Chapter 346: Basilisk
346 – Basilisk
After a short walk through the forest, I find the owner of the bird footprints. It’s about three metres in length.
Beneath its body of pure white feathers stretch out two long, yellow legs. To that extent, it appears the same as a slightly thin, giant chicken.
But the area around its tail is free of feathers, covered instead by dense green scales. Its tail is clearly longer than that of a chicken, the tip of which is raised next to its head and has eyes and a mouth. Or rather, its tail is a snake.
No, that much is fine. I can deal with that much. I can eat a chicken that has a snake for a tail just fine. That’s not a problem at all.
From the neck up, with bright red eyes, is a wrinkled old man. The old man’s hair is the same white as the feathers, and his pupils glint a venomous red. It’s far more creepy than if its neck was just a bit long.
『Bird meat! Bird meat!』
You seriously want to eat that!? No matter how you think of it, it’s the same class as the adams though!? Or what? Is it a relative of the sirens!? Are human heads common among birds!?
Canine teeth line the old man’s mouth. Nothing could look more disgusting. If the first thing I saw in this world was this, I would have only braced myself for death.