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The grunts of the wild boars grew louder and more terrifying with each passing second.

Their bestial grunts, combined with the aggressive hiss of the serpent queen, created a horrifying blend of sound that no one would ever wish to hear in their entire life.

Floki’s rationality shattered under the pressure of the situation. His senses screamed at him to flee, yet his body refused to obey the signals from his brain, as though the connection between them had been forcefully severed.

Sweat began to form on his skin despite the relatively cold temperature of the dark forest.

His brain worked at an alarming speed, thoughts colliding and overlapping, while his nerves strained under the pressure as he desperately tried to break down and analyze his situation, even though the most obvious option at this moment was to flee.

If Floki were to explain the reaction of his body at that moment, it would be that it had already accepted its inescapable death.

Nonetheless, while he remained frozen, still facing the wild boars, he realized something he had missed due to his overwhelming fear.

The wild boars were not focusing on him at all.

Their grunts, their aggressive glares, none of it was directed at him.

Instead, they were focused entirely on the massive serpent queen that was approaching from afar.

That was when it finally dawned on him that the boars were not targeting him with their aggressive behavior, but were instead targeting the approaching serpent queen.

Realizing this, Floki forcefully willed his body to move and fled away from the impending clash between the violent creatures.

After all, in the current situation, the serpent queen would most likely forget about him entirely and focus on the wild boars, who seemed to harbor some sort of deep-rooted hostility toward her.

Unfortunately, however, his quest required him to kill the serpent queen, find her nest, slaughter her offspring, and steal her egg.

So he could only find a perfect hiding spot far away from them, hide carefully, observe closely, and silently pray that the boars would badly wound the snake but not kill it.

On the other hand, he knew that was only partially possible. His luck was bad, after all, and the worst possible outcome always seemed to find him.

From his hiding spot, he saw the serpent queen halt only a few meters away from the wild boars.

Her aggressive hiss echoed across the dark forest, spreading a suffocating pressure through the air.

The wild boars were gigantic in comparison to a human, but before the serpent queen, they appeared noticeably smaller.

Yet they did not seem to be deterred in the slightest by her overwhelming presence.

If anything, they became even more aggressive.

Floki could feel the atmosphere grow heavier and tenser as the two sides locked into a silent staring contest.

GRUNT!

The leading gigantic wild boar, whose tusks were much longer and sturdier than the others and whose body was significantly larger, let out a loud, terrifying grunt that echoed through the surrounding bushes.

With that grunt, the entire pack of gigantic wild boars charged toward the serpent queen ferociously, their heavy stomps causing the very earth beneath them to tremble.

The serpent queen also launched her massive body toward them fearlessly, her eyes glowing an even deeper red as her movements became more erratic than when she had been chasing Floki.

The wild boars lowered their heads, pointing their long, sharp tusks directly at her advancing body.

The first clash happened almost instantly.

One of the boars drove its tusk into the massive torso of the serpent queen, causing her to release a sharp hiss of pain as she immediately shot her reinforced head downward in a single, brutal motion.

Only now, as Floki observed more carefully, did he notice that her head was reinforced with a strange, solid structure, making it far more dangerous than he had initially assumed.

Using that reinforced head, she smashed into the attacking wild boar, rendering it completely incapable of recovering as it was sent crashing to the ground, squealing in pain.

The other gigantic wild boars momentarily ignored their wounded comrade.

At that moment, their sole objective was to take down the serpent queen.

Several of them circled around her strategically and attacked with their sharp tusks, while others charged directly from the front to keep her distracted.

The serpent queen hissed violently and thrashed her massive body around erratically.

Her powerful body whipped several of the wild boars away while she attempted to crush those within her reach.

She even managed to catch one of the wild boars and coiled her body tightly around it in a fit of rage, killing it through sheer constriction.

While the chaotic battle continued, the leader of the gigantic wild boar pack did not participate.

