Allen felt a little awkward. He didn't think much of it back then. He was only thinking about the system's reward!
"Do you know what this monster is?" Allen hurriedly asked, wanting to get more information.
It was definitely not a basilisk. There were no traces of basilisks in the forbidden forest, and it was impossible for them to release such a large amount of poisonous gas.
Otherwise, all the Magi in Hogwarts would have been poisoned to death.
All these signs told Allen that Tina was right. There was indeed another monster in the secret chamber.
Moreover, this monster seemed to be particularly interested in birds, which was why it went straight to the forbidden forest instead of staying in the castle.
There was also another possibility. The basilisk had crawled out of the secret chamber through the pipes. It had its own tunnel that led directly to the forbidden forest.
At this moment, Gaia suddenly looked behind Allen with vigilance.
Allen hurriedly jumped to Gaia's side and looked in the direction he had just been. He had also heard the rustling sound.
The trees around them were turning a yellowish brown at a speed visible to the naked eye. They were about to wither. Although the trees in the distance had not withered yet, the black poisonous gas had turned into black threads that wrapped around their trunks.
The grass quickly decayed, and the leaves turned from a verdant green to a greyish white. Then, they quickly withered and became brittle. A light breeze would cause them to shatter and turn them into black ashes.
A nauseating smell of rusty metal gradually spread through the air.
The empty space where Allen and the others were at had turned into an incomparably desolate scene of doomsday.
In this silence and darkness, the fear of death enveloped this land.
"You can see this monster with your own eyes!" Gaia looked in the direction of the strange sound. "We should leave this place quickly!" Gaia suggested.
Allen believed that in the face of an unknown opponent, it was wise to temporarily avoid them.
Allen climbed onto Gaia's back, and Gaia spread her wings and flew into the sky.
Soon, a strange creature appeared in the empty space.
Allen had to admit that this was the strangest creature he had ever seen.
It was not large, only the size of a hen.
Just by looking at its size, it was hard to imagine that such a small animal could exhale poisonous gas that could kill a flying bird.
This poisonous gas was extremely overbearing. Wherever this monster walked, no grass or shrubs could survive.
Its head was raised high, and there were yellow and blue crown-like patterns on its head. It also looked a little like a rooster's comb.
Its eyes were shaped like a toad, and its wings were red, yellow, and blue.
It walked on all fours, looking valiant and spirited.
The front feet were yellow and blue, like the claws of a rooster.
The hind feet were serrated and webbed, just like the feet of a frog.
"It's the monster in your castle, the Cockatrice Beast," Gaia said in a deep voice.
Allen finally knew what kind of monster it was!
There was a brief introduction to this monster in the Illustrated Handbook of Mysterious Animals that he had read before.
It was said that an old chicken laid an egg, and a toad hatched the egg. The chicken snake came from this egg. This was similar to the birth of the basilisk.
No matter what, this terrifying hybrid was always the subject of horror stories.
Because the cockatrice could kill people with its poisonous gas alone, very few people had ever seen it.
Those who knew exactly how to breed chicken snakes were even rarer.
However, it was well documented that the Cockatrice Beast was believed to be the main culprit of the plague that wreaked havoc in Rome in the ninth century.
In 1202, a Cockatrice Beast hiding in a well caused a plague in Vienna.
In 1474, in Basel, Switzerland, a Muggle saw a rooster lay an egg. However, before the egg hatched, the rooster was burned alive in front of thousands of people, and the egg was thrown into the fire.
Because there were very few descriptions of the Cockatrice Beast in the Illustrated Handbook of Mysterious Animals, and there were no pictures to draw from, Allen had not thought of it before.
"Gaia, let me down. Maybe I can take care of it!" Allen, who knew its origin, wanted to go down and meet this monster.
"Allen, it's not just poisonous gas and venom that's powerful! Any bird that looks into its eyes will die for no reason. "Gaia did not agree with Allen taking the risk.
"I'll try my best to be careful. Someone has to step forward bravely!" Allen felt that his chances of winning were still very high.
After all, the Cockatrice's greatest weapons, poisonous gas and venom, posed no threat to Allen at all!
Gaia saw that Allen was determined to take care of the Cockatrice Beast, so she had no choice but to land on its back and let Allen climb down.
Gaia spread her wings and flew up again. She circled in the air, waiting for an opportunity to attack this little monster.
"Faint and fall to the ground!" Allen took advantage of his unpreparedness and quickly cast a spell.
The spell successfully hit the Cockatrice Beast. The Cockatrice Beast instantly turned around and glared at Allen angrily, letting out a hiss that symbolized death.
The spell was actually ineffective against this monster!
The moment it turned around, Allen closed his eyes.
"Petrify all of them!" Allen was unwilling to give up and cast another spell after hearing the sound to determine the location.
The spell hit the Cockatrice Beast. It angrily flapped its small wings and flew a few feet away in the air. It stretched out its two sharp front claws and pounced toward Allen's face.
A fishy smell assailed his nostrils. Allen sidestepped and dodged the Cockatrice Beast's fierce attack.
At the same time, the wand instantly disappeared from Allen's hand. It was replaced by the silver sword that the Unicorn King, Gaithilis, had given Allen.
Allen swung the sword with all his might in the direction he sensed the Cockatrice Beast was coming from.
Allen was overjoyed when he successfully slashed the Cockatrice Beast's body.
But in the blink of an eye, Allen felt a pain in his hand. The Cockatrice Beast's neck suddenly elongated and bit Allen fiercely. At the same time, it spat out venom.
He couldn't help but open his eyes. One side of the Cockatrice Beast's body was bleeding.
Its neck was twisted and elongated at an incredible angle. Its mouth bit Allen's hand fiercely.
The worst thing was that Allen met its toad-like eyes. Allen instantly felt dizzy!
Gaia let out a sorrowful hiss. She swooped down from the sky and ruthlessly stomped on the Cockatrice Beast's lower body.
The Cockatrice Beast instantly let go of Allen and turned to bite Gaia.
Gaia completely disregarded her own safety and kicked the Cockatrice Beast like a madwoman. Her hooves fell like rain.
Allen felt that the sky was filled with Gaia's hoof shadows.
The Cockatrice Beast could not escape from Gaia's attack range.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
