All Chapters of LIROIDS: SNAKE: Chapter 171
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The Rebirth of the Serpent Prince
The halls of Ciraxennia were colder than any mortal palace, not from winter, but from memory. Raddia led Snake through a corridor lit by drifting starlight, each lantern shaped from a different constellation. Their footsteps echoed like ancient drums.“I want to show you something,” Raddia murmured.They entered a chamber carved from white-gold stone. Rows of armor lined the walls, each set pulsing faintly with the old blood of red-haireds who had served the Cirax line with unwavering loyalty. The air hummed with their lingering power.“Every armour here,” Raddia said softly, “belonged to a warrior who served the Cirax family. They are honored in these halls forever.”She guided him to one stand, an armor almost identical to the serpent armor Snake had worn in life… but grander, older, alive.Serpent scales shaped its breastplate, polished to an obsidian shine. Cloud patterns curled around the edges, glowing faintly with stormlight. Purple veins of power threaded through the metal.“T
The Serpent Reforged, The World Reborn
TWO YEARS IN THE VOID. THE FORGING OF A GOD-KILLERTime had no meaning.Light tore Snake apart.Darkness rebuilt him.Voices of ancient Cirax red-heads whispered through his bones.“Break the mortal shell. Mend the divine marrow.Shatter the old serpent. Forge the heir of ruin.”Sometimes Snake floated weightless.Sometimes he stood on nothing.Sometimes he screamed,or thought he screamed,but no sound existed in the void.Memories of Shiver’s laughter.Trina’s last breath.Evilside’s tear he once saw but never understood.Dragon’s grim smile.Glass swearing she would never lose another brother.Doom’s quiet hands holding his wounds.Scream’s veil fluttering like a dying bird.Sky’s endless jokes.Every memory was stripped away, examined by the old gods, then fused back into him with starlight and molten blood.He saw visions, maybe dreams, maybe the future.Tan kneeling.Tan screaming.Tan falling.The gods spoke:“Your blood is the only blood that can unmake him.”And so they refor
THE SERPENT AND HIS SHADOWS
DOOM and RADDIN REUNION, A LOVE THAT OUTLIVED DEATHDoom was still on her knees when RaddinNo, Rhel,stepped toward her.Her breath trembled.Her hands reached for his face, afraid he might turn to smoke.“I thought you were dead…” she whispered, voice cracking.A warm presence moved beside them.Raddin, his spirit, stood with the same gentle sadness he’d worn the night Doom lost him.“Your Rhel missed you, Doom.”He touched her hair as he had done centuries ago.“I don’t have long… but I wanted one last look at you.”Doom covered her mouth, tears streaming.“Our children…”“I know.” Raddin smiled with pride that seemed older than starlight.“They’ve grown into fierce warriors. Everything I hoped they’d be.For that… my sacrifice was worth it.”Her cry broke through the battlefield’s silence.Raddin’s eyes softened as he turned. RADDIN’S FINAL FAREWELLS, DARK AND GLASSDARKHe approached Dark, who stood frozen.“My girl…” Raddin said, brushing her cheek.“You are trouble. You always
TAN PREPARING FOR THE FINAL WAR, THE GOD KING UNRAVELS
Tan paced his throne room like a caged monster, boots echoing on cracked obsidian floors.Every candle burned low.Every shadow seemed to whisper: “He has returned.”His own blood trembled beneath his skin.Snake.The Serpent reborn.The mixed blood awakened.“Father…” Tam began carefully, standing near the shattered war map.Tan didn’t let him finish.“Do you feel it?” he hissed.“The pulse in the air? The chains tightening?That woman’s handiwork… that serpent… hunting me.”Tam swallowed.“We can fall back…regroup the armies…”Tan laughed.A terrible, hollow sound.“Fall back?My son, look around, half the gods are dead, the other half betrayed me, and my own daughters now fight beside Liroids.”He slammed his hand into the stone so hard the palace shook.“That boy…”Snake’s image flickered in his mind, red hair streaked with white, eyes burning with ancient blood.“…he should have died on that battlefield.I KILLED him.I SAW his breath leave.”Tam took a step back.Tan’s voice dro
SNAKE OUTSIDE THE TENT, DOOM COMFORTS HIM
Snake stood outside the tent, breathing as though he had just fought a god.The air was cold.His hands shook.His heart hurt more than any blade Tan ever plunged into him.Doom approached quietly.“My son.”Snake closed his eyes.“It’s good you gave her time to think,” Doom said softly.“Evilside needed that push.”Snake laughed bitterly.“Push? I nearly tore her apart with my words.”“Yes.” Doom smiled sadly.“Because only you can push her. Only you can reach her.She listens to no one else.Not even Heartless.Not even the gods.But you… You shake her soul.”Snake swallowed.“Every time I see those chains on her wrists…I want to break them.”Doom placed a hand on his cheek.“Only the one who carries chains can let them go.We can only help make the moment happen.Not force it.”Snake lowered his head.“I hope she listens.”“She will,” Doom whispered.“She always heard you.She just never knew how to answer.”Meanwhile, Dragon walked over, hands on his hips.“What did you do this t
