Chapter 334 - Golden Eyes
Chapter 334: Golden Eyes
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Toby kept trying to say something by using body language.
“You sensed something terrifying?” Angor read Toby’s meaning and frowned. He reached out with his spirit feelers.
Nothing.
When he nodded to the bird, Toby quickly dived into the murky water. Toby closed his eyes and remained there for two seconds before he dashed back into the Purification Field.
Angor threw a Cleanse and Purify at the bird.
Toby waved his wings around again and took out a new outfit from Snowy Feather so that Angor could help him get changed.
“… Bikinis,” Angor murmured as he looked at the lace-brim, breast-support undergarment in his hand. With a disgusted expression, he proceeded to tie it around Toby’s body. “I don’t really need to remind you that you’re a male bird, right?”
There were different types of academies and schools in the mortal world, such as cloisters, art schools, medical schools, musicals… Each place might or might not major in a certain field. If Angor didn’t enter the world of wizards, he would have attended the Burgeon Knight Academy in Goldspink Empire, a comprehensive institute.
Their designs were very different too. Some appeared like castles, palaces, while some preferred to present themselves as small villages. A village-like academy in remote underground space was totally acceptable.
Soon, he reached the end of the path.
He thought he would run into this hidden monster in the end, which did not happen. The path ended at another deep pool with dark green water.
The surface was only five or six meters wide. However, he couldn’t see the bottom of it.
He took a sniff and didn’t sense the stench this time.
“The monster may be down here. And it could be our way out too,” Angor mumbled.
Either way, he had to go down and check to embrace danger or hope.
He nodded to Toby and jumped down.
He felt his heart beating with joy after swimming downward for several meters. The pool was really connected to a lake outside!
He already saw an underground cave ahead, across which was vast, clean running water.
He smiled brightly and dashed through the short cave swiftly.
While inside the brighter water, he carefully sensed the direction of the water flow so that he could follow it.
Toby suddenly called out beside his ears, loudly. Following the bird’s direction, he slowly turned around.
Somehow, a giant serpent was waiting right behind him.
The creature was so large that Angor immediately felt like a newborn child in front of an elephant.
A round head, golden eyes, white belly, and black scales. The animal was three or four meters in width, and… Angor had not seen its tail yet, since the end of the creature stretched all the way into the darkness beyond.
He felt his heart trembling under the serpent’s terrible gaze.
Out of instinct, he took out his revolver and shot at the monster. The bullet enchanted with Armor-Piercing rune connected with the serpent’s belly and bounced away, without even causing a scratch on the scale it hit.
Even after considering the fact that the bullet was weakened by water, the creature’s defense was still scary.
When he attacked, Toby also kicked at the snake. The bird unleashed power similar to a level-3 cantrip which caused a visible sonic boom underwater.
It had no effect!
“Stop it! Run, Toby!” Angor’s eyes widened in fear. “A wizard-level monster, here? Go! Now!!”
He simply used Hand of Spell to pull Toby closer, and he then triggered Aster Barrier without a second thought. A stream of starlight emerged from the magic scroll and engulfed him and Toby within.
Under the protection of the spell, he dashed along with the water flow madly.
Something that could resist Toby’s attacks wasn’t necessarily a wizard-level monster. However, its defense property definitely was.
And of course, such a monster was fast.
Angor was planning to escape back into the abandoned village and let the rainbow dragonflies defend him. He didn’t get very far before the serpent moved in his way, somewhat casually.
He was never a fast swimmer. The serpent’s swift moves quickly injected desperation into his mind.
He tried to change directions, and every time, the giant monstrosity would block his way while staring at him with those trunk-sized golden slits.
“Are you toying with me?!”
Upon realizing the total hopelessness, Angor simply gave up on running.
The serpent did not attack him yet. It only prevented him from leaving. Those golden slit eyes looked creepy, though he didn’t really sense hostility in them.
He panted heavily and looked at the creature. Then he yelled out, “What is it that you want?!”
He already felt this was the case; otherwise, the serpent would have already disposed of him after Angor shot it with his revolver.
The serpent remained still for a long time. It seemed this wizard-level monster couldn’t speak or release emotions.
It gave Angor one final meaningful glance before it turned away…