Chapter 152
“Ugh, the smell. What have you been eating?”
Ahwin wrinkled his nose and took a step back, pinching his fingers over his nostrils. The serpent radiated a fierce, malevolent energy. It had clearly consumed countless magical beasts over the years.
“If Pepe saw you, she’d faint on the spot.”
As though understanding his words, the snake’s massive head lowered, its body moving with a heavy, unsettling grace. Its glistening scales rippled like grotesque waves as it shifted.
Ahwin tilted his head and asked, “What is it? Do you want to eat me too? Go ahead, try.”
The serpent’s yellow eyes gleamed ominously, its elongated pupils widening as it bared its venomous fangs.
“Ha!”
The snake lunged at Ahwin’s neck with blinding speed, but its fangs collided against a shimmering blue barrier, ricocheting off harmlessly. The tree that had supported its massive body groaned and snapped under the force of its failed attack.
The serpent shook its head as though disoriented, then snarled at Ahwin, flashing its fangs again. But it hesitated, wary of the magic shield that had effortlessly repelled it.
Ahwin extended his hand into the air, and out of nowhere, a blade of brilliant blue energy materialized.
“You’re disgusting. Let’s end this quickly.”
He gripped the hilt of the blade in reverse and hurled it directly at the serpent’s head. The snake didn’t even have time to dodge before the blade pierced through its skull, embedding itself deep within. A stream of toxic, bluish-green blood spurted violently from the wound.