THE GODS ARGUING ABOUT DENDRA’S BROKEN LOYALTY
The gods gathered on the ridge overlooking Cellok, voices rising like thunder.Varun folded his arms.“It took him long enough to break.”Menyanner rolled her eyes.“Now I understand why you’re always lonely, Judge.You have no empathy.”Varun snapped,“Do not insult me, warrior.”Day, goddess of love, waved her hand dramatically.“She’s right, Varun.You have the emotional range of a tree stump.”Appa sighed.“If Dendra truly gave up…Then what are we even fighting for now?”Day frowned deeply, an expression rarely seen on her radiant face.“I shape the hearts of mortals, gods, creatures, and kings…but Dendra’s devotion to Eyela…Evilside…has shaken even me.He is the purest example of love I have ever seen.But even pure love cracks.”Moon, god of night and day, rubbed his temples.“Then we must help him.He has fought for her for thousands of years.”Harp, god of music, plucked a single string that vibrated sorrowfully.“No one can help a heartexcept the one who carries it.”The
THE GODS TRYING (AND FAILING) TO KIDNAP DENDRA
The plan was simple.Ridiculously simple.Painfully simple.Day explained it with absolute confidence:“We surround him.We grab him.We throw him into the ‘emotional cave of destiny’.Evilside finds him.Love is reborn.Done.”Varun rubbed his temples.“You cannot ‘throw’ the God of Mischief into a cave…”“We can if we work together,” Ilia countered.Moon whispered to Harp:“No, we cannot. But we will try.”Attempt #1: The Net of HeavenOn a sunny afternoon, Dendra was sitting on his hill, sharpening his sword-whip as usual, brooding as usual, rejecting his feelings as usual.The gods approached from behind, holding a massive glowing net.Varun whispered:“On three…one… two…”Dendra turned his head slightly.Just slightly.The gods froze.Dendra squinted.“Why are you all hiding behind a net?”Day panicked and threw it.The net landed…on Varun.Varun roared:“YOU THREW IT ON ME?!”Dendra blinked, utterly unimpressed.“…Idiots.”He stood and left.The gods blamed each other for the
THE LIROIDS CREATING THEIR OWN “OPERATION FIX DENDRA” PLAN
Inside the liroid war tent, Avalanche slammed a map onto the table.Dragon, Rage, Glass, Flavor, Rebellion, Vile, Shaft, Murder, Dark, and even Dread gathered around.Dragon rubbed his temples.“The gods failed spectacularly.So it’s our turn.”Rage tapped the map.“Operation Fix Dendra.Simple goal:Push that thick-headed god back to Evilside before her new serenity cracks.”Flavor grinned.“We seduce him…”Glass threw a dagger across the table.“NO seducing!”Rebellion folded his arms proudly.“We challenge him to a duel of wills.If he loses, he must confess his feelings.”Avalanche scoffed.“Dendra loses NOTHING. We will die.”Dark sighed dramatically.“Fine. Then we kidnap him.Tie him to her tree.Make them TALK.”Everyone paused.Then nodded.Dragon smiled.“Now THAT sounds like a real liroid plan.Chaotic, violent, and emotionally stupid.Perfect.”Von Liroid sat with her sister Night and said, “Only love can make fools of the fiercest family in the whole galaxy.”“I agree to
The Calm Before the Last War
Snake Teasing Dendra MercilesslyEvilside was issuing orders like a storm with purpose,directing the assassins to the east flank,The divine guild to reinforce the healers,The warriors are to assemble for the march.Her power pulsed outward in waves,controlled now, sovereign, terrifying, beautiful.Dendra could not.Stop.Staring.His eyes followed her like a lovesick wolf.Snake elbowed him.“You keep staring like that, you’ll make half the single liroids give up on life.”Dendra didn’t even flinch.“Let me have this.I have waited… far too long.”Evilside glanced up at him, smile soft as moonlight.Dendra immediately turned pink.Snake burst out laughing.“Oh gods, look at you…The mighty general brought down by a smile.Amazing.”Dendra grumbled:“Shut up.”“No.This is too entertaining.”Evilside gave them both a sharp look.They fell silent.Immediately.She resumed her work.Snake whispered:“And she looks perfect. You’re lucky.”“Thank you, serpent.”Dendra straightened.“No
The Price of a God’s Throne
Dendra’s Resolve: “She Can’t Run Anymore”The gods had dispersed for the night.The liroids were sharpening weapons, preparing poisons, setting war-lines.Dendra stood on the ridge, staring over the valley toward Evilside’s tent,the place she slept after breaking her chains,the place she finally breathed like Eyela again.He crossed his arms, jaw set.“After this,” he murmured,“She cannot run from me anymore.Not after centuries.Not after destiny.”Behind him, Talia, his longtime concubine, approached quietly.Her eyes were red.But she smiled.“You know…I always fought to be your favorite.Even when I knew your heart belonged to another.”Dendra sighed softly.“Talia…”“Don’t.” She held up a hand.“I don’t blame you.But now that Evilside is truly free…I wonder what it will be like.Knowing the one who stole your heart… will finally be your wife.”She tried to laugh.It cracked.Delia walked in then, calm, soft-spoken, wise with centuries of pain.She settled beside them.“My g