Devouring World Dragon.

Chapter 216 What has truly been forgotten is...

How could this happen?

He was breathing heavily, his throat felt like it was being burned, and he felt an invisible pressure on his body, a pressure that was so real that he had no choice but to kneel before that power.

The power was too great, too beautiful; the naked form was as magnificent as a god, as radiant as the sun, its dazzling light too bright to look up at.

Simply by approaching him, all living beings that come near him will die, and all the sea creatures that see his appearance will prostrate themselves in fear before him, speaking in that obscure and low-pitched snake-man language.

"king."

This could not be called a battle at all; simply because it appeared before everyone, this army, with its mountain-like floating fleet, enormous sea beasts, and near-invincible force on land, willingly knelt before the "King."

"...You probably can't understand it, but just standing in front of you makes me feel very tired, and I have the urge to kneel down."

Only now did Uberto understand what Ya'anjemu meant.

He initially thought that feeling was a biological and physiological fear and unease, like that of other marine creatures, like the antelope's feeling when facing a lion or tiger—a primal sense of fear.

But it's not that simple at all!

The White Snake Woman was the first snake woman, while the later hundred snake women were her sisters who were guided and served the Snake Father. In some legends, those hundred snake women were also called "the dead from another world".

But looking at all 101 snake women, each of them has a name, except for one named "Lily". The pronunciation of this name doesn't sound like the ancient snake language, but more like a human name.

Seeing the confusion on Ya'an Jiemu's face, the figure simply said calmly.

"The one who has truly been expelled from your ranks is not me; I am still the king of the snake people."

"The one who was truly exiled by you... was your father's last daughter, and the only one of her bloodline, the snake woman, the daughter of the demon—Lily, who was killed by your ancestors."

"No...this is impossible..."

"How dare my ancestors inflict the punishment of oblivion on the daughter of a father of snakes? How dare they harm a daughter of snakes?"

Ya'an Jiemu was almost speechless.

Her faith in the Father of the Serpent was unwavering. She simply could not believe that any serpent people would dare to inflict the "punishment of oblivion" on a serpent woman, forbidding the recording of her name, prohibiting the mention of her deeds, and causing her to be completely forgotten. It was utterly impossible for the daughter of the Father of the Serpent to do such a thing, let alone that the king in front of her actually said that the serpent people had killed this serpent woman.

Having experienced the reverence and awe that King Unogaya displayed before him, Ya'anjemu could not imagine that a snake-man would harm a snake-woman who was even more noble than King Unogaya and who could be compared to the White Snake Woman.

"Yes, the snake people's loyalty to their superiors is beyond question. Their loyalty to their superiors is such that they would not fear death. Why would they kill a snake girl who regarded them as her own children...?"

The figure murmured, seemingly agreeing with Ya'anjiemu's idea.

After a long silence, it spoke in a low voice to Uberto beside it.

"My child...you are the most intelligent human descendant in the world. Tell me, why do you think the snake people would do this?"

Under the gaze of that figure, Uberto felt his mind become somewhat sluggish, but he still unconsciously obeyed the voice's command and began to ponder.

Snake-people have an innate awe and obedience to those in power, so what could possibly drive them to kill someone in a superior position...?

If... how could that be...?

Sweat began to bead on the forehead of the world's smartest man, not because he hadn't thought of it, but because the guess itself had startled him. If it were really as he suspected, then...

Uberto couldn't help but glance at the figure in front of him, and in that one glance, he froze.

In his line of sight, the figure's face showed no doubt. Although he was asking himself, it seemed that he already knew the reason.

"It seems you already guessed it. No wonder you were chosen by the angel Lucifer."

The figure spoke noncommittally.

Uberto was truly terrified this time. He had never lost his confidence, no matter who he was facing. Even without the AI ​​assistance that allowed him to control the world's information, he still had confidence, because his last trump card was the last angel—Lucifer.

But at this moment, his biggest trump card was seen through.

Looking into his eyes, the figure spoke calmly.

"Do you really think it doesn't know? All your tricks... have actually been seen through."

His words carried a hint of sighing.

As he spoke, he walked toward the rear of the army.

After a brief moment of shock, Uberto suddenly realized what Cain might be up to, and he roared in almost fury.

"No!!!! You can't..."

But before he could finish speaking, he felt an invisible force forcing him to remain silent and immobile, like an insect trapped in resin, powerless to move.

That power originated from the figure not far away.

Sure enough, he really was doing it for...

Uberto couldn't speak because the owner of that figure didn't want him to, but he immediately activated the built-in signal transmitter within his body.

King Unogaya may have been powerful and intelligent, but he had clearly never seen modern technology and was unaware that humans today could not rely solely on sound to communicate.

"Run!"

In his final moments before losing consciousness, Uberto only had time to send this last message to the two people he was targeting.

(End of this chapter)