Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

The newly produced food can then be put back into this cycle.

“Use the serpent god’s excrement to grow a large amount of crops. The surplus crops can then be used to feed a large number of livestock. After feeding those livestock to the serpent god, even more excrement will appear…”

In just a moment, the four priests had already conceived of that magnificent scene, such a bountiful cycle that could be called a perpetual motion machine!

It was for this reason that this day was designated by the four priests as the harvest festival.

Perhaps it's a coincidence that this harvest festival happens to fall on the same day as the harvest festival of the Ignivas people in the past.

The biggest problem, namely the food source, seemed to have been solved, which was undoubtedly a cause for celebration. However, the cowherd sage came over and poured cold water on the four priests' hopes.

"Even if wheat can grow to harvest in ten days, can a calf grow to maturity in ten days?"

Upon hearing this, the four priests, who had been celebrating, immediately fell silent.

It seems that this is indeed the case. Even though they have a large food reserve, it is still mostly plant-based, such as fruits, vegetables, or grains. They can eat these things without any problem, but the snake god outside the city needs to eat meat.

It will take some time to turn these things into meat.

unless……

"By the way, have you ever thought about this question?"

It was at this moment that Melk, one of the four priests and the one in charge of the Scales, spoke up.

"Yes, we haven't built the flying giant ship that the Serpent God mentioned yet, so we can't leave this land... But those champions outside the city, wearing iron armor, they came from outside."

"what do you mean……"

Satyak the Greatsword vaguely realized something.

Melk nodded in agreement.

“They can come in from outside, which means they can go back in… Yes, we don’t need them to take us out, that’s dangerous, especially since we’re at war with them… But, but.”

Melk paused for a moment at this point.

"But who says you can't do business during wartime?"

"We have plenty of grain now, why don't we just trade it for some meat?"

Chapter 276 Opening Eyes to the Universe

The camp of the chosen champions was not hard to find, since they had been within the Serpent God Empire and had not left.

Thus, the Empire's first batch of special envoys quickly arrived at the legion's camp. They were all handpicked suicide squads, and since they were unsure whether these aliens would be as benevolent as before, they were prepared to accept all the consequences.

At worst, they can just die here and then unleash the Blood Legion behind them. Those Blood Legion warriors have been fighting these Chosen Champions for a long time, and the two sides are sworn enemies.

"If the warriors can't defeat them either... I hope the Serpent God will avenge us."

Faced with imminent death, someone drew a vertical line across their chest.

This illogical action naturally puzzled others, but the envoy who drew a vertical line on his chest had his own reason—in his words, it was a final prayer to the serpent god, and the vertical line symbolized the giant serpent that reached the heavens.

At this critical juncture of life and death, a sense of ritual is needed to boost morale, so the other special envoys also adopted this gesture, drawing vertical lines on their chests.

Immediately afterwards, they stepped through the gates of the camp.

Unlike Tatunbto's style, the entire camp was quite rugged, with blood still fresh everywhere and spears stuck in the ground—and at the top of these spears were the skulls of various wild beasts, clearly a kind of decoration.

"That's really...savage."

One of the envoys muttered something, but was quickly stopped by the leader of the group, the second-generation carpenter fairy, Beskey.

Yes, Beskey also joined the envoy team, and even volunteered to be the leader—although he still had the responsibility of building the spaceship and should not risk his life under any circumstances, Beskey still wanted to personally meet these alien visitors.

If he could, he would even like to join a caravan himself, leave this planet, and go to the stars.

"In short, these are our conditions."

Even when facing the extremely tall warrior leader named Casaloron, Besky showed no fear. Instead, his eyes shone with excitement, simply because this chosen champion had never appeared before.

The fact that they haven't appeared before means they're new, which implies that they have a means of transportation to traverse the stars.

The thought of that mysterious, spaceship-like thing made Beskay feel her blood boiling.

And this burning passion, this undisguised desire, was fully perceived by Casaloran.

