Indeed!
Seeing its prey attempting to escape, the black-green great serpent's weak intelligence clearly couldn't discern that this was a deliberate act.
The black-green great serpent arched its upper body backward, standing upright for most of its length, making a spring-like compressing motion, then lunged like a projectile towards Nolan.
An opportunity!
Nolan's eyes lit up; this was exactly the move he had been waiting for.
He swung the iron sword, gripping it in a reverse hold, and hurled it like a javelin directly into the black-green great serpent's open mouth.
Bang!
An astonishing force, carrying the impact of the iron sword, exploded in the air.
The iron sword accurately pierced through the black-green great serpent's mouth, bringing out a large amount of white viscous fluid and red blood, even mixed with some minced meat, scattering across the ground.
"Hiss! Roar!"
The black-green great serpent's body fell from mid-air, writhing continuously and emitting painful hisses.
Bang! Bang!!
Its thick lower tail thrashed wildly due to the intense pain, haphazardly striking the surrounding trees and producing loud roars.
Nolan watched the black-green great serpent, which was convulsing in pain with its head pierced through, then pursed his lips and stepped back a few paces.
He quietly waited for the black-green great serpent to die.
Since its scales were hard and slippery, he would attack from the soft interior.
After about two or three minutes of struggle, the black-green great serpent, which had been convulsing on the ground, gradually stopped moving and lay motionless.
'Gained 150 experience points.'
Current experience: 421/1000.
"That's quite a bit of experience."
A smile appeared on Nolan's face, and only then did he get up and walk towards the black-green great serpent; with the experience gain notification, there was no need to worry about it playing dead.
Finding the iron sword on the ground, covered in viscous fluid and blood, Nolan's eyes showed a hint of disgust.
From his item box, he found the yellowed, stiff paper he had previously created with a magic scroll, wiped the viscous fluid and blood from the iron sword, and then picked it up again.
"The scales of this black-green great serpent should be good for making armor."
Nolan surveyed the six-meter-long black-green great serpent; aside from severe damage to its head, its entire body was relatively well-preserved.
However, Nolan wasn't very interested in making armor.
With the craftsmanship possessed by humans in this alternate world, the armor-type equipment that could be created would at best be of the [Superior] level.
Given the time, Nolan would rather put in some effort himself to see if he could acquire the legacy of the "Eight Greed Kings" or the "Six Great Gods."
In the game "YGGDRASIL," equipment items were divided into 10 levels in total.
[Lowest Grade] Levels 1-10
[Low Grade] Levels 11-20
[Mid Grade] Levels 21-30
[Superior Grade] Levels 31-40
[Highest Grade] Levels 41-50
[Legacy Grade] Levels 51-60
[Relic Grade] Levels 61-70
[Legendary Grade] Levels 71-80
[Divine Grade] Levels 81-90
[Guild Weapon] Levels 91-100
Of course, above these 10 levels, there were also items called "World-Class Items" that were beyond specification, and these were counted separately.
For Nolan to contend with the "Great Tomb of Nazarick," he needed at least one Divine Grade item.
"Selling it should fetch a good price."
Nolan touched the black-green great serpent's corpse with his hand, and with a thought, he stored it in his item box.
The commotion just now was not small.
However, this area should be the territory of this black-green great serpent, so it wouldn't attract other magical beasts to rush over immediately.
Nolan continued to advance eastward.
The Tobu Great Forest, surrounding the Angelisia Mountain Range, formed a giant U-shaped primeval jungle, reaching a length of 120km and a width of about 40km.
Karn Village was located in a relatively central position, and with the forest full of obstacles and the occasional attacks, Nolan felt it would take some time to reach the ogre's territory.
Unconsciously, it was already noon.
Nolan took out a pocket watch and a map from his item box, checked his time and general location, then put them back.
"I've covered about a third of the journey, which is a bit slower than expected; I need to speed up."
Nolan exhaled, showing no intention of stopping, and continued forward while stuffing black bread into his mouth.
One morning!
Besides slaying the black-green great serpent, his item box now contained the corpses of three wild boars and five giant pythons, each about five meters long.
Of course, there were also some small snakes, small beasts, venomous insects, etc., but since they were just beasts, the experience gained was not high, and Nolan did not put them in his item box.
After all, they had no value as food and little value for sale.
The two corpses of the "Eight Fingers" members had been discarded by Nolan somewhere in the jungle shortly after entering it.
Now, their bodies should probably have been mostly eaten by wild beasts.
He looked at the dense jungle ahead.
Nolan deliberately increased his traveling speed, thus creating more noise as he moved through the forest.
He wondered if this bold behavior, surprisingly, made some beasts more wary; some hidden beasts in the forest no longer showed signs of actively attacking him.
This made Nolan somewhat surprised.
He should have known not to be so cautious from the start, as beasts were no match for him, and the experience they provided was very low, making them of little value to him.
Swish!
Nolan swung the iron sword, cutting through some branches and bushes ahead, creating a path for him to pass.
Above his head, the dense and flourishing branches of the large trees constantly intertwined, and the gloomy environment of the forest gave a subtle sense of oppression.
Suddenly!
A faint sound came from the left.
Nolan's ears twitched, his advancing footsteps paused, and he retreated to evade.
Whoosh!
A white, pinky-finger-thick spider silk shot past him, adhering to a large tree nearby.
"Spider?" Nolan quickly looked towards the location on the left from which the spider silk had been shot.
On a branch where leaves intertwined!
A spider, entirely earth-gray with purple markings on its abdomen, possessing eight extremely sharp and flexible long legs, and the size of a washbasin, was hanging upside down from the tree.
The white spider silk just now was what it had spat out.
"Executioner Spider?" Nolan's expression changed when he saw the appearance of this earth-gray spider.
He had purchased intelligence about the Tobu Great Forest from the Adventurers' Guild, which specifically mentioned this type of spider.
This was a creature that even gold-ranked adventurer teams would find extremely troublesome!
It wasn't because this magical spider was particularly strong, but because its appearance indicated a large number of Executioner Spiders nearby.
Rustle! Rustle!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Almost at the same moment this thought appeared, rustling sounds continuously came from the dense leaves all around, followed by white spider silks constantly shooting towards Nolan from all directions!
Nolan ran, dodging the continuously incoming spider silks, and rushed out.
These spiders clearly had no intention of letting Nolan go!
Along the continuously spat-out white spider silks, these spiders' sharp legs could slide rapidly on the silks, and one after another, the earth-gray spiders relentlessly pursued him.
In the blink of an eye, a large, dense group had gathered behind him, emanating an eerie and terrifying aura.
Nolan glanced behind him, his eyelids twitching!