Erii: A Journey Through the Heavens Begins with Frilian

The Level 1 Magician assessment has several stages, with each stage requiring a significant amount of time to select the best candidate.

Erii and Shutark spent several days in the city, shopping, eating, and having fun, but gradually they got bored.

So when Erii arrived at the tavern's quest bulletin board alone, she found that Shutark had been standing there for quite a while, muttering, "This is too dangerous, and the reward is too low."

With Erii joining the team, Shutark was filled with the ambition that "my junior sister and I can overthrow the Magic Association together." The two hit it off and accepted a high-risk commission.

Without further ado, let's get started!

The location is Wanshe Mountain, 30 kilometers west of the city.

As the name suggests, this group of snakes, resembling ants and insects, has been multiplying and growing stronger year by year, threatening the safety of nearby villages.

The mission is to enter the Cave of Ten Thousand Snakes to defeat the Snake Mother and eradicate the snake infestation at its source.

Erii is now quite familiar with the other world and is no longer a novice. With plenty of provisions, she and Shutark rented a carriage and headed straight for their destination.

Although Lun's mother and Fu's mother took good care of her, there is no doubt that her character has grown tremendously, and her personality and beliefs have undergone earth-shattering changes.

A spark called happiness and hope took root and sprouted in her heart, showing faint signs of blossoming and bearing fruit!

Shutark wasn't a talkative person, and Erii didn't like chatting either, so their journey was truly about getting on the road; once they got off the carriage, they rode off in silence.

"Junior sister, I regret it, what should I do?! Why are there so many snakes?! Nobody told me the snakes here are so big! I'm going to die!"

Hugh Tarek couldn't hold back anymore and almost jumped onto Erii to cosplay as a koala.

He leaped up the tree, only to find the branches already covered with "ribbons." He instinctively cried out in alarm, when suddenly a black snake shot out and burrowed straight into his mouth.

That was bad enough; Shutark's heart skipped a beat, his eyes rolled back, and he fell straight down from the tree.

Erii caught her unreliable, cowardly senior brother with one hand, and then drew her sword and swung it around.

puff puff puff...

The woodland within a kilometer radius was completely dyed red.

Tens of thousands of snake corpses shattered into pieces of flesh, and then vanished without a trace.

These are certainly not ordinary snakes, but rather monsters that are not particularly strong individually.

But when the snakes gather together, it illustrates how quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Like this moment.

Rumble!

More than a dozen snake balls, each ten meters in diameter, rolled toward Erii from all directions. Snake heads emerged and flicked their tongues, filling every inch of the air with a nauseating stench.

"Junior sister, have you finished? Put me down... Ahhhhh, oh my god, what are those things?!"

Shutark's head lolled to the side, and he was so frightened that he convulsed and fainted again.

Erii frowned slightly, seriously suspecting that this kid was simply slacking off.

So she decisively tossed Hugh Talke out, using him as a bowling ball to smash one of the snake balls.

hum-

The battle axe flipped and cleaved down heavily.

"Junior sister, how cruel you are!"

Despite his words, Hugh Talke was no slouch, smashing the snake ball into a bursting mochi with a powerful blow.

With a turn of her head, Erii effortlessly dispatched the rest of the snake balls.

With a thud, he immediately knelt before Erii, pleading, "Junior sister, why don't you just take me as your disciple and teach me this earth-shattering, ghost-weeping ability!"

Erii waved her hand slightly, "Sorry, I don't take on apprentices."

For the next half day, the two continued to venture deeper into the forest, their path covered in snake blood, suggesting that the forest would be even more lush next year.

"What's wrong? Is there an enemy?" Shutark turned around and found Erii two steps behind him, standing still fiddling with something.

"This is it." Erii took a ring out of the inner pocket of her clothes.

It was the silver snake ring that he had found by chance before, the treasure of some elven magician Amyusha or some goddess, and so on.

"I have a fever," she said.

"Hmm?" Shutark also noticed something was wrong and leaned closer to take a look.