"This……"

After a moment of silence, Casaloran slowly nodded.

"can."

To be fair, Casaloran originally wanted to refuse such a request, after all, they were warriors, not merchants selling grain—although they would occasionally act as interstellar merchants, that was usually when they had slaughtered an entire planet and needed to dispose of the stolen goods.

But this time...

"I admire your courage."

Looking into Beskay's eyes, Casalorn felt as if he were seeing his former self.

Although their professions and what they want to do are completely different, they share the same courage to fight against nature and even risk their lives.

"Would you be interested in learning more about the god of courage?"

"I'm sorry, I am a subject of the serpent god."

Beska refused without hesitation, even drawing a vertical line on her chest to show her loyalty.

This made Casaloran sigh once again.

Yes, it's that courage—even knowing that refusing would lead to death, they still firmly believe in their own ideas without hesitation.

"Such a person will be called by the god of courage sooner or later."

Casalon narrowed his eyes.

"Therefore, we must not allow the God of Mystery to have the opportunity to harm them."

This was another reason why he agreed, because at this moment, it would be meaningless for them to fight any more—the more intense their fighting, the happier the mysterious god hidden behind the scenes would be, because the greater the pressure, the faster these local natives would side with the mysterious god.

Now, the local natives' need to sell their food has unexpectedly given him an opportunity to intervene, an opportunity to disrupt the shameless plan of the mysterious god.

"It's time to let them know the goodness of the god of courage."

With this in mind, Casaloron donned his armor.

This left Bessie, who remained behind, feeling quite bewildered.

"Um...shouldn't we look for transportation?"

Beskey was somewhat puzzled, because in his mind, to go to the Star Sea, one must have a ship—as for why it had to be a ship, it was partly because the Serpent God had mentioned it, and partly because it was very much in line with people's common sense.

If you want to cross a river, you have to take a boat; if you want to traverse a galaxy, you have to take a spaceship. This makes perfect sense.

But Casaloran shook his head.

"You're talking about things that only primitive civilizations would do, since they have extremely limited resources and technology... especially limited technology, which makes them very inefficient in using resources, so they need cumbersome things like spaceships."

Seeing that Beska was still somewhat confused, Casaloran simply added some more information about the achievements of the chosen champions of the God of Courage.

While most of the time these chosen champions prefer to charge at stronger opponents, they are also happy to plunder the ships of lower civilizations when resources are scarce—when their rune-armored bodies smash through the sides of those ships like meteorites, the entire ship becomes a slaughterhouse.

“Large size often means clumsiness.”

Casalorn shook his head.

“Very few people would use such a low-level method.”

Next, Casaloran listed some other methods, such as the armor he wore that could sense the spiritual energy field of a planet and thus use the gravity of the spiritual energy field itself to repeatedly jump back and forth, or those powerful beings who used their consciousness as a raft and their body as a propeller, using their powerful soul as a driving force to traverse the sea of ​​stars—of course, the most common method was to find a spiritual energy field of the same frequency and directly create a portal, which could instantly connect two planets that were not far apart.

“But you can’t use any of these methods. For you right now, being able to build a spaceship is already quite an achievement… How about this, I’ll arrange a suit of armor for you first, and you can come with me to experience it.”

With that, Casaloran waved his hand, signaling the warriors to remove a set of armor.

The second-generation carpenter fairy, Bescai, became the first person in the entire Tatunbuto to ascend into the sky.

Chapter 277 Aid from Beyond the Stars

The carpenter, Beskey, couldn't quite remember the exact process of ascending into the sky. He only remembered that the whole process brought him a near-death dizziness—even with the protection of his armor, Beskey still had difficulty breathing and even vomited inside the armor.

This made Beskey extremely regretful. He only hated that his body couldn't be stronger. After all, if he had been less dizzy, he could have remembered that valuable experience of entering the Star Sea.

But now...

"Don't open the mask."

