Reincarnated as a Mutt

Chapter 18: From The Shadows Is!?

   A red snake with a checkered black pattern as long as a car and thick as an arm slithered through other snakes of varying colors, patterns and size. It slithered up a humongous dark grey snake with the thickness of a bus and the length of a football stadium, and on its head was a small red gem and markings of a crown surrounding it.

   "My King, the b-beast broke through our front lines!" a small red snake compared to the larger serpent hissed in a panic. The large dark grey snake with blood red specks on each scale hiss coldly, flicking its tongue and spoke. "Insolence! Is our elite there yet?"

   The red serpent trembled, "Your lordship they're all dead!" The serpent king's sharp vertical pupils became thin and let out an exasperated "What!?", shock evident in his tone. "It's unstoppable! The creature and its subordinates is nothing like we've seen!"

   "These subordinates, speak now!" the king's voice reverberated throughout the cavern. In the cavern were piles of gold, gems, equipment, and remains of all those slain and eaten. "Our physical attacks are doing nothing! Our magicians have all been killed!"

   "I-impossible!" the king was in disbelief. "Send more!"

   "B-but My King we only have 100 magicians left! Anymore and we may not be able to properly defend ourselves from the other factions!"

    "T-they're here!" a small green garden snake slithered quickly out of a small tunnel from the wall, falling down and shouted in fear. "A-all the g-guards are dead! They're outside!" All the snakes inside the cavern broke off into a panic, hissing and slithering everywhere, a commotion erupting as danger crept closer.

   Their current position in their region was high, overpowering the trolls yet the undead proved too difficult to overcome. On the very far side, were cyclopes, tortles, orcs, lizardmen and a goblin colony. There were ruins of an ancient tribe composed of humans and currently guarded by their sentinels. This labyrinth held more surprises than any ordinary dungeon and held far more riches, however, they were deadly and unpredictable. Magic beasts and monsters having intelligence to form communities when normally they'd be at each other throats inhabited the place. This on the other hand was a war zone of opposing sides for power and territory.

   "What!?" the king was in shock and hissed, leaving his mountainous throne and descended as his subjects made way. His guards quickly rushed to his side.

   "Protect the king!"

   "We all must fight!"

   "For our kin!"

   "Kill the monster!"

   From the entrance was the sound of serpents letting out cry of anguish and despair, frightening most serpents in the cavern. The king gazed at the entrance with a cold gaze and steeled his heart.

   "Father!" a smaller serpent 1/10th the size of the king had looked nearly identical with the exception of magenta diamonds patterns instead of blood red specks and possessed light grey scales. "What are you doing here!? You need to leave at once!" the king hissed angrily, however, his daughter wished to remain by his side. Before another word could be spoken between the two, an ominous black gaseous-like aura emerged from the entrance and from within were a pair of green eyes like jade that shined brightly, and many felt as if its gaze pierced their very souls.

   All 100 of the snakes capable of using magic launched their strongest spells between 1st Tier and 2nd Tier, bombarding the creature and debris to fall and kick up dust. Though to their dismay the creature had taken no damage and slowly approached, emitting a distorted and high modulation of whispers. "Get back!," the serpent king's belly began to blow a bright red and shot out a pulse of energy at the creature. Their eyes widened and narrowed, sending out three slashes of their black energy and collided with the red pulse, negating both attacks and caused a small shock-wave. The serpent king's eyes glowed an ominous red and glared at the creature, however, whatever intended effect they wanted didn't appear to slow its advances nor its irregular voices. The king felt this creature wasn't to be trifled with when it had successfully survived multiple attacks without being harmed.