Chapter 356 - 309 : Ranka Hnach (1/2)

As he felt only hostility emitting from her eyes, Amidel sighed and showed himself at last. He looked no different than last time, with a refined and kind looking expression, scholarly clothes and a small beard. He politely bowed to Lucy while smiling, he didn't feel like a Sovereign but like a mortal.

Even Lucy wasn't able to sense his Realm despite her superior stats, this only confirmed what Arthur told her. The person standing before her is not real and is merely part of the whole city, which is basically a complex and high-leveled formation. Of course, there exists a person named Kang Amidel, it's just that his real body is hidden in a secretive place.

”Would you join me in a tea session until your husband gets rid of the snake?”

His tone was devoid of any anger despite her unpolite attitude toward him. He had long since investigated the couple and knew more than most about Astria, however, he didn't dare go there personally for many reasons, mainly the retaliation of Arthur and Lucy if they discovered him.

Through their actions, Amidel clearly knew that they didn't wish for visitors to come to Astria, especially those kinds of visitors who create unnecessary trouble.

.......

A few kilometers away from Amidel's city, Arthur landed on a mountain top along with the captured woman. As he had another look at her, he noticed that her appearance changed into a bewitching young woman. She grew taller and had purple scales on the back of her neck, she even grew a long tail.

Even transforming into her real form wasn't sufficient to get rid of those black chains binding her body. They were crazily resistant and tough to break, in fact, she could barely breathe as they were tightening around her slim neck.

Ranka Hnach (Race: Heavenly Snake): Realm: Fusion Sovereign

Age : 79

Info : Daughter of the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Snake Clan. She is considered one of the three rising talents of the clan and is usually away from her home, following the orders of *********.

'Heavenly Snake Clan?'

Arthur remembered Zodiak mentioning this particular clan in one of his notes. The old man wasn't particularly fond of this clan, he even had a small feud with them which was resolved when he was powerful enough to face them.

Apparently, the Heavenly Snake Clan is situated in ILH MEG, a planet ruled by the fairies. Furthermore, this planet is considered a High-Realm and is one of the strongest, excluding the Divine Planet.

After going through his memories to check all the information he had on the Heavenly Snake Clan. Arthur focused his attention back to Ranka, the snake woman, and coldly said

”So, why would someone of your status bother to come all the way just to kill me? I'm really confused, why don't you enlighten me!”

As he said that, he weakened the grip of the chains thus letting her compose her breathing and speak out a few words.

However, the woman didn't recognize him as she glared at him hatefully while not understanding the meaning of his words.

”What? Did you forget about me already? How disappointing.”

Arthur shook his head in disappointment then squatted down in front of her and stretched his hand, which vanished and was replaced by jet black darkness which frightened the woman.

He was covered wholly by malevolent black flames which made the woman finally guess his identity. As Arthur was ready to use [Dark Extraction] and forcefully read some of her memories, the snake woman finally gave up her pointless struggled and said

”W-wait wait! Please let me explain myself!”

At the last second, just when his hand was but an inch away from her head, it halted and was withdrawn. Seeing this, she breathed a sigh of relief as she managed to avoid turning into a vegetable. From the way he easily subdued her, she knew he was way stronger than her. Moreover, he was overly cautious so using a dimensional stone to escape isn't doable. She could only stall for time and try to make him spare her.

Arthur's sole eye started shining with blue light but this wasn't the end, he used [Griffin's Bloody Switch] to sacrifice a bit of Wisdom and add it into dexterity. His extraordinary hearing was magnified by another fold and that is while excluding the numerous hearing-related skills that were activated.