Chapter 1127 Palmer

Crystal's POV:

It felt like my world had crumbled in an instant.I lost the strength in my legs, and if Rufus didn't catch me in time, I would have fallen on my knees.

"Calm down.This isn't the time to lose your wits.Pull yourself together."

I willed myself to stay upright, but I was still trembling all over.

My precious Beryl was just a toddler, nothing more than a snack to the vicious python.

How could anyone be so cruel as to try and feed her to that monster? I pushed Rufus aside and took a deep, steadying breath.

"What should we do now?"

"Don't worry," Rufus said in a low voice, his face set in quiet determination.

"I have an idea."

He signaled at his men to remain silent and retreat slowly.

The more people there were, the higher the chances of alerting the python to our presence.

In the end, only a handful of his trusted guards remained, stationed at intervals a few feet away from the tree.I held my breath and stood still.I was like a spring wound tightly, ready to bolt forward at any given second.I was familiar with the python.

called it Palmer, and it was notorious for being aggressive and

lived in the inner depths of the forbidden forest all

here, unless it had

existence, no one had ever survived its

it was currently winter, so there was a high chance that the python was going through

a single noise could rouse it from its slumber,

in sending

remaining ones now, silently instructing them where

so I braced myself and got ready to fight

could do anything else, however, Rufus touched my arm, stopping me.He leaned close and whispered

alarm it, so we need to act fast.We both know I'm

know this, of course, but I didn't feel reassured at

my faith in Rufus

"Be careful."

and squeezed

bring Beryl back safe

before I knew it, tears had sprung

me you'll be

shot me a meaningful look before gathering me

tree.He flicked his hands, and his fingers turned to claws.He scaled the massive trunk, silently weaving in and

didn't move

was indeed asleep, but we couldn't

head was hovering just a few inches above my

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