Chapter 23 The Attack of the Shadow Snake

Julian was very upset.

Especially when he learned that Ethan was going to the forest and didn't take him with them, he became more upset.

"Ethan, do you think I'm a drag on you?"

Annoyed, Julian went straight to the yard and pulled down Ethan, who was practicing archery with Freya, and asked angrily.

Ethan was stunned. He just knew that this guy came here for this in such a hurry early in the morning.

"That's just to help the manager find a new summoning beast. It's not an important thing. Besides, you are also busy, aren't you?"

Julian shook his head repeatedly.

"No. It doesn't matter what I was responsible for. I just was arranged night patrol. What's more, I want to have a new summoning beast!"

Julian said as he gestured with his hands.

"Although we still have enough people on patrol at night, we must go to the forest to look for new summoning beasts in the following days. Otherwise, these goblins won't be able to deal with the situation in the future."

"Well, is there a new monster?"

Ethan frowned.

He remembered that before he returned to the city, he saw the police station setting up a warning line around the city.

"Last night, Uncle Buck on the street encountered a big snake wandering around the periphery of the city. If it weren't for the patrol arranged by the police chief, I'm afraid Uncle Buck would have been dead."

Julian opened his arms and hugged virtually.

"Ethan, do you know how big that big snake is? It's bigger than an oil drum! Fortunately, the patrol carried a pistol and scared it away!"

"Even a pistol can't hurt that snake?"

Ethan noticed that.

Julian nodded.

"When Grover came to me this morning, he said that the power of the pistol could only shatter the scales on the snake's body. To hurt the snake, I'm afraid they have to use more destructive weapons."

"I'm afraid that big snake is the shadow snake."

Just as Julian told Ethan what had happened last night, Freya put away her bows and came to the side of the two and said a name.

"Shadow snake?"

Ethan looked at Freya, waiting for her explanation.

"Yes. According to Julian's description, it is indeed very similar to the shadow snake."

Freya recalled everything she knew about the shadow snake and said slowly.

"They are snakes living underground in the forest. They have a strong affinity with the power of shadow innately. So they usually leave the cave and go out for food when the night comes. However, the shadow snake will not leave the deep forest and come to the periphery of the forest unless..."

"Unless?"

Ethan said.

"Unless someone drives the shadow snake to leave the deep forest and come to this city?"

"Probably."

Freya nodded.

The two looked at each other and said nothing.

But they couldn't tell Julian about this for the time being.

The evil and the dark elf.

It was too early for this city.

"Okay, Julian. I see. Your summoning beast won't run away. But give me some time. Besides, I don't think that snake will leave here."

"I'm afraid it will appear again."

Ethan's words surprised Julian.

"What? Will that big snake come to this city again?"

"Probably."

The answer was given by Freya.

"Although the shadow snake appears at night, it is very vindictive! Even though decades have passed, it still remembers that magical beast, or even humans, who once hurt it. And it will take revenge!"

"Then, what should we do?"

Julian panicked.

"Go and inform Grover first. Julian, aren't you familiar with Grover? Go and inform him!"

Ethan calmly arranged everything for Julian.

"I'll go with Freya tonight. Wait for us there."

Hearing that Ethan would go there tonight, Julian seemed to be relieved and calmed down.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at the place where Uncle Buck lives. Tonight, he will be on patrol in the first half of the night."

"Okay! See you then!"

Julian left with a difficult problem.

After Ethan locked the door, the two of them went back to their room and sat opposite each other, discussing seriously.

"Is that Audrey?"

Freya nodded slowly.

"In the previous confrontation with Audrey, a shadow snake was chasing me several times."

"Did you break into the territory of the shadow snake by mistake?"

Freya shook her head.

"No. at that time, I had been far away from the area where the shadow snake inhabited. There would never be a shadow snake there."

Freya dipped her hand in the water in the glass and drew a picture on the table.

Under a bolt of lightning, there was a pair of patterns similar to horns.

"This is the pattern she drew in the air when I was fighting with Audrey. The moment this pattern appeared, the shadow snake appeared."

"Is Audrey the summoner?"

The fact that Audrey could summon a powerful magical beast seemed to be in line with the summoner in Ethan's memory.

