"Hoho, you came?" The Blizzard Tiger let out a chuckle.

Shen was surprised when he heard the easy-going chuckle of Lyra. He then checked her wound and realized that she was fully recovered. There was not even a trace of blood on her fur.

The Ice Boa kept hissing at them as its eyes darted around. It seemed it was looking at its nine petals flowers that ended in his and Lyra's stomach.

"I have one more reward for you to bring back, Shen," Lyra turned her head toward him. "Please protect my children for ten- no, five minutes should be enough. Protect my children inside the cave. I will kill the snake that dared to eat my friend's arm."

After saying that, Lyra charged toward the Ice Boa. At this time, Shen could do nothing. He was too weak to do something. The only thing he could do was to protect the three kittens. He then noticed that the three kittens were about to follow their mother to the outside of the cave.

Shen was panicking a little and immediately caught the three kittens. The three kittens were trying to break free, but he clasped them tightly. "We can't burden your mother while she fights the Ice Boa. We have to trust and wait for her, understand?" He scolded the three kittens.

He was not expecting the three kittens to understand him. However, to his surprise, the three kittens stopped their attempt to break free from him. Then he heard an unexpected voice. He heard a boy's voice in his head, "But what if Mother needs our help?"

Shen looked at the three kittens in his embrace in shock. His eyes opened wide and observed the three kittens. "Who's speaking with me?" Then a kitten in the middle raised its front paw.

"It's me. Can we at least watch the fight from afar, Shen? If Mother needs our help, we can help her immediately." The boy's worried voice rang in his head once again.

"Before there was magic, and now I can hear the beast's voice?" While he grumbled, Shen brought the three kittens to the entrance of the cave. As he was getting closer to the entrance of the cave, Shen felt cold air invading the cave from outside.

When he reached the mouth cave, he stood there in a daze. He blinked his eyes a few times, then he rubbed his eyes as well, "Am I seeing wrong?"

The reason he said that was because the peripheral cave had changed. It was no longer a green forest, but snowy land. There was a strong blizzard as well outside the cave. Everything was white now, completely different from half an hour ago.

"You are not seeing wrong, Shen. It's Mother's power!" The boy's excited voice rang in his head.

Of course, he knew that this was Lyra's doing but just did not expect that her power was this strong. He looked around to find Lyra and The Ice Boa. He did not see them outside the cave. Lyra might lure the Ice Boa away from the cave so the impact of the battle would not affect them.

Shen tried to approach the blizzard under the kitten's persuasion. He was about to step into the blizzard until an enormous shadow hovered above him. He took two steps back subconsciously and looked up.

Shen was relieved and shocked at the same time. He was relieved because the enormous shadow was Lyra. He was shocked because Lyra brought the Ice Boa in her mouth. The Ice Boa was no longer moving. It was dead, no longer breathing.

"What are you doing?" Lyra asked Shen.

"Thank god you are safe," Shen released the three kittens and let them run toward their mother. He then pointed at the kitten, who admitted speaking to him in his mind, "Your boy asked me to watch the fight so he could see you fight. If the Ice Boa corners you, we can help. I think that's a good idea since you have just recovered, so here we are."

"My boy?" Lyra then looked at a specific kitten that was pointed by Shen before she looked back at Shen. "How do you know… Wait, she spoke to you?"

"Yes." Shen nodded his head, "He spoke to my head directly. From the voice, I could tell that he is a boy,"

Lyra nodded her head, "I see." After that brief exchange, the four returned to the cave. Lyra said nothing about her son that could talk to Shen after that. She dragged the Ice Boa. The Ice Boa was around fifteen to twenty meters.

The three kittens tried to eat the Ice Boa, but their mother did not allow the three gluttons to eat the Ice Boa, "Nope, you can't eat that. That's for Shen!"

"It's okay. You don't have to give this snake to me. This Ice Boa might be more useful to you guys than to me," Shen refused to take the Ice Boa. He then observed Lyra, from head to tail, "Anyway, are you okay?"

The Ice Boa was a Boss Class monster. It was certainly very strong even though it was not capable of speaking. Lyra had just recovered, so he just wanted to make sure that Lyra was not injured after the fight.

"I am fine, Shen. If not for my husband ambushing me, he could not injure me either. You don't have to worry about me and please take the Ice Boa with you. I have promised to give the Ice Boa to you. Take it!"

Shen looked at the three kittens. The three kittens were looking at the Ice Boa to the point of drooling. He could not bear to take all of it with him. "What about if we split it? No, I want to give half of it to them." He pointed at the three kittens. He changed his wording, giving half of the Ice Boa to the three kittens, so Lyra could not refuse it. That meant he received her gift, but he wanted to give half of the gift to her children.

"It seems I am not wrong about humans, Shen. You are crafty as well." Lyra smiled as she said that. After saying that, she split the Ice Boa. "We will take the tail part, and you take the head part."

"Agreed." Shen took the head part and stored it in his inventory. He himself did not know what to do with the Ice Boa remnant, 'I will give it to ZhenZhen. She said she loved to cook exotic ingredients. Maybe Brother Jiang can find a part that can be used for smithing as well.

Everything went well. Lyra recovered from her injuries, and his quest was over. Of course, even though he hated the magic, he could not deny that the reward was huge. The Frost Elemental Force, though he did not yet know how to apply that to the battle. He needed to do a few experiments first for that since Tribe Online was unique compared to the previous game. His experience with magic in the previous game might be useless in Tribe Online.

"I think it's time for us to go our separate ways," Shen concluded his accident journey. For some reason, he was thankful that the King of Guardian Beast chased him to this place, or else he could not meet with Lyra and her children. This was an amazing journey, even though he lost one of his hands.

"Wait, Shen," Lyra called him out, "From your story, you reach this place because the King of Guardian Fish chased you. Can you return on your own to your village? I am sorry to say this, but you are quite weak to venture this deep into Vales."

"What do you mean? I just need to follow the path where the King of Guardian Fish chased me. I did not encounter any monster on my way here, but that King of Guardian Fish. I think I can come back safely." Shen nodded his head with confidence, but Lyra shook her head.

"No, the reason you did not encounter other monsters was because of the King of the Guardian Fish. The monsters are scared of that fish or else you will encounter not just one but many dangerous monsters," Lyra explained.

"What?" Shen was surprised to hear that. However, Lyra's explanation made sense. The reason he did not encounter any monster was because of the King of Guardian Fish. Normal monsters were scared of the Boss Level monster, and the other Boss Level monster would not confront the King of the Guardian Fish unless provoked.

"Don't worry, Shen. I will deliver you back to your village." Lyra assured him with a smile, "I can do this much after all you have done to me."

"But what about your village? What if your husband takes control of your village while you are not there? You need to return to your village as soon as possible." Shen felt bad if Lyra delayed her matter for escorting him. Both were concerned about each other.

"It's okay, Shen. He could never take control of my village easily. A few hours delay will change nothing. Let me escort you back after those kids finish their meal." Lyra waved her front paw as if her matter was not urgent at all.

At this point, Shen did not refuse her offer anymore. There was no need to waste their time arguing about this.

After the three kittens finished their meals, Shen and the three kittens rode Lyra. With Lyra's speed, Shen arrived at the village in fifteen minutes, or maybe even less than that.

Ming, Dale, ZhongL, and Yue were looking at Shen in awe. They were doing their running training and saw the massive Blizzard Tiger. They stopped at what they were doing and looked at the tiger.