330 Great Forest 4 (2/2)
”At that time, we had three hundred people, yet only four survived.”
”Four?” Gorun asked back and Graham shook his head.
”Yeah. Well, but they all died not too long after. Greed kills anyone.”
Graham mumbled, then laughed.
”Well, you two are lucky. We won't die as long as we have those three with us. So stick close.”
”P-poison! Try not to breathe it in!”
”Fire!”
”Argh!”
Guns fired and blood splattered all over the place. A large snake called Jormungand screamed in pain and thrashed around frantically, causing the entire area to quake. A gigantic monster, the four-hundred-and-fifty-meter long snake began to wreck the entire area.
”Trees are falling! Watch out!”
The original over three hundred soldiers were now down to two digits as the snake-like monster ran rampant.
”Dammit!”
Bijet hid under a tree. All of this was the result of a few merchant's greed. They hunted the snake-like monster Jormungands. The hunt went well when they attacked a fifty-meter long Jormungand. Sending an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) into its mouth was enough to handle it. It was an easy hunt that ended in their favor. It seemed that everyone thought hunting these monsters were more realistic than finding a dragon nest.
After taking all that they could from the Jormungand's body, they held a feast with its meat that night. The meat was so much that they simply couldn't finish everything.
-I think we can just go back now. This one is enough to pay us for our costs.
The Jormungand skin, bones, and poison were enough to pay off the cost of the trip and with profit left over. The night passed quickly and they were preparing to set out again when a huge shadow cast over them.
It was a Jormungand, but much larger than the one they hunted.
-'This is a disaster! The one we killed is a baby!'
That's when weird screams were heard from the monster. The large head of the Jormungand moved over the head of the baby Jormungand. Its large body then began to run over the humans, squashing them into the ground.
'Dammit… we can't even kill a snake and we're against a dragon?!'
And like that, another mercenary group was wiped out by the giant Jormungand.
End of Chapte