Killing a Tier 2 Snake

"Kyaaa!" Lovelia screamed. Her face was pale as she couldn't get up, staring at this snake.

Lovelia had a hard time regaining her composure after she was hit earlier. It seemed that her injury was also quite heavy. 

After getting hit by Ivan, the snake realized that these people were more dangerous than the ones he had chased the whole time. Hence, the snake was searching for the weak link of the party, which was none other than Lovelia. 

It was staring at Lovelia, wanting to kill her.

"No!" Ivan roared and struck the snake once again, cutting the snake's flesh. 

"Ivan!" Lovelia cried.

"You bastard. I won't let you hurt the girls." Ivan shouted in anger as he continuously struck the snake, leaving one shallow wound after another.

Elina hurriedly grabbed Lovelia, dragging her away. "Hurry up. We have to leave." 

"I will be helping Ivan stop the snake. We can't fight a Tier 2 snake." Vina stomped her shield on the ground as if trying to get the snake's attention. 

"Hurry up and go!" Ivan ordered out loud, knowing that they were a burden in this fight. 

Vina gritted her teeth and pointed at the forest. "We should go there. If we continue like this, we will just be a burden."

"But…" Lovelia, who was injured, was the one wanting to help him. However, Elina hurriedly dragged her away.

As soon as they were far enough, Ivan jumped back, activating his beast soul. He jumped forward, closing their distance in a single leap.

This meant that he had more distance than Clovis, who was trying to hide behind the glyptodon's corpse. 

Unbeknownst to him, everything was going according to Clovis's plan. 

In fact, Kanaria was looking at their party pitifully, specifically Lovelia. 

'Ivan, huh? I don't have a grudge against you, but I don't want to be a part of your group. You are indeed the number one genius and your reputation is well-deserved. However, being a part of your group means that I'm going to be dumber in the name of love, not being able to see that I'm just a burden while trying to help. In the end, it will just cause more problems. In the end, this group suits me more. I have my independence, I have an amazing captain, and I have a vision that this group will be an extremely powerful group.' 

Kanaria thought while shaking her head helplessly. She hurriedly turned to the snake, asking, "Clovis? Do you need a hand?"

"Help me until Jay is here. We'll be taking down this snake." 

"Got it." Kanaria released the first shot.

*Bang!* 

It still failed to penetrate the snake's skin, but the bullet was actually close to the wound that Ivan created earlier. 

Even the snake realized what her aim was. Even though the wound was small and hard to hit, it would be a problem if she managed to hit the exposed flesh. 

The snake hurriedly turned around, trying to stop her. This was when Clovis came out of his hiding spot and jumped on top of the snake's body, shooting the wound with his poisonous bullet. 

*Bang!*

*Shaa!* The snake felt the excruciating pain, not from the bullet but from the poison. It jolted its entire body, causing the snake's head to fall to the ground. 

"!!!" Ivan and the group couldn't help but turn their heads around. On the one hand, they were confused about how Clovis was able to do it. On the other hand, they didn't believe that Clovis was strong enough to kill the snake. 

They should get away first, treat Lovelia's wound, and finally find out about what happened.

While they were running away, Clovis continued moving around, using the glyptodons as his shield. 

*Shaa!*

*Bam!* 

The snake kept slamming its head, trying to crush Clovis. Fortunately, he was still able to avoid every single attack, albeit barely. 

When the snake was about to launch another attack, Clovis tossed the short sword to the other side of the snake. He put the pistol in his mouth before jumping as high as possible, using the chain to climb the snake's body.

In the end, the snake hit its body, inflicting its own injury. 

*Shaa!* The snake wailed in pain, but before it could launch another attack, Clovis had shot another bullet. It was a different spot since Clovis wanted to kill the snake with the poison. 

When he took another look at it, the poison seemed to be more potent than he originally thought. The poison had slightly spread to the snake's right eye as Clovis could see several gray-colored veins on it. 

It was at this time that Jay appeared in the corner of his eyes. It seemed that he had killed all the monsters he had stopped earlier and finally made his way toward him. 

Jay used the Dire Wolf Beast Soul to amplify his speed. He actually closed the distance between them in just three seconds.

The moment the snake slammed its head again, Jay struck the wound, trying to widen it. "Haaaa!" 

His strike was filled with momentum, causing the power to be amplified severalfold.

