Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 141 How to Deal with the Snake God

When the priests found Du Yi, he was still studying the ruby ​​amulet.

After a period of research, Du Yi had fully understood the working principle of the ruby ​​amulet—although its original use was probably not like this, at least for Du Yi, he knew how to use it to gather sunlight and how to project that laser-like thing.

It's usable, and that's enough.

Du Yi could finally proudly say that he had learned something that could be called magic.

"This is it! This is exactly what I want!"

Although this laser could only serve as a kindling stick for him at best, it was far from being true magic.

But in Du Yi's view, this was undoubtedly a big step forward.

Having magic means having infinite possibilities, which also means he will no longer be trapped by his enormous body—his size is too large, which reduces the amount of food he can eat. If he could shrink his body, his diet would become much more diverse.

"If only there were magic that could shrink the body."

Du Yi thought to himself.

At that moment, the four priests appeared before him, accompanied by five tightly bound men.

Du Yi knew that the four priests had been busy searching for rubies lately; he had heard about their fierce battles outside.

However, they even brought prisoners with them...

"I won't eat this."

Du Yi immediately refused, as this thing wasn't on his menu.

Fortunately, the four priests quickly explained, which allowed Du Yi to understand what had happened.

"You mean... their understanding is confused?"

Du Yi's long tail began to scratch its head.

Although he has recently begun to study magic, he has clearly not yet reached this level of depth. He obviously has no way of coming into contact with spells that confuse cognition like this.

"If I knew how to do that, I would first confuse my own perception and make myself feel that eating a chicken is the same as eating a mammoth..."

With that in mind, Du Yi decided to study this first, since he had already studied the ruby ​​amulet quite thoroughly.

However, before conducting the research...

"Let's have a good meal first."

Du Yi said this.

This can be considered one of Du Yi's perks for his employees. Regardless of how well they do their jobs, meals are always provided.

It was the familiar roast beef, and all four priests got some. Even the five prisoners weren't hungry; they got their share of beef too.

However, the five prisoners looked at the beef as if it were some kind of ferocious beast, struggling incessantly and refusing to eat even a single bite.

"Really not going to eat?"

The four priests had already finished eating, but the five prisoners hadn't made a move yet. Seeing that this excellent divine food was being wasted, the leader of the four priests, Ansag the Serpent Fang, frowned slightly.

"If you don't eat, you'll starve to death... huh?"

It was at this moment that Ansag suddenly vaguely sensed something.

Ansag could guess why the five prisoners wouldn't eat meat; it was simply that their perceptions were confused, and they regarded beef as some kind of evil thing that couldn't be touched—but that's precisely the problem.

Just as he casually remarked, not eating would truly lead to starvation. But these five prisoners did not starve; they were still alive and well. This meant that there must have been some unconfused aspects to their understanding—or even if it were completely confused, it wouldn't matter, because within that confused understanding, there must have been a way for them to survive.

"To survive, and even to live better... as long as they can do it again and again, they will repeat it!"

At that moment, a flash of inspiration struck Ansag.

He felt he had understood everything, even the principles behind how this divine art worked.

"There is a way!"

After finishing the meal, Ansagg called Sathek the Greatsword aside.

“I have fully understood the wisdom of the serpent god… The serpent god has given us a solution to the problem.”

"When?"

Sataik, who was carrying the snake-scaled sword, was stunned. He had gone to eat, so how come he didn't understand what kind of solution the snake god had given?
But Ansag remained resolute, even pulling Sataiker aside and lowering his voice.

Then, accompanied by a series of whispers, Satek's expression gradually became skeptical.

……

On the battlefield where the sun worshippers clashed with the serpent worshippers, the soldiers carrying the giant serpent banners gathered together and switched from offense to defense.

To the warriors who worshipped the sun god, this was undoubtedly a symbol of victory. Although they had not yet annihilated the serpent demon army, they had successfully halted the enemy's advance—which fully proved that this method of conducting small-scale guerrilla warfare in five-person squads was extremely effective.

This further fueled the confidence of the warriors who worshipped the sun god, making them fight even more fiercely.

After all, the rewards are right in front of us.

Just like Habisa, who was once just a farmer, became a spearman and then a swordsman. Now, after experiencing many battles, his experience has raised his level to twenty-five. He is now a skilled swordsman, and killing those green-skinned monsters is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

During this process, the originally solitary Hapisa also met many comrades-in-arms who shared life and death, such as Gebton, a strongman who wields a battle axe, Totmas, who is proficient in spears, Nephthys, an archer who never misses a shot, and Imhotepsa, the seemingly least noticeable but most important healer of the sun god.

"We are invincible!"

Habisa and his comrades once made a vow that they would stand together through life and death no matter what.

If there is any problem, it is probably that there are fewer and fewer green-skinned monsters to hunt recently. Those green-skinned monsters have all retreated into the Serpent Demon's camp and almost never appear alone anymore. Although with their current strength, they could probably achieve considerable results by attacking the camp directly, such a thing is too dangerous and would cause unnecessary casualties to themselves.

"Perhaps we should organize more manpower, just like in those previous wars..."

As Habisa led his team on their routine patrol, he began to plan how to bring together more teams like his.

However, at this very moment, Habisa's squad unexpectedly encountered an enemy.

Although they themselves were not quite sure whether that person could be considered an enemy.

"Putahka!"

Seeing the figure not far away, Habisa was speechless. It turned out to be the swordsman he had met once before.

"What are you doing! Why do you have the serpent demon's emblem on your body!"

"Why do I bear the emblem of the serpent god? It's because the great serpent god gave me what I wanted."

As he said this, the swordsman known as Puta Card drew his longsword from his waist.

That longsword, radiating a dense aura of death, was clearly no ordinary object.

(End of this chapter)