Two carriages stopped in front of a worn-out temple in the middle of the forest. The posts and the structure itself were already falling apart and even the inside of it was full of dust. During the three trips the driver had made to the temple, he had been curious as to what they were doing inside the dilapidated temple but he dared not ask. He could only stay curious as he looked around.
There was not much inside the temple, only the old destroyed statues, candle stands and an unrecognizable statue in the middle of the room was there. He shivered as he felt uncomfortable because of his own thoughts. He shook his head and placed Ezio's body on the floor. The driver then went back and carried Isaiah's body.
They then helped each other to carry the bodies of the five sentinels who were with them. Their unconscious bodies were all dumped there and when they were done, the drivers of the two carriages left. The rattling of the wheels as they left the place echoed through the dark night until it faded into the distance that they had traversed.
No sound could be heard in the surroundings even though the temple was located in the middle of a forest. Not even the tweet of birds or the hoot of an owl could be heard. Only the rustling of the leaves as the wind blew gave a little bit of life into that ominous place.
A blanket of black smoke then slowly covered the place which stilled even the wind. The black smoke then slowly entered the temple and gradually a body slowly emerged from the sea of blackness. First, the head of a beautiful woman with long inky black hair appeared. She was naked and the only thing that covered her body was her hair.
As she fully emerged, her lower body was not bearing feet but it was instead replaced with a scaly long tail that reached until the outside of the temple. This part of her body was a bit slimy which added to the somewhat shiny black appearance of it under the moonlight. The woman's face brightened when she saw the offerings laid down on the floor.
She could feel a large amount of mana from the two young mages which made her excited. Once she consumes them, she would surely become more powerful. She grinned and even laughed at the thought of her surpassing the others. It was good that these visitors visited the town, their plan was indeed effective to lure out people they can devour.
The half woman half serpent spirit did not even give a glance at the other five bodies on the floor. She was only focused on the mages. She moved her massive body and bent down to take a closer look at the two when a tremor shook the temple. She was a bit startled as she looked around but she did not feel any other people around the area.
Her gaze went back to the two unconscious mages and narrowed her eyes. She saw a twitch on their bodies and suspected that they must be waking up soon. The spirit made the decision to devour them before they woke up. She opened her mouth and fangs protruded from her gums as she was about to bite Ezio.
A strong wave came from Isaiah and Ezio's body which knocked back the woman before she could even sink her fangs on them. She hissed with her forked tongue as she slid towards the two once again to consume them but before she could get near them, a black swirling portal appeared below them and swallowed them. A gate then appeared behind her where Ezio and Isaiah came out.
They couldn't believe what they were seeing, it was a huge serpent with the upper body of a woman about to bite them. Luckily Ezio managed to transfer them behind the woman. This must be the reason why they were put to sleep because they were offered as food to the serpent woman.
The serpent-woman's body moved which caused the temple to tremble because she sensed that the missing preys she was about to consume were behind her. She used her tail to trap them as she placed it behind them to stop them from escaping her. Ezio noticed this so he used the gate to transport them again to where they originally woke up.
After that, he used it again to transport them outside of the temple. If it was short distances, he could keep creating a gate but it would also exhaust him but their problem at that moment was the enemy and Isaiah's low mana. If they fight the enemy, they would be wiped out because their damage dealer used too much mana.
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