Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 452 The Divine Power of Ignivas

After being beaten, the wooden dwarf created by the Seed of Creation was locked in the dungeon.

Fortunately, when Seed of Creation was making this wooden dwarf, it had considered the possibility of its identity being exposed, so it specially crafted this wooden statue. In addition, it consciously controlled its body when it was being beaten, so it was not discovered because of the splintering wood.

However, the dwarven guards clearly didn't care about that; they were still engrossed in eating the stewed meat skin.

It was clear that these dwarf soldiers had been hungry for some time. Right now, it was less about eating and more about stuffing their mouths full. They didn't even think about whether they could chew; they simply stuffed large amounts of flesh into their mouths and forced them to swallow the food.

This also made the Seed of Creation somewhat indignant; it had never seen anyone eat like this before.

"If you're willing to let me out, there will be more food like this."

Seed of Creation thought this would be a good reason.

But the dwarf guards paid it no heed.

"Let you out? Why should I let you out?"

The dwarves chuckled.

"Even if I lock you in there, wouldn't it still happen?"

……

The Seed of Creation could no longer speak.

It suddenly understood.

It seems to have taken these dwarves too seriously, or perhaps it underestimated their wickedness.

Clearly, these dwarves had no intention of letting it out, but rather of obtaining a continuous supply of food by exploiting it.

As for the reasons for the exploitation, these dwarven guards were well-prepared.

“Good dwarves don’t know how to cook. The Rock People are the best warriors and miners. You dare to learn to cook? You must have stolen the divine power of Lord Ignivas.”

Anyone who dares to steal Lord Ignivas's divine power must be punished. As for the dwarven guards' method of punishment, it was to make this audacious troublemaker cook in the dungeon until he dies.

"Don't stop, or I'll kill you."

The dwarven guards brandished axes and spears at the Seed of Creation, appearing as if they were a threat.

This made the wooden-headed Seed of Creation feel even more absurd.

Don't they think it's a good thing that there's one dwarf who can cook?

However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing for the Seed of Creation. At least from the Seed's perspective, it actually gives it a good opportunity to showcase itself.

It doesn't make much sense that an ordinary dwarf learned to cook and then became the leader of the dwarves.

But if it were a dwarf who had learned to cook, who was exploited by the guards, but in the process, he constantly saved ingredients to accumulate strength for himself, and then killed those guards, broke free from the cage, and led more dwarves to the top, that would be completely different.

Since the dwarven guards had given it this opportunity to show itself, it certainly had to seize it.

Let's get started.

The Seed of Creation thought this way.

Helping the dwarven guards cook was not difficult for the Seed of Creation. In order to obtain food, these dwarven guards were even willing to help it get those dark cooking utensils that should never appear on the market—it was at this moment that the Seed of Creation realized why it had been exposed. Being able to cook was not a big problem, after all, not all of the first batch of dwarves who landed had died, and many dwarves actually had some cooking skills, more or less.

But if you have pots and pans in your hand, that's not right. You've actually prepared these cooking utensils on purpose. This must mean you want to steal the divine power of Lord Ignivas.

However, beneath the dungeon, the scene was entirely different. In this dark dungeon, the guards had the final say. They could claim they were torturing the prisoners and wanted to see for themselves how the prisoners had committed those blasphemous acts.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with the Seed of Creation; it only needs to reduce the amount of ingredients each time it is cooked.

It naturally didn't need to eat, but it had to pretend, since it was still a dwarf at the moment, and dwarves definitely needed to eat. However, it told the guards that it was just normal food waste, and the little bit of food that was missing had all been stewed in the pot.

Anyway, these dwarf guards wouldn't be able to tell.

So, after calculating the amount of food it had withheld, the Seed of Creation began to make the dwarf wooden statue it controlled gradually stronger. In order to make the entire prison break process more realistic, it even made the wooden statue secretly learn a so-called Qi Cultivation Technique.

Of course, the wooden statue itself doesn't exude any aura; all the holy light effects are applied by the Seed of Creation itself. But at least on the surface, it actually looks quite convincing.

However, the dwarf guards would surely notice something was wrong with this obvious change.

So, just as the Seed of Creation was about to begin another round of work, it was not the new ingredients that greeted it.

Instead, they were sharp spears.

"No wonder there's always so much less pigskin to eat, you really dare to steal it!"

The dwarven guards angrily raised their weapons.

"As expected, you really did steal the divine power of Lord Ignivas! Otherwise, how could you not be tired yet!"

Clearly, the dwarven guards have once again used a strange method to complete the loop of their logic.

However, this is no longer important to the Seed of Creation.

With a swift punch, spears and daggers snapped. In the dwarves' training system, their aura was considered a substitute for most weapons—and so, in just a moment, these once-arrogant dwarven guards lay sprawled on the ground.

However, to the Seed of Creation's surprise, these dwarves showed no intention of fighting to the death; instead, they knelt down on the ground without hesitation.

"We knew you possessed the divine power of Lord Ignivas, how could we possibly defeat you?"

What were you doing all this time?
The Seed of Creation was dumbfounded; clearly, that wooden head had once again come to a standstill.

After all, the thinking of these dwarven guards had leaped into a realm that it could not comprehend at all.

If you knew its power, shouldn't you have submitted from the beginning? What about all the torture before? Do you really think it won't hold a grudge?
“Those things mean nothing to you. Why should someone as important as you bother with us?”

The faces of the dwarf guards were full of obsequiousness.

"Besides, we've proven our abilities to you, haven't we? We're willing to do anything for you, even if you eat us..."

"……have eaten?"

The Seed of Creation's expression froze.

Although it had previously detected some unusual behavior from these surface races.

But the idea that one would actively turn oneself into food is still quite shocking.

(End of this chapter)