367 Morpheuss Life-Attribute Dungeon Conquest 13/?: Saving the Sphinxes (1/2)
As a series of unfortunate events made the tribes of Centaurs inhabiting the Dungeon made by Morpheus lost contact with each other for years, in the large and vast Desert Biome, where the Sphinx inhabited, a certain group of monsters was being commanded by a mysterious figure that they called their Empress.
A powerful being that had evolved after countless hardships and was now planning on conquering the Desert for herself. Calling her children, the Giant Snakes, she sent them out to accomplish the simple task of exterminating the small Sphinx Villages.
And unfortunately for the small Dry-Stone Village of Sphinxes, they were the closest ones to the Snakes.
A young Sphinx girl by the name of Acathea, with short brown fur in her lower half, tanned brown skin in her upper half and emerald eyes was attending the small crops that the Village planted surrounding the medium-sized Oasis were they lived. This month seemed to be a good harvest, with fresh and juicy vegetables being harvested.
The little girl hummed as she picked up the red tomatoes and placed them in a basket that she had placed in the back of her lower body.
”Hmm~ Such juicy tomatoes, mom and dad will get very happy when they see them… eh? What's that?”
Not only Acathea was harvesting the delicious, juicy-looking tomatoes, but several other Sphinxes were doing the same task around her, all of them stopped their activities as they saw a strange bulge of sand moving towards them from the outskirt of their Village.
”W-What is that?”
”A Monster?”
”Could it be a Desert Worm?”
”Call the guards!”
”On it!”
A group made of a dozen of lightly armored Sphinxes holding sharp spears and swords ran towards the Village outskirts, some wielded giant shields while others stayed in the back, holding staves.
The Sphinxes of the Dry-Stone Village were used to the occasional Desert Worm or Earth Wurm appeared and disturbing their harvest, but unlike other times, it wouldn't be such an easy task.
”Protect the harvest…! What?! S-Snakes?!”
The Village Guards quickly found out that the bulges of sand weren't the typical monsters that they were used to fight for years, but giant snakes, with dark and brown colors in their steel-like scales, their sizes were greater than Desert Worms or Earth Wurms, their eyes were scarlet red and their mouths could fit an entire house inside.
”Giant Snakes?!”
”Don't falter! Defend the Village!”
The Giant Snakes closed in, opening their mouths wide, using their tails to move the sand around and making the Guards lose their balance, alongside their powerful Corrosive Poison Attribute Magic and the Earth Attribute Magic, the Sphinxes quickly began to lose men.
”GYAAAAAH!”
”N-Noo!!!”
”Someone, help!”
Acathea was grabbed by one of her neighbors as she was carried away from the scene, her eyes crying as she saw her parents defend their home only to be eaten alive.
”Moom! Daaad!!!”
”Acathea-chan…! Please, be strong!”
”B-But…! Snif… Snif…”
A large snake stood in the middle of this chaos, laughing happily.
”Gihihihi… Delicious kittens, I just cannot get enough of them! Destroy everything, brothers! And eat! Devour to your heart's content!”
As the large snake grabbed upon the corpse of a Sphinx that he had previously poisoned and saw it struggle in pain and agony until it died, he opened its mouth and gulped it down…
”Hmm~ So deli- BUGEH?!”
However, the moment he gulped on the corpse, the corpse of the Sphinx exploded into countless sharp spikes, penetrating the throat of the Giant Snake General, who began to vomit blood hysterically.
”W-What… BUGEEH…! WHAT THE HELL?!”
The Figure of a slim and beautiful Fairy appeared behind him.
”So, you can survive my Blood Attribute Magic Spell, Blood Corpse Explosion? Well, how about I cast it again…?” she said, her voice, resonating in the ears of the Snake.
”Huh?! A-And just who are you!? BUGEEEH…!” before it could even confront the strange woman, the snake stomach exploded once again, the pieces of flesh of the corpse he had eaten began to detonate again, sharp needles made out of hardened blood penetrated its innards, giving him extreme pain.
”GYAAAAAAAH! It hurts! It hurtssss…!”
Just from where this insect came from?! Did she do this?! He thought.
”It is really troublesome if you lowly snakes begin to kill my future citizens, you really made me angry, you know?”
”Huh?! A-Angry?! AND WHO THE FUCK CARES?! DIIEEEEE…!”
The Giant Snake General mustered all of its strength and magic to conjure powerful Poison Attribute Magic in the form of large beams of corrosive liquids, firing them towards the Fairy, who didn't evade anything, receiving the attack head-on.
”Gehehe…! UGH!”
But before the Giant Snake General could celebrate its victory, its body began to rumble, its innards were being dissolved into a soup, the pain of having its internal organs being converted into pure liquid was completely agonizing for him, who didn't even possess Pain Resistance.
As he glanced back at the area where the fairy was, there was nothing, not even a semi-dissolved corpse that he expected.
”Hmm… Blood Magic and Poison Magic, coupled with Bacterial Nest is very useful. I can control faraway blood, add poison to it, and then add deadly flesh-eating bacteria as well… Ah, you're still alive? That's surprising…”
The voice of the annoying fairy who seemed to be behind the agony of the Giant Snake General appeared behind him. Using all of the strength he could fathom, he enhanced his body and tried to bite her, twisting its long body.
”YOU WRENCH! HISSSSS!”
”What an insolent snake you are… Learn manners, would you?”
As the giant gaping mouth was about to bite her and pulverize her, she raised her beautiful and delicate hand and gave the Snake a simple slap into its face.
SLAP!
”GIIIHHH… GYAA-”
However, the strength of such an attack was immense, powerful energy was infused in such a slap, it was as if dozens of techniques were combined in such a simple movement of her hand.
The force created by such an attack torn apart the Giant Snake General head, sending it flying like a meteor through the sky.
The chaotic scene stopped as the Snakes destroying everything glanced at the fairy… Kireina.
With a single slap, their General, the strongest Giant Snake in their group, was beheaded.
Kireina got a hold of the Snake Soul and devoured it. Most of the time, a being's soul wouldn't be able to be seen by most people, but when Kireina grabbed on them with her Aura, they became visible.
The Giant Snakes glared at the shrieking Soul of their General being eaten like a snack by Kireina's beautiful and delicate mouth.
”GYAAAAH! IT HURTS! My existence… is fading! What is this?! Heeeelppp…!”