Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

But it was only after that brief moment of bowing his head that he realized what was happening.

Suddenly, it raised its gaze.

What's inside the meat?

It looked at the hairless monkeys.

"You actually brought me poisonous food... What are you trying to do?"

"Not good! I've been discovered!"

Just then, the shouts of a hairless monkey rang out.

"Poisoning is no longer an option! We have to resort to force!"

"Then let's do it head-on!"

Another hairless monkey shouted.

Immediately afterward, in the giant eagle's sight, numerous large, hairless monkeys appeared on the palace walls.

Immediately afterwards, they all clapped their hands.

"boom--"

The blazing flames roared and spread, instantly turning everything on the ground, including the poisonous flesh, into ashes.

If the giant eagle hadn't spread its wings fast enough, those scorching flames would probably have already started burning its feathers!

"You, you actually..."

The giant eagle was momentarily stunned as it watched the increasing number of hairless monkeys before it.

These hairless monkeys who followed him actually betrayed him?

Chapter 47 I don’t understand

With each clap of hands, one fireball after another soared into the sky.

The giant eagle circled in mid-air, nimbly dodging the bombardment of fireballs. No matter how many fireballs flew up, they could not touch its body. Even if the occasional fireball was at a particularly tricky angle and it was impossible to dodge it in time, the cold wind from its giant wings could easily tear the fireball apart in mid-air.

It is absolutely impossible to take it down with this kind of attack alone.

So the giant eagle became increasingly puzzled. It couldn't understand what had happened. Just a short while ago, even just a few days ago, these hairless monkeys were treating it with utmost respect. But now, not long after it went out, these monkeys were trying to poison it and even attack it.

Where did they get their courage?

"why?"

The giant eagle in mid-air couldn't help but ask, it simply couldn't understand.

"Don't you realize that this is courting death?"

“I know very well that this is a dead end.”

It was at this moment that the king of the Icefields, Casalon, appeared in the giant eagle's sight, carrying more than ten javelins.

“I know very well that this is a dead end, but when have the people of the Ice Plains ever been afraid of death… I have made up my mind. This time, I will stand with my warriors!”

With a passionate shout, Casaloran pointed his javelin straight at the sky.

Sharp spears shot out like thunderbolts, and another round of fireballs flew into the sky.

Naturally, these attacks were meaningless to the giant eagle, but Casalon's words were like a mental attack, leaving the giant eagle's mind blank.

"No, what does it have to do with me that you and your soldiers are standing together?"

The giant eagle was completely baffled. It couldn't understand what the hairless monkey was thinking at all—when had it ever said that it wanted the hairless monkey to stop standing with the other monkeys? Hadn't the hairless monkey always been standing with the other monkeys?

not to mention……

"Is that your warrior?"

Looking at those massive figures that could unleash fireballs with a simple clap of their hands, the giant eagle felt its brain couldn't keep up.

These big, short monkeys...don't those hairless monkeys who depend on him all consider these fat monkeys as enemies?

"When did they become your warriors?"

"They are my soldiers too!"

With a roar from Casaloran, another javelin soared into the sky.

That's what they say, but in reality, the main reason is that Casaloron can no longer command those Icefield Warriors. Before, when he had them train, the Icefield Warriors had already begun to harbor resentment towards him. If he were to let them attack the North Wind God... these warriors would probably be scared to death.

That's why he specifically sought out these overseer teams. Although these overseer teams were those failed dwarves, they still had some fighting ability.

And now it seems that, at least when fighting against the gods, these overseers... no, these mages, their fireballs are far superior to the spears of the Icefield Warriors!

By simply igniting those feathers, the Eagle God can be brought to the ground!

"kill!"

Casaloran hurled his javelin once more, the whooshing sound cutting through the sky a clarion call to war.

It is also unique to the people of the Ice Plains, a fight to the death.

"No, what did I do to offend you?"

Although no attack landed on the giant eagle, the eagle in mid-air was completely stunned.

Having grown to such a large size, it must have lived quite a long life, far longer than these hairless monkeys—yet no matter how hard it tried, the wisdom and experience accumulated over its long life could not comprehend what was happening right now.

"I don't know."

The giant eagle in mid-air stared blankly, completely unable to understand how the hairless monkey, who had been seeking its guidance just a few days ago, had suddenly become its mortal enemy.

However, perhaps it doesn't need to understand.

It's just a hairless monkey; so what if it's gone mad? Perhaps delicious mammoths aren't so easy to find, but hairless monkeys are everywhere.

It doesn't need to understand the thoughts of a hairless monkey, nor does it need to care about what a monkey thinks.

The monkeys have gone mad; just kill them all and replace them with a new batch.

Anyway, these monkeys brought this upon themselves.

"Perfect timing, I haven't eaten yet today..."

Thinking this, the giant eagle swooped down and plummeted.

