244 Black Serpent Vs. Red Phoenix (1/2)

Even though his neck hurt from looking up from time to time while going up the stairs, he didn't care.

Right now, his father had turned into his Beast God form. As the Black Serpent, he was using his snake body to throttle Lord Winchell who was in his Red Phoenix form. It looked like his uncle was trying to burn his father. But it was currently ”raining” and that rain came from the Black Serpent's water Mana. Amazingly, the rain wasn't falling on them as if there was an invisible ceiling that protected them from it.

It seemed like the Red Phoenix was having a hard time vaporizing the ”blessed rain,” if he remembered it right.

Father is really angry.

When they reached the top floor, he stopped and let Winter and Solenn enter the room first. He was worried about his father and his uncle so he wanted to keep an eye on them.

Please don't kill each other.

He got worried when the Red Phoenix finally got out of the Black Serpent's coil by burning his body. It seemed like his red flame hurt his father's scales. After all, the Red Phoenix was still a Beast God just like him.

But why are they fighting?

He could also feel the anger coming out from the two Beast Gods.

This time, the Red Phoenix breathed fire at the Black Serpent. The heat coming from the glorious red flame was enough to literally stop the blessed rain. Fortunately, his father was able to deflect the attack by freezing Lord Winchell's flame.

The beauty of the frozen flame suspended in the air took his breath away.

When two majestic beings fight, they could accidentally create a beautiful mess.

Not that he was condoning his father and uncle's dispute when they shouldn't be fighting among themselves.

”Uncle Wixx wants to kill Julian?”

Julian was forced to stop watching the Black Serpent freeze the Red Phoenix's ”bullet flame” when he heard Winter's question. And Solenn also pulled him inside the room where he found Luna attending to his unconscious mother on the floor.

Lord Forrester and Lord Ainsworth were also in the room, looking up at the sky while watching the Black Serpent and the Red Phoenix fight.

On the other hand, Miss Luna looked aghast when they saw them. But she looked particularly scared of Winter's question. ”My lord…”

Winter's golden eyes glowed menacingly. ”Why does the Red Phoenix want to kill my brother?”

To be honest, Julian wanted to say that he was surprised upon hearing that.

But he wasn't.

Lord Winchell hunted him down in his past life. It wouldn't be a surprise if he still intended to kill him even in this lifetime. That would also explain why his father was very angry at the Red Phoenix.

Winter's eyes stopped glowing but when he turned to him, he saw the pained look on his brother's face. ”Brother, I hate that you're so calm right now as if you have long accepted that you don't deserve to have a good life. Don't you want to be with us for a long time?”

”I want nothing else in the world but to spend a long time with our family,” he assured his brother. ”But our mother is unconscious, Winter. We should prioritize her well-being first. And most of all…” He pointed to the sky. ”We should stop Father and Lord Winchell from killing each other. Aside from the fact that Mother would hate it if she wakes up and find them fighting, our allies are also starting to wonder if an inner war has broken out within our force. We couldn't be divided, especially not when we still have an army to defeat.”

For some reason, everyone was rendered silent after his long speech.

Julian, not used to being the center of attraction, easily blushed from embarrassment.

”Julian, you're so cool,” Solenn praised him. ”I think I just fell in love with you.”

He wanted to say something but then…

”Julian…?”

He immediately turned to his mother who just awakened. ”Mother,” he said as he walked towards her. Miss Luna helped her mother get up and when he knelt beside her, she immediately hugged her tight while crying. Of course, he got worried. He knew why his mother was crying like that. ”Mother, it's okay. I'm not blaming anyone, not even Lord Winchell. I understand.”

”You're not obliged to understand, silly boy,” his mother scolded him while sobbing hard and hugging him tighter. ”You can blame us for failing to protect you, Julian.”

”I can't do that even if I want to, Mother,” Julian said softly while patting his mother's back gently. ”I love our family.”

***

WINTER was angry.

His father was busy fighting with his uncle while his mother and older brother were suffering. The others didn't know what to do while their leaders were fighting among themselves. He hated everything that was happening around him right now.

I want to swallow everything up.

Wait, did he say ”swallow?”

”Winter!”

Winter blinked several times when Solenn yelled his name even though she was just standing right in front of him. ”What?”

”Scales…” Solenn said in disbelief, then she pointed at his face. ”Your face and your arms are starting to be covered with silver scales… And your hair…” She looked at the top of his head, her face now colorless. ”Your hair is as pale as the moon.”

Huh?

He automatically looked down at his arms. To say that he was shocked to see that his arms were covered with silver scales would be an understatement. This thing had never happened to him in his first life.

Am I turning into my Moon Serpent form?

His thoughts were cut-off when all of a sudden, he felt a painful thump in his chest. He clutched his chest tight while trying to keep his balance. But in the end, he still fell on the floor while writhing in pain.

Aside from the feeling of his heart getting squeezed tightly, he also felt a burning sensation in his chest.