Though not my real mother, why am I thinking of the wyvern mom and the three siblings?
She fought to protect me.
Surely she’s not still waiting?
It’s been days since the dungeon door closed, so she probably went back by now.
I hope she gets along well with that crazy wyvern without fighting anymore.
“Phew…”
That’s when the human sighed.
I don’t know why he’s sighing, but.
“That was incredibly fast.”
“Saak!”
Hey human.
I called out to him.
I don’t think I can catch the Dancer alone.
But maybe I could catch it with the help of cat hands, no, human hands.
‘You said you’d help me, right?’
I took out a notebook and wrote.
“Gasp!”
The human was startled.
==
Chugota carried one golem high into the sky in her mouth.
It was a dizzying flight.
Even though it was just one of the three divided golems, it was tremendously heavy.
Natural, since it was made of stone.
Carrying that heavy thing in her mouth, Chugota flew higher and higher.
Her eyes gave no hint of what she was thinking.
Though once called the ‘Wise Queen’, Chugota showed none of that previous intelligence now.
Chugota flew up until she was just a dot from the ground.
It was a waste of stamina, but she repeated this behavior every time her body recovered.
Flying high up.
Dropping the golem she was carrying.
Gravity reclaimed its possession that was momentarily almost stolen by the wyvern.
The golem fell as lightly as bird droppings.
But the impact was magnificent.
Kwaaaaang!
A thunderous sound erupted and dirt exploded upward like dust.
“Pipi pipi”
“Kekeke”
“Chui-i!”
The children beside Celeta cried out and ran around in circles.
They weren’t scared or frightened anymore. This had been repeating for days now.
Though they really cried in fear at first, it had essentially become a game now.
The children would spin around once, then look at the golem when the dust settled.
Despite falling from such a height, the golem wasn’t completely destroyed.
It was terrifyingly sturdy.
Nevertheless, the accumulated impact from falling had now created large cracks.
The children chirped in wonder at the mysterious blue light visible through the cracked exterior.
“Kugak…”
Celeta gave a half-hearted warning.
The golem hadn’t moved for days, appearing dead.
The wyverns’ victory seemed certain. That was Celeta’s judgment.
However, the crazy Chugota wouldn’t be satisfied until she completely destroyed all three golems.
She had been repeating this for days without fully destroying even one, so how much longer would this continue?
“Kugak…”
Celeta didn’t leave this place.
If not for Chugota, she might have left with the three surviving children.
But since Chugota wouldn’t leave the stone tower, neither could Celeta.
What if the youngest escaped from the stone tower alive.
What if Chugota swallowed it whole.
Kuung.
Chugota landed roughly.
She didn’t even check the golem’s condition, just sat quietly.
Her stamina must have been depleted.
You could tell from how she stood with her eyes closed.
At some point, Chugota and Celeta stopped fighting.
This strange coexistence had continued for days.
Keeping their distance from each other…
Celeta, also tired, had her eyes closed for a moment.
Children naturally have more energy than adults, so the young ones weren’t asleep.
Usually, the three siblings didn’t stray far from Celeta.
They would only play around that area, but today for some reason…
“Pii.”
Led by the bravest firstborn.
They began sneaking up to Chugota.
“Keeek.”
“Chui…”
The second and third followed with scared expressions.
Getting closer and closer to the sleeping Chugota.
When even brave Pipi couldn’t go any further.
As they lingered there, one of Chugota’s three heads opened its eyes.
It was ‘Go’.
Go’s head twisted down like a pretzel.
It stopped in front of the three siblings and met Pipi’s eyes.
Go’s mouth opened wide and.
“Guwooooooo-!”
A roar with foul breath burst forth.
“Piaaaaak!”
The children screamed and ran away.
Celeta, who had dozed off, flew up in shock.
It seemed another death match might break out.
However, after chasing away the children, Go closed its eyes and started dozing again.
“Kugak…”
Celeta landed again with an awkward expression.
She glared at the children.
Sensing they were in trouble, the three siblings hurriedly hid.
==
A notebook fluttered in the air.
A pen moved to write letters.
‘Can you do that?’
I knew it was no ordinary snake, and that it was highly intelligent.
But to think it could communicate by writing like this.
Zhanil felt like he’d been hit in the head with a hammer.
‘Why aren’t you answering?’
“Ah, yes, I under…stand.”
And so the snake and Zhanil conversed.
They discussed how to hunt the chimera called ‘Dancer’.
That four-legged chimera was incredibly fast.
It seemed almost impossible to hunt it.
But the snake really wanted to catch that chimera.
Honestly, it didn’t seem possible even working together.
‘Just stay calm…’
Hearing the snake’s plan, it seemed quite plausible.
Actually, he was curious how a snake monster came up with such an idea in the first place.
“Damn, I’m not sure about this.”
Regardless of the plan’s chances of success, it was true that Zhanil would be in danger.
It couldn’t be helped.
The hunting method involved using Zhanil as bait.
Tak tak.
The Dancer rarely made sounds.
Tak, tak, tang-!
It only made approaching sounds.
The same sounds he heard yesterday.
Tang!
Its figure was visible beyond that corridor.
The fact that it approached this far meant it must have gained confidence in winning.
In other words, it probably thought it could handle Zhanil and the snake alone.
“Waaah!”
Zhanil roared but the Dancer just quietly charged forward.
At this point, he had to trust the snake.
He didn’t know how it knew, but Zhanil had one ampule left that emitted a scent monsters avoided.
He broke it by hitting it against his crown.
And as the snake had predicted, suddenly wind blew.
The wind elemental magic carried the ampule’s scent.
Toward the charging Dancer.
“Jure.”
The Dancer froze, stiffened, and made a strange sound.
“Jurerererereek!”
Then it grabbed its stomach and started retching.
“Jureeeek! Juek!”
What the snake named Operation ‘Hold Your Breath Dungeon Dive’.
It was clearly working.
