Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 163 The Snake God is in Danger

Unlike ordinary people, the priests' banquets were usually held at noon, naturally because there was no sun at night.

The midday sun is at its brightest and most sacred, and priests of the sun god often choose this time to hold banquets to show respect to their guests.

Furthermore, for the priests, there wasn't much difference between noon and night. Some things that could be done at night could also be done during the day. In fact, without the cover of night, they were more open with each other.

Just like it is now.

In a secluded mansion in the holy city of Heliopolis, Habisa stared blankly at the priests who were talking animatedly. Intelligence about the war, the allocation of food and supplies, the deployment of soldiers, and even all sorts of secrets that should not have been mentioned in the first place were being casually discussed by the priests as if they were just chatting.

"Don't they... have even the slightest thought of keeping it a secret?"

Habisa couldn't help but take a deep breath.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, those who can enter this mansion are all priests who believe in the sun god. They are all on the same side, so there is no need for them to keep secrets.

But the content was really...

"Should we further reduce the soldiers' rations because the costs are too high?"

Habisa was momentarily speechless as he recalled the meat broth stewed with beans and flatbread he ate on the front lines.

They're already only eating this kind of food, yet they still want to cut costs... Aren't they afraid the soldiers won't be able to win?

To Habiza's surprise, these priests were not afraid at all.

"After all, those divine warriors are completely unimportant."

During the gathering, a gaunt priest spoke in a low voice to his companion.

“Those divine warriors are nothing more than mass-produced expendables. The war priest has already made it clear that he doesn’t expect to use them to defeat that ancient serpent… so there’s no need to pay too much attention to them. Just keep them from starving.”

Divine Warrior, Consumable.

Habisa only now realized that these Sun God warriors, who were fighting desperately at the front, were actually called by these priests in this way.

But besides being shocked, Habisa also keenly caught the key words in those words.

"The war priest... So he didn't intend to rely on us to win the war after all?"

Habisa couldn't help but think of the prediction made by the strongman Setka. Clearly, Setka's prediction had once again been accurate.

Just as Habissa was about to continue listening, Senette came over and took his arm.

Clearly, Senette had no interest in these war-related discussions; she was only there to show off her new pet to her friends.

As for the pet, it was naturally Hapisa, dressed in a white robe.

Facing the gazes of Senette's friends, Habisa felt like a monkey led by a monkey show performer, as if he were naked, even though he was wearing a sacred white robe.

Fortunately, Habisa wasn't the only one being observed. In fact, Habisa was slightly better off—at least he was wearing a priest's white robe and was being held by Senette's arm, so he could eat at the table with the other priests.

Not far away, there were people who weren't even qualified to sit at the table to eat.

Those were guards brought by Sennett's friends. At this moment, these guards were sparring. Although they were only using wooden training equipment that could not be used to draw blood, the fierce fighting was still exciting to watch.

"It's just a performance."

With just one glance, Habisa was already certain that these guards weren't really fighting.

After all, he himself had come from the battlefield and had been through countless life-and-death situations. So he knew very well that a real confrontation was only a matter of life and death in an instant. Moreover, the two sides were still using weapons, and the winner could be determined in a short time. Why would it take so long to fight?

"But... um?"

It was at this moment that Habisa suddenly spotted a familiar figure among the guards waiting to go on stage.

Just look at that burly figure and the way he carries the two-handed axe, who else could it be but the strongman Setka?

"This……"

Just as he saw Hercules Setka, Hercules Setka also clearly noticed him.

As their eyes met, disbelief filled their gazes. "What's wrong? Do you know that guard?"

Beside Habisa, Senette also noticed his brief moment of stunned silence.

"Have you seen them before?"

"I've seen it before."

Seeing that he had been discovered, Habisa did not try to hide it, but simply brushed it off vaguely.

"You know, I used to..."

"Let's not talk about the past."

Senette stretched out her finger and pressed it against Habissa's mouth, which was about to open.

“The past is the past, we only need to talk about the future... You don’t need to think about the past anymore, and you don’t need to think about anything on the battlefield anymore. You just need to stay by my side. Anyway, it doesn’t matter who is missing on the front line.”

"But……"

After hesitating for a moment, Habisa finally spoke.

"Are you sure there won't be any problems? If that snake... the snake demon really attacks, won't everything be over?"

Taking a deep breath, Habisa tried to adopt a posture of loyalty.

"Although I really want to stay by your side, given the current situation, I want to protect your safety more."

"It's good that you have this heart."

Seeing Habisa's awkwardness, Senette chuckled.

"As for the Serpent Demon, you don't need to worry about that. The Serpent Demon is unlikely to attack. After all, even if something happens, there's still the War High Priest... Our great War High Priest Matt Perry has already said that the Serpent Demon is finished. The gods will soon bring down divine punishment to cleanse this evil ancient serpent. What do you have to fear?"

"hiss……"

Habisa instinctively gasped.

really!

As expected, the Sun God had a backup plan!

Habisa knew the name of Matt Perry, the High Priest of War. He was the former chief priest, the Spear of the Sun, the Falcon of the Sun God... This madman had left countless names on the stone tablets of the temple, but the most memorable one was the title "High Priest of War".

But Matt Perry had been dead for a long time, yet now, according to Sennett, Matt Perry had been resurrected, and even carried the will of the gods.

The gods are about to unleash divine punishment upon that great serpent god.

On one side there is a group of gods, and on the other side there is only one god.

On one side, they have not yet shown themselves, while on the other side, they are entrenched in Butuo Town, in the open.

The serpent god is in danger!
"Then... when will divine punishment likely occur?"

Habisa couldn't help but speak up.

Although the question was a bit too direct, he did need a specific timeframe to determine the optimal speed at which he should send out the complete intelligence report.

We must make sure the snake god is on guard; we absolutely cannot allow the snake god to be attacked without knowing anything about it!

Fortunately, Senette didn't take Habiza's abrupt question too seriously and answered casually.

But the words that came out left Habisa speechless.

"When? Now, of course!"

"Otherwise, what do you think this party is celebrating?"

(End of this chapter)