Toxic Empress

Giant Snake

When Xena was about to make the final attack, suddenly the ground surface again shook violently. From the end where it stood, the ground level showed an unusual change. As a result of the strong vibration, the ground becomes cracked and creates a large enough fracture. Xander immediately pulled Xena away from the crack of the ground, both of them watching the crack run from the air.

Not until five minutes, the vibration stopped working, the confused look from the faces of Xena and Liam was clearly expressed. Then from a different direction, Derryl came carrying more knights, he was surprised to see all the magic creatures almost perish due to the attacks of Xena, Xander, and Liam. Even Derryl had not shown his action in the slightest before Xena, then his gaze looked sour when Xena was grabbed by Xander while floating in space.

Xena realizes Derryl's arrival, she thinks that Derryl's arrival is useless at all. Now there are only a few magical creatures left, Xena's irritation is increasingly exploding as Derryl gives a sharp eye to Xander. I don't know for what reason Derryl was so anxious to see Xena too close to Xander. It felt like Derryl wanted to pat Xander on the head who dared to touch Xena who he recognized as his own concubine.

“Hei, Xander! Get Alina down! How dare you touch my concubine!” derryl shouted from below and was full of an aura of wrath.

Xander replied with a soft look, Xena is his and he refused to let go of Xena even though the one who asked was his own sister. For some reason she was upset that Xena was constantly dealing with men like Derryl, she was also worried that Derryl was putting his heart on the woman he loved. However, seeing from how Derryl looked at him when he touched Xena, it was certain that his worries were indeed true.

“Why should I lower it? Where have you been? Why just show up here? Are you not afraid?” fishing rod Xander.

Now Xander shows his true nature to Derryl, unlike before he pretends to be good in front of Derryl, but now Xander is more expressing his dislike towards Derryl.

“Bigger! Are you now provoking my anger? Or maybe the rumors you like Alina are true?!”

In fact, some time lately there have been unpleasant rumors between Xander and Xena. Most likely someone deliberately spread the rumor to attract the outburst of Derryl's anger. But Xander seemed to enjoy the rumors, he didn't care what anyone said about him. One thing is for sure, the rumor Xander likes Xena is the truth.

“I did not provoke your anger, but you who did not show up earlier was an unforgivable mistake. How can you send knights and witches here without any direct command from you? You almost killed your own people because of your carelessness! So, do you still deserve to be called Emperor?”

Xander retaliates, Derryl is kept silent for a few seconds, he cannot answer Xander's words because what his brother said was an inevitable fact.

“Now you've shown me your dislike gaze after pretending all this time? Yeah, I don't care if you like me or not. Are you perhaps jealous of me being the Emperor? This throne should be yours, but who would have thought your stupid mother ended her life by suicide. How sad,” circus Derryl.

Xena glanced at Xander who was black-ridden because of Derryl's sarcasm which was beyond the limit, she only found out about Mother Xander who committed suicide.

‘Xander's father killed himself? What does it mean?’ xena thought, then sent a jolt of anger at Derryl.

Derryl was once again silent, Xena made him die of lice and pecking on the spot, it felt that now Xena was fully on Xander's side and that fact he could not accept all his heart.

“Alina! Do you have a special relationship with Xander? You can defend Xander in front of me.” Derryl's emotions hunt him out, likely after this his anger will break the peace in the palace.

“Then where's the fault? If I were told to choose between you and Xander, then obviously I would choose Xander. He's so much better than you that you've never treated me so well. You only care about Brisia, you only care about your mother, without you realizing you've hurt her repeatedly. So, please don't bother me while you still treat me badly!”

“You heard that?” Xander smiled proudly and satisfied to hear the answer from Xena, while he was bewitched by the arrow of love from Xena.

“Baj*ngan damn! Don't make me—”

Derryl's anger was cut off by the tremors accompanied by the appearance of a giant black snake. The snake is different from snakes in general, the scales of the snake look made of sharp iron, then the eyes are white, and the tip of the tail is wrapped in a fire that is so hot. However, strangely the fire did not die even though it was hit by a puddle of water nearby.

“What's that switch? He looks strange from snakes in general,” said Liam.

“It was a magic creature that was much stronger than the previous creature. Maybe it will be more overwhelmed to deal with it, but we have to attack it together,” said Xander embraced by Liam and Xena.

“Should we start now? I want to make that ugly snake into a beast meal!” said Xena.

Xena prepared to attack the snake completely, but before she could launch an attack, the giant snake's tail crept and jerked towards Xena. At that time Xander quickly pulled Xena away from the snake.

“Be careful, the snake attack can kill the opponent with a single jolt,” Xander said.

Before long, the snake let out a can from its mouth, Liam quickly moved to install a shield to protect people from attacks that could be deadly. When it can touch the ground, it looks hot air out of the can to be able to melt the ground touched by the giant snake can.

On the other hand, Derryl felt unable to fight against the giant snake, he could not help his fear. To be honest, Derryl is not very talented in swordsmanship or magic, he is inversely proportional to the all-rounder Xander, whereas he has relied only on knights to protect him. Before he decided to jump here, the feeling of doubt and fear took hold. However, he did not want his people to look one eye at himself, and did not want to be considered weak than Xander.