Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 290 Iron Will
"It really has been a long time."

Habisa was still somewhat dazed when he awoke from his deep sleep; he felt as if he had been in a long dream.

Until those cold steel pieces brought Hapisa back to reality.

Unlike the warriors of the Blood Warband, Habisa had been dead for quite some time, so the four priests explained to him the great changes that had taken place in the Serpent God Empire recently—which made Habisa even more disoriented, yet there was also a sense of relief in that disorientation.

"So, everything has already been accomplished..."

Habisa muttered to himself.

When he was alive, the empire was not yet unified. Although everything seemed to be going to be alright, no one knew how far away that future was. But now, that distant future has actually come true, and it is even right in front of him.

"How long has it been?"

Habisa couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hundreds of years? Or thousands of years?"

"Actually, it hasn't even been five years... but that's not important."

After confirming that Hapisa was indeed conscious, the four priests began to instruct Hapisa on the tasks he was to perform.

After all, the situation was quite urgent.

"Blood Legion?"

After listening to the four priests' introduction, Habisa was still a little stunned. After all, the amount of information about the Blood Chapter's history and the troubles it had caused was too much for Habisa to handle.

"Give me a copy, I'll read it on the way."

Considering the urgency of the situation, Habisa decided to go and check it out first.

That is, Habisa was flipping through the parchment as he headed towards the Blood Chapter.

The Phantom, transformed into a human girl, has already entered the Blood Warband's base.

The Shadow of Enchantress used the guise of a visit, since the Blood Warband had never prohibited civilians from coming to visit. They were even happy to let the local people watch their battles, thus spreading their iron will to the Serpent God.

"An iron will...?"

Watching the terracotta warriors swinging their swords at each other with unwavering ferocity, Mei Zhiying smiled.

The terracotta warriors around him thought that their fighting had won the favor of the beautiful girl, so they immediately fought even harder—but only the Shadow of Enchantress knew that it was just scoffing at all of this.

An iron will? That's just something to comfort yourself with. After all, even steel can rust, and the finer the steel, the easier it is to rust.

"Just keep guiding..."

The more the Shadow of Enchantress sensed it, the more it felt how to take revenge on those two fools who betrayed it.

But at that moment, Mei Zhiying felt a stinging pain in her eyes.

The silver light in the distance was so dazzling; the gleaming steel body was like the sun fallen to earth.

"...A steel body?"

At this moment, not only was Mei Zhiying stunned, but even the warriors who were fighting each other were stunned.

His body, forged from steel, is currently unusable by anyone in the Blood Warband.

Who exactly is this expert who has come over to their side?

“My name is Habisa, and I’m here to take over your territory.”

The steel doll put down the parchment scroll in its hand and then waved to the crowd. "Next, I will reorganize you into teams. All the wooden statues, come here. You will be the captains of the new teams. Then, gather all the ceramic statues together so that everyone can meet."

Habisa, who came from a war-torn background, always had this decisive and efficient demeanor. He didn't even say much before continuing to peruse the parchment scrolls.

Seeing all this, Mei Zhiying clearly sensed something different.

It had already succeeded in drawing all the soldiers' attention to itself, but as soon as the steel humanoid appeared, all the soldiers were drawn to it.

That iron-blooded and ruthless demeanor, that powerful soul capable of controlling a body of steel, and most importantly, that will as hard as steel, all of its efforts were annihilated the moment it appeared.

"How can there be such people on this planet?"

Mei Zhiying's face immediately darkened.

Although such souls are not uncommon across the entire star sea, that would only be if all the powerful souls were added together—not to mention that the soul named Habisa looks so young.

Being young means having a promising future, or even unlimited possibilities.

"I'm afraid... we need to take him down first."

At this moment, Mei Zhiying had already seen the obstacle in front of her.

Fortunately, this is not a big problem. It is just a powerful soul. Even if it is as hard as steel, it doesn't matter to it.

After all, even steel can rust.

Mei Zhiying is confident in herself.

So, under the guise of a visit, the Shadow of Enchantress slipped into Habisa's barracks. As before, no one stopped it—which made it even more convinced that the soul named Habisa would obey it.

However, what greeted Mei Zhiying was a cold rebuke.

"This is a private place, not a place for you. Get out."

"...?"

Mei Zhiying looked up in surprise.

Surprisingly, who wouldn't be affected by it?

You see, it has now transformed into the form that people love most. It even senses the desires of the soul before it and has made subtle adjustments to its appearance—it is certain that it is the image that the other person desires, and that it can exert a fatal attraction on this steel soul.

But now...

"go out."

Habisa simply waved his hand.

If this were when he was still alive, or when he was still young, it would indeed have caused him to waver. But now, after experiencing so much, he no longer cares about such simple love. Even if the beautiful girl in front of him looks a lot like Senette, the girl he used to be with, it doesn't matter.

He had his own things to do, and his will was as strong as his body.

"Now it seems that the warriors of the Blood Warband are not much different from those warriors back then. They only know how to fight, but they don't know why they are fighting... So if someone incites them, they will be influenced, because they don't have a clear direction, and they don't have a will that they can truly carry out."

After chasing away the girl who had inexplicably entered, Habisa flipped through the parchment scrolls and made a conclusion.

What Habisa didn't see was that the girl he had driven out was still standing at the door, not having gone far.

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(End of this chapter)