Upon closer inspection, the two suddenly noticed a faint thread of magic emanating from the ring, disappearing into the distance like a wisp of smoke.

With a slight association, Erii's eyes lit up, and she became interested in finding out more.

……

"There! That cave entrance looks a bit like the Cave of Ten Thousand Snakes, doesn't it? What a coincidence!" Shutark pointed to a spot not far away.

In the center of the towering cliff face, there is a huge, deep cave entrance, like the gaping mouth of a dead beast.

"A snake, it looks like a snake," Erii murmured.

"That's true," Hugh Tarek agreed.

Their gazes were fixed on the mountaintop, where the undulating mountains resembled a giant serpent lying there, the towering peaks like the raised neck of a serpent, the massive rocks at the top like the unruly head of a serpent, and the drooping jagged stone pillars like sharp teeth.

"I didn't believe in the church's teachings before, could it all be the guidance of the goddess?" Hugh Tarek suddenly clenched his hands and placed them on his chest. "May the goddess bless me with a peaceful life and may she bless my master to live a few more years."

"Teacher Aize is a dwarf who can live for hundreds of years. You might die before him," Erii said frankly, becoming more and more like Frilian in this regard.

Perhaps it was an unexpected delight, but the two became more talkative and entered the dark and gloomy cave of ten thousand snakes in a casual manner.

Less than five minutes after stepping inside, Erii understood what it meant to "live up to its name".

The so-called "Cave of Ten Thousand Snakes" is truly impressive!

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

Her eardrums were assaulted by the incessant hissing of snakes, and her brain was vibrating in rhythm with the frequency, making her extremely agitated.

"It's so noisy!"

Meanwhile, Shutark, turning his fear into rage, unleashed a berserk mode of endless axe swings, sending snake corpses flying.

The snake carcasses on the ground dissipated, revealing layers upon layers of skeletons covering the ground, some human and some animal. No wonder the nearby villagers couldn't stand it anymore; the surrounding mountains had been devoured by the snakes, and they had to go to the city to buy meat if they wanted any.

"Junior Sister is so thoughtful." Shutark took out the lighting magic tool he had bought in advance.

Erii had already drawn Tsukuyomi, but she was too lazy to swing it, only occasionally tapping the hilt with her thumb.

With each strike, a continuous cloud of blood mist would erupt from all directions.

Until not a single demonic snake attacked again.

And so, amidst a blood-soaked welcoming ceremony, the two arrived at the deepest part of the Cave of Ten Thousand Snakes.

"Hiss hiss~"

There is only one snake here.

Its enormous body was extremely bloated, and its open mouth could easily fit ten large, fat pigs.

Its hindquarters are bulging, with its abdomen stretched to a size ten to twenty times larger than a normal torso.

A series of muffled thuds came from below. When the two looked down, they discovered that the snake mother was still laying snake eggs without stopping!

At that glance, Erii instantly got goosebumps all over.

Shutark shuddered violently. "How can it be as disgusting as toad eggs?"

When the nest was invaded by an enemy, the underlying code protecting the cubs was triggered. The mother snake immediately wriggled her body and sprayed out a viscous substance similar to venom from her mouth.

huh~~~

A wall of wind gathers in a dust-free place.

A rule of certain death seeped out from a crack; the blade of judgment transformed into a net of countless threads in the air, and with Erii's light touch of her fingertips, it suddenly plummeted down like a guillotine.

puff--

The snake mother and countless snake eggs were all pulverized and vanished without a trace.

This revealed the scene inside the deep pit.

"Junior sister, is that the treasure you mentioned?" Shutark asked, leaning forward.

Following his gaze, Erii saw a broken battle sword stuck in the rock.

Not only was half of the blade covered in rust, but the hilt was also cracked. Whether it was a gift from a goddess or a tool to save the world, it was now riddled with blemishes from the erosion of time.

The two jumped down together.

Erii extended her left hand, which was adorned with a ring.

To Shuttark's surprise, she didn't pull it out, but instead wrote something on the ground with her finger.

"We're being followed," he silently muttered to himself, instantly becoming alert.