The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

em as he looked at Zo.
“Yes!”

Excellent.
The single word reply was neat and tidy.

Feng Wu and Zo followed the group into the stone room.
Instead of a sarcophagus, what they saw was confusing.

A chubby, black serpent was coiled up asleep on top of a rock in the middle of a pool of water.
It made purring sounds as it slept while bubbles were pop popping out of its nose.

Flanking the serpent on either side were two rare fruit trees, one blue, the other red.
It was obvious the trees were extraordinarily strong red and water elementals.

The fruits were tempting, but the adventurers were hesitant because of the serpent.
The black one looked powerful, so they didn’t want to rush into a battle with it.

There were already some in the group who recognized the serpent for what it was – a precious holy beast from ancient times, a two-winged fire and ice serpent.
These types of serpents had had a reputation for being powerful attackers in the past.
The reputation made them highly coveted as fighters by the demon race.

Many demons were even sent to subjugate the serpents at one point.
The battle was horrible for the serpents, only ten survived.
The ten serpents that survived went into hiding inside the spiritual realm, never to be seen by human eyes again.
Needless to say, they were incredibly rare.

The people who recognized that the serpent was a, two-winged fire and ice serpent, were very nervous.
According to legend, they were one of the strongest holy beasts.
Would they survive the battle if they fought against it?

Given a choice between life or fruit, they chose life.

“Fuck! That’s the guardian you chose for the tomb?! You must be kidding.
He’s probably still drinking from his mother’s teats!”

“You put in an egg, and it finally hatched after ten thousand years!”[notes]

“No, no, no! I don’t think general would be that unreliable.”

“Well I mean think about it, maybe the snake gave birth to a baby snake out of boredom?”

“OK then where did the mother go?”

The spirits got into heated debate after they saw the serpent.
Because they were used to people not being able to see them, they didn’t bother watching their volume.
They spoke as loudly as they wanted without fear of being heard.

A pity they forgot, just because humans couldn’t see them, didn’t mean beasts couldn’t either.

Awakened by the loud talking, the serpent was very unhappy and so let out a jet stream of fire.
The fire was extraordinary in that it was difficult to extinguish and was as hot as erupting volcanic magma.

Such a terrifying attack right out the gate.
At least open your eyes first! This is not the way of a normal routine!

The people quickly separated into two groups, with each moving to one side, even as they complained in their hearts about the serpent’s unreasonable behavior.
At the same time, Feng Wu pulled Zo to the side and dodged out of the flame’s way.

“Fuck! Spit out fire just because you’re annoyed?!”

“Everyone, be careful! This guy is very powerful!”

After dodging, everyone raised their swords and staffs in preparation for battle.