27 A Moron In The Wilderness (2)
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You have entered into combat with Aberrant Giant Serpent <Level 14>.
You have dodged an attack. [Dodger] class ability [Elude] activated.
Dodge 4 more attacks consecutively to lower the level gap between you and the enemy.
Current probability of winning: 52.00%
Copyable skills detected nearby.
Conditions to copy the skill:
• Destroy the Serpent's poison glands or Kill it by attacking its head.
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'The level difference is already low, I don't need to jump around and dodge. With Kaira by my side, I don't think I need to wait to attack the serpent anymore... The sooner I end this, the faster I'll get some sleep.' Zok thought to himself before using hivemind skill to communicate with Kaira, 'Kaira, I don't know much about the serpents, but I think they are supposed to be poisonous, so try not to get bitten.'
Zok's three brain cells did not know whether the serpents were poisonous or not because he had never seen one before in his life. He only warned Kaira about the poison because of the text that appeared in front of him. It said to destroy the poison gland of the serpent, that meant one thing... the serpent could use poison.
There was a slight problem though. Zok didn't know where this supposed poison gland was located. So he went for the second option and decided to kill the serpent by attacking its head. He was confident that the spear could pierce through the serpent's head, after all, it went through the Arachnid's tough exoskeleton with ease.
Kaira let out a short growl to show that she understood Zok's command. But there was one problem... how were they going to attack the 6 feet long serpent without getting closer to it? Zok was not all that excited or that big of a fool to throw his only weapon at the serpent in an attempt to kill it... Just then an idea struck him like a lightning bolt.
'Kaira, distract the serpent but stay at a safe distance.'
Kaira nodded and went into action. Her damage might have been low in comparison to Zok, but she was still agile enough to distract the beast while Zok put his brilliant plan into action. It was a different thing that the plans from his 3 knowledge point brain were a bit... extreme and could be considered suicidal.
"It's about time I put this bracelet to some use," Zok mumbled to himself before pressing the bracelet hard against his wrist. The next moment he vanished as if he had never even been there in the first place, 'No matter how many times I do this, I just can't get used to it... either way, let's get this over with before I turn back to normal.'
While Kaira was jumping around and dodging the serpent's desperate attempts to bite into her flesh, Zok soundlessly made his way over to the serpent. As Kaira smelled her partner/master getting closer to the serpent, she increased her attack frequency so that the serpent wouldn't notice Zok. She even started clawing the serpent whenever it turned around, however, her claws could not pierce through the tough scales of the serpent at her clawing turned into slapping instead.
There was one thing that Zok wasn't aware of. The serpent couldn't hear or smell their target, but they were extremely sensitive to the vibrations around them. It was one of their most important predatory senses that nature had gifted them. And the bracelet could only do so much to help him...
As soon as he got in the range to attack the serpent, the beast forgot about Kaira and followed its intuition and lept backwards, exactly where Zok was standing. The serpent's jaws were open and its venomous teeth were in front for show. The serpent was about to bit its fangs into Zok's invisible skin when Zok's agility and instinct kicked in.
The serpent's attack was quick but thankfully Zok was quicker. He pushed his spear forward at the last possible second and the serpent bit on the tip of the spear. However, it wasn't an ordinary spear. The moment the serpent touched the tip of the spear, the insides of his mouth were burnt to a crisp. The venomous sacks inside the serpent's mouth was no exception to this and the poison spilt within its mouth and on the spear as well.
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You have completed the condition to copy the skill: [Poison Fang lvl 4] from the Aberrant Giant Serpent. Would you like to copy this skill?
• Yes
• No
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"Is it dead yet? Doesn't looks like it to me!" Zok gritted his teeth as he tried to push the spear deeper into the mouth of the serpent. In his eyes, he could only get the skill by killing the serpent that was the reason behind his weird comment.
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You have inflicted [Fake Smile] on your target. The target will get confused for the next 3 seconds.
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"This is it!" Zok roared in excitement and drew the spear back before instructing Kaira, 'Kaira, attack!'
Kaira lept at the serpent as if she had been waiting for Zok to say those words to her. Zok didn't hold back either, he attacked the simultaneously but the scales on the creature's back were sturdier than he had anticipated. Still, it wasn't sturdy enough to take on the repeated blows by the two of them and the serpent was killed quicker than ever.
[You have slain a level 14 A-grade Aberrant Giant Serpent. Control +25. Exp +600]
[You have slain a level 14 A-grade Aberrant Giant Serpent. Exp +600]
[You have registered Aberrant Giant Serpent in the Index. EXP +100]
Zok didn't pay any attention to the exp he had just gained and immediately opened the skill list. He wanted to see what skill did the serpent gave him.
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[Poison Fang lvl 4]: This skill allows the user to imbue their attacks with poison. Inflicting wounds to them while this ability is active will <Poison> the target and make them lose 2% of their maximum HP per second for 5 seconds. This ability can't be stacked. The skill has a cooldown of 20 seconds.
Higher level perks will unlock as the skill and the user level up.
The skill will level up once it had been used a certain number of times.
Cost of learning: 20 control points
Balance: 27.25 points
Do you want to learn this skill?
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"Yes!"
