12: i came i saw and conquered 2

Alex drowning struggles to breathe underwater. " how do I fight a monster inside water? Ares must be crazy and insane"

Alex sucks in the air before the clasps. He pumped his mouth and he saw underneath a dragon sea serpent. Its head was that of a dragon with ears like a fish fin. His body was long like a curling snake with colors of blue and green. The dragon serpent beneath him. The serpent dives towards him. Alex was about to swim and run when his system popped up.

[HOSTILE MONSTER: MISSION TARGET-DEFEAT MONSTER AND OBTAIN GLOWING ORB IN THE SEA BED]

[ ACTIVATING PROTECTIVE SHIELD OF ARES]

[REWARD: HEALING COMPONENT AND SERPENT SPEED]

Alex looked down in the sea and saw an orb that made the sea glow however the monster was now closer to him as its mouth opened. The heroic figures' patterns and engravings in Alex's shield began to glow golden. suddenly the shield projected forward multiplying it round layers with golden shield barriers. The dragon serpent's mouth dives against the shield protecting Alex however he finds himself pushed back in the water

Alex tries to balance himself in the sea while figuring out a way to run away.

[SENSE SKILL-ACTIVATED]

The serpent monster wise and cunning swims and moves increasing its speed extremely fast. Alex finds his eyes darting around looking at the serpent moving around him. Thoughts began to move in the head.

'If I must defeat this monster. I must float close to the water level so that my head can swiftly dive out from the sea to suck in the air and dive back. However, the serpent dragon seems intelligent, and it is waiting for me to make a move so it can ambush me. I must float slowly while watching it. The shield will protect me but I must find a way to kill it' Alex couldn't hold his breath for much longer. He wore the shield at his back like a school bag. He sheathes his sword in his sheathe and swims up above water level.

He gasped in swallowing air and dived into the sea again however the mouth of the dragon serpent was right before him as Alex was small compared to its teeth. He swiftly spun his body in the water revealing his back and the shield glowed multiplying projectile shield layer forward and the mouth slammed against the shield behind Alex's back. He found himself forced forward into the sea. He swiftly maintained a floated balance grabbing his shield and sword.

" come you monster" The dragon serpent began to swim extremely fast circling Alex. Alex's eyes darted around it until it couldn't catch up as he found his body rotating in the sea. He found his body tossed around in a seawater tornado and the serpent rotating fast. Unable to balance his body. The water rotated in a fast-spinning tornado and He saw the mouth of the dragon serpent wide open aimed at him.

Alex and his body was small compared to the dragon's mouth before him. He found his upper body to his head buried inside the dragon's mouth and his back against the tongue but he was quick to lift the shield against the sharp fangs of the dragon's mouth. The shield protected him but the pressure from the dragon trying to close his mouth was insane and suddenly the serpent dragon maneuvered his tail to its body to make a complete three-sixty curl around Alex's lower half of his body.

Alex struggled to break free however his body was being crushed by pressure.

Kaboom

The sea exploded with the dragon and Alex above sea level. The dragon unable to eat him released his mouth from Alex however the serpent curled strap himself around Alex's body till it was only his shoulders to his head were made visible and his body hidden by the dragon.

The dragon serpent looked down at Alex who was struggling to live. His snack has been captured and from the pot belly to his throat. A fire began to flow ready to shoot fire down at Alexander's head.

[Oh mine! It seems I should have tested him with a simpler lower monster. It seems the stage is too difficult for him but I must beg to differ. Alex is a strong will. I am not sure he wouldn't go down like that] Ares watched from his boat looking at Alex's body being crushed by the serpent's pressure.

Alex looks at the dragon serpent before him and the night sky. His eyes became blurring. The tight squeeze of the serpent made him numb and he said.

" so is this how I will die. Die without even fulfilling my vengeance. Die without killing those bastards who did these to me." He began to remember his beloved grandmother and his mother in the hospital bed saying.

" Alex let go of vengeance. When you decide to take matters into your own hands and revenge. Just remember to dig two graves. One for them and also one for you" another glitch memories entered again. Alex saw his grandmother saying. " Alex avenge me'

"Grandmother am sorry. This is too much for me. I failed" The sword in Alex's hand slips falling off his hand into the sea down to the sea bed. Alex's eyes blur and suddenly he remembers a memory of his past.

......

I experienced the dreads of malevolence with its colorful scene marred and stained by dark-brown blots of violent blood. The man I once wholeheartedly regarded as my father, the same man who had evoked smiles from my innocent lips, stood before me in a disconcerting state. His countenance, usually radiating warmth and pride, had transformed into an enigma of somberness. We once strolled together along the bustling streets, a sight that would typically elicit calls of admiration and respect from onlookers. They recognized him not only as a dedicated husband but also as a man whose unwavering commitment to justice had earned their trust and reverence.

"Why was he not smiling that day?"