Athena in Tower Defense Game! [LitRPG]

0033 – Unexpected Early Warnings

The black phosphorus snake was finally awakened by a few slaps from Witty. Just as it was about to escape, the thorns on its body tightened. It struggled desperately, glaring fiercely at the three of them, wishing it could swallow them alive.

Athena Ravencroft interrupted its fantasy, brandishing the axe that had once chopped off its tail, now swaying in front of it again.

Bad memories flooded its mind, and the thought of being dragged out of its cave by these three guys after barely escaping this time made it furious.

They were all in it together!

It howled in anger and despair, but still couldn't break free. It felt hopeless, and before Athena could do anything, it had already surrendered. It tried to plead for mercy from Athena, but it forgot that in the eyes of humans, it looked hideous. 

From Athena's perspective, all she saw was the snake tightly entangled by thorny vines, writhing and making unpleasant sounds. Although Athena couldn't understand what it was saying, she could roughly grasp the meaning of its surrender.

She knew this snake had always been cowardly, she didn't expect it to be so pathetic and she hadn't even made a move yet, but Athena looked at the black phosphorus snake with some indescribable gaze. After all, she wasn't in the Earth anymore.

Could this guy be considered tamed? There were no clear signs.

Athena's gaze gradually became dangerous again, and the black phosphorus snake trembled, spitting out a snake apricot with a drop of golden blood.

The golden blood floated in the air, as if choosing "yes" would allow Athena to obtain this golden blood and successfully tame the black phosphorus snake.

Honestly, she didn't want to tame a snake...

Blank parchment? She had three of those, all taken from the poor lost soul she bullied. At that time, she thought they were quite miraculous and might come in handy. She took one out from the system's backpack.

"Accept."

As Athena's words fell, the originally plain blank parchment emitted a faint light. The golden blood seemed to be guided and slowly merged into it.

Even the black phosphorus snake on the ground was drawn into it. The yellowed parchment revealed the ink-like appearance of the black phosphorus snake, wriggling around within it.

And in the upper left corner, it displayed the words "Awaiting Taming."

...She wouldn't hesitate to use the lost soul' items anymore; she could use a few more of these.

Turning her head, looking at the dirty little ones, Athena started to feel a headache again. Looking at them, they probably followed her into the cave; otherwise, they wouldn't be so dirty. She had been using water from the bucket recently, about one-third of it, plus the remaining mineral water should be enough.

"I promise you won't change, and tonight you'll have an extra meal."

"As for the bath, I'll add another bottle of mineral water like you asked yesterday!" Athena gritted her teeth and took out a bottle of mineral water.

The three little guys were each about the size of two palms, and they were all easy to clean with their grass-like appearance, so two bottles of mineral water would be enough.

Water source, still lacking!

She couldn't rely on mineral water and buying water from [ Water Sprite ] all the time.

And she had been using a lot of wooden blocks recently, and she didn't have many left.

There were just too many things to worry about.

"Let's go, I'll grill some meat for you when we get back." Athena led the way, with the three little ones following neatly behind.

As they entered the door, Witty rolled his eyes at Prince and Princess.

Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

But up until now, when cutting meat, Athena had been using the big knife temporarily supplemented by the system.

She cut a bit of giant rabbit meat and long-tailed bear meat, sprinkled some salt on top, and started grilling on both sides.

At the same time, she didn't forget to put the black phosphorus snake on the system's trading panel.

Although Athena thought the black phosphorus snake looked ugly and its attributes were average among the monsters she had seen, it didn't stop her from praising it.

She swatted away the bear paw that came sneaking over to grab meat, "It's not cooked yet, don't even think about stealing."

Athena looked at them curiously and asked, "Do you guys need to eat too?"

The three of them looked at each other, Witty nodded confidently, and after seeing Witty nodding, Mikmik also nodded. Only Paopao shook his head, but was then slapped on the head by Witty and nodded.

Athena's mouth twitched, she got it.

It was 5:40 in the afternoon, still more than an hour before darkness fell.

The originally bright windows suddenly dimmed, and when she opened the door, she found that the weather had changed.

The sky was sunny just now, but in an instant, dark clouds loomed ominously. Soon, a fierce wind blew, and Athena could hear the sound of branches outside swaying wildly.

She divided the grilled meat evenly among the three little ones, frowning as she looked outside at the impending storm.

Was it going to rain heavily?

She didn't know if it was a normal rainstorm; the last time it rained heavily, the scene was brought by the Snowstorm Beast.

She waited for a while but only saw the wind picking up without rain. Instead, the dark clouds in the sky grew thicker, covering the sky seamlessly. However, Athena dared not relax; instincts were the most sensitive.

The three little ones were already trembling in fear because of the abnormality outside, huddling in her arms and refusing to come out.

As the wind grew stronger, she wanted to bring Prince and Princess into the house, but was refused.

Closing the door, she hugged the three of them, holding a candle in one hand, and looking through the window at the outside scene illuminated by the candlelight.

Sure enough, she wasn't disappointed.

The entire panel was almost engulfed by this prompt, and the urgent notification sound kept ringing incessantly. Although the message was urgent, most people had already returned to the shelter, after all, everyone had noticed the abnormal weather.

In such a situation, no one dared to stay outside the shelter. All were anxiously waiting, unsure of what this time's scene would be like.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Heavy rain poured down, and outside remained pitch black with no light in sight, thunder booming and lightning flashing. But Athena couldn't hear the sound of thunder...

Thump.

Athena heard a series of drum-like heartbeats, raising her hand to press against her own chest. But then she heard deafening heartbeats like thunder, and her hand slowly moved away from her chest.

She finally realized that this wasn't her heartbeat; it was the heartbeat of some unknown entity approaching...

Thump.

Thump, thump...

The sound grew louder and denser, the intense heartbeat even overpowering the thunder outside...

On the parchment, it had been written...

something dreadful is coming...