Chapter 19: Not Them Getting Attacked By Snakes
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A serpent dropped from the low branch above with a dull, wet thud, all of them moved with snake-like manner , but their tails and curved and segmented...ended in hooked scorpion barbs that glowed in the fire light.
Eli shot upright, already reaching for his staff when he woke up . "Shadreks! Do not let their tails touch you!" he barked.
Iris yelled, already knowing a few things from her hours of reading. "Their venom is not in their fangs-it is in their tails!"
Xander, already scrambling backward, blinked hard. "What kind of discount biology is this?!"
Iris swore under her breath as a Shadrek lunged toward her and she rolled out of its path as fast as she could, grabbing the still-smoking tree branch from their fire pit. She swung wide, smacking it across its midsection. It hissed as it flew back.
"Scorpion-snakes," she muttered through gritted teeth, parrying another one. "Great. That’s a new one to add to this nightmare."
"Why are they ignoring you?!" Xander called out, narrowly dodging one that slithered straight past Iris and Eli.
Eli grimaced, swinging his staff low to knock one aside. "Because you are the reason why they are here!"
"What?!" To be honest, with the way things had been going these past few days...he wasn’t all that surprised.
"They are drawn to you. To the crystal."
"Of course they are," Xander groaned. "Why not add them to the long list of things trying to kill me."