Chapter 72 - Course Of Action (2/2)
The Snake Queen was oblivious to the serpentines' clamor, focused completely on the motionless Versailles. She took her friend's hand and kept calling out her name. However, there were no movements or responses from the gold serpentine.
Five heartbeats later, the crowd was close to losing their cool again. Even after many attempts to arouse Versailles, there was no response from her. The longer time dragged, the more apprehensive the serpentines grew.
”I don't think we should wait anymore. We need to take Versailles for treatment. The longer we delay, the worse the situation could escalate. If anything happens to her, the werewolf king will not spare us. He will decimate our clan.” The yellow elder could no longer hold back her fears.
She knew.
If anything happened to the gold serpentine, they would not need to wait until the shadow armies descended. The Werewolf clan would turn their Floating Flame Island into Floating Blood Island. They would vent their king's rage and grieve on the Snake clan.
Out of all the six supreme clans, the demons and devils were the most devious and brutal, the vampires were the most sinister and scheming, and the snakes and eagles were the most deadly in their strike. The Werewolf clan, on the other hand, were the most calm.
No matter how they were provoked, they did not engage or respond to provocation that easily. In fact, their every response or action was based on logic and the law of survival of the strongest. Once they attacked, they came up on top.
In fact, they enforced the law more than any of the other six clans because of their small population. It was the formidable might of their individual strength that dominated the other races.
And this might went unleashed when their mates were endangered or aggrieved. If anything happened to Versailles, the wrath and unleashed might of the Werewolf clan would befall the Snake clan.
As such, the yellow elder was most apprehensive of the Werewolf clan, and their unpredictable force of wrath.
The other elders similarly turned pale, shivering once they heard the yellow elders' words. They too did not desire to unleash the wolves' wrath upon themselves.
”I agree with elder Yulein. We should not wait any longer. What if something goes wrong due to delay in treatment?” The brown elder was also not keen on striking the hornet's nest.
”Yes. I agree with the two elders as well.”
”We should not delay any longer.”
Soon, more serpentines voiced out their agreement in getting Versailles treatment as soon as possible to guard against any mishap.
”Snake Queen, what do you suggest? Should we move Versailles?” Wisdom thoughtfully asked Queen Nakee, who was still trying to reach the unconscious gold serpentine.
”I...We should do all we can to ensure nothing happens to Versailles. She is not responding right now, so there must be a problem. We need to get rid of the issue to bring her back to us.” Suddenly pulled out of her trance, it took a while for the Snake Queen to comprehend the serpentines' words.
Once she thought of Versailles' situation, she could not focus. Her thoughts scattered, her heart unsettled. If anything happened to her friend, she would never be able to live with herself.
Thinking up to here, she turned towards Versailles again, her green eyes flashing with guilt and pain.
”Come, help me carry her from here.” Controlling her emotions, she commended the elders, bending to raise her friend. But before she could touch Versailles, a red-gold light burst out of the golden serpentine's body and enveloped her form, blinding their sight.
Versailles, who was within the glowing flame light, felt her body lighten, her senses spread, and her mind clear.
The moment she cleared Queen Nakee's dark energy, an anomaly occurred. At the moment she was retracting her rivers of flame and fire ring from the Snake Queen's conscious, the two experienced a metamorphosis.
Combining and fusing, the power she used to create the fire ring evolved into tri-golden fire rings, settling in her core around her fiery soul in a protective shield. The rivers of flame also gained a golden hue.
The only difference was, the flames were now red-orange, shimmering in the center of a golden beacon of light as bright as the sun in the Sybil realm. The flames infused with her fiery soul, changing her fiery aura to a majestic glorious one.
The Instant her soul's aura changed, she felt different. She could not tell where or how she was different. But she knew.. At that instant, something in her changed.