Meanwhile, Zoe and Ged, who had been sound asleep, were jolted awake. They quickly sat up, their faces filled with confusion. “What’s going on? What happened?”


    However, that group of people was so terrified that they looked pale and trembled, pointing toward the direction they hade from without saying a word. Tiffany raised her hand and pped one of them. “You useless bunch! Can’t you be more promising?”


    After being pped, that boy finally came to his senses and stammered, “A snake… a huge python!”


    Tiffany was speechless; she thought, ‘So that was enough to scare these guys to the point of tears?’


    Just then, Keh and Melody rushed over, looking anxious. “What happened? What’s going on?” Keh asked. It was clear that he had also heard the cries for help.


    The mountain was vast, but they hadn’t spread too far apart, so calling out echoed through the valley. Thus, Keh had heard the chilling cries for help just moments ago.


    No one answered him when suddenly a python sprang out from the bushes. Positioned poorly, Keh was the first target of the python’s attack. The events were too sudden; before he could react, Melody pushed him aside, eximing, “Keh, watch out!”


    He stumbled back from the push, but the python immediately trapped Melody. The sight sent chills down the others’ spines, and they erupted into frantic screams.


    Only Tiffany remained unfazed; her calm demeanor contrasted with the chaos around her. “Is this little thing enough to scare you all? What a waste of space,” she said. With that, she notched an arrow and released it precisely, sending it flying toward the snake.


    Her audacious posture andposed expression,bined with the seemingly careless way she released the arrow, shocked everyone. They were utterly terrified, their hearts racing as they watched her act calmly in the face of danger.


    “Ah!” someone screamed, terrified that the arrow would miss its target and pierce the trapped Melody. The fear of coteral damage gripped them as they.watched the arrow fly through the air.


    Not only the others but even Melody felt her color drain. Watching the swiftly approaching arrow, she couldn’t shake off the ufortable feeling of being used as a target. In a split second, she steeled herself and quietly shifted to the side. The arrow, which should have missed her entirely, was now on the verge of grazing her neck.


    The python shifted uneasily, causing the sharp arrow to pierce its flesh. It all happened in the blink of an eye, so quickly that no one could truly grasp it. No one noticed Melody’s intentions in that fleeting moment.


    The injured python immediately released her and fled frantically into the fields. Tiffany retracted her bow, a yful smile on her face. While others hadn’t noticed, she had caught on to Melody’s reckless behavior moments before. She thought, ‘She was truly something else.’


    Once the crisis was averted, Keh quickly rushed over to help Melody. His expression was concerned as he asked, “Are you okay? Did you get hurt anywhere?”


    “I’m fine…” she forced a smile, though her expression revealed that she was still shaken from the encounter.


    Keh felt both guilty and hurt. In that brief moment, Melody had pushed him away, putting herself in danger to protect him; otherwise, she wouldn’t have found herself in such a predicament.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    The tension gradually eased, and people started talking. Someone remarked, “Melody cares about Mr. Harper indeed. She risked her life to shield him in such a dangerous situation just now!”


    Another added, “Exactly, if it had been me, I would have fainted from fear long ago!”


    A steady murmur reached Keh’s