Qianye stood there for a while, thinking about what had just happened. It was just that he could hardly recall the details no matter how hard he tried.

How could he not know that this was the serpent’s doing?

That being said, he couldn’t approach the source of the river with the shadowy creature in the way. Considering his power of sight at the moment, he had long since noticed that the creature wasn’t a part of the river. It was more a foreign entity than anything.

If it really was the river’s guardian, why would the vampires—the river’s reflection in the Evernight World—get attacked？

Qianye could actually see hints of demonkin attributes on the creature. That was why he didn’t stop the soaring serpent instinctively,...