Chapter 5: Stiffness (2/2)

This whole scenein the woods Otherwise, an E Rank hunter would surely know his way around the Osan woods You must have been aware of the snakes’ known lair spots

There need to bepoison in the air at the same time to have such an effect on the person They wouldn’t do that unless they feel threatened by the enee because of the previous eneo to the SR snakes’ lair and if the poison is too severe to be released by the single SR snake, then there can be only one other possibility Multiple SR snakes leaving their lair behind in search of a new place to settle down And this won’t happen until there’s a mass shi+ft in the power hierarchy within the forest There’s a new spoiler in the woods And you were caught off guard because of it

Tell h Nina hadn’t stepped out for hunting for years now, her skills hadn’t gone rusty Moreover, she was a C Rank healer with in-depth knowledge about general flora and fauna She had deduced all this hatever information available to her And it seeht on spot by the burly ht madam healer Just like you said, ere already aware of the Singarium Rattle snake’s lairs spread across the Osan woods and we had avoided those spots We were hunting for a pack of dinko deer for their hides They are usually found by the Simar lake located at the northwest corner of the woods

My party had entered the woods from the north side of the forest even e had to travel a long distance to do so We had been getting the news of Osan woods experiencing souild ork at and some other hunter parties we know of Thus, we decided tofrom the north of the forest

And it still couldn’t prevent the tragedy that had happened to us On our way to reach the Simar lake, we encountered a pack of Kolhar wolves The pack was bigger than we had anticipated When he thought we cant defend ourselves froe our route

The ranger in our party was a capable map reader and tracker Therefore, we chose the safest route for our retreat avoiding all the dangerous spots, including the SR snakes’ lairs At least we thought we did

After getting rid of the chasing wolves, we stopped at a seely unoccupied cave to recuperate and draw our next set of plans Basically, we had decided to retreat We had eight ravely injured by the sudden assault of the wolf pack

We treated theular potions and decided to camp out at the cave for the day That would allow the injured people to stabilize their injuries some more We would then safely retreat the next day

But the ranger in our party decided to explore the cave and all hell broke loose The cave was dier wanted to confiret attacked by a beast horde in the night, ould be able to use the other exit for our escape So the ranger’s decision wasn’t exactly wrong

But who knew the cave had been occupied by SR snakes? The cave was not the ideal spot for snakes’ habitation So their habitation was soer didn’t anticipate at all His exploration into the deeper parts of the cave becaer point for the snakes It was already too late e realized theat first But the ranger in our group started showing signs of poison because it was hiest

I was the only E Rank in our group Rest all were in F Rank

Matt, who you now see is laying on the bed right now, had been assigned a guard duty at the entrance of the cave So other than Matt and I, everybody else was poisoned beyond whatever potions we had at the time could alleviate

The four injured party er Only I, Elena, and Matt survived and came out of that hell’s cave Elena was a healer herself so she could cast low-level healing spells on herself to stay alive Matt was out of the cave for the most time, so the poison didn’t turn him into a corpse i worse We had li chances And Elena couldn’t use a healing spell on him to relieve him of his troubles So we decided to leave Elena behind at a secure spot I would carry Matt outside of the woods and return to Elena with a proper antidote

So we executed this plan and you are seeing ht noith Matt

We don’t knohat’s happening with Osan woods but it has turned into a death trap for low-level adventurers The previous information about beasts’ bases and their routes are not useful anyh-level beast present in the forest that has caused this change”

The burly le bed, looking at Matt with an expression of utter sadness on his face

“Hmm I’ll need to report this to the healer’s association Matt needs ht now He needs to be transported to the Osan infire transport for hio to report this to the healer’s association Meanwhile, I’ll give you the antidote so that you can safely retrieve your healer I’ll need your nah”

“Thank you for all you’ve done for us madam healer My name is Dom Dom Walker I’m the leader of the party named Dom’s Raiders that once existed But no more Not anyhed ed 10 years while saying all this Nina’s expressions were also gri Dom’s story

But nobody noticed Eren’s expressions changing after hearing the guy’s nareed had sparked in his eyes