*POOF*
The Verdant Golden-Eyed Python in front of them suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"What!?" Lawrend yelled in shock.
"Lawrend, look around us!" Nuon shouted in alarm.
Lawrend looked around and saw a bunch of smaller Verdant Golden-Eyed Python that hissed at them. There were at least thousands of snakes surrounding them.
"Hey, Amene. What's going on?" Lawrend turned to her and asked as the three of them slowly converged together. She didn't tell them about this earlier.
Meanwhile, the Mini Verdant Golden-Eyed Pythons slowly approached them.
"Nyaaa!" Amene screamed. She couldn't take it anymore and suddenly embraced Lawrend tightly.
Her cat-like instincts were screaming to her that she should run. The problem was that there were thousands of Mini Verdant Golden-Eyed Pythons surrounding them. They would bite her before she could escape.
"Amene!"
Lawrend hurriedly pushed her away. She was restricting his movements by hugging him so tightly.
"L-Lawrend! There are snakes around us! Save me!" Amene implored him desperately. Her embrace on his body tightened.
"Let go of me first!" Lawrend said to her as he pushed her away from him strongly.
"No!"
Amene shook her head vehemently. No matter what, she wasn't gonna let go of him.
"Tsk!" Lawrend clicked his tongue in annoyance. He saw the snakes had already neared them dangerously too close.
Instead of wasting time dealing with her, he decided to take action.
"Nuon, buy me time," Lawrend said to him.
"How!?" Nuon yelled in shock.
"Find a way!" Lawrend replied with a shout.
"+Flash+!"
Nuon hurriedly lifted a hand up in the air and a bright flash suddenly enveloped the surroundings.
The Mini Verdant Golden-Eyed Pythons were blinded by the sudden flash and turned their heads away.
Lawrend took this chance to chant his spell.
"O' great Amber, be my electron and kill my enemies, turn to sprite and overwhelm, Lightning Sprite!"
Lawrend finished his chant and pointed his palm towards the direction of the town.
BOOM ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP
A thick bolt of purple lightning escaped Lawrend's palm and split into two before splitting into 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and so on until it was uncountable.
The Mini Verdant Golden-Eyed Pythons had no chance against the onslaught of lightning as they were fried one by one. Their defenses had lowered after splitting into Mini Verdant Golden-Eyed Pythons. If it was the whole Verdant Golden-Eyed Python, it would have only flinched from Lawrend's attack.
"Alright! Run!" Lawrend shouted and hurriedly ran towards the cleared area.
Amene let go of Lawrend, but she kept holding his hand. Nuon followed behind them.
The Mini Verdant Golden-Eyed Pythons hurriedly tried to catch up to them, but a small snake could only run so fast.
Suddenly, a loud hissing sound sounded and *POOF*.
All of the Mini Verdant Golden-Eyed Pythons disappeared in puffs of smoke and turned into a Verdant Golden-Eyed Python. It was obviously much smaller than before as a lot of the Mini Verdant Golden-Eyed Pythons earlier had died.
The Verdant Golden-Eyed Python suddenly gained speed as it slithered towards them.
"What the f*ck!" Lawrend cursed angrily. He looked back and saw the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python gaining speed behind them. It would not take long before it catches up to them again.
"The two of you run ahead! I will take care of the snake," Lawrend said to them before he let go of Amene's hand and stopped before turning around to face the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python.
"Lawrend!" Nuon and Amene shouted and looked back at Lawrend in alarm.
"I can't use my full strength if the two of you are here," Lawrend said to them solemnly.
"Let's go!"
Nuon grabbed Amene's hand. He trusts Lawrend. He will surely find a way. After all, that's what he had been doing all this time throughout their journey.
"No!"
Amene freed her hand from Nuon's. She felt anxious leaving Lawrend behind just like that.
"Amene, trust him," Nuon said to her and stared into her eyes solemnly.
Amene turned her head away before starting to run again. Nuon followed after her, seeing that she had already decided.
Meanwhile, Lawrend watched the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python approach him. He prepared himself mentally. He inhaled a long breath before releasing it.
"Since you can survive my Shock Arc… How about my Demonic Arc?" Lawrend murmured with a smirk.
He raised his palm towards the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python and shouted, "+Demonic Arc+!"
A thick and bright red arc of lightning escaped his palm and connected with the body of the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python in an instant. The red lightning traveled through the body of the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python and made it glow a bright red color.
It stopped and squirmed in front of Lawrend. It was in pain much worst than the one it experienced before.
"Did that kill it?" Lawrend asked himself.
He observed the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python and realized that it didn't seem to be dying yet so he raised his palm towards it once again.
"+Shock Arc+!" Lawrend shouted.
A purple arc of lightning escaped his palm and zapped the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python. It jolted and squirmed much vigorously than before.
"What? It's still not dead?"
Lawrend stared at the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python in disbelief. Yes, it was squirming in front of him, but it wasn't dead yet. How many Shock Arcs and Demonic Arcs would he have to use just to kill it?
He doesn't have many uses left anymore. He estimates that his mana would run out before he could kill it.
"Why does this snake even exist?! It's too resilient," Lawrend complained out loud.
'Oh right, I still have the Thunderbolt Disk,' Lawrend thought to himself.
It appeared in Lawrend's hand, and he pointed it towards the snake.
"+Shock Arc+!" Lawrend shouted.
BOOM
A shockwave ensued as the purple lightning arc connected with the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python. Its scales exploded off of its skin. A small smoke escaped the wound and rose into the air.
"Finally!"
Lawrend smiled happily, but just as he was celebrating, the Verdant Golden-Eyed Python's eyes suddenly changed color. It turned blood-red.