A Serpent's Tale
Chapter 274: Late Night Encounter

Chapter 274: Late Night Encounter

*Sigh*

I gave out a deep sigh and opened my eyes once more to see the moon cresting its peak for the night.

It shimmered with a light blue hum as it hung up among the stars.

’This is nice.’ I thought as I took deep breath one last time and got up.

This was a nice outing just to clear my head, but I should probably go back and get some real sleep.

...

’I wanna take the long way home.’

With that decided, I was about to take out my map when I remembered I put them all in my bag, which I left back home at the orphanage.

’Ah whatever. I’ll just stroll around in the direction of the orphanage until I reach it.’

Which led to me where I am now. Near the outskirts of the slums district and wandering around aimlessly whilst looking up at the sky.

The calm and quiet atmosphere, the beautiful and serene skylight and the ambience of the city at night was just amazing that I slowed down to just bask in my environment a little more.

I also started to look a little more into the architecture itself since I’d never really done that before.

The streets were always full of people and such boisterous activity that it always drew your attention away from the beauty of the city itself.

The ground was cobbled together using a special mineral that absorbed the heat and dispersed it elsewhere somehow. I don’t know how, but it did. It’s apparently called Thermasandrite.

Lengthy name I know, but that’s what it’s called.

It’s also the name of the main material that the houses are build out of as well, giving the city a natural sandy beige look to it, being the same colour as sand and all.

Not everything was made out of this stuff though. The roofing for nearly every building was a nice, slightly darkened shade of red tiles. They were made out of something called Heliosite, which I think contrasted very well with the Thermasandrite.

As far as I was aware, they used metal braces to hold most of it all in place, but some buildings had wooden logs poking out of them slightly.

And, while I do question the use of such a material all the way out here, I will admit that it’s a great addition the scenery.

Some buildings tall, others not so much. Apart from a few exceptions, every building that wasn’t along the outer rim of the city was at least two stories tall. Each floor about four metres in height, making the average building about ten-ish metres or so. And the wood was only apparent on the second floor.

’It was nice doing this. Just wandering out in the city and admiring its architecture, but I should probably get back now. It’s getting late and I feel both, tired, and like I can actually fall asleep.’

As I started to make my way directly back to the orphanage using my general knowledge of this city, since I didn’t remember it perfectly, I felt like I was being followed after a little while.

That feeling soon grew as I felt several more eyes lock onto me.

’Great... Just as I was feeling at peace and ready to go to bed...’ I thought in a disgruntled and annoyed tone, even though no one could hear.

I sighed and just went through a random alleyway since they would likely try to corner me in there.

And it turns out I was right. Out of nowhere, a bunch of thug looking bitches came out the other side, and all of the people following behind me made themselves known.

"UUUGGHHHH..." I groaned as I threw my head back at the sheer number of people that I would have to deal with. I mean beat up to get out of here.

"Well, well, well..." Oh god not this brat. Actually, I’m not surprised he’s trying something like this. This is in character for him.

"The fuck do you want you little shit?" I grumbled angrily as I turned around to face him.

"HEY! I will have you know that I’m the Duchess’ nephew you know? You’re going to pay for humiliating me like that! You won’t leave here the way you came in." He said in a demeaning tone in an attempt to threaten me.

It didn’t work.

"Look, I’ll be honest. I’m not sorry for punching you, you one hundred percent deserved it. I am sorry because I don’t remember doing it. Genuinely, I do not remember doing it." I placed my hand on my upper chest to show my honesty.

"I don’t care! You’re going to pay either way. Girls!" He snapped his fingers and the large group of I’m going to say twenty girls? Started to rush straight at me.

I sighed once more and prepared to engage.

Not.

The second they got close I put up a [Fire Wall] on both sides, each one being an entire metre thick and three metres tall. Not nearly enough to reach the wooden logs coming out the buildings, but still enough to prevent these bitches from getting to me.

They tried to get over but I just hurled some fire at them to stop them from doing so.

When I arrived at the exit of the alley, I paused.

Either one of two things was going to happen. The first being they would try and jump me from the sides and the same amount of people be there, which I think was about seven. The rest were currently behind me.

Or, they’ll have moved some people round the front and try and swarm me with even more people.

Doesn’t matter which one they pick because I can just paralyse them with my gaze alone.

As for why I didn’t do that before, there were too many people coming at me to even try and I would’ve been swarmed by their numbers before I could paralyse them all.

But now that I only have to deal with them from one direction, it should be much easier to deal with.

I quickly reached the end of the tunnel and stopped, wondering how I should do this.

Should I just disperse the wall entirely here and now? Or should I push the wall out and let them slip in from the sides?

I think the latter will be easier since it means I will have control.

And with that decided, that’s what I do. I push the huge, thick wall of fire forwards more, giving just enough for the bitches to slip between the wall of the building and the fire into the alley with me.

And just like I was expecting, two people immediately jumped at the chance to get in and attack me.

Unfortunately for them, I just paralyse them with my gaze and they fall to the floor.

I thought more would come through but no, they all seemed to hold their ground. Seeing that they were being cautious, I made the gap bigger, roughly enough space for two of them to come in from each side but still nothing.

Seeing that they weren’t going to make their move I just slithered forward and dispersed the giant wall of flames in front of me entirely, keeping the one behind me up to keep that brat out of this.

The moment the wall dispersed, I saw eight people here instead of the previous seven, meaning that including the two I just dealt with, there were now ten people on this side.

And as soon as the fire was gone, they all instantly charged at me with weapons and spells in hand.

A lot of fire was hurled at me along with a bolt of lightning and a rock.

I leaned to the side, dodging the lightning bolt, and just after that, all the fire spells landed on me but caused no damage. Then, I punched the rock to pieces with just my fist.

The flames covering my body died down and dispersed, revealing my untouched body. Not even a bruise from punching that rock apart either.

And that seemed to frighten them. Which is good, that’s what I want. I want them to run away and leave me alone.

Taking a look at my surroundings, I actually found myself on the road which the orphanage was situated upon.

’Huh, that’s lucky.’

Looking back at my assailants, they were all now wary of me as they could clearly see the two people who charged at me before now lying motionless on the ground.

I didn’t want to drag this out further than it needed to, so I just used my immense speed to rush up to each of them and paralyse them with my gaze.

And in just a few seconds, I managed to paralyse every single one of them.

Which made me think back to my teacher’s statement. I think I really am overpowered.

And I think I’m okay with that.

If I get stronger, I get stronger. If I don’t, I don’t. It’s not the end of the world or anything regardless.

Either way, I started to head back to the orphanage, setting a time limit on that last wall to last five minutes before it disperses.

I manage to get back to the orphanage at like two in the morning or something and go to bed.

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