Chapter 623 - Climax 36....

They walked for several more minutes when the corridor finally ended.

Xio Lee peeked out of the corridor and saw an old stinking room, which had several faeces and rotten skins of the snake. The gigantic room was filled with several trashy stuff, along with old furniture and other garbage items. They both quickly stepped inside the room thankful that they had carried the fire torches with them. The room had only one outlet which was on the ceiling, cut in a perfect round. It was evident that the opening was for the snake to go out from the building.

"Wow! So this is where we land up? A room full of all types of garbage and discarded stuff." Stefen rolled his eyes cursing his fate a bit.

"Don't worry. It should be connected to something or the other. I am sure they do not use a snake hole to reach this room. There has to be definitely a way out." Xio lee walked further walked ahead in between the gigantic spider webs. The snake's outlet was probably the only source of light in the room but the fire torches were pretty much helpful to them. They walked further ahead and came across a large pile of old worn out books, covered in dust and fungus.

"Xio Lee halted for a second, placing his one torch in a corner. He then randomly picked up a book out of curiosity. He cleaned the book with his hands and brought the torch in his hand to read the book cover. "Black magic and its uses." He read the title out loud and turned to look at Stefen.

Stefen too picked up a book form the pile placing his one torch on the ground. "How to kill, with black magic." He read out the title and opened the book randomly reading. "Serve the blood of the body to a snake and dispose off the body. Do not burn or burry it or least it will kill the black magic instantly." He threw back the book and looked at Xio Lee. "As if this was not enough they are also into black magic."

Xio Lee had now picked up another book from the pile and was reading it carefully. "The power of the magic increases at night or in the dark, where no fresh sunlight can penetrate. Its effect gets multiplied and all the dark forces also activate to kill the enemy." He frowned and placed back the book looking at Stefen. "They know our weakness. We are physically strongest but when it comes to sly tricks we fall weak. This is where we went weak in our last birth too and Miso and Orfea ended up being dead. This time, we have to be very careful. A slight mistake will not only cause us this life but we will have to do all the hard work again in our next life." Xio Lee sighed picking up another book from the pile. "How to use a snake's venom: tips and tricks."

The name of the venom immediately raised their eye brows and Lee instantly opened he book to read. "The venom is a purplish sticky fluid, which can be dangerous when it enters the body through nose, ears or mouth. Alternatively the venom is most harmful as it touches the blood of a man. Even a single drop can be fatal. In other words it is also called a slow death of the person. The person will start to feel weak and sick after some time, depending on the area of the blood. His body will get cold and blue slowly turning into black. It slowly sucks away all the life cells, leaving an intense burning sensation in the body. It must be noted that there is no cure to this venom. Not even any black magic can cure it. Thus the venom should be used very carefully. It cannot harm only those people who hail from the family of the snake itself."Stefen heard the words carefully as Xio Lee read them out.

"This is really tricky. I am glad we did not come in contact with the venom." Stefen sighed in relief but he knew the war was not over yet and there would be several difficult things ahead.

Xio Lee nodded and they both held their torches again, walking further ahead. They refrained from reading more books as it was only disheartening them, knowing that their enemy not just strong but also too evil. They walked past several old discarded things and reached a tiny door. The door too was covered entirely in dust and filth and was hardly visible. If they would not have carried the torches, the door would never have been visible to them at any cost.

Xio Lee tried to open the door but the door seemed to have been locked. He then quickly took a few steps further and kicked the door with his feet. The heavy door went flying in the air and fell down instantly, causing a tremendous amount of dust and flies to fall on their faces.

"Cough! Cough!'

They both coughed profusely till the dust had settled down a bit. Xio Lee then peeked inside and saw another tunnel similar to the earlier one, only this one did not have any fire torches in it and looked extremely dark and spooky.

Soon they both were waking inside the tunnel once again and after walking for several minutes, they came across a wide and heavy door. This was probably the end of the tunnel and they both looked at each other in confusion.

"What do you think is inside Stef? Do you feel any vibrations again?' Xio Lee wanted to be sure that they were not going to be attacked by another snake on opening the door.

Stefen closed his eyes trying hard to concentrate. He then quickly opened his eyes and looked at Xio Lee under the light of the torch. "I do not sense a vibration but I do sense something very evil. Probably some kind of dark force." He shivered a bit thinking what next they were about to encounter.