Alex decided not to dwell on the matter any longer; the beast had already regained clarity after taking Eric's hit and was currently observing both of them.
"What do you think about its scales?" Alex asked Eric after thinking for a bit, after all, the boy was the one who made contact with the snake.
"The scales are very tough, and it'll be difficult for me to break through them alone, even with the help of these magic items," Eric explained as black stars formed around him and connected into two star patterns.
"Shadow blades," Eric cast shadow blades again. But unlike the other times when the shadowy daggers appeared from the star patterns, dark streams of energy flowed out from the star patterns and covered the two magic items in Eric's hands.
The dark mana fused with the runes on the blades before merging with them and coating them in a black aura. In the next moment, the two curved daggers had transformed into two large shadow swords with curved blades.
