Brewing Storm - Chapter 165

Versailles gasped.

The da** tunnels were all exactly the same. No sound to be heard or shadow to be seen.

‘What are these tunnels? I’m sure I got here through one of them. So why am I not able to sense anyone out there?’

Gritting her teeth, Versailles stretched to her full serpentine length, her sinuous golden tail slithering before her, her violet-gold pupils swirling with mystical magic.

She threw back her head, inhaled deeply, and blew.

A ferocious gale of wind, that quickly transformed into a giant cyclone, morphed and raced forth, leaving ruin and destruction on its path.

If she couldn’t shatter the tunnels or attract others’ attention, then she’d destroy the entire road until every beast in the Underworld Palace knew her location.

Whoosh!

The violent cyclone swept through the tunnel, spinning with a savage ferocity that shook, cracked, and then shattered the four paths.

BOOM!

The Four Illusionary Roads, an entrapment magic spell designed to trap beasts, shattered under the ferocious onslaught of the Serpentine Queen.

“What’s…what’s going on? What was that explosion?”

“It sounded like something was forcefully crushed apart.”

“What happened? Let’s go and see!”

The servant beasts in the Crimson Palace were alarmed by the loud explosion. Ever since they entered the Underworld Palace, they’d never heard such an earth-shattering explosion. They dropped their work and hurriedly rushed to the region of the destruction.

What they saw shocked them to their core.

There, in the whirlpool of a violent cyclone, an enormous serpentine loomed over with her arms crossed. Her violet-gold eyes radiated an unnatural light as she nonchalantly and unconcernedly stood in the center of the cyclone.

Huuuuu!

The beasts gasped in astonishment.

“That’s the Serpentine Queen?”

“If not, who else can it be? There’s only one serpentine in the entire Underworld Palace.”

“The Nar! Isn’t this serpentine very perverse? How could she stand in the middle of a cyclone without getting injured?”

“Did you forget? She is the Serpentine Queen because she has the ability to challenge a king or queen. I heard in the Battle of Wars, she brought down hordes of races like Flame Bugs. The way she butchered them was so horrendous that even the Demon Queen and Devil King were left speechless.”

“More vicious than the Demon Queen and Devil King? If we accidentally stroke her scales, wouldn’t we be reduced to paste?”

“That’s why I say not to judge her by her beautiful and clean appearance. She looks so innocent and acts so gentle that a beast would be fooled into considering her weak. But the truth is, she’s no less fearsome than the Werewolf King.”

“Haha…thankfully I found this out before I provoked her.”

The words of the spectating servant beasts were loud and clear, causing three conspicuous beasts to exchange nervous glances and back away to a separate corner.

“This serpentine crushed the Four Illusionary Roads spell with pure might. If she finds out we were beh…” The Cat eared beast began.

“Don’t say anymore! We weren’t behind anything! Don’t forget. It was the Gold Blood that forced us to set up this trap.” The limping beast interrupted.

“Yes, yes…it was the Gold Beast! She forced us to set up this trap!”

Having decided to clean their hands off the matter, the beasts exchanged looks and firmly nodded. Then one by one, so as not to attract attention, they went back into the mass of gathered servant beasts.

When Ramose arrived at the scene, he saw his Serpentine Queen, garbed in beautiful white, petal blouse with her glistening golden tail, leisurely glide from a shower of dust and rubble.

Awestruck by her breathtaking beauty, the black wolf froze in place and dazedly stared at the slithering golden serpentine.

“Thank the heavens, the Serpentine Queen is here.” Olsen reached the sight and saw the Underworld Palace Queen slither out as if she’d been on a stroll.

“Yes, it’s good that she’s here. At least now, King Ramose will be too busy ogling his mate to vent his anger on us.” Julian snarkily added.

“But she seems to have broken out of a spell? Who in the Underworld Palace has the guts to entrap the Serpentine Queen in the Crimson Palace?” Hugar’s eyes narrowed darkly, his words causing the other Beta wolves to straighten their postures and drop their easy-going attitude.

In a matter of a few heartbeats, the small area occupied by the Beta Wolves became tense as a serious expression enveloped the six wolves’ features.

“What is going on here? Where did that ear-piercing commotion come from?”

Right at this moment, a large brown wolf dashed into the scene and stood right beside the black wolf. Worried and grim, a dark aura swirled around him that made the spectating beasts back away without complaint.

“Ramose, are you okay? What was that commotion?” The brown wolf concernedly asked the Werewolf King.

Startled back to his senses, Ramose’s face flushed for a split instant before regaining its original impassive countenance.

“Master Ouyang, I am fine. Don’t worry. The Commotion was caused by the Serpentine Queen. It seems a fearless beast had set a Four Illusionary Roads spell to trap her.” He carelessly replied.

“Four Illusionary Roads? Who in the Underworld Palace dares to trap the Serpentine Queen? They don’t seem to have any fear of the Werewolf King at all! And didn’t this serpentine enter the Underworld Palace only recently? Why does she already have beasts out for her life?” The brown Wolf anxiously paced around, the displeasure clear in its brown orbs as he mentioned the Serpentine Queen.

Ramose’s face instantly turned dark. He didn’t miss the tone of reproach and displeasure in the Master wolf’s voice.

