Chapter 34


    The Golden Serpent appeared once more, coiling around the Viper''s Berry, flicking its blood-red


    tongue at vin.


    After watching it for a moment, vin summoned two throwing knives and flung them at the Golden


    Serpent. The knives cut through the air with a fierce force, whistling as they spun.


    The Golden Serpent opened its mouth and shot out two beams of golden light, intercepting the


    knives with precise uracy. With a ng, the golden light shattered the des into countless tiny


    fragments that rained down from the sky.


    "Hiss!"


    The Golden Serpent''s body shimmered with golden hue, continuing to flick its tongue at vin,


    seemingly irate at the challenge.


    vin squinted his eyes in silence, then flung another dagger with all his might. It shot straight and


    fast as lightning.


    The Golden Serpent hissed and spat out a blinding golden light, intercepting the dagger midair, and


    shattering it once again. However, this time, the dagger had clearly pushed through the golden light


    a short distance before being destroyed.


    vin calcted in his mind that he was no match for the Golden Serpent now. He would return


    another day. He retreated back into the dense forest and made his way along the rugged path back


    to his storeroom.


    First, he tended to the solitary grave in the courtyard, cleared away the weeds and fallen leaves,


    and watered the magnolia blossoms. Then he hid in the hills behind, beginning his earnest study of


    the Indigo Viper technique.


    vin was highly intuitive; otherwise, he wouldn''t have been able to discern the first three stages of


    the Goliath Force on his own. The Indigo Viper wasplex, but not beyond him.


    As night fell, vin was deeply absorbed in his studies, when a suddenmotion arose from the


    direction of the storeroom.


    Tyral burst into the storeroom, furiously shouting vin''s name, "Come out! vin,e out!" He


    raged, thrashing the contents of the storeroom like a mad dog, creating a cacophony of noise.


    "vin! Come out, or I''ll set your storeroom aze! Come out! Come out now!"


    Tyral''s hands zed with mes as he shouted hoarsely. His eyes were bloodshot, and his


    expression fierce.


    "What do you want?" vin pushed open the iron door, frowning at the disarray in the courtyard.


    "vin! Where''s my sister?" Tyral shouted at him.


    "Dead."


    "How? Was it you!" Tyral''s emotions spiraled out of control as he shouted recklessly.


    "Mind your words."


    "It was you! It had to be! My sister went to kill you, and it should have been you dead in the forest.


    How did you return? Ah, answer me. How did youe back, and where''s my sister?"


    vinughed in frustration. "So it''s righteous to kill me? I deserve to die?"


    "You should die. You deserve to die! Tell me, what exactly happened in the forest?" Tyral''s eyes


    reddened; he was on the verge of copse when he heard of his sister''s death. His talents wereN?velDrama.Org: owner of this content.


    average; his current status was all thanks to his sister, who was also his pir. And suddenly, how


    was she dead?


    Tyral couldn''t ept it. His sister had joined the herb gathering expedition to vent her anger, looking


    for an opportunity to kill vin in the forest. But now, vin had returned, and Nysah’s death was a


    mystery.


    Nobody suspected vin, but Tyral was certain it was him.


    "You should be grateful you weren''t part of the herb-gathering team." vin snorted. The siblings


    were cut from the same cloth!


    "It was you! I knew it! Tell me, what happened! Is my sister really dead, you bastard?" Tyral, like a


    madman, charged at vin.


    vin grabbed him by the throat and hoisted him into the air. "You should thank me. If it weren''t for


    me, your sister would have died a much more horrible death."


    Tyral struggled violently. "What did you do to my sister!"


    "She''s dead!" vin tossed him aside with a sneer. "If your sister hade back alive and I died in


    the forest, would you celebrate with a drink?" His gaze was icy.


    Tyral struggled to his feet. "vin! Fuck you! My sister was the most beloved Protégé of Elder


    Jaslin, and she will not spare you for killing her."


    "Don''t spew lies; I never admitted to killing anyone. And why would I kill your sister?" vin


    challenged him.


    "You know why!"


    "Heh, not really."


    "My sister, Ogmundr, and the other three Protégés, must have all died by your hand, vin. You will


    meet a grim end, just wait." Tyral left angrily.


    vin stopped him with a final word. "Let me give you some advice, the yer shall be in. Watch


    your own back."


    "Move! I will avenge my sister!" Tyral pushed past vin, looking back repeatedly as he left, his


    eyes filled with venomous hatred.