Reborn To Become A Heavenly Serpent

' Now then... since those unqualified people had been brushed aside. Let's put the corroded energy away from her mind'

Hiro secretly thought to himself while glancing downward. Looming over the tiny human the size of an ant with the head alone.

The fine cold ŀuster of his eyes radiated power... with the rectangular-shaped head of horror. The enormous tongue flickered on the outside from time to time. Forming a periodically timed puff of wind... generated from the movement of it alone.

Before this...

The second the head protruded up from the lake surface... a large amount of water surged all around. Flooding the lakeside within the crystal blue color with the swaying watery noises that it made.

But for this... Hiro doesn't care. For now... he wanted to focus on this potential errand girl.

To explain this...

12 hours ago. Hiro had been woken up from the system. And by saying that we could already ȧssume the routine that he took.

Checking the panel... asking some characteristic changes that had occurred and so on.

His size had increased exceptionally. A 600 meters serpent in length with the width and height of 20-30 meters while laying fully flat down.

A horror of an existence.

Though he would call himself a magnificent creature instead.

Also...

a peculiar conversation had been made with the system. One of the reasons he had decided to use the corroded energy to influence this tiny human was from that conversation.

" System... Can I practice the skill that originated from this world or is it impossible?"

Hiro asked slowly as he began to feel the transformations of his newly shaped body. The water within this depth rumbled all around with his sliding movement. From above it would look like curling darkness twisting and fidgeting.

"Ding... Yes, host. But there will be some modifications in terms of features and orders. Would the host like to hear it?"

The cold mechanical voice responded. The message within it made him happy... well. That was on the first half only while the remaining half froze his smile.

" What is it?"

He asked curiously. The body was long and slender with many of the corroded appearances intact. His species should have been changed and adopted alongside the prior one...

He felt a little bit different. But then he quickly shifted his thoughts to the matter on call...

"Ding... The host will be given two options. Choose wisely"

(Option 1)

Potential: Limited based on the race, energy type, and also energy essence.

(Option 2)

Self-learning/ creating skills.

Potential: Limitless. Though the start will be hard to grasp.

A blue panel appeared before his eyes. It was square-shaped in light blue color with those words embedded on it.

Hiro was rather surprised by these options that he needed to make. Since he can only choose one of them... risky but in the end, it might be extremely worthwhile.

" Limited based on energy essence... or limitless but a rough start... "

He contemplated for a while.

The system skills mall provided him with powerful skills right off the back... but all of it will be driven by his race, energy essence, and so on. Limiting him from the other type of skills that might be available.

The growth potential of the second option was even more appealing to his eyes. No doubt about it...

" Then... I chose the second one"

He muttered.

Risks co-exist with opportunities... and since this option gave him the chances of unlimited growth then why not walk upon it?. Surely a stumble won't be that bad...

"Ding... processing order. System mall skills function eliminated. The previous skills will still be available as permanent. From now on the host will be able to develop skills freely without limitations"

"Naturally... "

He smiled back.

-

Back to the present time.

*coughs!* *coughs!* *coughs!*

Saya finally dropped onto her knees as she held her hand against her throat. Coughing out dark blood with her eyes flooded in tears. Red veins arose all over her pale white skin with her body went limping downward.

Her eyes were fuzzy... but still, she gritted her teeth to shift her gaze upwards. Meeting those large pair of eyes with anger within.

"Y-You!!?? "

A puzzled voice filled with outrage...

Her body trembled but was not of fear but instead in resentment.

Even some visible red lines emerged on her pure reflective orifices surface. choked up throat with one hand holding against it... and her feet feeling like noodles under.

" You have regained your thoughts. Congratulations!"

Hiro said...

" Damn you!!!!!"

She screamed hysterically while grabbing some tiny stones next to her. Throwing away towards the large serpent head with all of her pitiful strength.

*plop!* *splashes!* *splashes!*

And as to be expected.

None hit the target with the plopping sound that it made the next second.

" Are you angry? "

Hiro asked in a playful tone...

Knowing of what he had done...turning her into such a disheveled state. He wanted to see... her anger. How far can she fuel it up?.

" ... My friend was injured!!! not because of me but it was because of you!!!"

" You hurt them!!!!"

Her red gazes shifted up with her fist clenched on both sides. The grasses were plucked up with some of the dirt-covered over her tiny hand...

She knew what happened...

Hiro used her to hurt her friends... but that was it. Only the topping of the cake...

What she didn't know was...

" I didn't use you... "

He chuckled with a devilish tone...

Licking his tongue on the top with the plain taste of what had lingered before. The cloudy sky draped over both of them with the large rectangular shadow bathing over her location.

Shuttled the wind in between where their eyes met.

Her face went pale after hearing the hoarse and deep chilling voice. Realizing that she was simply a weak human...

Standing before a very large serpent that radiated the aura of death all around it. Sweats and shivers on her back... with her orifices wide opened.

" You was simply using your dėsɨrės... and that was how you hurt them... It was all because of your greed for power"

Hiro smiled seemingly... with the huge mouth opened. Unwrapped from below and what it could be seen was as a hideous hole of flesh...

lines of saliva and some weird remains inside.

"N-No! I didn't! It-"

"It was your own doing"

Hiro cut her words off short...

Dazing her with the significance of it as her memories began to plummet inside her heart. Distrust and also confusion... swirling inside like a whirlpool of chaos.

Maybe it was her emotions all along?...

She didn't quite remember other than the crazy dėsɨrė for power at that time. Yes... it was her? or was it...

" Greed is truly laughable no?. It can cause some unwanted suffering to others... "

He kept going...

And her lips curled under the teary eyes...

" You look pitiful little one... "

"Shut up!... I know that my words were true!"

" There's no meaning in your words. "

"It does!!! "

" The same goes for your heart... pitiful girl. "

"Shut uppp!!!"

She cried out for one final time...

depleting her strength and her throat felt like it had been withered all over again. As if some dried leaves had been scrubbed over from the inside...

Hiro's words penetrated deep inside her heart... and also her beliefs.

It was like the whispers of the devil... crawling up her mind even without her consent.

After the final shout of her struggle.

Hiro simply stayed put and observed for a while.

He got so much time to spare while checking the changes in his body. He also needed to make some plans for this errand girl.

As for her emotions? hahaha... no one cares for the weak.

As for Saya...

Her current state could only be described as extremely miserable. Her hair was messy with her clothes swathed with dirt and mud.

Staring over the unconscious Lizy not far away from her with a disturbed mind. Chaotic one could say...

Telling herself over and over again that it was not her fault that all of these happened.

The briny taste within the air traveled about passing her nose... Felling a lot more bitter than before, no?. Especially the weather today...

" Have you decided?"

His voice resounded next to her ears.

But it seemed she wasn't scared of it this time...

only a hateful look was tossed against his gaze with her teeth gritted.

" Kill me... "

She said...

"... hahahahah!"

Hearing this...

Hiro simply laughed out loud as his voice thundered into the space like an earthquake. The peak of the cliff trembled under the tremor with the lake surface rippling waves in all directions.

*Splashes!* *plops!* *plops!*

Some of the rubble from the top of the cliff fell over this time. Coated behind while at the same time Hiro's gaze went sharp and eerie.

" I said kill me!!!"

She struggled to stand up while holding her body against the cracked wooden staff. Her legs trembled under as she tried to balance her footing.

At- End of this chapter.