He was in a temporary pot now.
Usually he stays attached to my body, but when resting like this he always went into a pot to rest.
He seemed to treat the pot like his room.
He used the pot for eating too.
‘Alright I’ll share with you too.’
I tore the steak into small pieces and put them on Isil’s pot.
A gardener or farmer would smack my back for this snake behavior.
But this worked well for Isil.
The meat pieces on the pot slowly sank into the soil.
Seems he can easily absorb it if torn small and cooked. This carnivorous plant!
Having meals like this.
And contemplating with Pelerian, we seemed to notice a bit late.
“Saak!”
I was startled looking at the minimap, no, crystal plate.
Because two life signals were repeatedly coming together and separating.
What are they doing?
The two most likely hypotheses:
First possibility.
Two chimeras are playing the Pepero game sharing one stick.
Second possibility.
They’re fighting.
Though they could play the Pepero game, it’s impossible since Pepero doesn’t exist in this world.
Then they must be fighting.
I can’t let one take the experience points that should be mine.
‘Let’s go, Isil!’
We’re in perfect sync now.
Isil shot out of his pot and clung to me.
‘After a nice meal, time for some after-dinner exercise.’
The dungeon’s internal structure was obvious now.
They were in a jar-shaped room.
After diligently passing through corridors to approach.
Fighting sounds could be heard thumping from ahead.
I didn’t immediately jump out yelling ‘You guys!’
First I should see who they are, right?
In case it’s like that Dancer chimera, I should first see how strong it is…
“Kwiruk, kwiruruk.”
“Mutututu!”
The chimeras here really have unique cries.
No ballerina here.
Instead, what’s here is.
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[Test Flesh No.2 One Leg lv40]
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The one-legged friend.
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[Test Flesh No.7 Dullahan lv50]
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And… the headless friend.
Dullahan refers to a very famous undead monster.
Roughly speaking, it’s portrayed as an undead monster second only to Death Knights in games like Drk Mge that were popular long ago.
A headless warrior, or knight.
A monster that fights while running with its head tucked under its arm.
Undoubtedly an appearance that stimulates human fear.
Then does this chimera also carry its head tucked under its arm? It’s a bit different.
It’s true there’s no head above the neck.
Instead, a head sprouted from its side.
Other than that its limbs were quite normal.
“Mutututu!”
The face looks human-like but seeing it cry like that suggests it has no brain.
One Leg facing it was already covered in blood.
Seems Dullahan had been beating it with bare hands.
‘Hmm.’
Watching them fight, I made my judgment.
They’re manageable opponents.
One Leg is a bit fast, and Dullahan just seems tough.
Since Isil had recovered some I thought about using hellfire…
‘Wait, their skin seems different.’
The chimeras including One Leg originally had smooth, damp skin.
But now it looked dried and quite tough.
“They must have built up resistances. That’s something I always considered important when making chimeras.”
I focused my eyes to check their status window.
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[Skills]
…[Slash Resistance lv10], [Heat Resistance lv15], [Electric Resistance lv10]…
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Unbelievable.
Their resistance composition is quite solid.
Did they gain resistance as their skin dried?
Hmm, though hellfire would probably still work, I changed my mind.
We can’t keep relying only on Isil’s hellfire.
“Saaak!”
I stepped out with a thunderous roar.
Unleashing dignity without restraint.
Expressing the will ‘Stop fighting each other, you’re both my prey so get along.’
The fighting chimeras stopped for a moment.
Looking at me with surprised expressions.
I was prepared for them to jointly attack me.
But could they…
“Kwiruk, kwiruruk.”
“Mutututu!”
Completely ignore me and keep fighting.
I guess my appearance wasn’t very threatening.
Then, I’ll have to show them.
Should I hunt both at once?
「Using Gigantification lv2」
Growing large enough to take both at once.
「Using Black Scales lv3」
Strengthening my scales so their claws can’t damage them.
Only then did they stop fighting.
And looked at me warily.
“Shiririt-”
Now you’re scared?
Too late you guys.
==
And.
Trapped in this dungeon.
And the only surviving human Zhanil Fezhe.
The snake wondered where Zhanil Fezhe had gone while looking at the crystal plate map.
Looking at a white dot moving especially actively on the map, it guessed that might be that human.
Surprisingly, that was true.
Zhanil was really scurrying around.
He had no choice.
Though Zhanil Fezhe was truly a highly experienced ranger, he wasn’t a hero who could overcome crises with individual might.
The chimeras trapped in tanks had come alive and jumped out.
Every single one was terrifying.
When Big Belly killed the doctor, Zhanil felt tremendous fear for a moment.
There were eight others that were stronger than or similar to it.
But when the snake, the plant attached to the snake, spewed terrible flames, he almost wet himself.
To think he threw a net trying to capture such a being.
It was fortunate he didn’t die.
He ran for his life.
But who would have thought all the dungeon doors would close?
“Hoo, hoo.”
It would have been better not to receive such a mission from the start.
No, it was a mission where refusal wasn’t allowed. Because it had the purple seal stamped on the order.
Zhanil’s top secret mission was to actually use drugs received from the imperial family.
How to use them was also determined.
Among the received drugs, the first was relatively well-developed “Monster Repellent.”
It had the effect of repelling monsters by emitting a disgusting smell.
It showed clearly effective results even here in the magic realm.
The important second one was “Monster Excitant.”
Literally a drug that excites them. Not the kind used for breeding animals, but one that makes them more ferocious and cruel.
Its effectiveness would vary depending on how much was used and how long the exposure lasted.
Zhanil Fezhe used it on the wyverns of the mountains.
The instructions were to use it on Chugota, a monster whose madness was fading with age.
Zhanil applied certain amounts of the drug to prey that wyverns like, making Chugota eat it.
After a month, Chugota and her group of wyverns invaded other wyvern groups.
After another month, the madness of war began sweeping across the entire mountain range.
It was tremendously effective.
Perhaps the empire dreams of weaponizing monster groups?
As just a tool, Zhanil couldn’t know.
‘This mission too can only be completed if I return alive.’
Zhanil diligently hid.
And still survived.
And the “Saak!” sound heard just now.
It was the snake’s voice.
Following that sound and secretly watching.
“Kwikyuk…”
“Mutu, mututu…”
The blackened snake defeated two chimeras alone before Zhanil’s eyes.
Truly merciless.
A black death god.
Zhanil swallowed hard.
His sharp intuition told him:
‘I need to get close to that snake.’
That’s the only way he could escape this dungeon alive.
