Chapter 96: The Poison Traps

Snuggling into her arms, the puppy lovingly rubbed it's soft black head under her chin in contentment, immediately grabbing her attention.

"Oh, you!"

Tenderness bloomed in her heart as she held the beast closer to her chest. 

All her earlier hesitations, suspicions, and doubts flew out of her mind. Whether she knew the puppy or not, it no longer mattered. She felt a bond closer and stronger than she ever anticipated with the tiny creature.

Raising it to eye level, Versailles gently rubbed her nose with the creature's tiny black one.

"What's your name? Do you have any?"

She softly asked, looking into its' black gems.

"Yep?"

It dropped its' head to the side, staring innocently at her with its' wide eyes. Whether it was in curiosity or confusion, Versailles could not tell.

"No name?"

It continued staring cutely at her.

"Okay...how about I name you?"

At this, the puppy finally reacted, excitedly raising its' head as it expectantly looked at her with shinning eyes.

"Hahaha..."

Seeing its' exhilarated reaction to the suggestion, she laughed in happiness.

Such happiness, she had only ever felt around her mate.

The thought made her frown as she couldn't believe that it had even entered her mind.

Ramose was her mate, the other half of her soul. No beast or creature could ever take his place nor hope to replace him.

So, why did she make the comparison between the two?

"Yep?"

Looking into the innocent, clear eyes of the beast, she felt stumped.

'Maybe, its because of his black fur and eyes. The color is so much like his in his wolf form.'

Inwardly shaking her head, she focused back on naming him.

"Okay, why don't I name you Amose?"

It was only after she spoke that she realized what she had done. She had unconsciously used a short version of Ramose's name to name the beast.

She was unconsciously making connections between them.

Was this really just a coincidence?

"Hey, what do you take us for? Audience to your cuddle show? How dare you treat us like this!" Seeing the serpentine treating them like air as she cuddled with the unknown beast, the Ogre lost his fuse.

Stomping his foot, he jumped over the encroaching crocodile and landed on the back of a giant fire centipede. With another stomp, the Ogre landed on a crack right across from where Versailles stood.

"Serpent, this is how far you'll be getting. Now, prepare to meet your end!" Bellowing, he fiercely banged on his round belly.

Barp!

The resounding loud barp was accompanied by a viscous green liquid with a putrid odor. Green gas whirled around the liquid, disintegrating every thing within its' path.

On witnessing the Ogre's unrestrained attack, Versailles' eyes turned sharp.

The beast had the intention to kill her in a single strike.

'Since that's how you want to play, then don't blame me for being ruthless.'

Holding the puppy closer to her chest, Versailles leaped into the air, dodging the acid vomit by a slight margin.

Twirling her floating body, she propelled herself backwards, avoiding the outstretched claws of the Three Eyed Blue Bird and Uniman. Fire erupted from her body, enveloping her rotating figure in a cocoon of red-gold flames.

"Ahhh!"

Not expecting the sudden flames, the two flying creatures shrieked in pain as they drew back. By the time the blinding pain subsided, they could no longer locate the fire-cloaked figure.

"Grrrrrr! You rotten serpentine, I will skin you alive and make you beg for death!" 

Red with anger and shame, the creatures screamed hatefully, their faces dark with wrath.

"Hahaha...all talk and no bite." A cold, scornful snide was all that they got in reply.

"This snake, she has gone too far! We have to make her beg beneath us to avenge this shame!"

"Begging would be too lenient of a punishment for her. We need to take her captive and torture her for the rest of her immortal live." Boiling with rage the beasts venomously vowed to seek vengeance for their disgrace.

"Ah, what about the Werewolf King." The meek voice drifted into the mad tirade of the creatures, bringing their ranting to a halt.

As if of one body, they all glanced in the direction of the sound.

There, a blue Elvan timidly stood amidst the crowd of flamboyant beasts, appearing thin and weak, completely out of place within the pack of grotesque creatures. 

"Finish him!" Withdrawing his gaze, the Uniman coldly commended as he turned.

"Yes!" A Giant immediately flashed to carry out his order. 

"Ah!" A short shriek was all the blue Elvan could manage before a giant hammer ruthlessly smashed into his body, splitting him in two. 

The two halves slowly slammed on opposite ends, the unstoppable blue blood draining the color out of the spectating lesser races faces.

"Take that as a lesson. Any other beast that dare's to speak up against me, will meet the same end. Now, get moving! I want that serpentine before the fall of the ice night!"

"Yes!"

Trembling in trepidation, the beasts didn't dare to delay. They dashed in the direction Versailles figure vanished, desperate to locate her before the fall of the ice night.

This was now a question of their survival.

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Versailles quietly observed the frantic beasts from inside a crack on the side of a volcano.

This was the same crack that the Scorpion King went through to plant the poison traps. Any beast that desired to enter the Black Flames of Nightmare had to pass through this enormous volcano.

This was the very reason Versailles had the Scorpion King plant poison traps inside and outside its region.

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To handle flies, what better way was there than burning and poisoning them in one single stroke?

The tiny puppy in her arms keenly observed her flickering eyes with its curious innocent ones, seemingly trying to figure out what was going on in her head.

