Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

This prophet, who knew Zeus's temperament well, waved listlessly to his brother, who was still immersed in some kind of shock, and they strode off somewhere.

"Brother, this isn't the way home. Where are we going?"

Those who realized what was happening later instinctively asked a question.

“We haven’t seen Aunt Themis for a while, so we’ll just drop by for a visit.”

Prometheus stood on the gentle slope, waiting for his brothers to catch up, gazing wistfully at the lush, endless Cilician marshes, his eyes filled with profound meaning.

Some favors must be repaid.

Hopefully, this adventure will be of some help.

Meanwhile, deep in the marshland, Samael, who was squatting on the riverbank, grilling fish over a campfire, sneezed loudly.

Hmm, it seems like there's been too much spice, but the taste is pretty good.

The ancient snake took a bite, nodded slightly, and then shouted towards the swaying, dust-filled dense forest.

"Tina, dinner's ready! If you don't come soon, I'm going to eat it all!"

"Aaaa!!! Eat! Eat!"

Immediately, a rapid series of monosyllabic words came, and the goddess's juvenile form, moving with incredible speed, rushed towards the campfire.

However, the moment Tina ran out of the dense forest, Samael's smiling eyes narrowed sharply.

Because, in the hands of this goddess's infant form, there was also a cold and aloof figure with purple hair and purple eyes, half human and half snake.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Taking the Dog Son for a Walk? (1/4)

Almost instantly upon seeing it, Samael thought of Anna, but then immediately dismissed the idea.

Because compared to Anna or Gorgon, this half-human, half-snake visitor's facial features are not quite the same.

Her scales were more extensive, her ears were pointed, and she had spotted skin, retaining more of the characteristics of a snake. Rather than a deity, she was more like an incomplete version of a mythical creature, and her temperament tended to be cold and sluggish.

The surging divine power within her, along with a sense of familiarity that felt somewhat similar, allowed Samael to instantly guess her true identity.

The true ruler of the Cilician marshes is the serpent mother Echidna.

Seemingly because of the shared connection to the earth and the divine creation, the snake mother instinctively felt a natural affinity for Tina, allowing her to pull her to sit down by the campfire.

As Samael handed the grilled river fish forward, the heads of three puppies popped out from the arms of their mother goddess and barked happily.

"Wang Woo!"

A moment later, a gust of wind swept in, and the three puppies, wriggling their little arms and legs and panting with their tongues out, picked up the grilled fish from the branch and landed beside Samael, where they devoured it with great relish.

No, these aren't three puppies, but rather a peculiar monster with three heads growing together on one body.

Cerberus, the three-headed dog of hell?

Samael watched as the three heads, having eaten and drunk their fill, leaped and bounded around the dragon's tail, tearing at it, and a strange sense of amusement welled up inside him.

Uh, a pure white fox face and two black and white wolf faces, aren't these the famous Samoyed, Alaskan Malamute and Husky sled dog trio?

Ahem, the more I look at it, the more it resembles him. It's not just his appearance, but more importantly, his lively eyes and his exceptionally intelligent demeanor!

As the ancient serpent stroked the three-headed hellhound beside him, it gave the snake mother sitting next to Tina a strange look.

After his mother's practice of drawing and sketching, along with the monosyllabic descriptions, he roughly understood the process of their chance encounter, and his thoughts wandered off course.

So, this early in the morning, you were walking your dog, cough cough, your son.

Then, because the snake mother wasn't watching it for a moment, the mischievous little thing sniffed the scent and ran into the forest.

It wasn't until Cerberus encountered Tina, who was picking mushrooms, that he was forced by some strong biological instinct to obediently lie down and wait to be tamed.

And so, when the snake mother arrived at the scene, she saw a person and a dog lying on the ground, staring at each other with wide eyes, whimpering and communicating with each other.

Okay, so it turns out it was about building goodwill by taking care of the child.

It seems that this is the only way to quickly gain the trust and affection of a single mother.

Samael probably had some guesses about Cerberus's behavior towards Tina, given how well she behaved.

Tiamat's titles of "Goddess of Beasts" and "Mother of Evil Dragons" are not given lightly; she possesses a similar origin to the concept of gods and monsters.

The higher one's intelligence and the purity of one's bloodline, the easier it is to feel that kind of unseen connection.

During the Age of Gods, snakes and dragons were originally one, and their mutual attraction was even stronger.

The reason why the snake mother subconsciously felt close to and trusted Tina, and entrusted her children to her along the way, was mostly due to this.

Similarly, since sitting down by the campfire, this ruler of the Cilician marshes seemed to have lost the vigilance and gloom of a snake, and inexplicably relaxed.

Not only Tina, who had an inexplicable affinity for her, but Erkedna could also feel that inexplicable and strong goodwill from Samael, who was standing next to her.

