Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

"But now that we know each other so well, what should you call me?"

"Lord Senet..."

Habisa lowered his head.

Despite his extensive combat experience, he dared not look into those eyes at that moment.

Hatshepsut Sennet was the name of Hathorunu's wife. "Hattshepsut" means "noble woman" and "Sennet" means "wise one." Just from the name, one can tell that this woman came from a prominent priestly family.

Habisa had heard rumors about the illustrious priestly family, but only in a literal sense.

Now, he has personally experienced what so-called prominence really means.

Just like now, simply because she heard him say he could read and briefly looked at his reading and writing level, this woman named Senette took him directly to the Holy City, preparing to let him join the ranks of priests.

All he had to do was go through the formalities, sign his name, and receive a white robe; then he too would be a glorious priest.

"I……"

Looking at the white robe in his hand, a symbol of the priest's holiness, Habisa was speechless for a long time.

Unbeknownst to them, tears even fell onto the brand-new white robe.

"Why are you crying? Is it really that big of a deal over something so trivial?"

The woman named Senette turned her head and looked over.

"It's just changing clothes, why get so worked up?"

It's just a change of clothes.

It's just changing clothes... that's all?

Habisa still remembers how much he had sacrificed for this outfit when he was young. He couldn't afford papyrus, so he practiced writing on the ground with a stick. When he couldn't go to school, he would go outside the temple to listen to prayers. But even though he honed himself day and night, he still couldn't become a glorious priest.

After becoming a farmer, he dared not even think about such a thing. Even after becoming a warrior, Habisa dared not imagine that he would become a priest one day. No, it wasn't that he dared not think about it. Even the wise and strongman Setka, when making plans, only said to try his best to gain merit and to try his best to gain the trust of the priests.

As for becoming a priest...

They wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing.

But this very thing that he never dared to even dream of was achieved so easily at this moment, without him even having made any merits or achieved any victories—and what determined his fate was not any merits or victories.

It was all because of this woman named Senette who sent out a letter.

"what happened?"

At that moment, Senette's arm was already draped over Habisa's shoulder.

"Why don't you speak?"

"I... I'm just touched..."

Taking a deep breath, Habisa tried to organize his thoughts, striving not to reveal any flaws.

"I'm just a little worried that this might cause trouble for Lord Sennet..."

"What trouble could there be in something like this?"

Senette leaned close to Habisa's ear and whispered something.

“You’re going through a special war clearance channel. As long as you can read and write, you can go to the front lines as a military priest… Of course, if you don’t go, you’ll have to pay a hefty fine, enough to buy several of your lives.”

At this point, Senette started blowing air into Habisa's ear.

"But I've already paid your fine, so you don't need to go anywhere. Just stay by my side... How about it? I've been so good to you, shouldn't you reciprocate?"

As she said this, Senette began to stroke Habisa's arms. She had never seen such strong and powerful muscles before. This kind of danger and ferocity, forged in the face of life and death, was like that of a wild beast, and she was more fascinated than ever before.

As for Habizza...

Habisa said he was going crazy.

He was completely oblivious to the temptation that was right in front of him; all he knew was that what he was hearing and seeing was simply too shocking.

It shocked him even more than the fact that gods could be killed.

My understanding of the world is gradually collapsing, and my past life has suddenly become a mess.

His efforts, his struggles, his hard work, his life, and everything about him.

At this moment, it suddenly seemed to become meaningless.

"What...am I striving for?"

Completely ignoring the woman beside him, Habisa stared blankly at the white robe in his arms.

"What have I been fighting so hard for all this time?"

This time it wasn't just his body that was affected; even his mind felt like it had been trampled by ten thousand lions.

At this moment, Habisa's mind had completely stopped. He could only let Senette easily remove his clothes and then put this brand new white robe on him.

"That's about right."

Senette nodded in satisfaction as he looked at Habisa, who was dressed in a white robe.

"Since you're going to stay by my side, you need to have a proper status... Come on, walk a few steps, let me see if it fits."

Habisa moved his feet unconsciously, his whole body stiff as a marionette.

Even so, his tall and upright figure, honed through countless battles, perfectly supported the wide robe. Coupled with the imposing aura brought by his own strength, and the faint trace of confusion on his face... the way he looked, contemplating the gods and all things in the world, made him seem more like a priest than any other priest.

"Not bad at all. He's the kind of person I've chosen. He's much better than that old man who only knows how to have affairs."

Senette chuckled as he looked at Habissa's new look.

"There's a cocktail party at noon, why don't you come with me?"

"……it is good."

Habisa simply nodded mechanically.

At this moment, Habisa had completely lost the ability to think, and even his mind was a blur. He would rather not even be human anymore; being human was just too tiring.

Even being a green-skinned monster is better than being a human. At least under the Snake God's rule, those green-skinned monsters only need to live and work in peace and don't need to think about these things at all...

"That's right! The Serpent God!"

