Reincarnated As A Snake?

A giant purple pupil peered through the black clouds starring right at the two. The giant eye constricted at them as they turned towards it. It just starred at them, nothing else, following them with its gaze. The eye was bigger than 20 meters in diameter. They couldn´t see the rest of it, but it still terrified them to no end.

It stood still mid-air and slowly crept closer, showing the full body of the monster, but it was only a floating eye. A giant purple eye. Starring into the for too long, Raas thought that he would be pulled into it and disappear. The eye was clearly not normal as physics-defying cubes swirled around it in bizarre patterns, dematerializing and rebuilding at random.

Wendy was a really strong monster and a floor guardian, but even she wasn´t confident in tacking on the being, and especially not in the air with Raas on her back. She went to Nox Mortem a few times already and hunted many corrupted monsters, but she never encountered one of those. Her [Perfect Adaption] activated, but nothing changed, meaning that no matter what form she took on she couldn´t beat it..

Seeing no other way out she at least wanted to find out what monstrosity it was that will kill them and used [Deep Scan] on it.

A blue pannel appeared in front of her saying, [Lesser world scout Oculus]

"We are in deep shit..." whispered Wendy as she saw the information that her skill gave her about the eye.

"What the hell is that Wendy!" cried Raas in a hushed voice.

"I don´t know, but I can only see its name with my [Deep Scan] skill, meaning it is at least a tier 5 monster, possibly even stronger..." said Wendy.

A burst of blue light washed over them as the eye of the monster widened. It shook violently and the pupil dilated slightly like it was in a daze. Then a powerful deep cryptic voice sounded in their heads. "Rmh njhgnvpnjv bnwl zegai l rmwl rlgl. Jlwlg epbd n rmwl hrepvrh he ill hrl iej ez rlg nhr rni fbeed anqld nj hrni wbmsl. Njhgnvpnjv. Wlgo njhgnvpnjv!"

The sound was nothing like Raas ever heard. It sounded like static cosmic sounds mixed with some demonic language. "A void spawn..." whispered Wendy.

"Ah what?" whispered Raas back.

"A void spawn, beings that traverse through planes and live between worlds. They are one of the first beings that appeared. Not much is known about them..."

Raas did a double-take at her words and scooped back as far away as he could.

"So... what should we do?" said Raas after a few seconds as her words set in.

"Nothing. You could pray, but your prayers wouldn´t even be heard in such a godless place. All we can´t do is hope that it doesn't disintegrate us and lose interest "

Raas crumbled on top of Wendy when the tension finally disappeared and shouted, "Why am I encountering all those absured OP people!" Not hearing a reply he looked at Wendy and could see her holding back tears. Never in her life was she that scared, and the oppressing feeling from when the Lesser world scout Oculus scanned them was soul-crushing. She wondered how Raas could still talk after it as she was even struggling to hold her mind together.

...

The rest of the flight was in silence as the two slowly descended. Raas was still thinking about the monster, he underestimated the world that he was reincarnated into. He thought that it was a basic fantasy world set on Hardcore difficulty, but it was far more chaotic and dangerous than he could ever think of. Wendy still struggled to gather her thoughts even after they landed on dry soil.

Raas starred at the vast ocean of blood in front of him as a disgusting breeze of death waft over him. They reached a coastal area and decided to wait for Scorge. Truthfully they didn´t know where they are, and Wendy was in no condition to think as her mind was scrambled.

So left with his thoughts alone Raas, glanced at his stats, only to find out that a dozen notifications floating in front of him.

[Shadow dragon Elizabeth Northrom´s blessing destroyed!]

[Shadow dragon Elizabeth Northrom´s soul shield breached!]

[Shadow dragon Elizabeth Northrom´s veil broken!]

[Mental Fortitude is too low!]

[Mental Fortitude is too low!]

[Mental Fortitude is too low!]

[Mental Fortitude is too low!]

[Mental Fortitude is too low!]

...

Raas was saddened to see the things that the queen gave him being destroyed, and bewildered seeing the dozen repeating notifications.

He opened his status and saw that his mental fortitude jumped from lv 1 to lv 9, making it the highest skill that he has.

While Raas was in deep thoughts a maniac laughter came from Wendy. "heh.. heheh... ha hahahaha HA AHAHAHA HAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHA HA!"

Raas jumped slightly from the sudden laughter and looked at her as if she lost her mind.

"My skill [Predator] finally reached lv 30 and turned into [Beast of Prey]! Even [Perfect Adaptation] level up the first time in years!" squealed Wendy as she pounced on Raas not able to contain her happiness.

Raas fell on his back as the wendigo grinned down on him. "Now you are ready for another round! At least I am!" said Wendi excited. She struggled for years to get stronger, but her skills never leveled up as the stimulation was missing. That was also one of the reasons how she turned into a complete battle maniac. Having a power up after years she just wanted to go hunting, but she couldn´t let Raas alone as any stray monster would kill him.

She totally forgot Scorge as she was ready to take Raas hunting. "Wait wait wait! what are you doing?" asked Raas who was being placed on her head with some vines.

"Hmm? Going hunting obviously, I can´t just let you here alone. Even a random breeze of corrosive gas could kill you here." said Wendy with a tilted head as if it was obvious.

"Aren´t we waiting for Scorge?"

"Pah, that old fart can suck it! It is his fault if he is too late, at least we could have some fun hunting worthy prey when waiting for him!" speaking of the devil a voice appeared behind Wendy. "Shi shi shi shi... hmmm an old fart you said... that is a new one. Well, they all died before they could end their words. Quite bold the young ones these days. To think that I am being called an old fart... quite... a-m-u-s-i-n-g~" said Scorge not so amused, while plucking Raas off of Wendy´s head and gently setting on the ground. "Ah, Raas, can you look away for a moment? I have someone to... punish." Sounding more like a command than a request Raas complied and turned around, staring at the endless red ocean where he could see occasional monsters fighting in the distance. The thing Scorge hated the most was making fun of him for his age and his crow pets.

Wendy completely froze up, not even daring to turn around. "Hmmm? What is wrong? not gonna turn back and say it to my face?" said Scorge with clear anger in his voice.

She was too scared to reply but shakily turned her head back. The sight that meet her was too much for her. Scorge face twisted in pure wrath as his true form unveiled. Raas who was a good few meters away got a cold shiver down his back as he felt the demonic energy exploding out of Scorge. "You want to go hunting right?" asked Scorge in a fake sweet voice.

Wendy cowered back but nodded.

"...what?"

"You have 5 seconds."

Wendy was confused and scared. She didn´t understand what he meant.

"5."

"4."

Wendy´s eyes went wide as he counted down, she now realized and immediately ran away as fast as she could. Her speed was abnormal as she ran through the corrupted terrain. She has even forgone a protective layer on her feet so she could run quicker. Her life was clearly on the line.

"3."

"2."

"1."

"Not to worry Raas, I will be right back," said Scorge while plucking one of his glossy black feathers from his wings and throwing it towards Raas. "That will protect you while I am away, it shouldn´t take long, but safe is safe." Raas only nodded, still staring at the ocean, not wanting to anger Scorge further.

"It has been long since I last tortu- ehem, punished a soul," said Scorge to himself while unfolding his wings. Spreading his wings wide he took of in a massive burst.

Raas was only thinking 'What the fuċk is happening?!' while silently watching two sea creatures fight to the death.