*Shaaa!* The snake didn't know that Jay was coming. It recognized this human as the person who ran away from it earlier. 

But the moment Jay grabbed its attention, Clovis moved toward another wound and shot the poisonous bullets. 

At the same time, Kanaria's bullet finally landed on one of the wounds after several tries.

Clovis smiled, thinking it was possible to kill this Tier 2 snake. 'The sign of poison can be seen on the snake's skin. If this continues, I should be able to completely spread the poison all over the snake's body with another three bullets.' 

Jay always positioned himself on the opposite side so that the snake had to choose whether to go for him or Clovis. If the snake focused on Clovis, Jay could widen the wound with his momentum. If the snake focused on Jay, Clovis could shoot another bullet. 

Kanaria also helped from afar. But looking at the damage they could have done, it seemed that Clovis had to be eliminated first. 

*Shaa!* 

'Seriously? How smart is this snake? I thought we could confuse it for another one or two bullets.' Clovis clicked his tongue and hurriedly ran toward the glyptodons' corpses. 

Still, Clovis had experienced a lot of fights with the beasts. Even a Tier 0 beast actually knew how to separate their forces so that they could flank their enemies from different directions. When he thought about it, he shouldn't be surprised that the snake realized its true target.

The snake chased after Clovis. Jay hurriedly backed up and ran straight to the snake with all his momentum, striking the wound.

Kanaria also shot another bullet but missed because of the snake's movement.

The snake pushed away the glyptodon's corpses so that it could find Clovis. However, Clovis skillfully looped around the corpses so that the glyptodon's corpse blocked the snake's vision, allowing him to reach the snake's body. 

He pointed his gun at point blank range and shot it.

*Shaa!* The snake realized that the end part of its body couldn't move anymore. The poison had spread so far that it sensed a deep crisis in fighting these three people. 

It even stopped chasing after Clovis and tried to escape.

"Do you think you can escape?" Clovis smirked, knowing this was his chance. He climbed on top of the snake's body and ran toward the next wound. 

*Bang!* 

The snake had his middle body paralyzed. Its head was already enduring the pain and the right eye had become blind due to the poison. 

Clovis's last target was the wound near the snake's head that Ivan created earlier when trying to protect Lovelia. Without hesitation, he rushed forth, taking this chance. 

Jay also looped around with the beast soul, waiting for a perfect chance to help Clovis. 

Kanaria released another shot toward the snake, hitting another wound. However, that part of the body had been paralyzed by the poison, so the snake didn't react as much. 

On the other hand, Clovis tossed the short sword, letting it pierce his next target. The short sword penetrated the flesh and Clovis began to climb the snake's body to launch the last attack.

"This is finally over." Clovis smirked, pointing his gun at the last wound. But to his shock, Jay's voice echoed in his ears.

"CLOVIS!"

Clovis was startled and noticed that they had stopped moving. When Clovis raised his head, he saw the snake's head right in front of him. 

Clovis shot the head in desperation before detaching himself from the short sword. 

The snake's head hit his body. Luckily, Clovis was fast enough to drop the short sword and raise his long sword. Both of his hands held the sword at the edge as the snake knocked Clovis to the ground.

The impact was so massive that it created a small crater underneath Clovis.

"Gah!" Clovis spat a mouthful of blood. In fact, his body felt like it was being flattened, causing some of the blood to flow out of his nose and eyes. The snake kept pushing Clovis to break his arms, but luckily, the bones on his arms didn't break immediately, allowing the ground to support his body to withstand this attack.

"Clovis!" Jay shouted. On the one hand, he wanted to be surprised that the sword actually didn't snap after being hit that way. On the other hand, he had a job to do. "Oi, you bastard snake. That's my captain over there!"

Jay struck one of the wounds near the head to widen it. 

*Shaaa!* The snake's head retreated due to the pain and Kanaria even shot another bullet, which caused the snake to flinch. 

Seeing Jay's position, Clovis gritted his teeth and grabbed the pistol he dropped earlier, tossing it to Jay. 

"Jay!" Clovis shouted at the top of his lungs. 

"!!!" Jay was startled, but when he noticed the gun, he hurriedly caught it and saw the chain hanging on the snake's wound. He didn't hesitate to climb the snake's body and release Clovis's last bullet. "Die, motherfucker."

*Bang!*