Feeling excited to test out her new combat skill, Scaly unconsciously began to stare at the cave troll that had laid down in front of her hiding spot and blocked her way out. Although the cave troll was far stronger than her, to the point where she couldn’t even see its level, she felt an unknown sense of confidence welling up inside of her as she stared directly at the neck of the cave troll that happened to be the part of the cave troll blocking her way out.
If she could just land a single deadly blow to its neck and kill it before it had time to recover, she would not only be able to leave her hiding spot but would also grow stronger after killing such a powerful monster!
Rumble~
However, before Scaly had a chance to decide on whether or not to take the chance to attack the cave troll, a loud rumbling sound echoed out from somewhere outside her small hiding spot. Not only that, but the cave troll that had just laid down and blocked her way out began to move in response to the loud rumbling sound-
Bang!
And before she even had time to comprehend what was happening outside, something large hit the body of the cave troll. Destroying part of her hiding spot before knocking the cave troll into the ground.
Bang! Bang!
By the time she recomposed herself again, there was nothing left obscuring her view of the cave outside her hiding spot. Allowing her a perfect view of the violent battle that was currently taking place between the cave troll and the mysterious opponent of the cave troll, who turned out to be the cave alligator that she had encountered when first entering the cave.
Hm... I thought the cave alligator wasn’t interested in fighting the monsters inside the cave, but from the looks of it, it was just waiting for someone strong enough to show up before launching an ambush...
Narrowing both of her eyes as she thought about this while observing the chaotic battle that was destroying large parts of the underground cave and killing any monster unfortunate enough to be in the path of the battle, Scaly understood at a glance that she was far too weak to participate in such a battle at the moment.
Maybe only after she went through her next evolution would she be strong enough to face off against powerful monsters like the cave alligator and the cave troll...
ROOOOOAR!
Just at this moment, the cave troll let out a fear inspiring roar as both of its eyes turned blood red as it ignored the large jaw of the cave alligator biting down on its shoulder and instead violently pulled on one of the cave alligator’s legs-
Crack~
Roar!
Catching the cave alligator off guard, as it managed to forcefully tear off the leg before the cave alligator had a chance to resist. Only capable of crying out in pain at the sudden loss of a leg, letting go of the shoulder that it had been biting into and giving the cave troll a chance to pull back as its rapid recovery kicked in and began healing up the shoulder that had nearly been bitten clean off.
Roar? Roar!
Seeing the fast recovery of the cave troll, the cave alligator froze for a short second before it used all of its strength to rush towards the cave troll. Understanding that it would not be able to win against the cave troll if it gave it enough time to recover.
Bang! Bang!
Soon enough, the chaotic battle resumed. However, this time, the battle was far more chaotic compared to before, as the cave alligator used all of its strength to try and kill the cave troll before it had a chance to make use of its powerful regeneration.
In the end, both of the monsters were locked in a life and death battle and had no time to pay any attention to the rest of the demon beasts inside the underground cave... And even if they had, there was no way they would view any of them as a threat given how powerful both of them were...
Watching all of this unfold from the now half destroyed hiding spot in the ground, Scaly could not help feeling a sense of excitement brewing inside of her as she observed the increasingly bad state of the two powerful monsters fighting to the death.
Isn’t this a perfect chance for me? Even if they are stronger than me, in their weakened state, I should be able to kill them through an ambush...!
As she felt that this was a reasonable idea and the thought of how much her strength would increase after killing monsters that powerful popped up, Scaly cautiously began to crawl out of her hiding spot. Trying her best to hide her not so easy to hide body among the rubble that had been knocked flying all over the cave due to the chaotic battle.
Huh? That is...
[Large Cave Harvestman, lvl 15]
[Cave Spider, lvl 13]
[Venom Cave Spider...]
However, just as she was about to make her way towards the place where the battle was taking place to prepare herself for the ambush, she realized that she was not the only one who had this idea, as dozens of other monsters had appeared among the rubble with the exact same purpose-
[Yellow-Red Salamander Snake, lvl 14]
There was even an unusually powerful Yellow-Red Salamander Snake among the monsters slowly approaching through the cover created by the rubble and other debris created by the chaotic battle.
Looks like it won’t be as easy as I expected...
Not able to stop a small frown from appearing on her small scaly face, Scaly could not help lamenting over the fact that she had so many competitors ready to fight for a chance to land the final blow on one of the two powerful monsters fighting to the death...