Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic (Part I)

C60: Ghost Serpent - The Bane of Book's Characters!

The witch warned us to not take it out of the box, Kai thought. But I can't let it live the rest of its life there. It's no use to me in a fucking box.

Petyr had asked him why Kai wanted another serpent when he already had the blood essence of Boa Constrictor.

The thing was, Kai hadn't bought the serpent to devour it. Though the Blue-tailed Boa Constrictor was a non-magical beast, Kai had yet to complete the proficiencies of its Elementary Abilities and devouring this hatchling would put it into the third empty slot, not replace the existing one.

Even if he could replace it, Kai won't. The reason was simple.

Kai wasn't sure if he would get the same Elementary Abilities or not. The chances were high, but if he had learned something after coming to the Primordial Tower, then that was to not rely on his Luck.

The only reason for him to get a pet serpent was to talk to it.

With all his Abilities experiencing steady growth, his Elementary Snake Language had fallen behind. Before dispensing the Boa's Blood Essence, he also wanted to increase its Proficiency to Advance. However, the only way to go about this process was to communicate with a serpent or serpent-like creatures.

The white cobra hatchling slithered out of the box, leaving its enchanted prison.

It lazily raised its head, glancing around at its surroundings. It was now or never, Kai knew. Once the serpent becomes a ghost, even he won't be able to find it again.

Hisss!

Kai stirred his blood essence, and a hissing sound erupted from it as the surrounding steam blurred his figure.

The effect was immediate, but not the one Kai had desired.

The white serpent raised his hood, hissing back.

Kai saw the scales on the underside of its hood were pale red. It took Kai's hiss as a challenge, he could tell. He could feel the ferocity in its hiss. It was a magical beast, a noble creature. Kai's hiss had come from a non-magical one. How could it ever tolerate the rudeness of such a challenge?

"You dare!" Kai growled.

For the first time, Kai stirred the thing inside his chest. The terror hiding in his chest churned, sending out deep, hideous pulses on his naked skin, trying to crack it apart.

Cersei gasped.

The serpent's state was worse.

It thrashed its tail in defiance, in fear, in the horror of the thing that desired its flesh with such primal desire. This feeling was enough to make it let go of all its defenses.

Under the devouring gaze of Kai's slitted pupils, the white cobra bowed its head.

Kai extended his right arm, and the serpent came slithering at it. Its forked tongue kissed Kai's fingers before it coiled itself around his forearm, overshadowing the snake tattoo there.

The stats appeared over its head then.

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Beast: Ghost Serpent (magical beast)

Grade: E+ (growth)

Type: Poison, Ghost

HP: 100

MP: 180

SP: 100