It remained in its original position, observing the fight closely, watching how its subordinates overwhelmed the serpent queen and how she retaliated with all her might.

’This...’

From afar, as he observed the violent battle, Floki realized just how inferior he was in comparison to these beasts.

If he had truly attempted to fight the serpent queen alone, he would have died before he could even land a single hit.

And if he were to face the pack of wild boars, they would easily overwhelm and defeat him with their coordinated attacks.

He gulped nervously, yet he did not take his eyes off the battlefield for even a moment.

He carefully observed their fighting styles, noting every important detail, as there was a high possibility that he would encounter similar monsters again in the near future.

He paid even closer attention to the serpent queen. After all, while the wild boars were overpowering her through numbers, their fighting techniques were not particularly refined or unpredictable.

The serpent queen, on the other hand, was entirely different.

Her movements were wild, yet there was a strange rhythm behind them. Every strike, every twist of her massive body, carried a clear sense of intent that went far beyond simple instinct.

Floki narrowed his eyes slightly as his focus sharpened.

She was learning, or more precisely, adapting.

Each time a wild boar lunged at her, her response became faster, sharper, and more lethal.

’Was that the reason why she always seemed to adapt to my speed earlier? Is it her innate ability, or some kind of skill?’ he wondered inwardly.

Aside from her ability to adapt to the fighting style of the giant wild boars, Floki also noticed that she did not use venom as he had initially expected.

She relied entirely on her physical strength.

Not only that, she did not display any form of magical attack, relying purely on strength, agility, and stamina.

Floki continued to watch her every movement without missing a single detail.

The battle dragged on far longer than he had initially anticipated.

The sky had even begun to brighten slightly as morning slowly approached.

At that moment, more than half of the wild boar pack had been killed by the serpent queen. The remaining boars were severely wounded and unable to continue fighting, while the injured serpent queen was now engaged in a direct confrontation with the giant wild boar leader.

The giant wild boar leader was in a league of its own.

Its tusks were long like a longsword, sharper and sturdier than those of the other boars.

Not only that, it also possessed the ability to manipulate the earth around it, giving it a significant advantage over the serpent queen.

BOOM!

With a powerful stomp of its hind limb, the earth beneath the serpent queen trembled violently, and moments later, a rock pillar erupted from the ground and stabbed upward toward her.

HISSSSS!

The serpent queen shrieked in anguish, yet her fury only intensified.

She immediately shot her massive reinforced head forward in an attempt to smash into the wild boar leader.

However, the leader reacted swiftly, manipulating the earth around it to form a thick rock wall as a shield.

The rock wall shattered under the immense force of the serpent queen’s attack, but it reduced both the speed and impact of her strike, allowing the wild boar leader to evade successfully.

It quickly created distance, then stomped both of its forelimbs onto the ground with force, causing two larger and taller rock pillars to erupt simultaneously and stab toward the serpent queen’s lowered head.

Fortunately for the serpent queen, she pulled her head back just in time to avoid being impaled.

Her large eyes narrowed as her focus locked onto the legs of her opponent.

She had clearly observed that the wild boar leader could only activate its earth manipulation by stomping its feet.

With that realization, she began to anticipate its movements.

Despite the numerous wounds covering her massive body, wounds that bled profusely and stained the ground beneath her red, she pressed forward without hesitation, driven purely by the instinct to survive.

The wild boar leader, although not as perceptive or adaptive, did not retreat.

It charged forward with its tusks while simultaneously utilizing its earth-based attacks without holding back.

However, the serpent queen’s adaptive ability gave her a significant advantage.

Approximately thirty minutes later, the wild boar leader was severely wounded and rendered incapable of continuing the fight.

With its remaining strength, it began to crawl away from the serpent queen.

It was not only the leader; the surviving wild boars also began retreating, dragging their injured bodies away from the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the serpent queen collapsed onto the ground, her massive body covered in numerous wounds.

She was completely exhausted.

Floki, who had witnessed everything from beginning to end, finally decided to act.

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