The world-devouring dragon

(Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a little pig. People thought it was too young and planned to fatten it before killing it. Then... the little pig starved to death.)

Somewhere deep in the swampy jungle.

In the center of an open space, there is a tall, solemn and solemn stone snake-shaped statue. Surrounded by various sacrifices composed of fruits and various meats, the delicious aroma is mouth-watering.

Next to the snake-shaped statue, a group of graceful young women are covered in gorgeous feathers made of bird feathers, and their heads are wearing headdresses made of long and beautiful colorful feathers, surrounding the snake. The shape-shaped statue danced a solemn sacrificial dance, singing obscure sacrificial words while dancing gracefully.

"C_HAI_EHYE, HRII_'RON_'AI_C_GNAIIH! (We are gathered together at this moment, believers calling our Father!)"

The tone of the sacrificial speech was unusually solemn, with a certain primitive and wild charm, and it was accompanied by melodious and majestic dance steps. It was more like a kind of art than a sacrifice.

The young and beautiful girls raised their hands and feet to show their piety and enthusiasm, and to please the gods they believed in. On their wrists, necks, and even behind their ears, they were vaguely able to Seeing some tiny snake scales proves the fact that they are not pure humans.

Accompanying their dance steps, there are some girls with masks on their faces, holding various bone or wooden musical instruments in their hands, and they are emitting various low and melodious accompaniments to add to their sacrificial dance steps. More wonderful things.

"Y_LLLL_GEB_STELL'BSNA, VULGTLAGLN_C_FHTAGN_OG, C_GNAIIH_GOKA_SYHA'H_Y_NYTH... (We are praying here, begging our sleeping father, let us serve you as your servants forever...)"

The long sacrificial speeches will continue for a long time, and the entire sacrificial ceremony is filled with unspeakable joy and vitality. The unmodified original charm of the singing and dancing is simple and simple, and has an inexplicable magic that shakes the soul.

Young girls surrounded the snake-shaped statue, singing and praising, and the joyful sacrifice seemed to never stop.

Not far away, a young maid looked anxiously at the ongoing ceremony in front of her. She glanced at someone during the ceremony from time to time. She obviously wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to interrupt at all.

No one dares to disrupt the ceremony. In this swamp kingdom that has existed for hundreds of years, the worship and belief in snakes is absolute. Anyone who dares to offend the sacrificial ceremony has been thrown into the pit of ten thousand snakes and killed by ten thousand snakes. Eaten to death.

It was not until a long time later that the last music suddenly stopped, and many beautiful girls stood up straight, then bowed their knees and bowed, then slowly stepped back, ending the entire ceremony.

It was only then that the young maid's face showed joy, and she walked with small steps to a group of musicians with masks on their faces and instruments in their hands.

"Your Highness Snake Girl."

The young maid faced one of the women, half curtsied, and said respectfully without even daring to speak out.

"What's the matter?"

Surrounded by many graceful musicians, the woman, who looked like stars holding the moon, gently took off the half-moon mask on her face, revealing a young and beautiful soft face, looking at her The maid in front of her opened and closed her teeth and spoke a calm and sweet voice.

Over the past hundred years, there was no trace of the passage of time on her face, and her appearance remained the same as it had been a hundred years ago.

No, it can't be said that it has no influence. At least, there is a bit more awe and majesty on her face. The erect snake eyes have a majestic atmosphere that is difficult to look directly at. And this majesty is the original She is so beautiful and charming, adding a touch of inviolable sacredness.

"It's outside the border..."

The young maid did not dare to look directly into the snake girl's eyes and answered slowly.

In the entire swamp world and the Snake Cult Kingdom with a population of millions, not many people dare to face the majesty of the kingdom's master, the Snake Girl. The power accumulated over the past hundreds of years is enough to make anyone feel jealous. I was terrified.

After listening, a look of understanding appeared on the Snake Girl's face, and she nodded.

"I see."

This border war issue was enough to shock half of the Snake Cult Kingdom, but she just said "I understand" lightly.

"But……"

There was an eager look on the maid's face.

"You just need to tell those elders what I say."

The snake girl seemed to understand what she meant and said softly.

The maid didn't dare to speak anymore, so she had to step back and leave the sacrificial place. She then conveyed her message to the senior elders in the kingdom, and beside her, the music girls also retreated one after another. In the blink of an eye, the huge sacrificial place It became empty except for Snake Girl.

After the snake girl pondered for a long time, she clenched her hands, closed her eyes, and murmured a prayer to a certain being.

"My father..."

…

In the deep sea, the big snake opened its eyes. Sen Leng's pupils were thinking quietly.

"Is it because the area is too barren after all..."

For more than a hundred years, Mona has been conscientious in her work. She has carried out the tasks she has been told without compromise, and even overfulfilled them.

When it is hungry, it will not hesitate to bear the name of being resented and reviled by the people of the Swamp Kingdom, and mobilize thousands of people's rations for sacrifices to fill its belly as much as possible. How much food can the big snake eat? I'm afraid it goes without saying.

If it weren't for the fact that the Orochi was a type that could feed itself for a millennium, and even just filling a gap in his teeth would be enough to sustain him for several years, it would probably not be enough to fill the entire swamp kingdom into the Orochi's belly.

In order to prevent it from being too bored at the bottom of the sea, she thoughtfully prepared songs and dances herself as entertainment to please it. It can be said that the girl has done her best for the father she respects and believes in.

For all this, Orochi also sees it, and occasionally uses some memories of his previous life to give the girl some help.

For example, everything about fertilization, reclamation, building structures, etc., whatever the snake had an impression of, was directly taught to Mona. Anyway, for it, this knowledge is completely useless.

But this was a huge help to a new civilization and kingdom, causing its population to expand rapidly. Don't forget, until now, the entire human world is still in an era of transition from bronze to iron, and all aspects of civilization are still extremely backward.

However, no matter how brilliant the mind is, it is powerless against the impoverishment of the geographical environment.

Although the entire Eastern Great Swamp is not full of swamps, with occasional plains and mountains, the harsh environment means that no matter how hard the girl tries to gather the population, it is only a few million people, and there are only five people in the entire continent. About one-third of the territory, but the actual usable territory is extremely narrow.

In order to increase the population, she had to try to plunder the population from the prosperous human kingdoms outside the swamp. However, this would naturally lead to fierce confrontation among the human kingdoms. The news just now is that the army of the Snake Cult Kingdom was several times destroyed. The human kingdom's coalition forces were defeated and had to retreat back to the depths of the swamp.

Meanwhile, there is disturbing news...

Some soldiers discovered that there seemed to be some warriors with extremely fine armor near the swamp who were looking for something.

"Erotic warriors... Is it because a powerful kingdom suddenly appeared deep in the swamp that was supposed to be deserted, so some gods turned their attention to this place..."

The big snake pondered.

At the moment, he doesn't want to have a head-on conflict with those gods, at least not now.

In other words, the Snake Cult Kingdom's external plundering war can only come to an end first, retreat to the depths of the swamp, silently accumulate strength, and should not act rashly.

However, it is not the character of the snake to just wait, so what should we do now...

The big snake lay deep under the sea, its cold pupils flickering.

However, one thing that Orochi gradually ignored was that he was once too lazy to use his brain because of his strong self-sustaining power, but because he was imprisoned deep under the sea, he could not exert his power, so he was forced to start activating his brain.

In a sense, this can be considered a benefit...right?