The Nar! Even he, the Werewolf King of the Underworld Palace, didn’t have the heart to reproach or scold his Serpentine Queen. Who gave the Master Wolf the right to question his Queen and mate before him?

“Master Ouyang, the Serpentine Queen was brought into the Underworld Palace in a critical state. She has been recovering all this time and barely got in contact with other beasts. Who could she possibly offend to warrant them setting up such a trap, that too, in the Crimson Palace?”

Versailles leisurely walked out of the debris and heard her mate’s words. Her lips curled up as her heart warmed. Ramose’s unbending support never failed to amaze.

She’d heard the brown wolf’s words. She’d also seen the way he informally spoke to Ramose even when he was only a brown wolf, a wolf lower in status than the Beta wolves.

For him to speak so casually to the Werewolf King and not receive any reaction from the Betas only meant he was close to Ramose.

In fact, from what she could see, closer to the Werewolf King in affection than the Betas themselves.

As such, Versailles didn’t want to say anything without being clear of the wolf’s identity and his relation to Ramose. Now that she had a mate, she couldn’t act as carefreely as before.

Killing at will and beating at will were only useful outside of the clan.

But before she could even sigh at the restraints of her new life, her mate personally stepped out and spoke for her. It wasn’t within her expectation, but his boundless support always seemed to touch her heart even when it wasn’t the first time she had seen it.

Hmm…for always being clear on his priorities, she decided to treat him a little better in the future.

“Ramose…”

Ramose’s gaze melted on hearing Versailles’ voice. He turned and shifted mid-way, before arriving in front of her and pulling her into his arms.

“Light, are you alright? What happened? Why were you outside the Purple-Radiance Palace? Do you know how worried I was when I found you missing?” The wolf was really scared out of his mind when he found his mate missing.

At that time, he even felt like scolding and beating her when he found her to teach her a lesson. However, like always, the moment he saw her, all his anger melted away and he was left feeling weak and powerless with relief and joy.

As long as she was safe and well, he was satisfied.

“I just left the Purple-Radiance Palace. I didn’t leave the Underworld Palace. Besides, you don’t expect me to stay in the Purple-Radiance Palace all day long, do you? I am the Underworld Palace’s Queen and I need to take care of my duties.”

“What duties? I didn’t bring you to the Underworld Palace to tire yourself out. All you need to do is lay down and give orders. There are slaves and servants to carry them out. If they fail to do so, you can just report it to me and I’ll set them straight. As for management, I’ll accompany you to check on the slaves and the division of rations and supplies.”

“Then, wouldn’t I be just be laying around? How is that satisfying? I’m telling you Ramose, you had better not try to restrict me. I am the Serpentine Queen. What makes you think I’d be happy to just lay around and do nothing. Besides, the Crimson Palace is our home. And a home is never placed in the hands of slaves. It’s managed by the inhabitants.”

“Oh? Our home?” Ramose’s eyes sparkled. He intensely stared at his mate, wanting to hear the words from her mouth again.

However, Versailles didn’t know what was going on in his head and looked at him in confusion.

“If not? Is there another place where we’ll be living?”

“No, the Crimson Palace is where we’ll be living.” Ramose dejectedly replied.

“That’s why I was looking for the Main Hall. I want to look through the records and do an inventory of the supplies we have. I want to familiarize myself with the division of labor and check the servants and slaves we have in the palace.”

“Isn’t that too much stuff? Usually, the new Underworld Palace Queen doesn’t get involved in the management of the palace until 20 years later. By that time, she’d have seen and understood how everything is run and can manage on her own. But you’ve only…”

“That’s because none of the previous Underworld Palace Queens were a serpentine. A serpentine doesn’t believe in things such as laze and wait to be served. Or wait and take action in the future. A serpentine first bites’ then thinks. She takes action before she thinks. And I’m not the type to delay on taking action.”

Seeing her unwavering expression, Ramose’s will crumbled and he gave into his mate’s wish. Besides, as she said, she was only managing their home. It couldn’t be that bad, right…?

Even if it was, he would stay by her side and support her all the way!

“Alright. If this is what you want, I won’t say anything, Light. But you have to promise me that you’ll take care of yourself and won’t overwork yourself, okay? If things become too overwhelming, you’ll tell me immediately, okay?”

“Of course. If I won’t tell you, who else will I tell?” Versailles rolled her eyes and smirked disdainfully.

“Ahem! If the two of you are done, can we move to the Main Hall? How embarrassing is it to chat before a group of slaves and servants?”

Versailles blinked. She had almost forgotten about the brown wolf!

An awkward smile on her face, she turned to face the wolf she believed meant more to Ramose than the Beta wolves.

“Light, let me introduce the two of you. This here is Master Ouyang, a master trainer for the fledgling wolves. But he is also the person that trained and raised me after my parents passing. You could say he is the father figure in my life.”

Father figure? Meaning her father-in-law? Da**!

Versailles didn’t want in-laws because she hated the drama that came with the relationship. In the Sybil realm, there were fathers-in-law that sold their daughter-in-laws’ jewelry to pay for their drinks and gambling debts.

What if her father-in-law feels compelled to give her orders?

“Master Ouyang, this is Versailles, the one and only mate of my heart and soul.”