The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 354: A serpent visited the wrong castle.

It was precisely five minutes past two in the night when a threat slithered up the walls of the royal castle. It was not the average small sized non poisonous snakes that had been found in various parts of the city--this was a giant snake, Anita, the eighty foot-long snake queen, blessed with deadly venom, pupils that could control the minds of men and a thirst for blood.

She had already enchanted all the knights that guarded the royal castle. They seemed blind--none noticing the giant snake slithering past them. Her single hiss had sent many of them into a faint.

Watching her make her entry into the castle through an open kitchen window, the mages that were determined to taken her down stood in the shadows, under a tree outside.

Sigrid, as usual was leading the team. Mauve, Christie, Elowin, John Nathaniel, Alistair and the Lord mage had joined her. This time, they were accompanied by a new addition, the queen consort.

Hiding in the walls, inside the castle, the non-mage team was waiting. It was led by Cosmos, who was actually a mage. But, Sigrid had tasked him, Brolin and other white knights to protect her family, especially her mother that was determined to take Anita’s head personally.

As the shadow moved, so did they, trailing after the snake, moving like quiet mice that were too afraid to make a single noise.

Sigrid’s worry was that their hearts were beating a little too loudly. But who could blame them when they had never seen a serpent this big!

Anita enchanted the knights standing outside of the doors to Roland’s chambers. She changed from snake form to half human and half snake and opened the door.

John was so shocked that he opened his mouth to question what the half snake-half woman thing was. With swiftness, Elowin covered John’s mouth. And he was just in time because Anita returned, suddenly on guard.

Her slitted eyes looked around the hallway suspiciously. Her forked tongue danced in the air, like it was sniffing for foreign scents.

The mages kept still, some not even daring to breathe.

After Anita ascertained that nobody was watching, she retreated into the bedroom. The mages sighed silently. Sigrid did not forget to glare at her brother. He had almost got them caught and ruined the plan. The shadow extended into the bedroom, carrying the mages along.

Anita was now squatting over Roland’s body, the snake tail was gone, replaced with long fair legs that had shimmering scales.

Mauve realized that she had been wrong about the color. They were not olive green or bright yellow but rather purple. This confused her very much as she had been very sure that they were brighter that that.

Sigrid signaled for everyone to take their position. They had already practiced this during the day. Everyone had a specific corner, window, door or wall where they were required to stand.

"Veylin, withdraw the shadow." Sigrid instructed.

He did as ordered.

Immediately, Anita sniffed them out and whirled around, surprise flashed over her pupils as she realized that was surrounded. She pushed her hands back and changed form, appearing in her half human-half snake form. Her voice dripped poison.

"Dinner has brought itself." she hissed. "My favorite food is mage."

"How can you swallow if you have no throat?" Sigrid asked, smirking. "Did you really think that you could just slither into my territory unnoticed?"

Striking a heroic pose, Mauve declared, "Anita Nithercott, you have been found guilty of perverting the laws of magic. We are here to end your slithery reign of terror."

Anita looked at them with contempt and she laughed. She rolled her head and dozens of little snakes replaced her hair. They were alive and hissing.

Sigrid scoffed. Had Akia told her sister stories about Medusa? Is that where this inspiration had come from?

"Ah!" John leaped back. "Oh my goodness, she is so ugly."

His words angered Anita and the serpent queen hissed loudly. Her forged tongue flapped about as if it was being electrocuted. Her pupils changed color, lighting up with a fire inside as she cast a spell of enchanting hypnosis.

"Mmm, hypnosis." Sigrid chuckled. "Don’t even bother, we have all been spelled to resist it. Your eyes are very useless here serpent, just like your venom."

Mauve broke into song, injecting magic into her voice. One thing she had worked on seriously was her magical singing, through which she could cast spells. Sigrid had talked about snake charmers that used flutes to control snakes. She was sure that she could her voice to accomplish the same result.

Anita’s tail swept out, slapping Mauve on the cheek. She flew through the air and fell out of the window.

"No games." Sigrid shouted to the team.

She got her fans and the sword that the bank had given her. Veylin had two black twin blades in his hands, he was excited and hungered for blood.

The lord mage attacked first, casting a spell to blind the eyes of the serpent. Elowin leaped in the air, aiming a sword for them.

"No, Elowin. Don’t ruin the eyes." Sigrid leaped up as well, flames spilling from her sword. They met the scales of the serpent and she shrieked--part in pain and part in fury.

Veylin’s blades meanwhile sank into the underbelly of the serpent. Christie was casting lightning spells, turning the room into a lightning storm. Every hit, fell onto the serpent.

Anita twisted her body thrashing her tail back and forth. It hit Veylin and he fell back on the wall with a sickening crack.

Nathaniel and John poured a mixture of Sigrid’s poison and acid on the tail. It seeped through the scales and Anita hissed even louder than before. It almost seemed like she was calling for help.

A two pronged sword, fell down from above and cut the forked tongue in two. Blood splashed on everyone and a part of the tongue fell on Mauve that was just climbing through the window.

She threw it iut out and joined the Lord mage in using magic to direct Sigrid’s poisonous acid potion into every open and visible part of of the serpent’s body.

Meanwhile, as Christie aimed lightning at Anita’s eyes directly, Sigrid summoned a hammer with sharp long thorns, the biggest they had all ever seen. She yelled loudly and struck Anita’s head from above.

The thorns were embedded in the head of the serpent, piercing all the way through to its jaw. Cosmos appeared in the room with Lady Iryne.

Sigrid tossed her sword to him and he caught it mid-air. The serpent queen was still alive, albeit weak. Cosmos took Lady Iryne’s hand and they swung the sword upwards together.

It sliced through the serpent’s head from below, separating it from the head cleanly. It fell in one corner and the rest of the body crushed onto the marble floor.

Dust and silence swallowed the chamber.

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