Chapter 281 Triggering a hidden mission! The bloodline of Queen Medusa!

"That's your brother?" Su Xuan asked Vernis.

"yes!"

Vernis replied in a dissatisfied tone, "My brother must have obeyed the order of those old guys and asked me to go back and accept the punishment from the Punishment Clan!"

After a brief silence, Su Xuan immediately understood what mistake Vernis had made.

He said slowly, "If you have nowhere to go now, I can let you live in the guild."

Vernis asked curiously, "Does your guild have that kind of soft swamp?"

"No."

"Then I won't go!"

"..."

Su Xuan couldn't help but feel a little speechless. Vernis's hobbies were indeed different.

However, according to records, black dragons do seem to prefer living in swamps and other terrains.

But he would never create a swamp for her in the guild. After all, the black dragon liked to immerse the entire dragon body in the mud of the swamp, and the guild did not have such a spacious space to accommodate her needs.

Not to mention, who would build a swamp at home?

In addition, what makes Su Xuan a little curious is that although Vernis likes to roll in the swamp, her pitch-black scales seem to have magical powers, making her body free from any muddy and stinky smell, but instead exudes a A light aroma.

Soon after, Vernis dropped them off near the village.

As soon as she landed, she immediately transformed into a beautiful girl with long black hair.

When Su Xuan saw Vernis' human form, he couldn't help but feel a trace of surprise in his heart, and his eyes wandered around Vernis.

"What are you looking at me for?" Vernis put her hands on her hips and asked in confusion.

"Oh, it's nothing." Su Xuan smiled and shook his head, and replied lightly, "I just didn't expect that a black dragon that likes to roll in the swamp would be a beautiful young girl."

After he finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the surrounding villagers.

"Giant... giant dragon!" The villagers saw expressions of fear and awe on their faces when they saw the dragon's true form displayed by Vernis.

Just then, an old man with gray hair and snake scales on his face walked out of the crowd. His scales are much denser than those of other villagers, covering almost half of his face.

He is the head of this village. Although he is an ordinary person, according to Su Xuan's previous understanding, he has lived for more than 150 years.

The village chief hunched over and cautiously walked towards Su Xuan. His voice was slightly trembling and he asked, "Sir Adventurer, have you eliminated the monsters in the swamp?"

"Well, that monster is dead." Su Xuan nodded and gave a positive answer.

"Great! Our village can finally regain peace!" Hearing this, the village chief breathed a long sigh of relief, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have relaxed a little.

Then, he turned his eyes full of vicissitudes to Su Xuan, and asked with a smile of expectation and gratitude: "During the process of destroying it, adventurer, did you find the treasure it stole? If you can find and Return it to us and I will thank you for your kindness on behalf of the entire village with a generous reward."

"Treasure?" Su Xuan was stunned for a moment and began to recall the scene at that time.

The body of the snake man was completely burned by Vernis's dragon breath and turned into ashes, leaving no treasure behind.

Su Xuan immediately replied, "I didn't find any treasures, and the snake man's body has been completely reduced to ashes."

"Turn into ashes?" When the village chief heard this answer, a trace of disappointment and confusion flashed across his face, "How is that possible? How could that treasure be turned into ashes in a battle..."

"I did not see any treasures." Su Xuan emphasized again, feeling a little strange in his heart at the same time.

He remembered clearly that when he landed and looked at the body of the snake man, there was indeed nothing except ashes.

If there really is a treasure that the village chief said, it is impossible not to notice it.

"In addition, if you want the adventurers to recover the treasures taken away by monsters, you should clearly indicate it in the mission description instead of covering it up. Could it be that you have some hidden secrets?" Su Xuan said in a deep voice.

Under normal circumstances, after the task is completed, you only need to return to the guild to submit it. But Su Xuan chose to return to the village because he sensed possible clues to the hidden mission.

After all, this village was founded by a human man and a snake woman.

The goal of the mission is to hunt down a snake man. The connection between them is hard to avoid making people suspicious.

The village chief's reaction confirmed his suspicion that there was indeed a hidden mission!

"this……"

Facing Su Xuan's questioning, the village chief looked solemn for a moment. After a short silence, he finally said, "Well, we hid the truth of the matter."

"Adventurer, please listen to me patiently. The whole story is like this..."

The village chief began to tell Su Xuan the whole incident in detail. It turned out that the woman from the snake tribe also had the blood of Medusa, escaped from the tribe, and came here with her lover.

As for the snake man who was killed by Vernis just now, he was actually the fiancé of the snake man woman.

Of course, he didn't come here to find his fiancée, because the snake woman passed away a hundred years ago.

His real target was the heart of the snake-human woman. According to legend, snake-men who drink the blood of Queen Medusa will gain unparalleled power, and this power will condense in their hearts.

Even if a snake-man dies, his heart will remain intact and passed on to the next snake-man.

And the heart of that Snake Tribe woman is extremely precious.

The blood that other snakemen drink is the weak remaining power that has been diluted over many generations.

However, this snake woman was lucky enough to drink the pure blood that came from Queen Medusa and had not been drunk by anyone else!

Although no one knows how she obtained this blood, her heart has become a treasure coveted by everyone in the Snake Tribe.

This is exactly the reason why the snake-people woman chose to leave the snake-people.

However, problems ensued. The villagers in the village also knew nothing about where the hearts of their ancestors were hidden. They only knew that the snake man was searching for the whereabouts of the hearts deep in the swamp.

Regarding whether the snake man successfully found the heart, the villagers were more inclined to believe that he had already succeeded.

Because a bright light once flashed in the swamp, as if it was a sign of the arrival of a rare treasure!

But when they heard that Su Xuan said that there was no treasure, their faces showed confusion.

At the same time, Su Xuan's thoughts turned to how the snake woman obtained the Medusa blood.

Furthermore, where is her heart hidden so that not even her descendants know anything about it?

"Sir Adventurer! Can you please help us find the heart of our ancestors? We are willing to provide a more generous reward!" The village chief appealed to Su Xuan.

[Hidden mission has been triggered: Find the heart of the snake man! 】

[Task reward: 10 gold coins, 5W experience, an epic piece of equipment]

But facing this hidden mission, Su Xuan did not show any joy. The swamp is vast, and looking for the heart of the snake woman is like looking for a needle in a haystack!

unless……

【You have received a message! 】

"Um?"

Su Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly and opened the chat interface in confusion.

[Xia Yu: Damn it! Su Xuan, you must not enter the hole in the south of the swamp! As soon as I entered, I stepped on a trap and my whole body was instantly petrified! As a last resort, you can only use resurrection coins to regenerate. Fortunately, my adventurers are fine, but I can't take out the silver scale armor! What a bad luck and heavy losses! 】