So I'm a Snake, Who Cares?

Rozena, subdued by Blue Beard, was imprisoned.

She was confined in a prison meant for criminals.

As it was a space designed to hold only a few people temporarily, Rozena was currently the only one inside.

Although she had a room meant for six people all to herself, the space was far from comfortable.

Rozena is the strongest warrior of the Red Anvil Mine.

With her long-accumulated magical power and steel-like muscles.

It's only natural that mere iron bars couldn't contain her.

So the dwarves used special restraints.

They bound her left and right hands behind her back.

The restraints were made of specially refined white steel, which wouldn't break even if she applied force.

In this uncomfortable position, Rozena had gone without food or drink for days.

To eat the meals provided by the guards, she would have to lower her head like a dog.

She refused to do so.

Flies buzzed around the rotting food.

Rozena was quietly lowering her head as if asleep.

Boom!

The sound of an explosion reached where Rozena was imprisoned.

"Wh-what's happening!"

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"Water from the ceiling...!"

She could hear the dwarf guards panicking.

They too were entranced by the fire.

Even now, they seemed to be spinning around helplessly, as if their souls had left them.

Rozena stood up and looked out the window.

Indeed, water was pouring down from the ceiling.

And mixed in with it, a white snake fell.

Suddenly, the snake's body grew enormous.

Crash!

A grand fall.

"Hahaha!"

Rozena burst into laughter without realizing it.

She had thought there was no hope left.

Looking at that orange flame, she felt like she might lose her mind too.

But now, water was pouring into this deep level.

Rozena's eyes sparkled.

With her hands tied behind her back, she plucked out one of her hairs.

Then, using her index finger and thumb, she began to twist the hair.

It was as precise as if she were using a spinning wheel to draw out thread.

Rozena's hair was already tough to begin with.

When she twisted it tightly, it became stiff like wire.

Using only her thumb and middle finger, she pushed the hair into the keyhole of the restraints.

Yes, it was an attempt to release the restraints using only her dexterity.

It seemed an impossible attempt, but Rozena is none other than a master of ornaments.

This means she has the most delicate handiwork in the Red Anvil Mine.

Click!

Like a lie, the restraints fell off.

The guards saw it too.

"Ugh! Stay still!"

"Don't come any closer!"

But was there any reason to listen?

Rozena discarded the white steel restraints, instead grabbing them like a hook.

Then she hung them on the iron bars.

Screech!

She bent the iron bars like taffy and slipped out.

The guards couldn't run away, nor did they think to resist.

"Hehe."

Rozena commanded the trembling dwarves.

"Do you have a hammer or an axe here?"

"Y-yes."

"Bring it."

"Uh..."

Rozena took a deep breath and shouted.

"Stand at attention!"

That it momentarily brought the fire-entranced dwarves back to their senses.

It's not so strange.

==

It felt like riding a water slide.

Flowing along with the torrential underground water, that is.

And then a moment of dizzying fall.

Old man Helmut's calculations were accurate, and right below were the doors to the deepest part and the dwarves.

「Using Gigantification lv1.」

I had to control my magical power well.

If I grow too large like in the Shadow Forest, I won't be able to handle my own body.

The larger I grow, the lower my durability seems to become.

I increased my body length to about 9m.

And with that, I fell right on top of Blue Beard's subordinates.

Crash!

I don't know what will happen to the crushed dwarves!

They bounced off like bowling pins.

It was a perfect strike.

What I hadn't calculated was the impact of the fall.

I hope my scream sounded like a roar.

"Aaaargh!"

It hurts!

It hurts so much.

But I couldn't just stay still.

I moved vigorously, pushing away the dwarves.

"Close, close the door!"

Even in this situation, Blue Beard gave the right order.

Water was still pouring down from the gaping ceiling with terrifying force.

Due to gravity, the water was immediately flowing down the stairs leading to the deepest part.

Following Blue Beard's order, the dwarves were trying to close the door to the deepest part.

I couldn't let that happen.

「Using Beam lv2.」

"Aagh!"

The dwarf who was trying to pull the chain on the pulley screamed and let go.

The dwarf who lost his balance fell down, and was pathetically washed down the stairs.

This is one of the reasons why I used Gigantification.

The pouring water had reached the thighs of the short dwarves.

With the fast current, there was no way they could walk properly.

I too would have been swept away if I were my original size, but now that I've grown, I was actually freer than others.

The dwarves had managed to fix the pulley I had once broken, but.

Crack!

This time, just throwing my body was enough to break the pulley.

With the water flowing, it's impossible to close the door leading to the deepest part now.

'Dunkel! Manjin!'

They too came running as if they had been waiting.

Let's go!

Dunkel and Manjin climbed onto my body.

Before jumping down, I had put everything I was wearing into my subspace.

The only thing for them to hold onto was the crown on my head.

I leaped onto the stairs going down with a roar.

"Y-you bastard!"

But Blue Beard also jumped onto me.

He clung to my body, brutally tearing at it.

Agh!

A few scales were flipped over.

Originally, bare hands could never damage the scales, but it seems the durability has weakened due to using Gigantification.

Blood came from where the scales were torn.

Water pours down along the stairs.

I slid down with the water.

"Die!"

Blue Beard, clinging to me, pulled out an axe.

He raised his arm high, about to bring down the axe.

I thrashed about with my tail.

The part where Blue Beard was clinging rose up and hit the ceiling.

Blue Beard, who hit his crown, dropped the axe.

"Argh!"

Even so, he stubbornly clung to my body and held on.

He even tried to crawl bit by bit towards my head.

"B-Brother Dunkel!"

Manjin cried out in panic, and Dunkel calmly threw the things he was carrying at Blue Beard.

A hand hammer spun and struck Blue Beard's face as it passed.

Blue Beard persevered even as his nose bled.

This guy wouldn't come to his senses no matter how many lemons we feed him.

Seeing this, Manjin and Dunkel threw all sorts of odds and ends they had.

But Blue Beard didn't budge and crawled little by little towards my head.

It's amazing, considering we're sliding down the stairs at a speed no different from a water slide.

In the end, Dunkel and Manjin even threw their shoes.

"Ugh!"

Luckily, Manjin's work shoe struck Blue Beard's fingernails.

Losing his grip with one hand, Blue Beard couldn't hold on any longer.

He fell to the ground with a thud.

Dunkel and Manjin smiled brightly.

But it's too early to rejoice.

"Aaaargh!"

I warned that there was a rock ahead.

Of course, they didn't understand what I meant until I crashed into the rock.

Crash!

Thankfully, the disaster of my head cracking open didn't happen.