But Freya denied this conjecture.

"No. Audrey is not a summoner. She is a dark assassin in dark elves. The reason why she can summon the shadow snake is probably because of the evil hiding behind her."

As she spoke, Freya pointed at the pattern on the table.

"This pattern is the symbol of the evil in this world."

Ethan was shocked.

"Wait! If you just draw it like this, will the evil notice this, Freya?"

Freya smiled confidently.

"No. this pattern is not complete. I just drew its general appearance. If I want to connect this mark with the evil, I have to draw runes representing the evil."

"Really? Then I will be relieved."

Ethan nodded and casually erased the patterns on the table.

Although Freya promised, again and again, looking at the pattern, Ethan still felt a little flustered.

"Go on with the information about Audrey!"

The night fell quietly.

Ethan and Freya, who had been well prepared, came to the house of Uncle Buck, which Julian had mentioned.

Uncle Buch looked like an ordinary middle-aged man.

Although his hair was a little white, his voice was unusually loud and full of energy.

"Are you the best friend Julian talked about? Good for you!"

The old man laughed after looking at Ethan up and down.

Especially when he saw the breathtaking face of Freya, he patted Ethan's shoulder and said that Ethan was so lucky.

In a few words, the old man named Buck left a generous image in Ethan's heart.

"Don't listen to Julian's nonsense. That big snake is not as big as an oil drum. If it is that big, I can't sit in front of you and joke with you today."

The old man picked up the cup and took a big sip.

Now they had lost contact with the outside world. And the food and goods in the city were constantly decreasing.

To save some food and resources, Buck had begun to quit drinking, so that he could keep sober at any time.

"I heard that the snake can resist the bullets from the pistol?"

Ethan looked at Julian who kept winking at him and asked.

"Pistol? Ah! Yes! That big snake is indeed a little hard."

Buck patted his thigh and fumbled in his pocket for a while. Then he put a broken scale in front of Ethan.

"This is what Grover shot off from the snake with his gun. I tried to hit it with an iron hammer in the daytime. It's quite hard!"

Ethan picked it up and put it in front of him.

Under the light, Ethan seemed to see a black mist rolling from the broken scales.

Then, Ethan handed the scales to Freya.

The latter took a look and nodded silently.

The guess in the daytime was confirmed now.

She didn't expect that dark elf, Audrey, was really near this city. She might even have entered this city and lurked there.

"I'm going to prepare some equipment first. Maybe we'll use them! Julian, come with me!"

Buck drank up the water in one gulp, pulled Julian up, and took Julian away.

The old man had noticed that Ethan and Freya had something to discuss. So he left the two of them alone.

"It's the shadow snake that Audrey summoned, right?"

Freya looked at the broken scales and pointed at a straight scratch on them.

"This is the mark I left on that shadow snake with my short sword when I fought with it. It's not left by the pistol you said."

"Are you sure?"

Ethan looked at the scratch and asked.

A trace of nostalgia appeared on Freya's elegant face.

"I'm confident about it. After all, that short sword was a gift from my teacher."

"Really?"

Ethan could tell that Freya seemed to attach great importance to that short sword. But he knew that it must have been lost when Freya was in trouble.

"If I have the chance, I can go to the forest to look for it!"

This decision only sounded in Ethan's heart. He would not tell Freya.

"Let's not talk about this now! If it is the shadow snake, then it will be much easier!"

Freya shook her head hard and said her thoughts, leaving the past behind.

She wanted to use the nature of the shadow snake. After it appeared, she would use herself as bait to attract the shadow snake to the set ambush location and kill it in one go.

"It's too dangerous."

Ethan objected immediately.

Not to mention whether the shadow snake could be killed through the ambush. But Audrey, who was hiding behind the scenes, was already a huge threat.

It was Audrey who caused Freya to get into trouble.

If Audrey knows that Freya is still alive and regains her freedom, she will probably take action!

"No, this method is not dangerous. On the contrary, as long as we kill the shadow snake, our situation will become safer."

There was a trace of hatred and helplessness in Freya's eyes.

"If Audrey knows that I'm still alive, she will show up. After all, our relationship is a little complicated."

"Complicated?"

"Yes, because we are half-sisters!"