Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 43 The Divine Decree is Passed Down
Early the next morning, Casaloran summoned all the wizards and warrior leaders.

"It seems you've all been doing well lately."

Casaloron looked at the Icefield warriors. He remembered how brave and agile they used to be—but now, these once strong figures had become noticeably larger, and even resembled some of the dwarves.

This can't go on any longer; we must change all of this.

"The God of the North Wind has issued a divine decree that the serpent must be found."

Casaloan said this.

"Stop being hypocritical and stop being lazy like before... The God of the North Wind is watching you all the time; He knows everything."

At this point, Casaloran told the warriors about his encounter with the North Wind God the previous night, emphasizing the story of the fledgling bird.

“If we indulge in comfort, we will surely die. If new enemies appear, won’t we end up like those dwarves?”

"This……"

Seeing that their king was speaking so seriously, the warriors gradually began to take it seriously.

However, it's only the beginning of getting serious.

If new enemies appear, they will indeed act like those dwarves, but here's the problem: will new enemies really appear?
"We have already conquered everything..."

After the meeting ended, the soldiers murmured among themselves in small groups.

However, they still passed on the order in its entirety to the wizards and warriors under their command, repeatedly emphasizing that it was the order of the North Wind God.

"The North Wind God's command? Then let the dwarves carry it out!"

This was a perfectly reasonable order, since a single warrior's vision was ultimately limited, but each warrior had one or two dwarf overseers under his command, and these one or two dwarf overseers controlled many dwarf slaves.

Every dwarf slave represents a pair of eyes, and with so many eyes, there is always far more to see than just one pair of eyes.

As for whether these dwarves have other ideas... that doesn't matter. Even if these weak dwarves have ideas, what can they do?

After that, driven by the overseers, the Ignis began searching for the traces of their serpent god.

Of course, they couldn't possibly find it. If they could, they would have sought help from the Snake God long ago and fought their way back with him. How could they have ended up as prisoners like this?

As for the overseers and the former royalty, they dared not even look at the serpent god.

After all, the situation has already deteriorated to this point, and even the Holy Mountain has been trampled by giants countless times. If the Serpent God really appears, it is hard to say whether he can defeat the North Wind God who is fighting those giants. But these traitors will definitely be punished.

"Why bother looking for a snake god? We should just get these people to do more work."

"This is what Sardok, the former high-ranking mage and now the foreman, said."

"What I mean is to give us more work to do."

Seeing that the group of mages still didn't quite understand, Sadok added another sentence.

With things said to this point, the mages all understood that this was indeed a good opportunity, even an excellent one—after being suppressed by those giants for so long, they finally had a chance to regroup and accumulate some power of their own.

So the Ignis couldn't find the serpent god, the overseers didn't want to find it, and the Ice People were even less inclined to search for it. For a time, no one had any intention of going out to look for it.

The oracle of the North Wind God was indeed issued, but it was as if it had not been issued at all.

After seven days and nights, having received no response, the Icefield King Kasalorn finally realized the seriousness of the situation.

"How long has it been since we conquered those dwarven cities?"

The impact was so immense that even Casaloran was somewhat disoriented.

"How much time has passed, and the warriors have already stopped paying attention to the divine pronouncements. If this continues, what will become of our brave warriors?"

Casalon didn't even dare to think any further.

"The current situation must be changed immediately!"

Thinking of this, Kassalon hurriedly went to see the North Wind God once more. It was the same familiar road leading to the deep palace, where the dwarf kings were still imprisoned.

This time, however, the king, who had lost his limbs, did not curse incessantly as before.

Instead, he gave Casaloran a strange smile.

"You don't look well."

David Day said this to Casaloan.

"Have you encountered some difficulties?"

"shut your mouth."

Just like last time, Casaloron threw a punch.

The whistling wind of the punch slammed into David Day's face, instantly covering him in blood. However, this time, David Day still wore that nauseating smile.

"No need to look for him anymore, your Eagle God isn't here today. He didn't even come to eat my liver..."

Casalon completely ignored David Day and simply walked into the inner palace on her own.

However, he withdrew after only a moment.

The Eagle God was indeed not there; he didn't even see a single feather.

"how come……"

Casaloron frowned. This was definitely not the situation that should have happened. Ever since the Ice People came south, the Eagle God had always been with them and had never left alone.

But now, the Eagle God didn't even greet them, and just went on his own...

"What, are you curious why your Eagle God doesn't want to see you?"

It was at this moment that David Day, standing at the palace gate, spoke up once again.

"You actually know the answer, don't you? The fact that the gods don't want to see you can only mean one thing."

"That means you are no longer of any use to your Eagle God."

The words were brief, yet they struck like a bolt from the blue.

Casaloan was struck dumb.

Although he had a vague premonition, he never thought about it in that direction. After all, the Ice Plains people had lived with the Eagle God for so long, and they had worshipped the Eagle God for hundreds of years—the Eagle God would not, and could not, abandon them; that was the only way it should be.

But reason reminded him that this was indeed the case.

Just as the Eagle God protected them because they were useful to him, it is only natural that the Eagle God should fly out and search for the snake since they cannot demonstrate their value or find its whereabouts.

The Eagle God himself has already flown out to search, so what do we need them for?
Casalon's back was instantly covered in cold sweat.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible..."

Casalon took a deep breath, decided to ignore David Day's words, and walked straight out.

They were still useful to the Eagle God, who simply had his own things to do. When the Eagle God returned, he could still listen to the Eagle God's teachings once again.

"I have to do something... I have to prove my worth!"

With that in mind, Casaloran made his decision.

In order not to be abandoned by the Eagle God, the Ice People must prove their worth.

He wanted to make those dejected people of the Ice Plains great again.

(End of this chapter)