Now all Kal has to do is drag himself home with this new weapon to present to his bosses. Hopefully (for Kal) it will be enough to make up for NOT capturing the girl he was sent to capture. That's if he doesn't die on the way.... X"D.
Thoughts? Predictions?

Wonder what Grandpa's thinking he's gonna get to do before he succumbs to that venom >___>. Maaaybe Kalverick should've killed him. Slap that on his list of mistakes lately X"D.

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Wow guys.. I don't know what to say. I'm sorry I took an extra week. On the bright side I had a wonderful time in the mountains. On the negative side.... I just wasn't feeling great the week after. But I'm back! And I'll see you next week! <3

Btw....I decided to hand draw the wood on the walls of the house this time as oppose to textures. I think it looks better? Maybe? But what do YOU think? <3

Thanks for reading, everybody!

Grandpa is going to carve out the serpent in the wooden floor / wall. Plus maybe some hints.

I know Kalverick isn't blind, but is that a carving knife Grandpa has?

Kal... must.. die... Humphs - maybe they have anti venom that would be cool :D

Huh, when I read the first few pages I thought this was taking place in the medieval times

Didn't figure this was set when humans had guns already. That makes it way more interesting

Kal, ya gotta get back ASAP or YOU'RE gonna die a slow and painful death! D: And you will have made a huge mistake in killing him that way...not because I doubt the certainty of his death, but the fact that he now has solid evidence of your existence and threat, right on his back!

So happy to see the update this week, Serpy! Hopefully you're feeling better now though for the long run?

And I'll be honest, when you use textures you do it in such a subtle way that I don't notice it/find it distracting. BUT I do think the more organic, fluid feel of hand drawn textures makes for a good look. It's also a bit more forgiving versus when you have a linear texture line up with something very NOT straight edged.

Hey Kal, Make sure you get that wound good and infected!!! Don't want you to die until you've had a few fever-induced nightmarish hallucinations!!

Remember this conversation? Metaphorical Spider

heh heh heh, guess what! you aren't the spider anymore (not that I'm trying to influence your hallucinations or anything, I'm above that sort of thing)....

Oh, and as a side note, be sure to leave a blood-soaked trail behind you that even a blind man can follow! The council will be SO PROUD!!!!

PS: Didn't notice the flooring and walls til after you mentioned it, but it looks awesome. I bow to the mistress of subtle!

Well, if that wound wasn't infected before, that splat in the mud certainly didn't help...

I have a feeling... Kal should have sat in on Daggot's lesson here. Mistakes have been made. The Serpent Nation is in trouble, me thinks. :o

This is all so exciting, Serpyyyyy!

Just... OH My!

You do not leave survivors if you are going to stay hidden. The old man does not need to survive for long. Just long enough to tell other people what happened.

And that wound looks nasty. That is a lot of blood he is leaving behind. If he can not do something to staunch it quickly he may not survive to get back to the hidden nation. And if he does get back, he is likely facing infection. Bullets punching through clothing take a lot of debris into the wound. It is a lovely source of infection. The mud would likely not have helped much either, though if he is actually still actively bleeding he would not face much of an issue with it. Not much would have entered the wound.

As much as I'd like Kal to just die in the mud - no wait, I don't want that, that arguably makes things even worse. Well, drat.

In any case, my story senses are tingling. I'm pretty sure Kal's going to get back, with the gun, his life will unfortunately be saved from blood loss and potential infection, and he'll continue to be a giant pain in the butt for quite some time yet. C'mon, the guy practically screams major antagonist, and he goes down in a fight against Gramps here? I don't think so.

Poor Grandpa. I've decided not to be angry with him for whatever it is he's planning to do; I can't say I blame him, after all. If I knew I was dying and I knew who was to blame and they'd done all this AFTER hurting a member of my family... yeah, the Council really dug themselves into a hole with this one. Especially given the Gramps here seems to have run into the serpents before!

....This whole 'keeping the whole race a secret' thing really isn't working out for you guys, is it? >.>

On a more layout note, I really like the transition here. You're really good at those in general, actually, which is good, considering how many scene changes you go through per chapter. I should count them someday, just to see. I know it's a lot. And you do them all well, so they're lovely to read! Not at all jarring.

On a personal note, I hate Kal, but I still really love serpent-form for these guys. And Kal's unfortunately got a nice one. All that soft gray. If he weren't bleeding all over the place and entirely likely to murder me, he'd almost be huggable.

Almost. XD

I like the 'Kal goes splat in the mud' panels the best. They're my favorites, because of course they are. XD