Lyra carried Adrian on her back, observing the situation too. Since she needed to take care of Adrian while he pretended to be weak, she felt that now was not the right time for them to escape.

They did not provide the group with any assistance. After around ten minutes, the ground was littered with the corpses of hundreds of black snakes. Frederick guided the group in a fighting strategy, eventually managing to exit the black snakes’ attack range.

At this point, only fifteen people remained i