Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 137 The Ancient Serpent's Herd

Matt Perry, the former High Priest, the Spear of the Sun, the Falcon of the Sun God... On the stone slabs of the temple, this giant once had countless titles.

But what is most impressive is the title of "War High Priest".

On the stone slabs of the temple, in those ancient records, long ago, the worship of the sun god was not as flourishing as it is today—although the sun god already had many followers and even occupied a considerable area, the upper and lower reaches of the great river were mainly the territory of the cobra goddess Vajit.

Then, Matt Perry emerged.

Of all the priests at the time, Matt Perry was arguably the most foolish. With the physique of a warrior, Matt Perry also had the fiery temper of those warriors. He would start fighting on the spot at the slightest provocation and would shout threats of violence at the drop of a hat. Normally, such a person would not even become a priest, after all, such behavior was far removed from the calm and wisdom of priests.

However, everything changed after Matt Perry quietly became the High Priest.

With a war instinct as sharp as a wild beast, Matt Perry sent troops everywhere, defeating the followers of the Cobra Goddess one after another. And after that, Matt Perry was not satisfied and simply led his troops himself, destroying many temples along the way.

The most powerful high priest, the chosen one of God, the most loyal of all, the most valiant of all heroes... all sorts of titles were bestowed upon Matt Perry, and his deeds were engraved on stone tablets and widely circulated.

Until Matt Perry was very old.

"I am about to die, the sun god is calling me."

These were Matt Perry's last words. This burly warrior did not die from illness, but instead, as always, wielded his heavy spear before collapsing to his death, leaning on his weapon.

And now, this war priest, who had originally returned to the embrace of the sun god, has reappeared in the human world.

In the name of the sun god.

"The war priests have returned... We will surely achieve victory!"

As Matt Perry's broad body gradually rose to his feet, the priests' faces lit up with joy.

But Matt Perry shook his head at them.

“That is not something you can handle, nor can I handle it... You have no idea what kind of being you are facing.”

As he said this, the giant sat directly on the coffin.

"Only by understanding the enemy can you have a chance to defeat him... Before you fight the ancient serpent, you must at least know what it is."

Then, amidst the priests' confusion, the giant began his narration.

Long, long ago, when heaven and earth were still in chaos, the gods appeared. They possessed earth-shattering power and terrifying strength to move mountains and overturn seas.

However, it was not the gods who separated the chaos.

It was an ancient serpent far larger than any of the gods. When the serpent raised its head, chaos was separated, sunlight appeared, darkness receded, and the world was divided into heaven and earth.

"This……"

The priests were stunned; they couldn't believe that such words would come from Matt Perry's mouth.

After all, this content is completely different from what is recorded on the stone tablet.

The world was not created by the sun god, but by an ancient serpent—such rebellious words… could actually come from the mouth of the sun god's most loyal servant?
“This is what the sun god said to me personally.”

Seeing the questioning expressions on the faces of the priests, Matt Perry simply sighed.

"At first, I didn't believe it either, but the great sun god can't be wrong."

The great sun god is infallible, that's one point.

But most importantly, Matt Perry himself saw the evidence. "The first humans weren't actually us; they claimed to be survivors of a previous era, they called themselves the Ignivas..."

As Matt Perry narrated, the past, which had been lost to time, gradually unfolded before the priests.

In Matt Perry's account, the Ignivas were people who each possessed the ability to manipulate fire. They tamed enormous, terrifying elephants, but these elephants were not the kind people see today; rather, they were a more ancient, hairy species.

In the beginning, there was no conflict between the gods and the Ignivas. After all, the gods were in the west, and the Ignivas were in the east, separated by a dark mountain that was said to have been left over from the previous era.

However, as time went by, those Ignivas crossed the mountains.

Those Ignivas, upholding the name of the so-called creator serpent god, regarded all the land in their sight as pasture for the woolly mammoths—even the gods of the past were regarded by the Ignivas as food for those woolly mammoths.

The gods, cornered, naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait for their doom.

Thus, the two sides engaged in an earth-shattering battle.

Those beings who called themselves the Ignivas displayed terrifying divine magic; flames rained down from the sky like a storm, and the still-weak gods had almost no ability to resist them.

"Until the first gods began to look up at the stars."

Matt Perry also raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the dome and looking towards the dark sea of ​​stars.

Even with all the power they knew, the gods were still unable to withstand the Ignivas who had lived since the last era.

So they could only look up at the stars and pray for some power that did not belong to this world.

This was originally a desperate act born of utter helplessness.

But the boundless starry sky gave the gods a response.

"It was at that time that the gods became gods."

Matt Perry continued.

Having obtained power that did not belong to this world, the gods launched their great counterattack, a protracted war, an earth-shattering war.

"And in the end, the gods banished the Ignivas from this world and from this planet before they could even summon their creator serpent god."

"...Planet?"

The priests chewed over this word they had never heard before.

But what attracted their attention even more was the meaning behind Matt Perry's words.

"You mean... we're facing the awakened Creation Serpent God?"

To confront an existence of this caliber?
Are they worthy?

"Yes, and you must continue to hold on."

Matt Perry's expression turned serious.

"Until the sun god, aboard His golden ark, guides you to another pure land..."

"At that time, the gods will descend with their light and cleanse the world of all evil."

(End of this chapter)