Sensing its burning glare, she lowered her head, and two's eyes connected. An electric current traveled through her body, stunning her for an instant. In the next heartbeat, the sensation disappeared as suddenly as it appeared.

By the time she returned to her senses, she could no longer trace the abnormal sensation. 

'Am I imagining things?' As she looked into the wide, innocent eyes of the beast, she couldn't help but wonder. 

Shaking her head, she turned her focus back onto creatures outside the crack.

'Forget it. There's a more urgent matter for me to take care of at the moment.'

A dark smirk appeared on her lips, her eyes gleaming with an enchanting gold light.

"Little Amose, do you want to go and play? I promise you will love the thrill!" Raising the creature to eye level, she proposed with an angelic smile and bright eyes.

As if understanding the meaning of her words, the beast's black gems flashed with a similar bright radiance that reflected her own. 

Rubbing her face lovingly against his, Versailles secured her hold on him and languidly went out of the volcano crack.

The two, Mistress and beast, appeared before the group of anxious beasts.

"We found her! We found her! Immediately inform Frank that we found the serpentine!"

"She is found! Inform Frank!"

"Hurry! Quickly inform Frank!"

The exclamations of excitement and howls resounded in the entire flaming heaven and earth, gathering all the nearby beasts in the one location.

"Serpentine, this is where it ends!"

At this time, winds gushed forth, as Unimen, Pegumen, Blue Birds, Irosaurs, and many lesser flying creatures descended in a whirlwind of fierce gales.

"You, you...how did you all find me!" Shrieking in fear, Versailles unhesitantly drew back, hurriedly retreating back into the crack on the volcano.

"Hurry, chase her!"

"Do not let her get away!"

"I want her surrounded and encircled. Chase! Chase! Chase! If she hides in a hole, I want you to fish her out. And if she enters the belly of the volcano, I want you to enter with her! Understand?"

Bellowing with a frightening holler that thunderously exploded in the desolate region, the Uniman immediately flashed after the retreating Versailles.

"Yes!"

The lesser beasts cried back with an equally thunderous holler, enthusiastically chasing after the Uniman, in pursuit of Versailles.

Versailles moved in and out of the volcano cracks, looking behind her every few moments with a frightened expression as she ran.

Scared, she dashed towards the center of the erupting volcano, her face flushed red, seemingly on the verge of tears.

"Snake, there is nowhere for you to run. If you stop at this instant, then I promise I will give you a less horrifying death." The Uniman shouted behind her in a negotiating tone.

"Lies! I don't believe you!"

"Hmph! Whether I am lying or not, what other choice do you have? Even if you don't stop, sooner or later, you will end up in my hands. See what I will do to you then!"

Finally reaching the center of the boiling lava, Versailles stopped.

"You...you...you horrible beast!" Looking flustered, she nervously faced the ominous Uniman as she stuttered.

"Hmph! You filthy snake, how dare you embarrass me? Finally, you are now in my clutches and at my mercy! Today, I will make you know what hell is. All of you, quickly surround and encircle her!"

Arriving above her, Frank condescendingly glanced at the cornered serpentine, his red eyes flashing with triumph and glee as he imaged all the different ways he would torture her.

Any other day, confronting a beast of the Six Supreme Clans would have never crossed his mind. 

However now, things were different. This was a Battle of War where all the races had to only defeat one beast.

After ganging up and forming a powerful group, accomplishing such a feat was as easy as taking a stroll in the outer flame valleys.

And for him, this was a great fortunate encountered only once in a century.

He could have her.

As his eyes swept over her body, her astounding beauty and violet eyes took his breath away. Swallowing with difficulty, he suppressed his overwhelming desire and arrogantly looked down on her.

"Beg me. Beg me and I might just really go easy on you." He drooled uncontrollably, his shifty eyes repeatedly roaming over her figure.

'Such a feast! The Werewolf King has probably never imagined a day would come where his mate would lay beneath a lesser race. Hahaha...'

Unable to restrain himself any longer, the Uniman dived down, failing to notice the fact that the snake he was impatient to get his claws onto didn't panic even once under his lewd gaze.

He also failed to notice the shifting emotions on her facial features. The flustered expression disappeared, leaving behind only an impassive face adorned with two sharp, cold eyes oozing with bloodlust.

Just as he descended and was about to grab the motionless beauty, the red-orange lava boiled.

The molten liquid surged upward in the form of an enormous beast, sinking its vicious fangs into the unguarded creatures.

"Ahhhhh!"

"Help me, I can't move!"

"Noooo!"

"What's going on? Why is the lava boiling?"

"Run away! Run away! The lava is releasing a deadly venom!"

"But I can't move!"

"I can't move either!"

All at once, shrill cries and screams of agony resounded on the massive walls of the volcano, as one beast after the another dropped into the boiling lava and melted within the blink of an eye.

Frank's face was marred with horror as his body got engulfed in the shower of molten flames. 

He didn't even get the chance to scream in pain before he was obliterated, his very existence, forever wiped from the surface of the seven realms. 

A while later.

"Me? Beg you? Hmph! Maybe in a different life!"

The emotionless, cold sneer echoed within the enclosed space, eerily resonating with the boiling lava.

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