giant ball of poison toward Blanco. Hurriedly jumping away, Blanco avoided the poison, which landed on a tree trunk and slowly began to decay.

Knowing very well it was useless for him to fight the snake, Blanco tried to run away, but the snake moved quickly and got close to Blanco. Opening its mouth, it spat out another glob of poison.

Decaying the grass below, the poison moved through the air toward Blanco. Suddenly, a pillar of ice rose from the ground as an ice spike arrived between them and landed, blocking the snake's poison.

"Huh," confused, Blanco looked in the direction where the ice spike had come from and saw a frost maker with a strange fur color. Blanco struggled to identify this new frost maker, but from its movements and body size, it felt familiar to him.

"Nixie? , since when did she have ice powers like that? And her skin is also a little strange," he thought.

Nixie gazed toward Blanco, preparing herself to strike the snake once again, as if looking at someone she cannot lose to.

But at that moment, Blanco, who was still observing Nixie, suddenly saw that the tree trunk on which the poison had landed earlier had been completely decayed by the poison, and it was falling directly toward Nixie.

"No, get out of there quickly!" Blaco exclaimed, but neither could he speak nor could anyone understand even if he did.

"Get away from there!" Blanco rushed toward Nixie with a scream from the bottom of his heart. He readied himself to use his newfound power once again.

But at that moment, when the thought of reaching and screaming to Nixie reached its utmost intensity, a wave of air spread around Blanco's form, and new marks — two straight lines — appeared on his ears. Suddenly, he felt a deep connection with her.

"Get away," he thought, and Nixie's expression suddenly changed. He looked back and saw the falling tree and quickly ran away to avoid it.

Boom!

Crushing the pillar of ice, the tree fell upon it.

Once landed on the safe place, Nixie had a confused expression, and she gazed toward Blanco, who also wore the same expression all over his face.