The Founder's POV

Chapter 7: Black temple

I screamed even louder than I had screamed on the day I just appeared in this world.

This time, the pain was accompanied by oppression, oppression that I would never use this foot again in my life, that I would never walk again...

I looked at the culprit, a transparent snake with devilish green eyes. It was huge, standing 5 meters tall. It swallowed my feet and retreated in one second, making me think it had disappeared. In a moment of oppression, I pulled out the magical firearm.

It was a machine gun used by the Starhold family soldiers. I pulled the trigger, and dozens of shots came out in one second. The snake moved quickly, avoiding bullets despite its colossal size .I was lying down while screaming in pain. The snake tried to approach me, but I skillfully prevented it.

The adrenaline helped me make a fast choice, which is using the only skill I have.

<Mind Improving>

A skill that consumes stamina and exhausts the mind instead of using mana, the former Cassian spent to much time to obtain this skill before completely secluding himself. I realized the situation and shuddered with terror.

I held the machine gun in one hand and lifted the <Pendant of Certainty> with the other, throwing it away, praying that I would be lucky just this once. I don't know if it was the effect of skill, adrenaline, or whatever.

I succeeded in my goal. The snake didn't consider the necklace a threat and didn't avoid it, so it fell on him and got stuck in the middle of his body. I don't know when, but the snow had returned a while ago, and the <Pendant of Certainty> was glowing now more than ever.

I returned the machine gun to the storage ring and closed my eyes. It's time to rest. Either I will wake up, or I will not. I will leave the decision to fate.

I don't know which I wanted more...

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I don't know how long it's been, and I hope I haven't slept all day.. .I put my hands on my head and tried to get up. Oh, right, I don't have my feet... I sighed as I looked at the snake's corpse in the distance. The <Pendant of Certainty> had disappeared, and the entire upper body had been eaten.

After eating several tons of snake meat, the Yeti is ready to sleep again. Maybe he went into a cave and won't come out for at least the following week. I'm still kind of surprised. Yetis usually take the remains of their victims to their sleeping places.

Anyway, I got lucky this time...I acted impulsively, neglecting that I was on the border of Yeti territory. If I hadn't activated <acceleration of thought>, I wouldn't have noticed, and perhaps I would've been the Yeti's prey...Am I forgetting where I am? I laughed as I crawled toward the snake corpse, wishing my feet were still in one piece.

Since the snake doesn't chew his food, I wasn't too worried.

Did he eat it? I took a skinning knife from the ring and tried to cut to see inside the snake.

"..."

I looked at the broken knife in my hand and couldn't find the right words to express my feelings. Its skin is callous. I had no other solution, so I crawled to the other side, where there was a small opening towards the stomach.

The Yeti ate half the snake, after all. The opening was extensive, and a strong smell came out of it. Regardless of my will, I entered to find my feet. Three minutes later, I found it somewhere, slightly decomposed but still in average condition.