Chapter 265

Giselle watched as Surtur's men made their way to the foot of the tree, looking everywhere else for her except up into the tree. They probably didn't think a woman like her would be able to climb her way up such a thick trunk. Just when she was trying to be as quiet as humanly possible, she felt something moving slowly on her hand. She initially thought it was a caterpillar, but when she looked down, she saw that a snake was slithering from the tree onto her hand. The snake had red stripes on it. Even though Giselle couldn't tell what species it was, it didn't take much for her to know that it was a venomous snake, and if she wasn't careful, she would be bitten and could die from the venom. They were right—misfortune never came singly. If it had been other women, they would have already been so afraid they would lose control of their bodily functions, or scream their lungs out in fear. Fortunately, Giselle was a veterinary medicine graduate with ample time and experience with all