The creature before Stark was a snake so big it could devour his entire apartment complex in a single easy bite.
So big in fact that it could enroll itself around the academy and still have leftovers.
“What… the… fuck…” Stark wanted to back away, but he was stuck on the bridge, and the creature was directly looking at him anyway, its red pupils on him.
“Oh…”
IT SPOKE?!
“If it isssn’t our little friend… chosssen one…” it seemed to mock him too.
But the simple fact it knew about his [Domination] code name terrified him.
Its aura was out of this world, and Stark’s couldn’t even compete, even if he doubled or even tripled his.
“Well… it ssseems that you are quite ssschoked,” it said, its forked tongue whistling for each S.
“What… are you…”
But even then, Stark’s determination was still there, though just a bit.
Anyone else while seeing that thing would piss themselves, or even think that jumping out into the void was the best solution (though the snake would probably just go down to devour them), but not Stark.
He truly wanted to hold his ground, but he knew it wasn’t possible against that thing, not at this current level at least.
“Do not worry… chosssen…” the snake spoke.
“…” does it mean that it wouldn’t kill him?
“I will try to make your death asss painful asss possssible…” what could only be considered as a smile appeared on its face while it opened its mouth, revealing its fangs.
That thing could probably swallow him by mistake and not even realize it, based on how big its throat was.
‘Focus… Stark… calm down…’ Stark kept looking at the snake directly while it seemed amused of the human’s fear.
And so, at this moment of calm, while he still had the time, he decided to use a skill.
“PERCEPTION!” he used it on the white snake before him.
But…
~DING~
[Not high enough level, most information: HP, attributes and skills will be hidden]
…
[Name: The Great Serpent (Godless Demon Apostle)]
[Level: 820]
[Rank: Universal]
[Note: you will die, don’t even try to fight or look at it, run.]
…
“U-Universal…!?”
This is two ranks above the strongest monster Stark ever fought, who was Reaper, a calamity-level apostle.
And in addition to that… the [Great Serpent] was also an apostle as well.
How did that thing end up in here was the real question.
A level 800 in a level 225 rift is pure insanity, and it should definitely be categorized as [Death] instead of [Determination]!
“Why are you ssscared, chosssen?” the great serpent asked.
“I… I’m not scared of you,” this was technically true: Stark was just overwhelmed by his aura.
“Oh?” the snake’s eyes widened a bit, but he quickly retrieved his confidence, “Then die, chosssen.”
The serpent slowly approached Stark, stopping right in front of the boy, its mouth wide open, “You’ve causssed enough issssues asss it isss, godlesssss wantssss you gone.”
“What the-”
Stark didn’t have the time to understand anything that was happening.
A level 800 [Universal] apostle stood in front of him while he was supposed to be in a level 225 rift, coming out of the void, and now it was speaking about killing him because the ‘godless demon’ wanted him dead?
Did the [Godless Demon] know of Stark’s existence already?!
This was all his line of thought could reach as with speed impossible to reach by the boy, the serpent backed away, then rushed toward him, its mouth opened.
“GRAND BITE!” it used one of its most basic skills, and yet it was enough to crush Stark’s hopes to retaliate.
“TOO FAST-” it was like a blur even with Stark’s incredible [Perception], which surpassed even the other domination users’.
And so, he was forced to use one of his skills.
“DODGE CONTROL!”
~CRUNCH~
The great serpent’s mouth closed in on him (and the bridge), and the apostle laughed out loud as it believed to have gotten rid of the human that had been killing its companions one after the other.
“Thisss wasss easssy…”
But… of course it wouldn’t work, Stark had activated [Dodge Control] after all!
~FWISH~
Right as the mouth closed in on him and the part of the bridge he stood on, he quite literally teleported away from the attack’s range, saved by his skill, then began rushing at intense speed toward the exit, not caring about the warning to not run.
“…!” it took the serpent a single second to realize that the human was still alive, and so it began following him at lightning speed, catching up to him almost instantly.
~BOOM, CRASH~
The bridge was falling apart behind him, and every step he took resulted in more of the planks that were holding it all together to fall into the void.
~FWISH, BOOM~
In addition to that, the [Great Serpent] kept trying to crash into the bridge over and over, trying to destroy Stark’s way of getting to the other side, yet he would always somehow teleport out of any attack’s range, and then land perfectly at a safety spot.
“WHAT?” even the serpent was confused, this shouldn’t be possible, no matter how high Stark’s level is!
He had been given a simple order by his lord Godless: kill the human known as the chosen one, as he poses an actual threat to him since he was the only one seeking to kill all the apostles to reach him.
And yet… that human was avoiding all his attacks easily? Almost as if the serpent wasn’t even a threat to him?!
“GET BACK HERE, YOU LITTLE SSSHIT!”
‘Fuck fuck fuck fuck,’ on the other hand, in comparison to what the serpent believed, Stark’s thoughts were filled with anxiety and fear of falling or getting killed.
He would manage to avoid everything thanks to [Dodge Control], but it was still terrifying since even though his body instantly adjusted to avoid the attacks, his eyes and mind couldn’t even follow them.
And so, 15 seconds passed just like that.
‘Only 100 meters left…’ he was this close to passing the bridge, a small opening in the wall ahead available for him to pass through: it was his safety net, for if he managed to pass that, then the apostle wouldn’t be able to follow.
~DING~
[15 seconds have passed, ‘Dodge Control’ has been deactivated!]
‘SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT,’ he had forgotten about that.
But thankfully enough, the serpent was thinking of something else: “If the human is going to avoid all my attacksss, then I might assss well make him fall into the void…”
And with that thinking in its head, the apostle immediately headed toward the end of the bridge, its giant body peeking out from the darkness of the void, giving Stark no idea just how big that thing truly was.
~CRUNCH~
It bit the end of the bridge, then watched in joy as it saw the ENTIRE bridge collapse, resulting in the human falling.
And yet… Stark didn’t give up this time either.
“CRIMSON BALL TRANSMISSION,” while falling into the void, Stark focused his entire energy into the crimson ball in his hand then threw it toward the ending platform of the third zone.
At this point it was all or nothing, and to add to the pressure, the serpent immediately dashed under the falling Stark, opening its mouth wide, ready to swallow him once he entered its domain (the void below).
“COME ON, PLEASE,” Stark begged as he observed the crimson ball, hoping that he had calculated the trajectory right.
Either he succeeds, or he enters the void and gets devoured.
Failure wasn’t an option at this point.
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