Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

"When everything has been purified by the glory of the sun god, what is yours will still be yours."

The supervising priest said this.

Don't you believe in the sun god?

Habisa naturally believed in the sun god, so he had no choice but to continue fighting on the front lines.

Habisa thought that as long as he could achieve more merits, he could wash away the stigma of being a traitor and, like those warriors who had made great contributions, have the opportunity to go to the holy city of Heliopolis to receive rewards.

This is also what he needs to do on this infiltration mission. He really needs to make enough great contributions to win the priests' trust and be qualified to access those secrets that ordinary soldiers cannot access.

"So, how can one earn merit..."

Habisa couldn't help but think of the strongman Setka. If that bold and meticulous strongman were by his side, he would surely come up with some good ideas.

But right now, he can only rely on himself.

Habisa couldn't come up with any good ideas on his own. After his trip to the Serpent God's kingdom, he was no longer able to deal with the green-skinned monsters who only wanted to protect their homeland. So, his first thought was to rob the other Sun God warriors.

Before the other Sun God warriors return with the ears to complete their mission, intercept and kill them in the combat zone, then fake their deaths as if they were killed by the Serpent Demon army, and bring the ears back to complete the mission.

It sounds like a good idea, but there are problems with its practical implementation. Putting aside whether the few ears he managed to steal would be enough to complete his task for a day, he simply couldn't bring himself to kill those Sun God warriors who were also farmers.

If killing those green-skinned monsters who cherish their homeland is like attacking your future self, then killing these Sun God Warriors is like killing your past self.

Despite having mastered extraordinary skills, Habisa was astonished to find that he seemed unable to kill anyone.

"What the hell is wrong with me?"

Habisa felt like he must be going crazy. How could he make such a simple task so difficult?

He couldn't kill anyone, which meant he couldn't complete his mission of infiltration. It also meant he had received the Snake God's favor for nothing, but couldn't do anything for the Snake God.

This made Habisa anxious. He even felt that something was wrong with his mind. Perhaps the great serpent god could give him an answer, but obviously, the serpent god was thousands of miles away.

However, while Habisa was still struggling with this, the war priest who had previously blocked him approached him.

"You're quite skilled, do me a favor."

The supervising priest said this to Habisa.

At first, Habisa thought it was something related to war, since the only place where he could use his skills was on the battlefield—but to Habisa's surprise, the supervising priest wanted him to handle a private matter.

“My wife’s brother has been very unruly lately. Not only is he taking advantage of me to get benefits everywhere, but he even wants me to arrange a position for his woman… If it were just that, it wouldn’t be so bad. The key is that the woman that idiot found is my secret lover.”

The war priest's face turned extremely grim when he spoke of these matters.

“I will tell you where he is, go and teach him a lesson, beat him hard enough, preferably break one of his legs and cripple him for life, so that he can settle down. But he is, after all, my wife’s brother, and I can’t just let him die there… It’s hard to find the right balance, which is why I came to you.”

"Just...this?"

Habisa was stunned.

So you came all this way to see him just for such a trivial matter?

Since it was a private matter and did not involve loyalty to the sun god, Habiza naturally agreed. As for the process of doing it, it was a trivial matter and there was nothing else to say about it—so two days later, the war priest's brother-in-law quietly broke his right leg.

No one knew how the leg was broken, not even the war priest's brother-in-law. The young man had simply bumped into someone on the street and was unable to stand up on the spot.

The person who hit the person quickly disappeared into the street without leaving a trace.

As for Habisa, all people know is that he went on a mission to the Serpent Demon camp, supposedly to gather some secret intelligence—anyway, after Habisa returned, the supervising priest gave him a great credit.

This allowed Habisa to be promoted smoothly. At least now he no longer had to wear that old set of cloth clothes all day long, but could put on several pieces of armor instead.

However, Habisa wasn't thinking about the armor at the moment; he was still immersed in immense shock.

"Is this what you call making a contribution?"

Habisa was still in a daze. All of this was beyond his expectations. As a farmer, he had always thought that meritorious service meant fighting on the battlefield. He never imagined there would be another aspect to it.

"But... this actually seems like an opportunity?"

Thinking of this, Habisa's gaze toward the war priest became even more fervent.

"Do you have any other instructions?"

"Nothing."

The supervising priest thought for a moment and realized that he didn't seem to have any other personal matters to attend to recently.

However, Habisa was not satisfied with this answer. Without even a single instruction, how could he do his job or get promoted?

"You have to have something to do, even if you don't have anything to do."

With that in mind, Habisa began his plan to make a name for himself.

Chapter 159 Establishing a Great Merit

The war priest's real name is Hathor Lunu. "Hattor" is the name of the god of love and joy, and "Lunu" means "protection and blessing". The name Hathor Lunu means that he is blessed by the god of love and joy and will have a peaceful and joyful life.

However, Hatorlunu has been anything but peaceful and happy lately.

The story begins with his wife's brother, who had gotten involved with his secret lover. But no matter how angry Hathorunu was, he couldn't really kill the guy. So he found a skilled fighter to break the guy's legs.

It must be said that the divine warrior who came down from the battlefield was really capable. He turned that kid into a cripple without making a sound. Nobody knew how it happened. So, as a reward and also as hush money, Hathorunu recorded the credit for the swordsman named Habisa.

The matter should end here. At least this is the only thing that has been bothering Hathorunu lately. Now that it's resolved, everything should be alright.

But Hatorlunu didn't expect that this was not the end.

This is just the beginning.

First, there was his troublesome mistress. After her previous lover, Hatorlunu's brother-in-law, had his leg broken, she got involved with a cloth merchant. Although Hatorlunu couldn't marry her, he wouldn't allow his woman to keep doing this.

