The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

385: Two-Winged Fire and Ice Serpent (Drafted 2/12)

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A soldier in armor loudly proclaimed after stepping forward.
His voice had been as loud as thunder, but luckily no one else could hear, otherwise they would have been forced to cover their ears.

“Where is it?” Feng Wu blinked cutely with eyes full of curiosity.

“Over there?” The soldier pointed to a bare wall.

Feng Wu looked in the direction he pointed, but all she saw was a stone wall.
“There? But there’s nothing there”

“There is.
There’s a secret door.
I should know; I was in charge of building it.
A secret door was made when the tomb was originally designed.
There is a two-winged serpent behind it.
The serpent can attack with both fire and ice – the perfect candidate for protecting a tomb! Haha!

We especially brought in an extra powerful demon serpent too! Just see how those tomb raiders will suffer, just when they think they’ve found a way out.
Dare even rob our king’s tomb, it’ll be a pitiful death for them!”

The more the soldier spoke, the more excited he became.
It was obvious he really hated tomb raiders.

The other spirits: Are you sure you know what you’re talking about?

Feng Wu, who had involuntarily been robbing the tomb: . . . 

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The group of adventurers found the secret door just as the soldier finished talking.
It really was there, and it really did open.

“Finally! Found the way out!” shouted somebody.

Everyone was excited except for Feng Wu and the group of spirits.

“There’s a fire and ice serpent in there.
Are you sure the way out is through there?”

“Even if there is a way out that way, I don’t think they can get out.
It’s been so long.
Don’t you think the serpent would have evolved into a god serpent by now?” One spirit said.

“What? Be a god? How can it be that simple? With the restrictions in the tomb, it’s absolutely impossible.” The soldier patted his chest with confidence.

They wouldn’t have put the serpent there to guard if it was going to run off part way through.

“Xiao Wu, listen to me, you have to run behind the serpent.
There’s a path to the underground somewhere in there.
You can probably escape if you get to it.” The general told Feng Wu loudly.

Feng Wu nodded, indicating she’d heard.

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“What’s wrong?” Zo was concerned.
Feng Wu had been talking quietly to herself the entire time.
He’d never seen her like this, so he was rather worried.

“I’m OK.”

“Why are you even asking? I told you to just follow Xiao Wu once you’re inside.
It’s even more dangerous than the encounter with the two corpses.” Rui Baby saw Zo was still uncertain, so he said it like that to end the matter.

“More dangerous than the corpses?” What level of danger was this? He knew how powerful the two corpses were, so if it was even more dangerous inside, why were they going in? Zo was shameless; he asked anyway.
“Then we are still going in?”

Rui Baby’s eyes practically had the words ‘stupid fish’ written in them as he looked at Zo.
“Yes!”

Excellent.
The single word reply was neat and tidy.

Feng Wu and Zo followed the group into the stone room.
Instead of a sarcophagus, what they saw was confusing.

A chubby, black serpent was coiled up asleep on top of a rock in the middle of a pool of water.
It made purring sounds as it slept while bubbles were pop popping out of its nose.

Flanking the serpent on either side were two rare fruit trees, one blue, the other red.
It was obvious the trees were extraordinarily strong red and water elementals.

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The fruits were tempting, but the adventurers were hesitant because of the serpent.
The black one looked powerful, so they didn’t want to rush into a battle with it.

There were already some in the group who recognized the serpent for what it was – a precious holy beast from ancient times, a two-winged fire and ice serpent.
These types of serpents had had a reputation for being powerful attackers in the past.
The reputation made them highly coveted as fighters by the demon race.

Many demons were even sent to subjugate the serpents at one point.
The battle was horrible for the serpents, only ten survived.
The ten serpents that survived went into hiding inside the spiritual realm, never to be seen by human eyes again.
Needless to say, they were incredibly rare.

The people who recognized that the serpent was a, two-winged fire and ice serpent, were very nervous.
According to legend, they were one of the strongest holy beasts.
Would they survive the battle if they fought against it?

Given a choice between life or fruit, they chose life.

“Fuck! That’s the guardian you chose for the tomb?! You must be kidding.
He’s probably still drinking from his mother’s teats!”

“You put in an egg, and it finally hatched after ten thousand years!”[notes]

“No, no, no! I don’t think general would be that unreliable.”

“Well I mean think about it, maybe the snake gave birth to a baby snake out of boredom?”

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“OK then where did the mother go?”

The spirits got into heated debate after they saw the serpent.
Because they were used to people not being able to see them, they didn’t bother watching their volume.
They spoke as loudly as they wanted without fear of being heard.

A pity they forgot, just because humans couldn’t see them, didn’t mean beasts couldn’t either.

Awakened by the loud talking, the serpent was very unhappy and so let out a jet stream of fire.
The fire was extraordinary in that it was difficult to extinguish and was as hot as erupting volcanic magma.

Such a terrifying attack right out the gate.
At least open your eyes first! This is not the way of a normal routine!

The people quickly separated into two groups, with each moving to one side, even as they complained in their hearts about the serpent’s unreasonable behavior.
At the same time, Feng Wu pulled Zo to the side and dodged out of the flame’s way.

“Fuck! Spit out fire just because you’re annoyed?!”

“Everyone, be careful! This guy is very powerful!”

After dodging, everyone raised their swords and staffs in preparation for battle.