1536 The Snake Demoness of the Desolate Lake (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

The little girl's cry had completely taken Mo Fan by surprise. Mo Fan was pulling her with enormous force, since he had assumed the young Medusa was trying to set him up. If he was a little crueler, he might even have torn the little girl's arm off. Luckily, he was not that violent.

However, the little girl was in great pain. On top of that, she was not wearing anything. If anyone witnessed what had happened, they would assume Mo Fan was trying to do something unforgivable to the innocent little girl!

”I'm really sorry, little girl, can you stop crying? Please trust me, I'm indeed not a good person… no, that doesn't sound right, but I'm not the kind of bad person you think I am. I thought you were the young Medusa. I didn't expect to stumble into a beautiful girl like you in a place like this. It was much more likely that you were a demon creature,” Mo Fan tried to apologize.

Luckily, the little girl was able to calm down quickly. She held back her tears and stared at Mo Fan with huge teary eyes. Mo Fan immediately blushed, while feeling extremely awkward.

”Good, don't cry yet. If you didn't lie to me, I promise I'll bring you out of here, but you have to tell me where the real young Medusa is. Are the bad guys with her still?” Mo Fan asked.

”I...I don't know. The young Medusa went to the lake to drink water. The Mages left after bringing me here,” the little girl said.

”What's your name?” Mo Fan said softly. He was afraid that the girl would burst into tears again.

”Apas,” the little girl said.

”Oh, where are you from?” Mo Fan asked.

”I'm from Karagana Island. The people on the island plant herbs as a living. The herbs are sold to Egypt and Greece. The chief of the island doesn't allow the people to leave. I was very interested in becoming a Mage, so I went against her will and was tricked by these people,” Apas said.

Mo Fan had heard of Karagana Island before. It was an island that did not belong to any country, located in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Egypt. The island was protected by the Shoreline Alliance and was populated by religious people that did not interact much with the outside world.

Mo Fan heard Xinxia mention a few times that the Karagana Island was a gorgeous land of herbs. It did not have a single flower, yet it was even prettier than the sea of flowers in Provence. Unfortunately, Xinxia was busy preparing for the election. She did not have time to spare to travel to Karagana Island as their honeymoon trip.

Mo Fan was more convinced that Apas was not lying when she mentioned Karagana Island.

As a matter of fact, it was unreasonable for such a pretty little girl to show up out of nowhere in a place like this, but both the little girl's appearance and her explanation of where she was from did not have any problem at all.

”Cover yourself with this and follow me; we'll go look for the young Medusa first!” Mo Fan took off his jacket and gave it to her.

The jacket was huge for the little girl; she could wrap it around like a dress to cover herself. On a side note, Mo Fan had also seen something he was not supposed to, which further convinced him that he had stumbled into an actual human instead of a snake demon!

”Thank you...” Apas slowly lowered her guard after sensing his friendliness and chagrin. Her dirty face had an anticipating smile now that she finally had the chance to leave this place.

”Is this the right way?” Mo Fan asked.

”Mm, it is!” Apas nodded. She followed behind Mo Fan with quick little steps.

Mo Fan would occasionally turn around to look at the little girl. For some reason, he was still a little bit worried that Apas would extend poisonous fangs from her tender lips and bite him on the neck while he was not paying attention to her...

But the truth was, Apas was not a Medusa. She was just a weak little girl. Her body might be slightly stronger than ordinary girls since she had Awakened her first Element, but she was still completely helpless on her own!

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Mo Fan followed Apas' instructions and soon came upon a lake.

The surface of the lake was overgrown with weeds. If its surface had not been shining in the moonlight, one might even assume it to be a grassy area.

A soft noise came from the lake... the hissing sound of a snake.

Mo Fan turned around once again to look at Apas.

Apas' eyes were wide open. She was biting her pale lips to stop herself from making any sound, and was very cautious with her breathing, too.

”She's here, I can smell her,” Apas said softly.

Apas seemed to be sensitive to odors. The women on Karagana Island, who were constantly dealing with herbs, might have developed a special ability...

Mo Fan went a little closer and also noticed a rotting odor.

”Stay here, I'll call my friends over,” Mo Fan said softly.

Mo Fan parted the bush and saw a long silhouette around a hundred meters away. It was lying on its side atop a boulder, moonbathing beside the lake.