Chapter 512: The Lonely Serpent

Monster: Sacred Snake

Level: 230

Title: Southern Overlord of the Wilde, The Peacekeeper, The Half Spirit

Description: A final evolution of the snake species where it is said to have become a land deity. It is said that the Sacred Snake has mystic powers that could rival gods when it grows to a length of ten thousand meters. Due to other smaller creatures being afraid of it, it prefers to live alone giving it the moniker of 'The Lonely Serpent'. It no longer needs to eat upon reaching this evolution as it feeds on the energy of the world itself.

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The Southern Overlord is actually a large white snake which is so long that the mist itself is hiding its body. Adrian also somewhat felt that the Sacred Snake is somewhat familiar. He could not point his finger at the reason because he is scared of what the southern overlord would do.

Adrian and the southern overlord are now in a staring contest. Adrian's soulbounds are not moving because they were told to stand down. They could only attack if they think that their master is under attack which he is not. 

The southern overlord moved its head closer to Adrian to meet his eyes on the same level. Adrian did not know what to do and just blankly stared back which is very straining for him as anxiety and uncertainty are mixed in his gaze. The southern overlord's head suddenly moved, and Adrian thought that it will attack but the Sacred Snake did not.

The mist suddenly moved away and the southern overlord with it. Adrian breathes a sigh of relief but then something hit him.

"Ahh! I forgot to tell it why I want to recruit it. Seriously!" Adrian stated as he comically rolled on the ground for suddenly blanking out and getting on a staring contest with a giant white snake.

Adrian did not know what to do next as no system prompt emerged for something like an auxiliary quest about befriending the southern overlord. What makes him even more curious is the fact that the southern overlord's body is covered with mist or rather it brings the mist with it.

Adrian suddenly remembered that the southern overlord would fade in and out of existence which is reminiscent of Vayu and Soleil. He then checked the logs again and saw that the southern overlord is indeed a half spirit.

"It seemed to want to talk to me, but it just went away on its own. Maybe I need to gain its trust. The best way would be for me to defend its territory. The only thing that I want to know is why it arrived to late and not earlier when the weak monsters were getting thrashed around." Adrian thought as he went around the territory.

Adrian then found three other places that have the same demon wolf meat pastes. It suddenly hit him that the southern overlord actually fought three battles in three different separate areas. The areas are so far apart like a kilometer away from each other.

"How long is it that it could reach this area in a fast time?" Adrian suddenly shuddered as he knows that he could have become this meat paste.

Adrian could more or less guess that the demon wolves always attack this area since more groups of demon wolves are present in this territory. He just wished that no Child of Disasters are in the next group that will come.

The Child of Disaster is basically the children reared by the Wolf of Disaster. It seems that they are more powerful than the normal demon wolf and are said to be named monsters. Even the fox clan elders are wary of them as battling them one by one is still a challenge.

Each Child of Disaster is said to be guarded by thirty demon wolves of higher levels. He is actually quite lucky that he has yet to encounter that group, but he could deduce that the southern territory could have a higher chance of being attacked by the Child of Disaster. 

Adrian made his soulbounds survey other areas so that he could respond faster. The southern overlord is just watching Adrian from the distance like the silent guardian it is. The southern overlord is curious about Adrian, but he is not yet that special in its eyes. The southern overlord will not bother Adrian as long as the latter did not bother the monsters in its territory.

When Adrian is just chilling in the area that he is observing, Kanlaon suddenly contacted him via the soul link. Kanlaon stated that a large group of demon wolves are now heading towards the southern territory. There is even one demon wolf that is quite bigger than the other demon wolves.

"Do not tell me that I just jinxed myself when I was thinking of a Child of Disaster." Adrian suddenly thought as he borrowed Kanlaon's eyesight. 

Adrian whose eyes became dragon slits suddenly saw a group of maybe fifty or more demon wolves running towards the southern territory. Adrian could feel that this number would be too much for him to handle as most of the monsters in the southern territory are not combat ready.

Adrian psyched himself up as he needed the confidence to handle the coming monster horde. He could make the monster horde disperse if he could kill the leader but that is easier said than done. He could not see the levels of the demon wolves, but he could tell that they are more powerful than the ones that the southern overlord could kill in one hit.

"Kanlaon, warn all of the monsters near the area. Other soulbounds, regroup at Kanalaon's current location." Adrian commanded.

A loud dragon roar is then heard from the distance as Kanlaon warned all those inside the area he is in. Numerous small and weak monsters retreated further inside the territory when they heard the loud dragon roar. The southern overlord also heard it and also saw the great number of enemies that are coming towards its territory.