Hundred-Legged Snake

**Hundred-Legged Snake** is a monstrous sea serpent with hundred legs that lives in the seas of Branchel Continent where the Annonrial Empire is situated.

## Background

The hundred-legged snakes can be found in the sea close to the north port of the Bushpaka Latan island and in the northern sea of Branchel Continent, which is the first species used by the winged people for controlling countless different ways, including brute force application of magical control, telepathic synergy, and many others. However, this was the case for the hundred-legged snake, which is widely known to be uncontrollable under any circumstances.

The origin of the breed is a technology produced by the Ravernal Empire. Due to the violent process associated with this method, it has been known throughout that this was capable of reining in even the more unruly of the hundred-legged snake. It was essentially the great leap forward in telepathic technology so much that it may be more appropriate to consider the method an “override of the hundred-legged snake’s will” rather than synergetic communication. To the Annonrials, the only nation capable of fielding this technology was supposed to be none other than themselves.

## Appearance

The appearance of the hundred-legged snake is unknown, but the description is still not described in the light novel. It seems filthy, hideous, and revolting fearsome sea monster with an equally foul in both appearance and stench.

## History

### Pre-New World War Arc

At the command post in the Bushpaka Latan island, the highest-ranking officer Gorvis Repsant heard the report from a soldier that several unknown individuals in control of magical beasts appeared at the north port, including a hundred-legged snake. He turned surprised and thought it still impossible for the Holy Milishial Empire to have achieved the level of technology necessary to rein in something like a hundred-legged snake, despite their advancing capabilities in reverse engineering the Ravernal Empire’s relics. Gorvis, commander of the Annonrial armed forces’ Bushpaka Latan garrison, set aside his stockpiled paperwork and bolted for the port.

A rather massive crowd had formed at the port. Several dozen curious yet hundred-legged snakes were coming off a ship that had come into port unannounced. Adem stood amid this conglomeration of monstrosity seemingly unfazed by their presence and looked at all lines of soldiers with their swords drawn out, surrounding him. After explaining his situation to the authorities, he was told to wait. But he was also not close to the idea of letting loose his beasts to kill everyone on the spot to make an example. When a carriage arrived at the scene, Gorvis walked towards Adem and asked him who he was. Adem explained to him the general from the former Lourian army outside the civilized areas who learned that the Annonrial Empire was the genesis of all demon beast controllers, which he had come to ask for power to control the great beasts. Gorvis took a closer look around him and confirmed for himself the presence of a hundred-legged snake, which appeared to be tamed. He learned this individual might either be a deserter or someone seeking asylum; all were possibilities that may pose a problem diplomatically. He asked Adem something to control the hundred-legged snake with telekinetic telepathy, but Adam did not know about telepathy. He decided to check Adem with the mandatory body check and looked closer at Adem’s person, which bore a curious mark appearing to be engraved onto the skin on his right shoulder blade as the Numbers.

After barking to his men to courteously escort Adem to the command center, Gorvis hopped back into the carriage. He brooded over this unprecedented turn of events that the Numbers would be a survivor of that experiment who controlled the demon beasts and sea monsters, including a hundred-legged snake. Once he had returned to his office, he immediately contacted his superiors back at the Annonrial mainland through their emergency magic channels.

## Trivia

* The sea serpent is closely similar to an ancient snake without legs known as Palaeophis.
* The source of a gigantic sea serpent legends is often thought to be Japanese and Scandinavian myths and tales. Folklorists have seen these as part of Indo-European history since tales of magical sea serpents and dragons have similarities to myths from South Asia.