Final Lord

Chapter 300 Medusa's Relics
The night breeze brushed against Aisana's snake-like hair, bringing with it a unique fragrance characteristic of the White Spirit World.

The scent reminded her of what she had witnessed during the day: an elderly human craftsman patiently instructing a young shadow lizard apprentice in forging techniques, while goblin children and human children played hide-and-seek in the nearby plaza. Such a scene was utterly unimaginable in the Underworld.

What Shanpao said is all true.

The ever-flowing fountain of life, the rivers teeming with fish suspended in the sky, and the lord's promise, "I only need loyalty and diligence." These words stirred a wave in her heart more intoxicating than the strongest snakeskin wine.

Aisana's tail suddenly tightened, scraping against the tiles with a faint sound.

"The most crucial question now is, how do I get to meet that legendary lord?"

Her gaze drifted unconsciously toward the Central City Lord's Mansion—the magnificent building naturally woven from the branches of the White Spirit Tree King, shimmering with a mithril-like luster under the moonlight.

"More importantly, how do we convince him to accept us, the 'Gorgons' feared by the world? Our reputation in this world isn't actually that good..."

“Perhaps…” Aisana suddenly released the snake’s tail that was wrapped around the stone pillar and took out an ancient snake-shaped jade pendant from her close-fitting scales.

This is a sacred object passed down through generations of their tribe. In the tribe's legends, it contains the primal magic of petrifying gaze, but the Medusas have never been able to activate the power of the jade pendant.

"Anyway, it's just a broken stone in my hands, so I might as well use it as tribute."

If we can settle here, our tribe will surely live in peace and prosperity, multiplying and growing stronger. The smiles of our tribespeople are the true sacred things.

This gift should demonstrate our sincerity.

……

Wang Bufu stood in the central square of Bailing City, with the majestic Bailing Tree King behind him. Its silvery-white branches swayed gently in the breeze, producing a crisp, metallic clanging sound. When he learned that Aisana was requesting an audience, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up in a smile.

“Bring her here,” he whispered.

Soon, Aisana glided slowly towards the blind cat.

Today, the Medusa chieftain has specially changed into her most formal attire—a silver-threaded decoration wrapped around her snake tail, and exquisite gemstone ornaments adorning the snakes in her hair.

She lowered her head, her golden vertical pupils filled with awe, and respectfully held an ancient, snake-shaped jade pendant in both hands.

“My esteemed lord,” Aisana’s voice was as soft and cautious as a bubble in the deepest part of a poisonous swamp, “I represent my…”
The Medusa tribe humbly request that you accept us as your subjects.

This is a sacred object of our Medusa tribe, and I offer it as our tribute to represent our sincerity.

She slowly raised her hand and presented the jade pendant. The pendant gleamed with a dark luster in the sunlight, its surface covered with ancient runes, and one could vaguely sense the powerful energy contained within it.

"Oh? Let me take a look."

The moment Wang Bufu accepted the jade pendant, a system notification suddenly flashed before his eyes:

[Obtained SSS-rank special treasure: Eye of Medusa]

Eye of Medusa (SSS)

Special treasures
Effect: Unlocks the hidden advancement path - Initial Medusa - when Medusa class advances to Epic Tier 1.

Initial Medusa: A ranged unit with the ability to petrify enemies from a distance; almost no unit dares to stand in front of her.

Core special skills:

"Gaze of the Eye" (Ranged group petrification) "Serpent's Hair Rain" (Transforms snake hair into piercing arrows; ranged attacks with a petrifying effect.)
"Petrification Resurgence" (transforms petrified units into temporary puppets of our side).
Law Resonance: This material will not be consumed during advancement; collecting more parts will enhance the item's effect.

"It's the Eye of Medusa!" Wang Bufu's voice trembled with disbelief.

He certainly knew of Medusa, but he had never owned her. She was another top-tier player's ace unit.

He had seen it in that player's video, where a Medusa petrified an entire mixed army of tens of thousands with her gaze, a single skill that changed a war that was destined to be lost.

And that earth-shattering power originated from this inconspicuous jade pendant.

"Interesting. In my previous life, players searched high and low without finding it, but in this life, it has come to me so easily."

Is this fate, or is Medusa's lingering soul unwilling to continue witnessing the depravity of those who follow?

A smile played on Wang Bufu's lips, and the faint light emanating from the jade pendant made half of his face appear like that of a god.

As Aisana nervously raised her eyes, she saw the lord holding the jade pendant high. The sacred object, which had been silent in the tribe for thousands of years, suddenly emitted a clear and melodious sound, as if it had finally awaited its destined master.

Aisana's snake eyes suddenly narrowed to slits, and the blue scales on her cheeks shimmered with a rainbow-like light, as dazzling as sunlight passing through a prism.

Her snake tail vibrated uncontrollably at a high frequency, and the rhythm of its tail tip slapping the ground was more rapid than that of the most frenzied rattlesnake, the sound of scales colliding exploding in a series of loud bangs in the silent square.

"How...how is this possible!" Her voice trembled so badly it was almost incoherent, as if an invisible hand had gripped her throat.

The tribal relic, dormant for millennia, now burst forth with a ghostly light in the human lord's palm, making her blood boil. The ancient runes flowing on the surface of the jade pendant had been stirring a deep-seated desire within her.

But—why?! By what right?!

The sacred object that they had failed to awaken despite thousands of generations of worship had now bowed down to this foreign race.
Wang Bufu watched with great interest as Chief Medusa lost her composure. As he slightly tightened his grip on the jade pendant, Aisana's snake tail immediately twisted into a braid, and the small snakes in her hair stood up, revealing their venomous fangs and hissing threateningly.

He loosened his grip slightly, and Aisana's expression softened again.

So Wang Bufu tightened his grip, then loosened it; he tightened his grip again, then loosened it again. Aisana's expression alternated between tension and relaxation.

This made Wang Bufu feel like he was holding a remote control. Aisana was a toy he could manipulate at will.

Aisana quickly realized that Wang Bufu was teasing her, and she immediately turned her head to the side, no longer staring at the sacred object.

She didn't want to watch, but Wang Bufu insisted on making her watch!

"Regretful?" Wang Bufu deliberately walked up to Aisana, holding the jade pendant up to the sunlight, watching the iridescent light dance in Aisana's panicked vertical pupils. "It's not too late to go back now."

"Really? No!"

Aisana almost pounced on it but then stopped abruptly, her tail tip carving three deep furrows in the ground.

She forced herself to lower her head, letting her falling hair cover her distorted face: "The sacred object chooses its master. It is the will of the sacred object." Each word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, yet it carried an undeniable piety: "I only ask that you, my lord, tell me. What kind of sacred object is this?"

To my shame, our lineage has been severed. By my generation, no one even knows what the sacred object we've worshipped for a thousand years truly is.

The moment she raised her head, Wang Bufu saw tears welling up in the eyes of this proud warrior. The sorrow of the broken lineage and the pain of the decline of the tribe were all condensed in that single tear that hung suspended in the air.

(End of this chapter)