"Basilisk!" Vicente immediately recognized the cry of the creature he had seen weeks ago when he was dealing with the problem of the Defiant Tyranny and his old enemies in Millfall.
'Damn, I had to find such a beast now?' Vicente looked in the direction of the creature about a minute away from him, aware this was the worst time to find the basilisk.
Not only had he just fought and consumed one of his only two recovery potions, but the basilisk was being hunted by human groups in the area and could bring Vicente enemies.
If anyone discovered the medicine he had just collected, even the commanders of the royal army hunting the basilisk would abandon their purpose to fight Vicente!
Not only that, even though the basilisk was a low-level Mage, weaker than the plant he had just defeated, that beast was stronger than the small plant in the earth sphere.
The basilisk was a flying beast with combat-oriented attributes, a powerful and fast body, and claws as sharp as some assassins' weapons.
It wasn't as intelligent as a goblin of the same level of it, let alone a human. But it was much smarter than such a plant. It would naturally be a more difficult opponent for Vicente, even if it were weaker than the opponent he had just defeated!
As such, Vicente was not happy when he saw that creature approaching him quickly.
'Damn it, I'll collect this herb and see what I can do.' After consuming his restorative potion, Vicente went to the side of the earth dome he had made.
He easily reached the plant and pulled it out of the purple crystal in the ground where it had grown in this area of The Rocky Gorge.
In Vicente's human hands, the plant used all of its remaining energy to hide its consciousness within itself, afraid that he would kill it if it showed any sign of action.
Hibernation was its only chance of survival now that it had fallen into the hands of an enemy.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a cocoon the size of a basketball, protecting itself with everything it had.
Vicente had expected this, and the moment he saw it complete its transformation, he stored it in his spatial ring, which could hold life in such a form.
Spatial rings held pockets of space that wouldn't hold a living being for long. But for storing plants in a state of deep hibernation, they worked well enough for someone like Vicente to do so without much thought.
Storing it in his spatial ring, Vicente took up a fighting position, ready to fight again.
He wasn't as fast as that creature less than 15 seconds away from him, so there was no point in trying to run away now.
He controlled his mana, and several metallic arrows appeared in his surroundings from the metallic items he always carried on his body.
Meanwhile, the field lines around his body formed a sphere, with lightning coming from the sharpest ends of his body, his hair rising into the air.
The basilisk flew with everything it had in Vicente's direction, seeing the one who had defeated the plant for it.
As Vicente had expected, the 3rd stage basilisk wasn't strong enough to defeat the herb now in his spatial ring, which was why it had grown so close to such an animal.
However, the basilisk was also in this area because of the herb, waiting for someone more powerful than it to deal with the plant so that it could defeat the one who did that and take what it wanted.
It had been watching that herb for several months, doing the same thing as the goblins, waiting for the plant and a third party to clash so that it could benefit from the combat's result.
Just when there were so many beings looking for it in this region, someone came along and collected that herb!
But even though it was observing the area, Vicente had acted very quickly, something that had not been in the basilisk's plans.
Seeing its opponent in possession of the herb it wanted to raise its level with, the basilisk was furious that it had been late and missed the best moment to attack.
However, seeing that its opponent was only an Acolyte, it wasn't afraid and wanted to end it all in one move!
The great basilisk simply ignored Vicente's arrows flying toward him, confident in its solid defenses.
Vicente's weapons soon collided with its body, many of them hitting its scales and changing direction without even scratching its body.
Others collided with points on the creature's body surface, causing it to stop mid-air, crumple, and fall to the ground.
"You're really strong!" Vicente ran across the ground, aware that the air was the creature's domain and he would have no advantage by floating.
On the contrary, his greatest advantage was to use the terrain and the trees in the area, which could limit the beast's movements to a certain extent.
However, Vicente didn't expect to gain much of an advantage from this. The basilisk was a flying beast and would fight him better in the air. But it could fight almost as well on land. The big difference on land was that Vice would have more chances on his side.
As Vicente moved to dodge the basilisk's quick attacks, it used its claws and teeth to try to hurt its enemy. Meanwhile, he moved using the branches of the plants, the stones, and the area's relief.
Using his parkour skills developed on Earth with his flexibility and speed in this world, Vicente successfully dodged the first enemy attacks.
Then, while dodging the enemy, he touched the ground with both hands, causing earthen hands much larger than an ordinary human's to emerge from the ground and move toward the creature.
'Can you stand to be electrocuted?' He asked himself as he leaped into the air, moving the free electrons in the atmosphere and drawing a powerful bolt of lightning towards his target.
Ka-boom!
Suddenly, a white glow appeared in the air, and at the speed of light, the basilisk felt something hit its head, and at that moment, its entire body went numb.
The basilisk was more intelligent than the plant from before and more resilient. However, the difference in magic power between it and Vicente was less than the difference between Vicente and the 'little' plant from earlier!
When it was struck while being held by earthen hands, the basilisk opened its snake-like mouth and screamed in pain as it had rarely done before!
