Chapter 265

---- Chapter 265 Giselle watched as Surtur's men made their way to the foot of the tree, looking everywhere else for her except up into the tree. They probably didn't think a woman like her would be able to climb her way up such a thick trunk. Just when she was trying to be as quiet as humanly possible, she felt something moving slowly on her hand. She initially thought it was a caterpillar , but when she looked down, she saw that a snake was slithering from the tree onto her hand. The snake had red stripes on it.

Even though Giselle couldn't tell what species it was, it didn't take much for her to know that it was a venomous snake, and if she wasn't careful , she would be bitten and could die from the venom. They were right-misfortune never came singly. If it had been other women, they would have already been so afraid they would lose control of their bodily functions, or scream their lungs out in fear.

Fortunately, Giselle was a veterinary medicine graduate with ample time and experience with all sorts of animals, including those that flew in the skies, crawled on the ground, swam in the seas, and burrowed in the earth. Paired with her naturally brave personality, she had no fear of these creatures that most human beings were afraid of. To ---- her, it was like she had just seen an ordinary bug. She grabbed the head of the snake in a calm, professional manner and quickly took hold of its body with ease.

After making sure that the snake was no longer able to bite her, she looked down the tree. A man was standing right below the tree at that moment, so she dropped the snake accurately on the man's neck. When he finally noticed that something was wrong, as he reached behind his neck in an attempt to grab hold of the thing he felt, the aggressive snake bit him hard on his hand and curled itself tight around his arm. That man let out a painful scream, causing his other comrades to come to him hurriedly to assess the situation.

They could no longer care about whether there was anything happening with the tree when they saw that he was poisoned. They quickly helped him down the mountain so he could seek medical help. When the men had gone far and Giselle could no longer see or hear them, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She stood at the top of the tree with her view unobstructed and was able to get a great view of her surroundings.

She saw that, as long as she kept moving northeast, she merely needed to scale this mountain to find an area with town buildings at the base of the mountain filled with bustling cars. If she could make it to the town before it got ---- dark, she would be able to continue her escape journey as long as she got her hands ona car. So, she didn't stay in the tree any longer. She slowly climbed down from the tree and headed in the direction she had previously confirmed. As she walked, she paid very close attention to her surroundings. After trial upon trial, she wasn't afraid of anything anymore.

She was deadly calm, and her mind was extremely clear as she boldly went according to her prior plan, down the mountain, toward the town. The woods were humid and damp, with fallen branches everywhere, and there was no clear path through there. Soon, she was covered in mud, her arms and legs were covered with abrasions from all the slipping and falling she had endured , but she didn't feel anything. All she was focused on was how to camouflage herself and how to escape.