Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

As he said this, Du Yi slammed the eagle-headed man into the ground for the eighth time.

Seeing the eagle-headed man turn flat again, Du Yi couldn't help but feel a toothache—not because of eating too much sugar causing cavities, but mainly because he had never seen anything like this eagle-headed man, who could lie flat with his eyes closed and be dry with his eyes open.

Heaven knows where this eagle-headed man got such a temper; he'd been knocked over so many times and still couldn't speak properly.

"We have to think of a way..."

Du Yi started scratching his head with his tail.

However, he really had no other choice. He had tried body language and food language time and time again, but the eagle-headed man was completely unresponsive and acted as if he had seen his father's killer.

Fortunately, Du Yi wasn't working alone.

Just as Du Yi was pondering a solution, the four priests who had miraculously survived approached him respectfully.

"Is there something you want to ask it?"

Of the four priests, Ansag, who wore a jeweled crown, spoke.

“We can do this for you. Interrogation is a part of the priests’ training.”

"Can you really handle this?"

Du Yi couldn't help but have some doubts.

After all, the difference in combat power between the two sides was too great. Even a weakened eagle-headed man was not something these four priests could handle. The eagle-headed man didn't even need to light any flames; with just a slap, these four priests would probably die on the spot.

Fortunately, the four priests weren't foolish enough to actually confront the eagle-headed man head-on.

First, before anything else could begin, the four priests asked Du Yi to move and cover the eagle-headed man with his massive shadow once more.

Only when the eagle-headed man could no longer be directly exposed to the sunlight did the four priests step forward.

They had all served as priests of the sun god before, so they knew the prayers praising the sun god. As those prayers were recited, the eagle-headed man on the ground, which had been smashed into thin pieces, actually began to move slightly.

However, it only moved slightly.

The effect of four priests chanting prayers here was far less than that of direct sunlight. This weak power was not even enough to make the eagle-headed man get up from the ground.

But even a mosquito is still meat, and with the constant chanting of the four priests, the sun god, who had been compressed into a thin sheet, eventually regained some consciousness.

The moment the sun god opened his eyes, he saw four traitors blocking his way.

They were just four insignificant priests, whose names weren't even worth remembering. If they hadn't sided with the ancient serpent, these priests wouldn't have even come into the sight of the sun god.

But now, these four are standing arrogantly in front of him, even looking down at him!

"you……"

An unprecedented rage surged within him, and the sun god was ready to crush these four traitors into dust!

However, he couldn't even raise his hand.

The sunlight was blocked, and what fell upon him was the shadow of the evil ancient serpent, that primordial evil that completely suppressed even his last remaining power—at this moment, the sun god could do nothing but watch helplessly as the four traitors drew closer and closer.

"You, what are you going to do?"

Seeing that the four traitors were actually groping his body, the Sun God finally showed a hint of fear on his face.

The sun god was not afraid of the ancient serpent. No matter how many times he was knocked down, he would simply get up and fight again. But these four priests were completely different. The sun god knew very well that they had all been his priests before.

In other words, it wasn't these four priests who knew him.

It is precisely because they understand each other well that they know each other's weaknesses. Just like now, the priest wearing the crown of snake fangs has already taken his Anka amulet from his body, and the priest carrying the great sword has already taken out his scepter.

As for the remaining two priests, they were not idle either. Judging from the way their pens kept moving, they were using their bodies as papyrus to write a prayer.

However, the prayer was not a praise of the sun.

Instead, it praises the evil ancient serpent.

"You! How could you commit such blasphemy!"

The sun god gritted his teeth in hatred; at that moment, all he wanted was to kill all four traitors!

But before he could make a move, the priest carrying the large sword returned once again.

As he walked, he gestured with a large sword, giving the sun god a vague sense of foreboding.

"What are you going to do?"

The voice of the sun god even trembled slightly.

This made the priest carrying the large sword laugh.

"Great Sun God, even you have your day now."

As he spoke, the priest named Sataik raised his greatsword.

"The great serpent god we worship today loves nothing more than eating, but He has been troubled lately because He can't find anything big enough to fill His belly..."

"Calm down, let's talk this out."

Cold sweat broke out on the sun god's forehead.

Yes, he is indeed the sun god. As a deity, he is practically immortal. Even if he is beaten like this, as long as there is sunlight, he still has the possibility of regaining his power.

However, that's where the problem lies.

If he wasn't killed, but eaten, what would he become?

Fear of the unknown was revealed on the face of the sun god.

"So, did you have something to ask me?"

A hint of struggle appeared on the head of the sun god's eagle.

“I can tell you…”

Poof——

Before the sun god could finish speaking, the sharp blade had already pierced his neck and sliced ​​off a ring of feathered flesh along the mirror.

What was merely a piece of flesh on the neck for the sun god was a considerable amount for Sarthek, a human. Had he not become a priest of the serpent god and received a blessing, Sarthek might not have even been able to carry it.

"It's a pity the serpent god doesn't eat human-like parts, otherwise it would be easier to just cut off your arm... But the meat on the back of the neck is not bad either, and the quality is relatively better."

After wiping away the sweat that had seeped from his hard work, Satek turned his head.

"What did you say?"

Chapter 170 The Gods Are Dead

Seeing that the four priests had actually been recruited by the eagle-headed man, Du Yi had to admit that recruiting these four priests was indeed a very correct decision.

