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"Bring all the loose ores you can find and kill anything that moves. They had collecting and hunting to do before Rino returned to his lousy hut and started his tannery construction. Leaving the lamia corpse behind, Rino summoned Mutt and the nine bandit spectres. If it could not be damaged by fire magic, Rino had very high hopes for this piece of leather. However, the snakeskin was definitely a lot stronger than regular monster skin. It wasn't a lot, considering how the guardian was only half a snake. In no time at all, Rino had his lamia skin. That was a nightmarish image even for him. He did not want to deal with a skinless spectre lamia. There was no way to make her his cave manager now. Rino learned that bodies should remain intact after the mistake he made with the bandits.
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Decapitated lamia would not make good shadow minions. The lamia blood was a strange shade of green, but Rino ignored that.
#Head of the snake quest skin#
He might not be a professional at skinning animals, but Rino worked fluidly using magic to separate the scaly skin from the flesh. He would hunt the other creatures in the cave to convert them into slaves, but first, there was a lamia to skin. Rino called dibs on the resources of this cave, and he was the guardian of this living cave. Even if these monsters weren't very intelligent, they would make good cave guards. Hence, the first thing Rino did was convert those dead gargoyles into shadow minions. It was obvious from the reaction of the protectors that the cave ecology would fall apart with a boss.
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The remaining gargoyles who saw how easily their comrades died wisely fled. Rino nodded and patted the wolf, who shrank in size, trotting up to the lich's side. Their deaths accompanied by stab holes through their chests made the large wolf wag his tail happily. The gargoyles had very sharp claws that dug into his shadow body painfully, but for the sake of buying his master time, Mutt persevered. Without warning, the gargoyles picking on Mutt crashed to the ground as Mutt braced himself for one more round of sneak attack.
#Head of the snake quest full#
In a confined space, Mutt could not unleash his full power, and Rino had to reward the loyal hound for putting up a good fight until the lich was ready to face them on his own. Mutt did his job and tore them apart, but not without suffering some damage when the school of gargoyles ganged on the sabre tooth wolf. By that time, the gargoyles were busy fighting among each other, and some attacked Rino. It took Rino nearly ten minutes before he was fully healed. It was faster to reattach his head than piece the thousands of broken pieces all over. He would rather deal with a severed head than a smashed body like this again. It was more accurate to say that every other bone was broken or smashed apart from his skull. His shoulder joint was still melted, and Rino couldn't move an inch without assistance. Not to mention the hole in his mantle where the bitch bit was still there. Even with high-speed regeneration, healing so many broken bones would take a while. "Mutt," he summoned, and the sabre tooth wolf appeared from his shadow, casting his injured master a glance of worry and a small whine. What would happen to the ecology in this living cave now? Rino wasn't sure, but first, he had to dismantle the fresh corpse. In the distance, he could hear the panicked fluttering of gargoyle wings as the lamia died. Rino couldn't move even after the lamia boss was dead. The snake lady did not have time to scream or react as her body went slack. He had no idea if lamias regenerated and grew new heads like their cousin hydras, but the lich used fire to burn the spot that he decapitated the guardian for safe measure. Without even chanting, Rino conjured a sharp shadow slicer and hacked the lamia's head off. A gift from Noir should not be so easily replaced. Rino was simply going to repair this to the best of his abilities. Who was he kidding? He wasn't going to make a new mantle. All he needed was this snake's skin for premium leather to make himself better shoes and maybe a new mantle. However, as strange as it sounded, Acht felt that he could appreciate the new chance at living after his death under the leadership of this magician. He never had a decent life when he was alive. His previous fear about meeting the living cave guardian vanished, and for once, he was happy to be under the powerful lich's protection even if Rino was his murderer. Acht hid in his master's shadow and watched as Rino completely annihilated the snake lady with his shadow magic.