HP: The Magical Gamer [Chapter 121: Basilisk! ] (Patreon)

Saying that, he took out his own wand and used the Lumos charm. They walked silently in the tunnel.

Their steps sounded as loud as firecrackers and their breathing seemed far more noisy than it should be.

Their moving shadows were enough to instil fear and doubt in their hearts.

Still, they kept their cool, sporting a grim, but a determined countenance. Until they stopped before something horrible.

There, a few feet ahead and to the side was the largest shedded snakeskin they had ever seen. All they could think about was that the creature was monstrously huge.

"So the monster is a giant snake. Any guesses what the 'mysterious' monster is, Harry?" asked Iris, trying not to shake from fright.

She finally gave some serious thought to this quest. The last month of quests had been easy, giving them an abundance of confidence, but the sight of this snakeskin was enough to make her question the efficiency of their overpowered abilities and equipment.

"Take out your sword, Iris. And recheck if you are wearing the necklace or not. I think the monster is Basilisk since there is no other snake I know which can grow this big. But I don't know much about it. All I know is that it can kill with just a single look. Equip your White Sword, we will take no chances." Harry ordered, taking his own Black Sword out.

He would have liked to change into his stronger system Class like Necromancer or Mage, but he still hadn't crossed level 100 of [Fighter] which was required to shift to another class.

"If your necklace can negate the Basilisk's killing look then you should wear it too. As you said, there is no need to take risks." Iris suggested solemnly, gripping her sword with her right hand and her wand with the left hand.

"Good idea." He nodded gratefully and put on a spare silver necklace himself after taking it out from the Inventory. He was glad that he had made a couple of extras or he might have been screwed.

They walked slowly up to the end of the tunnel where a round metal entrance, adorned with inanimate snakes, clicked open, giving them entry.

They came into a dimly lit chamber. A straight path led from the entrance towards the far opposite wall where a great stone statue of a bearded man stood.

On either side of the path, formed two pools of water out of which rose rocky sculptures of snakes, as if standing guard.

They plodded onwards with their swords ready at their sides. When they passed by the snake guards and stepped onto the open area under the humongous statue, a harsh grinding noise filled the chamber.

The siblings looked up and gaped at the statue, as its mouth opened wide as if to swallow the whole world in its pride and anger.

Something green poked out from it and hurtled downwards, straight on top of them.

"Fly!" Harry yelled furiously and soared up. Iris followed her brother and flew away, barely missing from getting splattered under the giant snake.

There was a second of silence as the siblings stared at the mighty snake. It had hard poisonous green scales and ugly yellow eyes.

Its jaw was bedecked with teeth which looked more like triangular knives. The snake too stared at them, almost incredulously before it flung itself towards Harry with bared fangs.

It was too damn quick for its gargantuan size.

Harry slashed his black blade against the approaching maw of the basilisk. But the snake's height and mass was just too great to be damaged by a puny sword.

The sword sliced in and drew a deep scratch on the side of its face. But it was Harry who lost the first round.

The impact from the lunge of the snake threw him flat against the ceiling, stealing all the air from his lungs.

If he had been a normal wizard, he might have been incapacitated by such a strong attack. But he wasn't normal.

He teleported right away when his body fell down in the awaiting wide open mouth of the basilisk.

Iris was doing her best to snatch away its attention from her brother, but even with her legendary White Sword she could pierce the scales only up to the hilt before she had to pull it back and fly away or get turned into red sauce.

The girth of the basilisk was too big to be deeply injured by a sword.

The basilisk hissed in discomfort as blood seeped out of its various inconsequential cuts. It stared at them murderously, preparing to leap again.

The momentary lull in the fight gave Harry an opportunity to breathe. He [Observed] it.

[Name: Regina

Race: Basilisk

Lvl: 1000(max)

HP: 978,455(1,000,000)

MP: 49,950(50,000)

Affection: - 50

Obedience: 0

Thoughts about you: Annoyance, Hatred ]

'Uh oh! It will be a long fight.'

"Iris! Attack her from behind while I take her from front." Saying that, he enabled his [Weapon Master] and [Predict] Skills. With that on, the siblings started fighting against the basilisk.

Iris would stab her sword all over its body and fly away when she would be attacked by the tail.

Harry in the meanwhile would use his [Teleport] perk to escape from its jaws and would then leave deep gashes on its face by the use of his sword.

It took time. Maybe half an hour. But slowly and steadily the basilisk's health whittled down to 10 percent. Which honestly was still a lot. Its scales were covered with blood and poison.

In the place of its eyes there were two gaping holes. And yet it moved just as swiftly and deadly as it did in the beginning.

But still, everything was going fine… until it changed.

"Iris!" He screamed when the basilisk finally managed to hit her with its tail. Iris spewed blood and crashed against the wall with a wham. She was unconscious long before she dropped down to the ground.