Considering his lack of expertise in interrogation, Du Yi had four priests interrogate him on his behalf. Although the distance between them was so close that it was no different from asking him directly, having this intermediary step would make the information more reliable.

"So, I'll ask the question, and you let him answer it."

Du Yi gave instructions to the four priests.

"Who exactly are you? What exactly happened back then?"

The four priests were stunned for a moment, and even the sun god, who was paralyzed on the ground and unable to get up, was stunned—it turns out that after fighting for so long, this ancient serpent didn't even know who it was fighting.

However, the sun god immediately realized that this was not a question about his identity.

Instead, they were asking about his background.

If the enormous serpent before them is indeed the evil ancient serpent from back then, then asking this question would be perfectly reasonable—but did this ancient serpent really not realize that he was a descendant of the three giant gods from back then?

And then there's the question, "What exactly happened back then...?"

This evil ancient serpent was a witness to what happened back then, so why is it asking him this question?

"It seems you still don't want to talk about it."

Sartek, carrying a large sword, walked over, chanting a prayer.

"Great serpent god, please make way."

The enormous serpent tilted its head slightly, and the sunlight once again shone on the sun god. Under the sunlight, the spot on the sun god's neck where a piece of flesh had been cut off quickly recovered.

This made Du Yi, who was standing to the side, envious. It was the first time he had ever seen a breed that could grow flesh simply by basking in the sun.

"Wouldn't it be great if this thing wasn't humanoid and couldn't talk?"

Du Yi couldn't help but start daydreaming.

They look humanoid and can talk. Although theoretically they are not completely inedible, eating them would still be somewhat unpleasant. So, if this technology of gaining weight by sunbathing were applied to mammoths, it would be perfect.

If such a mammoth existed, even just one, he could obtain a continuous supply of mammoth meat.

Thinking of this, Du Yi, who hadn't eaten mammoths in so long, even instinctively felt a bit hungry.

Stared at by those hungry eyes, the sun god immediately broke out in a cold sweat. At that moment, he no longer cared about whether he should ask or not, and he blurted out everything he could.

“I am one of the three giants, the son of the King of the Sky, and I inherited the name of Horus, the god of the sun. My original name was Ujat.”

The sun god with the head of an eagle and the body of a man quickly revealed his origins and background.

"As for what happened back then... which time exactly? Was it before the Dark Ages? Or during the Dark Ages? Or after the Dark Ages?"

"You're supposed to speak! Not ask!"

Ansag, wearing a jeweled crown, immediately rebuked him.

"be honest!"

"I……"

Seeing the priests who once served him now riding on his head, Ansag had never felt such humiliation.

But faced with the gaze of those snake eyes, and the drool that was practically dripping down his face, the sun god swallowed hard and continued speaking.

Since he didn't know which specific period to talk about, he could only start from the beginning.

"Before the Dark Ages, long, long ago..."

"Ok?"

This very move caused Du Yi to frown.

Before the Dark Ages, wasn't that the time when the Ignivas burned the mountains? If he remembered correctly, this eagle-headed man had already said it once before when he made his move—and now, this eagle-headed man was going to repeat it to him again. What a despicable act!

However, just as Du Yi was about to start cursing and stop this rambling behavior,

The eagle-headed sun god continued speaking.

“Long, long ago, before the gods of that time even appeared, there was another group of gods in this world.”

"...Eat?"

Du Yi, who was about to start cursing, stopped in his tracks.

Things turned out to be a little different from what he had imagined; the eagle-headed man seemed to be saying something he had never heard of before.

As the eagle-headed man continued his narration, Du Yi gradually fell into deep thought.

According to the Eagle-Headed Man, in an era even older than the Primordial Era, the world was not in chaos. In that era, the true gods roamed the clouds, their glory spreading across the earth, and their every move influencing countless beings.

However, even such gods eventually fell. Those ancient deities, for various reasons, were ultimately annihilated in the equally ancient past.

But its former prosperity did exist, and it left some traces in this world.

For example, those earth-shattering divine powers, and those colossal beasts that stand tall and imposing.

Or perhaps, an ancient serpent that blots out the sky.

"Go on."

Although Du Yi was filled with doubt upon hearing this, after a moment of silence, he chose not to interrupt the eagle-headed man and let him continue.

According to the falcon-headed man, the evil ancient serpent should be the remnant of the annihilation of the gods. Of course, in the era of the three giants, the gods of today could not actually be sure of this. At that time, they had just experienced the Dark Age and were being defeated by the evil servants of the ancient serpent, who were called the Ignivas, and were even on the verge of extinction.

Of the gods who were once brought out by the three giants, only one-tenth remain. Even two of the three giants themselves are severely injured. The flames unleashed by the Ignivas have pushed the gods to the brink of life and death.

"However, it was at this time that the Sky King, one of the three giants, who is also my father god, discovered that secret treasure hidden under the yellow sand."

It was a rather secluded space, not even belonging to this world. Originally, after discovering this place, the three giants wanted to take the other gods inside for refuge—however, it was in this perilous space that the three giants and the later gods gained unprecedented power.

With this power, they not only successfully fought against the evil Ignivas and drove them out of the world, but also mastered divine power and became true, immortal gods.

"It was only later that we learned that the space was originally a cemetery."

"A cemetery that buried and obliterated the gods."