Just as Beske was about to take off his helmet to clean up the vomit, Casaloran stopped him immediately.

"Unless you can physically traverse the sea of ​​stars, do not remove these protective measures under any circumstances. If you insist on doing so, the chaotic spiritual energy field in the sea of ​​stars will tear your skin open and draw out your blood and flesh."

"This……"

Beska immediately stopped what she was doing and dared not move any further.

But it was this momentary panic that caused his entire body to fall uncontrollably. The sudden helplessness, coupled with the weightlessness of his rapidly falling body, caused the dizziness he had felt earlier to grip Beskey once again.

Until Casaloan grabbed his shoulder.

"do not be afraid!"

The deep roar vibrated in Beska's ears.

"Forge your wings with courage!"

"With courage, with courage, I forge myself..."

Clenching his teeth, Beskey closed his eyes tightly.

We must not be afraid, no matter what. If we are afraid of even this little thing, then what's the point of building spaceships and going to the stars?

"Snake God bless you!"

With that thought in mind, Beska was about to draw that vertical line across her chest.

But at that moment, Beskey suddenly realized that her fall had stopped.

The feeling of weightlessness disappeared, and he was no longer at a loss. After overcoming the fear of life and death, he seemed to be able to fly normally again—not only could he fly normally, but the flexibility of the entire suit of armor had also increased to a higher level. He could even move as easily as Casaloran beside him.

"You should really come and worship the god of courage."

Casalorn sighed as he watched Beska try to jump around in mid-air.

As it turned out, the God of Courage was indeed right. These natives living on his home planet did indeed possess extraordinary potential—they were able to drive runic armor with their souls in such a short time, and were not much different from him back then.

"In short, the driving force behind the birth of consciousness in the soul is also the driving force behind this armor... I heard that some of the armors my warriors left behind with you, which you probably can't use? That's the reason."

Such words should not have been spoken, as they implied that the lost armor could never be recovered. However, Casaloran had his own considerations regarding this matter.

Casaloron is preparing to use the methods of the God of Mystery.

Yes, it is almost impossible to thwart the God of Mystery's schemes by fighting alone. In fact, the fiercer the battle, the more these natives will side with the God of Mystery. But what if the God of Courage also starts to provide these natives with what they need?

Just like now, the God of Mystery thinks he has control over this planet, but he is unwilling to give these natives the navigation technology they desperately need all at once. That's fine, the God of Courage will give it to them.

But all of this has a premise.

That is, these natives must have courage.

This isn't something the God of Courage is deliberately demanding; rather, the equipment itself must be powered by a constant flow of courage from the soul. To use this equipment, one must have courage—over time, even if they don't completely side with the God of Courage, they can at least disrupt the plans of that mysterious god.

Simply put, if I can't get it, you can't get it either. As long as you don't get it, at least I haven't lost.

"Right, that is it!"

Casaloron was gradually getting into the swing of things, and he felt that he had successfully cracked the scheme of the god of mystery—but soon he realized that this was not just his own feeling, but also because the god of courage had rewarded him at this moment.

"here you go!"

The god of courage offered the most direct praise, a rare occurrence.

"Do what you want to do. You are on the right path. Don't be afraid to make things bigger. If that mysterious god comes in person, I will also take action myself."

This is paving the way for Casaloron's actions. After all, what Casaloron fears most right now is probably a direct attack from the God of Mystery. If he were to be killed by a god himself, he would probably be annihilated instantly.

But now, with the guarantee of the God of Courage, there's no problem.

If the God of Mystery were to personally take action to kill him, it would be a direct battle between gods. Kasalon could even sense that the God of Courage was currently searching for the God of Mystery's lair in the sea of ​​stars.

Clearly, the hot-tempered God of Courage had long planned to retaliate against the God of Mystery's act of reaping the benefits. Now, it's not just the God of Courage; even the God of Destruction and the God of Desire are taking the same action.

"……Um?"