Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 173 I believe you

If we rewind a little, while Rean was still enjoying a peaceful sleep after returning home, in the so-called second watch of the night, the industrious snake had already begun a new day of work.

"Poor little Elsena, you're so pitiful! Your dear uncle has come to see you."

Humming a little tune, the cheerful snake came to visit its former comrade.

He even used his tail to drag stinky hay and withered chrysanthemums, preparing to visit his "old friend's" grave.

He didn't take the normal route; he simply went straight downstream.

He was like an invisible phantom, roaming among rocks, strata, and the underground ocean of monsters.

The underground ruins walls, sealed by divine power, meant nothing to him.

He swam through the chaotic underground caverns, watching the adventurers and monsters struggle, and even kindly helped a small team that was on the verge of collapse.

He traversed the labyrinthine underground ruins, admiring the trail markers left by elite pathfinders, appreciating the not-so-ancient books in the large bookshelves (to him), and even "kindly" opening up a few dead ends to make them more interesting, thus preventing explorers from getting frustrated and disappointed when they reached a dead end.

He traversed underground lakes and plains, admiring the desolate beauty of ancient beasts, and rode a mad rhinoceros-horned beast in pursuit of a poor herd of black deer, crossing volcanoes, snowfields, and insect nests. He also sealed off some entrances to other realms, preventing invaders from the surface from encountering opponents with overly strange appearances, and also preventing some cunning alien detourers from "skipping" the arduous journey.

He swam across
"My dear Elsena, how are you? Did you miss me?"

Finally, it reached the deepest part of the underground ruins, which, judging by its depth, far surpassed the deepest part of Mosodirka.

This is a secret realm inaccessible by normal passages, and it is also the core area and source of this underground ruin complex, densely covered with various traps, divine imprints, and beast signatures.

They not only bound Elsena, but also extracted its immortal power and origins as part of the laws of nature, so that it would be truly eternal until a new beast king took its place.

The divine marks, beast signatures, and magic circles outside transformed these powers, vitality, and bestial nature into new life, which was then injected into the world of the ruins.

"Do you miss me? Do you miss me? Do you miss me?"

The snake slithered about happily, oblivious to the dangerous traps and divine seals.

Since it "does not exist," how could it be triggered by these things?

However, its cheerful chatter and its fluctuations in consciousness resonated throughout the area.

Did you miss me?

The rock walls and the ground began to hum a cheerful tune.

"Did you miss me?! My adorable little Elsena."

Those divine seals actually began to tremble and chant.

"Did you miss me? I missed you so much!"

The material plane, the shadow plane, and higher dimensions are all singing in harmony.

The entire world—the air, the earth, even the soul and divine power fluctuations—transformed into that pleasing snake face, its elongated mouth laughing heartily.

"Elsena, my little darling, I've come to play with you!!"

"Shut up!!!"

Finally, the beast's consciousness, which had been completely dormant, was forcibly awakened.

The moment it awoke, the entire underground ruins and even the city of Radiant above it trembled slightly and then violently "turned over"; the great earthquake that should have occurred was suppressed by the giant serpent pressing down on it!

"Hey, save me! I'll give you everything you want!"

The powerful voice echoed around the seal, and Elsena, not yet fully awake, made a heartfelt promise, a promise it had already conceived in its dream.

"I can sign my real name under the contract. I can grant you a kingdom, or even the chance to become a god." Reason gradually returned, and although time was destined to be short-lived, it quickly made a promise.

This promise is truly sincere; anyone with the opportunity to come here would know the value of the Beastmaster's signature and the credibility of his promises. Elsena is not a demon; if someone is truly willing to rescue it, the kingdom and divine position it promised can be fulfilled!

"Tsk tsk tsk, poor little Elsena, kneeling down and begging, sob sob sob, so pitiful. Call me grandpa and I'll get you out of here." But instead of the savior it expected, it encountered a cheerful prison visitor.

"Snake? Snake. Snake!!!"

The next moment, the entire Earth's crust began to tremble.

The earthquake could no longer be contained. The entire underground ruins experienced a potentially fatal earthquake, while the city of Radiant City on the surface also experienced a minor earthquake of magnitude three or four.

A young knight who was still fast asleep was so agitated that he suddenly jumped up, shattering the wooden bed beneath him.

"traitor!"

"die!!"

"Snake! Why aren't you completely dead yet!"

"Damn traitor! Liar! Bastard!"

“I%￥&”

The Beast King's elegance and dignity have vanished, leaving only a pitiful victim who is frantically cursing the snake's entire family with foul language.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's always so amusing to hear the wailing of a loser. Next time I come to see you, shall I bring you a slang dictionary? You should update your vocabulary of insults."

"……&*".

The only response to the snake's gleeful laughter was a frenzied barrage of profanities and curses.

The ancient beast king, corrupted by rage, may not be devoid of humanity, but simply refuses to acknowledge it and refuses to share its authority with other beasts.

As Elsena went mad, the entire underground ruins came alive.

As it struggled frantically, numerous monsters emerged from a large number of "nests" and "murals," and the fully operational transformation mechanism was frantically producing monsters.

Beside the snake, points of light were forcibly gathered into shape, and powerful newborn offspring were forcibly activated, attempting to drive away the malevolent visitors.

Clearly, the price was extremely high. In order to take revenge on the snake and to vent his anger, Elsena, who had lost his mind, was going all out.

Before these points of light could take shape, Elsena's roar grew softer and softer as it unleashed the power she had been holding back to break free of her restraints. The seal, now fully activated, dragged her into an even deeper slumber.

Its recovery was inevitably delayed.

As for the snake that caused all of this...
"Hiss hiss hiss (I have never left)"

The next moment, it returned to the roof of Rean's house and heard Rean's complaints.

"Snake, what have you done?!"

"Ha, I didn't do anything, I just wandered around."

As always, speaking the absolute truth, the snake proudly waved its tail.

"I don't believe you! You old geezer, you're a wicked man!" Rean didn't believe him at all.

In the "distant" place seen by the snake, the city's survival rate is rapidly increasing, giving Rean more time to develop.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I've always been on the side of humans, and I just did you a big favor. You don't appreciate a good deed." The snake looked at Rean, who was enraged by the mutation, and became even more pleased.

"I don't believe you for a second!!"

(End of this chapter)