Gemstone Goblins (LitRPG)

Scales 2

"Ready your bows." Everyone drew their bows and aimed at the sleeping monster.

"Fire," I whispered.

Crude arrows made of twigs with stone arrowheads were launched into the air, each one flying wildly. Their aerial voyage was abruptly stopped by a bloody wall of scales. Most arrows were deflected by the snake's natural armour, but the few that did sink into the monster's flesh instantly alerted the serpent. Its eyelids opened, revealing furious olive-coloured eyes, whose anger raged like a burning forest. It let out a deep, creeping hiss that echoed under our skin and in our bones.

The snake uncoiled itself and slid up from the pit. It stood above us, blocking the sun behind it with its massive body. As it opened its massive maw, it conjured a bubbling, dark green sphere of liquid in its mouth from thin air.

"It's going to attack, everybody run!" One goblin cried. The goblins yelled and screeched in fear, some huddled together in a circle, others hid behind trees and boulders.

The snake spat out the giant green blob out at us, the liquid landing and splashing upon some goblins, causing their skin and flesh to melt. The sound of their screams was mixed with the malicious hissing and of the acid until nothing but hissing remained.

The goblins stared at their disintegrated companions in horror. "What do we do!?" One of them cried.

"Shut up!" I yelled. "You're all useless!"

I took out my sling and began hurling stones at the snake, in a futile attempt to gain its attention. The rocks simply bounced off its skin, not even leaving a scratch behind. Yet the snake became irritated and turned its gaze unto me. Its gigantic body looming over the sky, casting a deep shadow upon me, and its gaze looking down at me with contempt.

I gnashed my teeth in anger. "I got my own poison, you freak!" I slashed at my hand with a dagger, and sprayed the blood into the air, staining its face with my scarlet noxious poison. Some landed in its eye, causing its eyes to sting and making the beast wince in pain.

"Stab it now!" I used my [Command skill].

The goblins quickly raised their weapons and charged at the distracted snake. Each goblin penetrated the snake's whitish underbelly deeply with their spears, but as the monster twisted and contorted its body in pain, it sent the goblins flying into the ground and trees.

Rugum was knocked onto a boulder, but despite the incredible pain, he got up and began firing arrows at the snake. As the snake's eyes quickly recovered, Rugum had successfully distracted it.

"Everybody! Save yourselves!" He yelled as he waved his hands to keep the snake's attention.

The snake opened its mouth to swallow Rugum whole, but Voglo had been chanting his spell in the meantime. "Entwining Vines!" He cast.

Bright green thorny vines sprouted from the ground, wrapping themselves around the snake, digging into its flesh and restraining it. The snake hissed in pain and tried to wriggle itself out of the vines, only causing their thorns to dig in further.