With just one dive, a bloody path was plowed through the ground, and when the giant eagle rose again, its beak was already full of bits of flesh.

"I told you long ago, you're courting death..."

As it swallowed the fresh meat, the giant eagle circled in the air, preparing for its next swoop.

This bloody slaughter made Casaloron on the ground grit his teeth.

"As expected, I did the right thing!"

"These so-called gods have indeed revealed their true nature!"

"If I don't kill it first, those Icefield Warriors will probably be the ones eating it now!"

With that thought in mind, Casaloron threw his spear once more.

"Don't stop! Attack while it's diving! Burn it to death in one go!"

Following Casaloran's command, the mages began to act. Some were preparing spells, some were consuming honey to restore their strength, and some even blasted fireballs into the ground to create deep craters as temporary shelters.

"We must do our best! This is a golden opportunity to devour the gods!"

The foreman, Sardok—or rather, the high-ranking mage Sardok—was hurling fireballs at the giant eagle in mid-air while simultaneously tossing his apprentice into the air.

"It's up to you guys! You have to hit it!"

One apprentice after another was thrown into the air. They were just ordinary mages, and even if they could use magic, they were far from having the formidable strength of high-ranking mages.

But at least they still have their lives.

"boom--"

With the sound of clapping hands, an apprentice thrown into the air unleashed a fireball, the intense flames even reaching the giant eagle's feathers!

"It works! It really works!"

The high-ranking mage, Sadok, laughed heartily.

The other high-ranking mages followed suit, throwing their apprentices into the air as well.

Sadok's hand reached out to the crimson figure beside him.

"I……"

The crimson figure, thrown into the air, stared blankly. His mentor had only thrown him up there, without telling him how to land alive.

In that brief instant, all the beautiful moments of his life flashed through his mind—his first time casting magic, his first time becoming a magician, his first time establishing his own ranch, his first opportunity to become a Holy King…

Yes, he had the opportunity to become a holy king. He remembered that he was only the second person in history to have come into contact with that serpent god.

But, why.

Why did he fall to such a state?

"But... there's no such thing as a Holy King anymore, is there?"

The crimson shadow in mid-air thought this.

He had originally thought that after his misfortune, the fate of becoming the Holy King would fall to that deserter. But who could have imagined that the giant would conquer the Ignis so easily and even traverse the entire Holy Mountain—the deserter had accomplished nothing, and even the so-called serpent god had accomplished nothing.

"So-called gods... ha."

Seeing that he was about to fall to his death, Akakage simply closed his eyes.

But just before his vision was about to go dark, his eyes suddenly caught sight of a familiar giant shadow.

Yes, the giant shadow.

A familiar, enormous shadow appeared in the direction of the sacred mountain.

They even wound their way towards the city of Ignis.

Chapter 48 Win by lying down

"I'm back from my adventure!"

In the distant sacred mountain, the enormous serpent raised its head, uttering the purest Ignis language.

However, the sound did not elicit any response, and the mountains remained deathly silent.

"That shouldn't be the case... why is there no one here?"

Du Yi was quite puzzled.

"I just went for a walk to the west, and now everyone's gone?"

Yes, the reason he wasn't in the mountains for a while was mainly because after making preparations for his trip, he went to the west to survey the terrain.

That was the only direction the Ignis people hadn't explored, and it was also the closest unknown direction for Du Yi. Now that there was nothing to eat in the mountains, he would naturally go elsewhere to look around—of course, moving was not an option, but it wouldn't hurt to see if there were any more hunting grounds.

However, the environment in the west was even worse than Du Yi had anticipated.

Du Yi had made ample preparations for this trip. He had a plan for dealing with everything, whether it was the ocean, the swamp, or other giant beasts. But the one thing he hadn't expected was that going west from the mountain where he lived would lead to a snow-capped mountain range.

The massive snow-capped mountains were beyond description; they seemed to connect heaven and earth themselves.

Even with Du Yi's current physical condition, he can only look up at the endless white snow.

"No wonder where I live isn't that cold, and there are so many mammoths..."

Du Yi exclaimed this when he first saw that snow-capped mountain.

However, the mammoths on the snow-capped mountains were not like the mammoths he had seen before, roaming freely in the wild. Those giant mammoths were all carefully hiding their tracks. It took Du Yi three whole days and nights to barely manage to hunt one, and it wasn't even very tasty.

The meat of mammoths from the mountains is quite coarse and cannot compare to that of mammoths raised in captivity; the taste is worlds apart.

"But at least it has some local products..."

After another three days and nights, Du Yi had gained a general understanding of the environment of the snow mountain.

Although the snow-covered mountains appear to be covered in snow due to the extremely low temperatures, you can still find many familiar plants and animals if you look carefully. Simply put, if someone were to be moved to the snow-covered mountains, they would most likely not have enough to eat, but they would definitely not starve to death.

"But when there's nothing else to eat, you can come here to make up for it."