It was at this moment that Habisa suddenly regained consciousness.

Yes, the serpent god, he remembered. He still had a mission to complete; he needed to continue investigating the secrets of those sun god priests.

"This is a difficult task, I need to continue my undercover work..."

Habisa thought to himself.

Habisa didn't expect that even this task was far less difficult than he had imagined.

Chapter 163 The Snake God is in Danger

Unlike ordinary people, the priests' banquets were usually held at noon, naturally because there was no sun at night.

The midday sun is at its brightest and most sacred, and priests of the sun god often choose this time to hold banquets to show respect to their guests.

Furthermore, for the priests, there wasn't much difference between noon and night. Some things that could be done at night could also be done during the day. In fact, without the cover of night, they were more open with each other.

Just like it is now.

In a secluded mansion in the holy city of Heliopolis, Habisa stared blankly at the priests who were talking animatedly. Intelligence about the war, the allocation of food and supplies, the deployment of soldiers, and even all sorts of secrets that should not have been mentioned in the first place were being casually discussed by the priests as if they were just chatting.

"Don't they... have even the slightest thought of keeping it a secret?"

Habisa couldn't help but take a deep breath.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, those who can enter this mansion are all priests who believe in the sun god. They are all on the same side, so there is no need for them to keep secrets.

But the content was really...

"Should we further reduce the soldiers' rations because the costs are too high?"

Habisa was momentarily speechless as he recalled the meat broth stewed with beans and flatbread he ate on the front lines.

They're already only eating this kind of food, yet they still want to cut costs... Aren't they afraid the soldiers won't be able to win?

To Habiza's surprise, these priests were not afraid at all.

"After all, those divine warriors are completely unimportant."

During the gathering, a gaunt priest spoke in a low voice to his companion.

“Those divine warriors are nothing more than mass-produced expendables. The war priest has already made it clear that he doesn’t expect to use them to defeat that ancient serpent… so there’s no need to pay too much attention to them. Just keep them from starving.”

Divine Warrior, Consumable.

Habisa only now realized that these Sun God warriors, who were fighting desperately at the front, were actually called by these priests in this way.

But besides being shocked, Habisa also keenly caught the key words in those words.

"The war priest... So he didn't intend to rely on us to win the war after all?"

Habisa couldn't help but think of the prediction made by the strongman Setka. Clearly, Setka's prediction had once again been accurate.

Just as Habissa was about to continue listening, Senette came over and took his arm.

Clearly, Senette had no interest in these war-related discussions; she was only there to show off her new pet to her friends.

As for the pet, it was naturally Hapisa, dressed in a white robe.

Facing the gazes of Senette's friends, Habisa felt like a monkey led by a monkey show performer, as if he were naked, even though he was wearing a sacred white robe.

Fortunately, Habisa wasn't the only one being observed. In fact, Habisa was slightly better off—at least he was wearing a priest's white robe and was being held by Senette's arm, so he could eat at the table with the other priests.

Not far away, there were people who weren't even qualified to sit at the table to eat.

Those were guards brought by Sennett's friends. At this moment, these guards were sparring. Although they were only using wooden training equipment that could not be used to draw blood, the fierce fighting was still exciting to watch.

"It's just a performance."

With just one glance, Habisa was already certain that these guards weren't really fighting.

After all, he himself had come from the battlefield and had been through countless life-and-death situations. So he knew very well that a real confrontation was only a matter of life and death in an instant. Moreover, the two sides were still using weapons, and the winner could be determined in a short time. Why would it take so long to fight?

"But... um?"

It was at this moment that Habisa suddenly spotted a familiar figure among the guards waiting to go on stage.

Just look at that burly figure and the way he carries the two-handed axe, who else could it be but the strongman Setka?

"This……"

Just as he saw Hercules Setka, Hercules Setka also clearly noticed him.

As their eyes met, disbelief filled their gazes.

"What's wrong? Do you know that guard?"

Beside Habisa, Senette also noticed his brief moment of stunned silence.

"Have you seen them before?"

"I've seen it before."

Seeing that he had been discovered, Habisa did not try to hide it, but simply brushed it off vaguely.

"You know, I used to..."

"Let's not talk about the past."

Senette stretched out her finger and pressed it against Habissa's mouth, which was about to open.

“The past is the past, we only need to talk about the future... You don’t need to think about the past anymore, and you don’t need to think about anything on the battlefield anymore. You just need to stay by my side. Anyway, it doesn’t matter who is missing on the front line.”

"But……"

After hesitating for a moment, Habisa finally spoke.

"Are you sure there won't be any problems? If that snake... the snake demon really attacks, won't everything be over?"

Taking a deep breath, Habisa tried to adopt a posture of loyalty.

"Although I really want to stay by your side, given the current situation, I want to protect your safety more."

"It's good that you have this heart."

Seeing Habisa's awkwardness, Senette chuckled.