Jas stared at the corpses scattered across the mall and understood what kind of weapon the snake had given him.
[ABYSSAL VENOM PYTHON]
[BOSS HP: 24,580/35,000]
[JAS GANNER]
[HP: 421/660]
[MANA: 1,120/1,140]
[STATUS: INJURED, MINOR POISON EXPOSURE, NTAL STRAIN]
[REANIMATED DIRE WOLF — LEVEL 9]
[HP: 460/1,400]
Elliot was dead. The ogre was destroyed. The snake was still alive with over seventy percent of its HP remaining.
Jas forced himself to keep moving because stopping ant dying and Elliot had not died to buy them ti for Jas to give up now.
He moved toward three more beast corpses near a collapsed storefront while his body protested every step. His ribs ached where the snake had hit him earlier. His vision blurred at the edges from poison exposure and ntal strain, but he pushed through it because there was no other choice.
[SUMMON UNDEAD SKELETON ACTIVATED]
[MANA COST: 50]
[CURRENT MANA: 1,120/1,140 → 1,070/1,140]
[BEAST SKELETONS SUMMONED]
[MAX SUMMON UNDEAD SKELETONS: 5]
Five broken beast skeletons rose from corpses with bones clicking together while necrotic energy filled empty spaces where flesh should be. So dragged broken limbs. So moved with cracked spines. They were not strong, but they did not need to be.
Jas sent them toward the snake from different angles while trying the sa trap that worked before.
The snake crushed two skeletons with its tail before they got within ten ters. The tail moved so fast it created wind pressure that knocked debris aside. Another skeleton got smashed under the snake’s coils when the massive body shifted to block the approach path. The remaining two reached the snake’s damaged mouth area and attacked while aiming for the exposed flesh.
The snake did not bite them.
It had adapted after learning the explosion trick. It crushed both skeletons with controlled body movents instead of opening its mouth, then moved away from the debris before Jas could detonate anything.
Jas realized the sa trick would not work twice against an intelligent boss.
The snake changed focus completely while its pale dead eyes locked onto Jas with intelligence that made his instincts scream.
It ignored Finn and Aria for a mont because it had realized Jas was the reason its HP kept falling. His Corpse Explosion opened the first real wound in its mouth. His Necro Blast kept damaging exposed flesh when others could not penetrate scales. His skeletons kept forcing it to move and react. His Death Chain slowed it at the critical mont when the ogre needed to save Finn.
The snake had learned which enemy mattered most.
"HISSSSSSSS!"
The hiss was louder and angrier than before.
The snake charged through the ruined mall toward Jas while its massive body moved faster than sothing that large and wounded should be able to. Broken concrete cracked beneath its weight. Venom sprayed from its damaged mouth and burned new holes in the floor.
Finn saw the charge coming and tried to intercept by throwing himself between the snake and Jas.
The snake’s tail lashed out sideways without the head even turning. The tail caught Finn mid-movent and sent him flying into a broken pillar hard enough to crack the stone.
[FINN HP: 488/780 → 322/780]
Finn hit the ground and did not get up imdiately.
Jas fired Necro Blast into the mouth wound as the snake ca closer while hoping to slow it down or force it to turn.
[NECRO BLAST ACTIVATED]
[MANA COST: 10]
[CURRENT MANA: 1,070/1,140 → 1,060/1,140]
[WEAK POINT HIT]
[DAMAGE: 1,900]
[BOSS HP: 24,580/35,000 → 22,680/35,000]
Black rot spread through the damaged flesh and made the wound worse. The attack hurt it and probably caused pain, but the snake did not stop charging because killing Jas mattered more than avoiding damage.
The snake slamd its head into Jas before he could move out of the way. The impact ca so fast Jas barely had ti to raise his shield. His shield absorbed most of the force, but the damaged equipnt could not handle another direct hit from a disaster-class boss.
[CARBON SHIELD DURABILITY: 120/120 → 0/120]
[CARBON SHIELD DESTROYED]
The shield shattered into pieces while tal fragnts scattered across the floor. Jas was thrown backward through the air. He crashed into broken concrete and felt sothing crack inside his chest. He barely stayed conscious while pain exploded through his body.
[BLESSING OF THE FIRST ACTIVE]
[DAMAGE RECEIVED REDUCED BY 2.5%]
[JAS GANNER]
[HP: 421/660 → 117/660]
He was still alive, but barely. His shield was gone. His HP was critical. His body was failing.
Jas tried to fight back with whatever he still had while his vision swam and his body refused to respond properly.
He commanded the dire wolf to attack the snake’s damaged eye area near the jaw.
The wolf lunged forward and bit into the weak flesh that had been torn during earlier attacks.
"GRRRROWWWL!"
[REANIMATED DIRE WOLF]
[HP: 460/1,400 → 198/1,400]
[DAMAGE: 620]
[BOSS HP: 22,680/35,000 → 22,060/35,000]
Finn got back up while blood ran down his face from where he hit the pillar. He attacked the mouth wound with everything he had left.
[DAMAGE: 880]
[BOSS HP: 22,060/35,000 → 21,180/35,000]
Jas summoned another beast skeleton from a corpse near the snake’s head.
[SUMMON UNDEAD SKELETON ACTIVATED]
[MANA COST: 50]
[CURRENT MANA: 1,060/1,140 → 1,010/1,140]
The skeleton rushed toward the snake’s mouth while Jas waited for the timing.
The snake crushed the skeleton near its jaw with a coil movent, but the skeleton was close enough to the damaged area.
Jas detonated it imdiately.
[CORPSE EXPLOSION ACTIVATED]
[MANA COST: 28]
[COOLDOWN: 40 SECONDS]
[CURRENT MANA: 1,010/1,140 → 982/1,140]
[WEAK POINT HIT]
[DAMAGE: 4,200]
[BOSS HP: 21,180/35,000 → 16,980/35,000]
The explosion tore through the already damaged mouth and sent black blood spraying across broken tiles. The snake thrashed violently while destroying more pillars and tearing open sections of floor.
The damage was good, but the snake was still alive and now completely enraged.
The snake rushed Jas again while venom dripped from its ruined mouth.
This ti it did not let itself get distracted by Finn or the dire wolf. It used its body to block their approach and struck directly at Jas while he tried to move.
Jas tried to dodge using his swordsmanship footwork, but the poison exposure made his legs heavy. His injuries made his reactions too slow. His ntal strain made his thoughts drag behind his body.
He raised his sword to guard, but the snake’s head smashed into him and drove him into the floor.
[SWORDSMANSHIP EFFECT ACTIVE]
[EVASION PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL]
He avoided being crushed completely, but the impact still nearly killed him.
[JAS GANNER]
[HP: 117/660 → 1/660]
[STATUS: CRITICAL]
Jas could not stand. His vision was fading to black at the edges. His body refused to move no matter how hard he tried.
The snake raised its head above him for the final strike. Venom dripped from its mouth onto the floor beside his face while burning holes in concrete.
"Jas!"
Finn scread his na from across the hall.
The snake opened its mouth to finish Jas while its fangs descended toward his head.
Before the snake could strike, Jas’s inventory glitched violently.
The mythic egg forced itself out of storage against all normal System rules. It materialized above his chest in a burst of dark energy that felt wrong and overwhelming at the sa ti.
[UNKNOWN EGG FORCEFULLY MATERIALIZING]
[HATCHING PROCESS COMPLETE]
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