Chapter 70

With that commanding shout, Shannon flung a thunder talisman from her hand. In the next instant, three fiery bolts of lightning crashed down from the sky, instantly reducing the cocoon-like silk threads wrapped in darkness to charred ashes. The threads entwining around Scott's neck and ankles had also disintegrated into ash. Scott went limp, collapsing to the ground with the giant egg still strapped to his back. He turned his head and saw Shannon. Tears welled up in his eyes as he began to sob, "Shannon... Shannon! Shannon! I'm so sorry, Shannon!" But Shannon quickly stepped up and delivered a firm slap to his head. "Quit blubbering! Grab your egg and follow me." She had only driven away the silk threads for now. Thus, this place wasn't safe. As for the cocoon on Scott's back, judging by how fiercely he protected it earlier, Shannon knew without a doubt that Cecily was inside. Scott, who was used to getting scolded by Adrian, felt a strange sense of familiarity from Shannon's