Reborn as a Snake! (1.) [REWRITE IN PROGRESS]

11. - Troll Hunting. [REWRITTEN]

          Once the scorpion was dead and the reward for beating the dungeon was received, I left the dungeon as non conspicuously as possible - making sure to not get spotted by any of the students or even the teachers as I made my escape from there and into the nearby treeline. Once I was under the safety of the trees of the forest, I exhaled and coiled up into a small coil, sinking my head into my body.

I did it...
Barely - but did it.

Not going to lie - while facing that massive scorpion monster, I felt fear just rush through my body and adrenaline flow in my blood with my heart just beating non stop. I couldn't stop myself from feeling so, so afraid. It felt like just one wrong move and I would have been killed by that monster in a single strike...

It was unlike anything else I had faced up until then - none of the slimes or the direwolves, or even the Poison Lizards compared to that thing. It definitely was on a whole different level compared to everything else in that place. But even then - I managed to beat it.... Admittedly - not easily. Towards the end especially - I began to use every card I had up my sleeve, the greatest one being the accidental use of my skill 'Shadow Step'... or I guess 'Shadowman' now as it 'evolved'. As soon as that large spike had come close to colliding with me, I heard a voice in my head speak an announcement;

[Shadow Step] activated.

And then, before I knew what was happening, I just sunk into the shadows below me and entered this strange new 'world' which was just like the one I am in right now, everything simply was pitch black and the only splash of colour in it was a white 'sky' above me, that highlighted any silhouettes in the area around me.

Basically, I managed to become invincible and invisible for a few seconds - allowing me to get close to the scorpion and launch my finishing blow onto it. It was a scary move to pull off, but I managed to gather up the courage to pull it off - and luckily, that scorpion didn't see it coming.

"I don't want to ever fight in a battle that puts me that close to death ever again..."

I thought, exhaling before opening my eyes and sliding my head out of my body. I may as well take a look at the stats window while I am just sitting here... I mean, I have to figure out where to head to next anyway.

"Status Open."

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Name: Faofa Shin
Species: Lesser Serpentine
Level: 28
Rank: E

Stats:

Health; 9000
Strength; 1200
Defense; 1190
Magical Energy; 7100
Stamina; 1150
Intelligence; 200

- Overall Power; 3400

Skills:
-Speech; Active Skill
-Venom; Passive Skill

-Erudition; Rare Skill
-Devourer; Individual Skill
-Harvester; Rare Skill
-Venom Pellet; Rare Skill
-Trickster; Common Skill
-Presence Erase; Common Skill
-Shadowman; Rare Skill
-Beasts Will; Individual Skill
-Shadow Call; Rare Skill

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Oh wow...
My 'stats' - they definitely have gone up. And by... a lot? I think? I am not quite sure if the amount of increase to my stats is classified as a lot or not - maybe it is, maybe it isn't. I am not very educated when it comes to this stuff.