I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 253: Encountering again

Eryndor kept moving using his Shadowstep to avoid letting the snake dictate the tempo of the battle.

The speed was simply not this species' forte, such that even his Qi Refining level Shadowstep was enough to keep him from getting trapped at a place.

One might wonder, then why do people still get trapped and strangled?

The answer would lie in the surveillance skill and the individual's observation.

Eryndor's Spatial Sight was good enough to the point that he could easily see the minute movements of the snake, be it while attacking while defending, while moving or even while in a standoff.

The anaconda would always continue positioning various parts of its body in such a way that it would eventually result in the prey having no means to escape.

Just 'being capable' of seeing wasn't enough. One had to pay attention, accurately observe those slight movements even while in battle and make the corresponding moves, which Eryndor excelled at.

During the slight confrontation just now, he had hit at the point which he thought was weak because after a round of observation he determined that that specific area wasn't moving much.

It was as if the snake was taking care to carefully handle that section of its body.

Eryndor thought the snake was hurt at that spot, hence his following attack, but there was nothing 'weak' about that spot.

The defense was up to par and the snake only displayed signs of anger instead of pain.

Just as Eryndor was furrowing his brows while exchanging two more rounds of confrontation with different parts of its body, he sensed another iron armored anaconda heading his way.

Holy fuck, didn't they say these snakes wouldn't reinforce each other unless under special circumstances?

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck him as he realized what his source of unease was, like why did he feel that something was wrong.

This iron armored anaconda was pregnant!

The first spot he hit was where its baby was being developed, and it might have been specially reinforced to protect the baby, therefore the extraordinary defense.

It was also why the snake wasn't moving around that part much, so as to not disturb the baby.

The incoming second iron armored anaconda was likely its partner.

Eryndor could already feel the peak stage Stable realm aura as it entered his visual range.

Nah fuck it, I'm out of it.

Eryndor had zero wish to fight both the snakes even in his eldritch form. He was already low on Energy of Consciousness.

He immediately switched to his eldritch form and flew away from the encirclement using Telekinesis.

The snake thrashed and whipped its body at certain places to prevent him from escaping, but Eryndor easily dodged all of it.

He couldn't fly for long though, as his Spatial Sight picked up another human.

Not wanting to take any risk, he immediately cancelled his eldritch form and began running using Shadowstep.

Sure, Clarence might not have known Shadowstep or any other cultivation art that he knew, but he could always say that he simply learnt them.

I still need to know what cultivation arts Clarence used though, just as a backup.

Eryndor thought while running. This was also the reason he didn't submit any of the body parts of the monkey except the claws which had no marks.

What if they could determine from the traces over the body parts which type of cultivation art was used? freewebnσvel.cøm

What if they then found out that these cultivation arts didn't match the ones which Clarence knew?

Sure, Eryndor could always stick the same excuse again, that he learnt new cultivation art, but he would first have to make a proof for himself.

For a backup, he would first learn Clarence's cultivation arts, then he would buy other new cultivation arts which resembled his current ones.

That way there would be no more suspicion on him if he sold the body parts of the beasts he killed.

While running away, Eryndor finally met the person who had entered his range of sensing.

He knew long ago that it was the same young boy who had asked to make a team with him, so he only nodded at him before continuing to run.

That young boy was most likely here for the iron armored anacondas as well since they both picked the same mission, but Eryndor didn't have any plans to warn the person.

As far as I understood from all the information, Clarence definitely wasn't the saviour type of guy. He valued profit and practicality.

When the boy was about to leave his visual range though, as if he had come to a decision, he turned around and chased after Eryndor.

The latter immediately sped up, but the young boy yelled.

"Wait! You've been to the swamps of iron armored anacondas, haven't you? I want to buy information!"

Eryndor slowed down.

Well, Clarence does prefer profit and practicality. No harm in selling information.

Maintaining sufficient distance, Eryndor yelled back.

"Ten spirit coins for normal information. Twenty for an important one."

Eryndor knew he was overcharging here, but he didn't care. He didn't know the young boy, nor was he a saint.

The young boy thought for a moment before replying.

"Alright, I'll only pay half though. I'll pay the other half if your information is genuine."

Eryndor bargained.

"Three fourths."

The young boy simply shrugged, and asked while throwing a small pouch containing fifteen spirit coins.

"Alright, what is the important information then?"

Eryndor let the pouch drop to the ground, having no intention to pick it up.

What if the person attacked him while his attention was on the pouch? Or while his hands had stretched out to catch the pouch?

Eryndor only glanced at the pouch before looking ahead and giving out the important information.

"On the south side of the swamp, two snakes are working together."

Eryndor didn't tell him that one was pregnant. There was no need to.

If the young boy angered the snakes by hitting the spot where their child was growing, that would be his own fault.

He wasn't doing charity work.

After saying that, he looked at the boy for the remaining spirit coins.