It really was a deer, but not really a deer.
It was an awkward way to put it, but to Fu Qian, nothing described the scene more aptly.
The scene behind the door matched the noises he'd heard outside moments ago perfectly.
Inside the oddly shaped building, a deer really was curled up.
It even lifted its eyelids to look over as Fu Qian opened the door.
The measure word here wasn't being used carelessly. It really was "a long-bodied deer."
At the front was an enormous head, crowned with classic antlers even larger than the head itself.
And farther down came an elegant, slender neck, then powerful forelegs...
Powerful forelegs...
Powerful forelegs...
Powerful limbs, impossible to tell whether they were forelegs or hind legs...
That was right. The deer's body was wildly out of proportion with its head. By Fu Qian's estimate, it would take more than ten deer joined end to end to make up its length, and it had an absurd number of legs.
So even though the room was spacious, its body still curled in an arc, coiling around the head at its center.
And it wasn't the only thing sheltering the head. Startled by the disturbance, the front half of its body had lifted, as if on guard.
That revealed deer faces embedded in its body, pointing in every direction. In a peculiar formation, they all shielded the deer head above.
Why did everyone these days like this kind of design?
Taking in the lively scene, Fu Qian couldn't help but sigh.
As for why he said "everyone"...
He'd encountered a similar Serpent of Fate not long ago.
The strange thing was, neither of them was content to simply be a serpent. They'd both had odd elements tacked on.
Of course, the most striking thing