The snake kept using its earth magic while trying to hit me from all sides. I kept running and dodging its attacks while thinking about what to do. After thinking for a few seconds, I reached a conclusion:

  I don't need to think that much.

  Using my ability, I can greatly increase my strength and deal with it. I just need to be careful to make the edits at the right moment. 'Oops!' Then more projectiles flew toward me.

  I jumped away and "stuck" to the wall, then ran in a zigzag while the snake tried to follow my movements. I ran across the ceiling and closed the distance in an instant.

  When I nded on its body, I switched my edit from speed to strength and "hugged" its body tightly with my legs. I began squeezing its body with force, and the snake started moving awkwardly.

  My legs began breaking its scales, and it started smming its body against the wall, trying to hurt me.

  The walls of the byrinth began to crack, producing a loud and frightening sound. But I didn't let go of the snake. Its scales broke, and my legs began piercing its body.

  The snake couldn't roar or anything like that, but I could tell it was in pain.

  It started "running" through the byrinth, crashing into the walls in an attempt to make me let go.

  'What a stupid monster.'

  Just as I thought that, it finally used its brain and tried to bite me with its mouth. But I changed my edit from strength to speed and escaped. The snake bit its own body.

  The snake pierced its own body with its fangs, and I ughed mentally while watching it.

  'Hahaha! This snake is an idiot!' I shouted in my mind while watching the snake writhing in pain. Then it finally lost its patience and began attacking me in every possible way.

  Earth magic, trying to bite me. The byrinth practically started colpsing because of this thing.

  Magical projectiles, the byrinth walls turning into "weapons" under its control. Terrifying!

  HP 131/134SP 78/131

  My HP barely dropped at all, but my SP…

  Although my SP isn't decreasing as fast as I expected. I guess my body is getting used to this.

  'But I'd better kill this thing soon.'

  I smiled maliciously, and with my speed at 10,000 I unched myself toward the snake's face. In one second, I changed the edit to strength and spun my body as if performing a karate move, striking the snake with two of my legs.

  It was such a strong attack that the snake's head flew toward the wall of the byrinth.

  BOOM!

  The dust settled, and I nded on the ground, trying to strike a cool pose.

  The snake, which still wasn't dead, looked at me with intense hatred. I felt scared. It's probably because of the skill "Intimidation LV6" that it has.

  'You stupid monster. I'm scared, but I'm stronger than you!'

  [ Proficiency achieved. ][ The skill "Heresy Resistance LV1" has been learned ]

  Feeling excited, I "flew" toward the snake once again.

  'Just one more attack will be enough to kill this thing!'

  The snake couldn't react to my attack, and I "kicked" it again. This time the snake still had time to partially open its mouth. When I struck it, the lower part of its jaw was torn off!

  It wasn't a pleasant sight.

  [ "Small Poison Taratect LV5" became "Small Poison Taratect LV6" ]

  [ "Small Poison Taratect LV6" became "Small Poison Taratect LV7" ]

  [ "Small Poison Taratect LV7" became "Small Poison Taratect LV8" ]

  [ You have acquired the title "Monster Syer" ]

  [ Title bonus has been added ]

  [ The skill "Solidity LV1" has been learned ]

  [ The skill "Strength LV7" has become "Strength LV8" ]

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  After killing the serpent, I sighed. My SP had dropped a lot, but after leveling up I fortunately recovered.

  I looked at the serpent's body for a few seconds and wondered if I should eat this thing. It has many interesting skills.

  'Decision made!'

  I started eating the serpent's body without caring that it was a variant. I'm already a bit hungry, and I ate that dragon anyway. I guess it's fine since nothing has changed in my body yet.

  [ Skill proficiency achieved ][ The skill "Poison Fang LV9" has become "Poison Fang LV10" ]

  [ Skill proficiency achieved ][ The skill "Poison Attack LV1" has become "Poison Attack LV2" ]

  [ Skill proficiency achieved ][ The skill "Intimidation LV2" has become "Intimidation LV3" ]

  [ Skill proficiency achieved ][ The skill "Fire Resistance LV2" has become "Fire Resistance LV3" ]

  [ Skill proficiency achieved ][ The skill "Magic Power Perception LV1" has become "Magic Power Perception LV2" ]

  After seeing all these skills leveling up, I smiled in satisfaction. Unfortunately, I didn't gain any new skills.

  Huff~~

  Letting out a sigh, I moved away from the snake's body and went back to the same pce where I first found it.

  There was still dense magical power inside that hole.

  I approached the entrance and looked inside. The snake had broken part of the wall, and the path was blocked.

  'But I'm curious.'

  Without caring, I began removing the stones from the path and entered the hole. When I reached the end, I found the hole the snake had come out of. It was deep.

  'This smells like… fun!'

  For some reason, I feel like entering here will be very fun.

  Could I reach the Middle Stratum if I go down here?

  That snake had fire resistance, so maybe it has already been down there.

  I looked back while thinking about whether I should really leave this pce. I'm already very close to evolving again, and there are probably several of these "Anomalies" and "Variants" around here.

  Shouldn't I evolve again before going down?

  After thinking a little more, I made my decision.

  'Fuck it! I'm going down!'

  ParodyGirl