So Hathorunu had to find the swordsman named Habisa again and ask him to teach the cloth merchant a lesson.

Swordsman Habisa was extremely efficient; this time, it only took him one day for the cloth merchant to become lame.

"This swordsman seems to be quite useful..."

Hatorlunu couldn't help but have this thought when he heard that the cloth merchant also had a limp.

It seems that's really the case. Although this magical warrior named Habisa is said to have fled to the Serpent Demon's side and has now fled back, both the priests and the magical warriors feel that such a person who betrays others back and forth is not trustworthy. But right now, he doesn't need this swordsman to fight. He just needs this swordsman to handle some things that he can't easily do himself.

He has excellent fighting skills, keeps his mouth shut, and is isolated, so he doesn't communicate much with others. Most importantly, despite his skills, he is still happy to handle miscellaneous tasks for him.

"So this time it's your turn to handle it again."

"Who is it this time?"

Swordsman Habisa still had that reliable demeanor; just standing there, he seemed capable of handling anything.

This put Hatorlunu at ease.

"This time it's my wife..."

"This might be difficult to do, right?"

Swordsman Habisa looked troubled.

"Didn't you say last time that your wife is the daughter of a high priest? If you're going to cripple her legs too..."

"It's not her, it's not her."

Seeing that the swordsman Habisa had misunderstood, Hathor Lunu quickly spoke up to explain.

The matter concerns his wife, but the one who needs to be dealt with is not his wife, but another man who had an affair with her.

Yes, Hathorunu only found out now that while he was keeping a secret lover outside, his wife, who had always been very wary of him, hadn't been idle either—just recently, his wife had gotten together with a young priest, and the news had even reached him.

"You mean... I should break a priest's leg?"

Habisa's expression turned serious.

“I’m not trying to shirk my responsibility as the war-mongering priest, but you know my identity… it’s far too dangerous for me.”

"But the brave warriors of the sun god will not fear danger."

Hatorlunu looked serious.

"How could you refuse the mission to assassinate the Serpent Demon General?"

There was no way to refuse, after all, the war priests had raised the price to this level—as for whether the serpent demon army actually had a general, it didn't matter, the wise war priests would just make up a name that sounded impressive.

However, Habisa was still somewhat disappointed, simply because his little bit of cleverness was almost completely useless.

Habisa had originally planned that all he needed to do was keep finding men for the war priest's lover, and then the war priest would use him again and again, and he would get credit again and again.

Using such things to gain merit was, in Habisa's eyes, extremely absurd and chaotic.

But who could have imagined that this war-mongering priest named Hatorlunu would be even more unlucky than he had imagined?

"However, if we were to target the priest..."

Habisa began to think.

It's impossible to attack a priest in public. As soon as the priest cries out in pain, swarms of warriors will completely seal off the area. Even if he has great skills, he won't be able to escape from such a tight net.

So if they really want to take action, they must choose a suitable place, preferably a place where even the young priest wouldn't dare to make a sound.

How about we do it in your house?

Habisa had a good idea.

This left Hathorunu speechless for a long time.

"...Done!"

After taking a deep breath, Hatorlunu gritted his teeth.

Habisa then obtained Hathorunu's address, which was a mansion located outside the city of Heliopolis—this surprised Habisa, who had not expected that Hathorunu, as the war priest, would not be able to live in the holy city.

"Isn't that obvious? If I could live in the Holy City, why would I have been sent to the front lines to oversee the battle?"

Hatorlunu looked gloomy.

But this casual complaint left Habisa standing there speechless for a long time.

"So even the high and mighty priests are no different from ordinary people..."

Taking a deep breath, Habisa suppressed the complex emotions in his heart.

Now is not the time to think too much; he needs to get the credit as soon as possible.

So, Habisa once again went to the war zone under the pretext of carrying out a mission, and then immediately disguised himself as a farmer and returned to the rear of the front line. He was already very good at this kind of disguise, and the identity of a farmer was a natural fit for him.

With his superb skills, Habisa arrived at the residence of the war-mongering priest Hatorlunu in just five days.

This ordinary house was unguarded, leaving Habisa completely unprepared. All he had to do was lie in wait and watch as Hathorunu's wife met with the young priest.

He could break the young priest's leg in the blink of an eye, and the young priest would never dare to make a sound.

The whole process went as smoothly as Habiza had anticipated. He watched Hathorunu's wife meet with the young priest, and he also watched Hathorunu's wife go to the bathroom alone. Now that the two had separated, it was the perfect opportunity for him to make his move.

However, just as Habisa was about to make his move, the young priest suddenly turned around!

"Swordsman Habisa? I've already seen you!"

The young priest reached out and touched it, and a scarab amulet was already in his hand.

"You think you've hidden it well, don't you?"

"you……"

Habisa frowned immediately upon realizing that his identity had been exposed.

Impossible. With his skills, how could he have been exposed so easily?

How exactly was he discovered?

"Ah."

Seeing Habisa's solemn expression, the young priest sneered.

"I saw your health bar the moment I walked in!"

Chapter 160 Visualizing the Ancient Serpent

If it weren't Habisa here, but the astute Setka, then before accepting this task... no, even upon returning to their side, they would immediately realize that the secret of life points was no longer exclusive to those blessed by the serpent god.

After all, they really wanted to make a show of surrender and tell everything they knew without reservation.

Even though they left the most crucial monocle blessed by the serpent god in the south, given the strength of the sun god priests—who could even create divine spells that increased levels and experience—adding another element, life points, to their spells wouldn't be too difficult.