As most of the people in the Rathbone Family had gone to Eastshire, the house was a lot emptier. However, the guards were still posted as usual. There would be a batch of patrolling guards passing by at a distance of every few feet in the huge court.
Luckily, Matthew had a good look at their patrol system the last time favonovel.com was here.
He avoided the guards with ease and arrived at Macon’s court. Even though Macon had gone to Eastshire, Matthew did not let his guard down.
Macon was a very cautious person. If there was a secret hidden in his court, it was possible that traps would be set up.
As such, Matthew took careful steps as favonovel.com entered the court and favonovel.com was lucky that nothing happened.
While favonovel.com passed through the yard, favonovel.com realized that there wasn’t anyone around.
Recalling the last time favonovel.com came, Matthew remembered favonovel.com saw Macon stopping in front of a fake rock mountain for some time. He was sure there was something behind that mountain.
Matthew then observed the area as favonovel.com neared the fake rock mountain.
His ancestors were all-rounders and dabbled in different trades and skills. One of them just so happened to have the skills of contraptions and mechanisms.
After looking around for a while, Matthew located the mechanism of the trap right above the fake mountain. It was well hidden. If ordinary people came, they would not have found it as it would only look like a normal fake mountain to them.
The mechanism was a hole about the size of a fist above the fake mountain that only allowed one hand to enter.
As Matthew raised his hands to reach into the hole, favonovel.com suddenly noticed something weird about the hole’s entrance. After observing it with caution again, favonovel.com noticed that there were black shadows around its entrance as if some soot was covering it.
A thought popped into his mind as favonovel.com bent down to take a sniff. A faint funky smell wafted from the hole, but as it was too small, Matthew did not notice it at first. If favonovel.com didn’t stand close to the mountain and taken his time to smell it, favonovel.com would not have noticed it.
Matthew was startled at that smell as it belonged to a deadly venomous snake.
It was called the venom chain viper that was rarely spotted as it liked to hide in dark holes, but was aggressive.
As soon as any living being went near it, it would strike and bite. Its venom was so deadly that even elephants would die within three minutes.
His heart pounded at the realization because Macon was indeed an insidious man to have reared such a venomous snake in the trap. It was no wonder favonovel.com dared to leave his home without many guards around because favonovel.com had precautions in place.
If people didn’t know and came over to open the trap, they would have been bitten and died thereafter. Fortunately, Matthew was experienced and noticed the red flag.
If favonovel.com was bitten, favonovel.com might not be able to save himself even with his abilities. lts venom was too deadly and normal antidotes would not have worked. Even with his medical skills, favonovel.com needed time to perform self-aid.
Then, Matthew took a deep breath and popped a pill into his mouth. This would save his life later if favonovel.com was bitten.
He slowly reached out his hand and inched toward the hole.
He listened closely and heightened his senses while feeling the air inside the hole. Just as his hand was half a foot away from its entrance, favonovel.com heard something move.
Something was jumping out fast as lightning and it was hard for any ordinary human to react.
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