30 Black- Scaled Serpent.

Ethan was ready to go Deeper into the forest when he suddenly frowned after seeing a snake which was hiding few hundred metres away from there place while quitly observing them and this was not any normal snake, this was a Rank 4 Beast Snake.

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Species- Black-Scaled Serpent

Race- Beast

Age- 37

Rank- 4

Talent- Metal Magic

Title- Apex predator of Horn Rabbits, Overcautious.

Hidden bloodline- None

Health condition- Good

Description - Black-Scaled Serpent is a deadly and rare metal user Beast in the Dark forest. It can control and conjure metal during battles. It has a very powerful defense and its scales are made of very powerful metal because of that it's very difficult to penetrate its body. Even some higher-ranked Beings avoid battles with him because of its powerful defense and cunning nature. Its poison can easily kill weaker beings and even paralyze powerful beings than him.

Title- Apex Predator of Horn Rabbits: Black-Scaled Serpent is also known as Apex predator of Horn Rabbits because of its love to eat them. He likes to play with them before eating them. Due to its Tough defense, Horn Rabbits are unable to penetrate its skin and he loves to see their struggle, and when they lose all hope, he eats them. He has killed the largest number of horn Rabbits in the Dark forest.

Title Effect: Horn Rabbits will freeze for a few seconds in his presence due to fear. Horn Rabbits will lose the penetrating effect of their horns on his Body.

Title- Overcautious: It has a very Overcautious nature. Is thinks many times before making any big decision and has a very wild imagination. Because of its nature, it has lost many opportunities to make itself more powerful but at the same time, its nature saved his life many times.

Title Effect- During Stressful and Dangerous situations able to think at a very fast speed and more clearly. Most of the time able to make decisions that can save it's life during life and death crises.]

Its size was more than 20 meters in length and its body was covered in black scales which looked very shiny and beautiful. Iris of his eyes were green in color and it was quitly observing Ethan and Rabbits. Ethan also focuses on him while formulating plans on how should he handle this powerful Beast. Ethan knows this beast is very powerful, so he need to utilise all his strength to defeat and even after that he may not able to defeat it but if he able to activate his title Dwarf against Gaint, then chance of his winning will raise many times.

Serpent's POV.

Few minutes ago, Black-Scaled Serpent was resting in his cave when he suddenly smelled the scent of blood. It was the blood scent of its favorite prey, Horn Rabbits. This was his Territory and he has banned other Beasts from hunting Horn Rabbits so that he can enjoy them alone. He was called a bully in this area because this was the starting territory of dark forest and here mostly rank 1 and 2 beasts live. The more powerful a beast is, the more it prefers to live with other powerful beasts in the upper-rank area where special energy density is high which is utilized for cultivation in both magic and Aura, another reason is so that they can battle and hone their skills, hunt other powerful beasts and push there rank up by devouring there cores but it comes with the danger of their own death, so he avoids all this because he was different from them.

He doesn't care about pushing his Rank much and only wants to live a long, stable, and peaceful life but because of this, he is stuck on Rank 4 for more than 10 years even after having such powerful defense and rare element ability like metal Magic.

Many other beasts make fun of him and call him a coward but he doesn't care and motivates himself while thinking, let's see who will have the last laugh when they die below the claws of other beasts. He was someone who bully weak and fear strong and what is a shame, he ate it long ago with those Rabbits. Even thought these rabbits doesn't help him much in his growth but he prefers these weak beings instead of fighting strong ones. He take his frustration on them and liked to bully them very much.

"Who dares to touch my prey in my Territory. Whoever you are, you will pay a great price for offending this great one". After mumbling with himself he walked towards the place where Ethan was ready to turn Rabbits into blood clones.

When he arrived there he watched a child standing in front of some captured rabbits. He stopped a few hundred meters from there and started thinking.

"What is this human child doing here alone? From clothes, he doesn't look like a beggar and wears clothes like royalty. Fuck, I don't believe this child is alone. Did someone set a trap to capture me and pluck my precious scales? I believe there must be someone hiding and using these rabbits to lure me out, It was a great plan but did they think the great me fall to their pity trick?

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me". After mumbling to himself, he was ready to go back after believing that it was a trap but then he suddenly saw Ethan turning horn Rabbits into blood clones.

He saw a scene that would hunt him in his nightmares. He saw how Rabbits started wailing in pain and their eye colour and horn colour changed. Some of them grow new limbs. After this transformation, they became quiet and bowed towards that child.

After watching this scene, he sucked a cold breath and but his cold breath sound like a loud voice of hisss which was heard by Ethan and he moved his face in his direction.

Poor Serpent felt like his soul left his body and he suddenly turned away and started running back to his cave. He came back to his cave and closed its door with a big rock...

"Fuck, that was definitely a Demon in that child form. It was a demon acting as sheep to eat Beasts. It's good I used my brain or else I would have joined the rank of those Rabbits. Shit, what should I do now. Should I leave this area but where will I go? Other upper-ranked beasts are long dissatisfied with me, I will be dead meat if I go into their Territory. Should I tell them about that demon, Well no matter what they will not believe me in the first place beacuse I have fooled then many times with my lies and who is going to believe in the words of a liar and if that demon's destination was the upper-rank area I would be dead meat for sure if I go there. Well, I think I should just quietly hide in my cave but what if he found my cave? Should I make a tunnel so that I can run if he finds this place, Well, I think this is a great choice for now". After mumbling to himself he started digging in the cave.

Ethan's POV.

Ethan was stunned by this turn of events, just he was making a plan to fight that serpent it suddenly ran away. Well, he suddenly remembered its Overcautious nature and didn't think further, who knows what wild imagination was running in that Serpent's head?

"Well, whatever it's a good thing. I also don't want to fight this risky battle. If it was any other normal beast with rank 4 it was a different story but that Serpent was a beast with powerful defense and rare magic abilities.

Well, we should move forward but before that, I should buy a Teleportation card so that I can run if the situation becomes dire". After killing 7 Rabbits he got 7000 blood points and the other 5 Rabbits were turned into blood clones including Khumb.

After buying a Pre-Location Teleportation card he left with 2000 blood points. He wants to gather at least 25000 blood Potints to buy Luck Potion so that he can open the mystery box.

Ethan then focused on Khumb and talked with him in his mind. "Khumb did you know where is Hideout of Other Horn Rabbits?. Khumb nodded and told him about it.

With Khumb and the other 4 Rabbits, he walked toward their lair. Ethan hides behind trees, and Khumb comes in front of a hole and shouted in rabbit voice. 6 Rabbits came out of the hole and all of them were ranked 1. They were stunned after seeing their fellow rabbits with different horn colors and eyes and before they could understand anything they were attacked by Khumb and his allies. They brutally attacked them and Injured them in a near-death state and then Ethan came in front of them and used his blood to turn them into blood clones.

These 6 Rabbits were turned into blood clones and joined his army. Now he has a total 11 Blood Clones. When they all turned into blood clones, Ethan again hears Sound of System, Ding, Ding, Ding.