Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 279 gave too much.

Recently, the people of Tatunbto have felt, to varying degrees, that life seems to be getting better.

Although their lives weren't too bad before, they still felt somewhat hardship from working all day. Countless people were burning themselves out for the dream of flying, but that dream seemed so far away, and everything seemed to have no end.

Despite the daily exhaustion, the fact that they didn't complain was already a testament to their strong will. So, while they didn't support those who wanted to bow down and apologize to the gods in the starry sky, they were surprisingly understanding – after all, toil had been a constant part of their lives, and who knew how long these endless days would last.

But recently, it seems like everything has suddenly gotten better.

First, there was a major technological breakthrough. Although they hadn't yet advanced their technology to the level the Snake God had described, the second-generation carpenter, Beska, somehow managed to find a way to fly. Although the armor used to travel to the Star Sea was still in its infancy, it was a huge improvement compared to the previous aimless wandering.

However, there were also rumors that Beskay was secretly contacting the chosen champions who had once been enemies of the Serpent God. Although the four priests repeatedly explained that Beskay was just carrying out official duties, this matter still aroused the dissatisfaction of the Blood Chapter.

Secondly, there is the abundance of food. Although Tatunbuto is far from being able to eat meat freely, it has at least been able to eat noodles freely. Everyone knows that all of this is thanks to the help of the serpent god. In addition to the locally produced fruits and vegetables, there are also some mushrooms being sold secretly in the city. According to those who have eaten the mushrooms, they can even be used as medicine.

It is said that these fungi, known as Ganoderma lucidum, were transported from the distant Damang Mountain. It's not that no one has ever wanted to bring some back, but none of those who went there ever returned. They all stayed in Damang Mountain, claiming that living there could prolong their lives.

However, compared to the first two, the biggest change to life was the appearance of those four-legged creatures.

These four-legged creatures resembled smaller leopards, but they had pointed ears and their calls were different from the roars of leopards; instead, they made relatively pleasant meowing noises. So, to distinguish them from real, smaller leopards, they named these animals cats.

Because these animals are small and don't get in the way, people can even pick them up and pet them to relieve tension. People love them and have even begun to regard these cats as animals second only to snakes.

As for why snakes are considered the most sacred, it is because the snake god resides outside the city, and as the snake god's subjects, they naturally regard all snakes as sacred beasts.

Everything seems to be moving in a positive direction.

This put the Shadow of Enchantress, who was hiding in the city, at ease.

It had originally thought that these local natives would be like the chosen ones of those tyrannical gods, a group of born war freaks—but now it seems that these local natives also need some relaxation.

"That should be fine."

A few days later, seeing that the cats released into the wild were not disliked, Mei Zhiying felt that she had fulfilled the mission of the God of Pleasure.

Whether it was the disgusting God of Destruction, the cruel God of Tyranny, or the great God of Pleasure, they all used different methods to disrupt the insidious plan of the God of Mystery, and incidentally spread their influence—although it was still uncertain who would ultimately obtain everything from these natives, at least for now, they had each gotten what they needed.

"As long as this is for now, at least we can join forces temporarily to fight against that mysterious god..."

Mei Zhiying thought to herself.

But at that very moment, the Shadow of Enchantress suddenly sensed that a cat had died.

"Who? Was it the God of Mysteries?" The first thought of the Shadow of Enchantment was that the God of Mysteries wanted to take everything—but the God of Mysteries was currently facing off against the God of Tyranny and couldn't possibly be bothered with such a trivial matter.

"That's... that giant snake?"

Indeed, this is possible. After all, these natives still worship the giant serpent, and their serpent worship is ubiquitous in the city. Now, the appearance of the cat has impacted the natives' belief in the giant serpent to some extent, so it is only natural that the giant serpent would kill the cat.

However, whether it was the mysterious god or the giant serpent that made the move, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, all living beings like to gain and hate to lose.

Especially when such simple relaxation is lost, it's hard not to feel resentment, which will only make the local natives more inclined to turn to the god of pleasure.

"This actually increases the influence of the god of pleasure...that's a good thing."

So initially, the Shadow of Enchantress didn't pay much attention to this little thing. It was even somewhat happy to see those cats lose their lives—although it was quite cruel to the cats themselves, it was the best thing for both it and the God of Pleasure.

Until it saw a dog.

Those must be dogs, after all, wolves have erect ears and drooping ears, so they must be dogs—but the natives of this planet haven't domesticated wolves yet, so where did these dogs come from?
Although the dog wasn't very big, it was still twice the size of the cat. What's more, right now, the cat was holding a smoked fish that it had picked up from somewhere in front of the dog. So, with one charge, the dog bit the cat that couldn't dodge in time, and then with a violent shake of its head, the cat and the smoked fish flew away on the spot.

"Well done, Bruce!"

Seeing that the big dog had punished the cat that stole the fish, someone came from afar, affectionately patted the dog's head, and even offered it a meat bone as a reward.

Meanwhile, Mei Zhiying, standing to the side, was completely stunned.

Taking a deep breath, the Shadow of Enchantress simply circled the city twice more. It was then that it discovered that there was a large number of dogs in the city. Like cats, these dogs were also furry, and unlike cats that can only be petted, these dogs could even guard the house.

People regard dogs as symbols of courage and loyalty, even more so than cats.

Courage and loyalty.

Courage, and loyalty.

"Kasalorn! What a mess you've made!"

The Shadow of Enchantress abruptly turned her head to look outside the city, in the direction where the Chosen Champions had set up camp.

At this moment, it could even feel the joy and pleasure emanating from Casaloran.

(End of this chapter)