Rarely encountering a race of gods and monsters in this marshland, the snake mother, who was out walking her son, gradually lowered her guard and entrusted the adorable yet energetic Cerberus to the three of them to take turns looking after.

After peeling away the reclusiveness and silence of her solitary life, the Snake Mother reveals the gentleness in her nature, and is not much of the arrogance of a water tyrant.

Especially when talking about her children, the lines on her scaly face softened, adding to her gentle maternal charm.

As the sun began to set, its rays reflected on the riverbank, creating a shimmering, dark red glow. Only then did the Snake Mother, who had been chatting happily with Samael and Tina, suddenly snap out of her daze, her face stiffening.

Because of her dominance over the waters of Qiliqia, coupled with the sinister nature of snakes, other gods and monsters generally dared not approach the area where she was located.

This exchange was almost equivalent to the total number of words she had spoken in decades. Because she was so relaxed and comfortable, she unknowingly sat there for a whole day.

One day, those scourges in the cave will surely cause chaos!

“If you don’t mind, Tina and I would like to visit your home, Snake Mother, to see if we can be of any help.”

Upon seeing this, Samael immediately understood the pain of this single mother. With a touch of emotion, he tried his best to express his goodwill in a calm tone.

Because of the vigorous release of her creative power, she gave birth to more than a dozen babies. Although these little ones have not yet fully hatched, the snake mother still has a lot of headaches to take care of them.

Samael and Tina's offer to visit and help out was exactly what she wanted.

Judging from their behavior and actions, their experience in caring for children far surpasses that of myself.

After the two sides reached a consensus, the gloomy look on the snake mother's face disappeared. She immediately swung her snake tail and led the way, while Samael held the three-headed hellhound by the scruff of its neck and carried it in his arms.

Tina, on the other hand, happily carried the baked food and ate it as she walked.

After traveling for about half an hour, the three of them, at the invitation of the Snake Mother, entered a cave filled with jagged rocks and a somewhat dark and gloomy atmosphere.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

As soon as they entered, eight or nine figures rushed in front of the three, squealing and yelping. Their intense hunger caused the little creatures to whimper and grind their teeth, revealing a primal bestiality and bloodlust.

However, as three powerful auras surged forth, these ferocious and malevolent little monsters instantly became like roosters with their necks being choked, obediently circling around the snake mother and her two companions, their eyes fixed longingly on the food they had brought.

The snake mother nodded apologetically, and Samael and Tina smiled slightly, each dispersing the noisy little creatures to feed them.

It seemed that because of the male, the single mother was not very comfortable with it, and Samael was only assigned two cubs.

Moreover, based on the general outlines and shapes of these mythical creatures, he could easily guess what these little guys would look like in the future.

That little creature with nine heads, black scales, and dominating a wild boar was clearly the infamous Hydra.

As for the other one, it is the previously silly and cute Cerberus, the three-headed hellhound.

The two dragon-type monsters, Ladon and Colchis, who had gathered around the juvenile mother goddess, had learned to obediently lick Tina's palm.

As for the remaining three monster kings, Chimera and Nemia Lion, they were cared for by the snake mother.

However, when Samael noticed that these gods and monsters preferred raw meat and blood to cooked food, he couldn't help but furrow his brow and narrow his pupils.

These gods and monsters did indeed inherit great strength, but they seemed to lack corresponding intelligence. Compared to the half-human snake mother, they were far inferior.

Therefore, as they age, their animalistic instincts will continue to strengthen, eventually becoming the dominant force controlling their bodies.

Thinking of these infamous monsters, most of them will likely become elite monsters used by heroes and gods to gain reputation and enslave others in the future.

In an instant, the word "failure" involuntarily popped into Samael's mind.

As he led Cerberus and Hydra deeper into the cave, the several-meter-tall egg-shaped structure enveloped in purple fluorescence in the central cave caused Samael to feel a strong tremor in his heart.

Chapter Twenty-Four: I'm Not a Pervert (2/4)

"Anna..."

The ancient snake raised its hand to stroke the eggshell, murmuring softly, its gaze filled with tenderness and reminiscence.

As you get closer, you feel the fetal movements, which split into three, transmitted through your fingers and palms.

Oh right, I almost forgot that this contains the three Gorgon sisters: the eldest, Stheno, the "Daughter of Strength"; the second, Euryale, the "Daughter of Flight"; and the youngest, Medusa.

This egg contains genuine triplets, and Anna is Medusa's alias in the Mesopotamian world.

But at the same time, she is also the most perfect one.

Indeed, among the many gods and monsters created by the Serpent Mother, only Anna perfectly inherited her appearance and her powers of creation and death.

Therefore, in the future, Gorgon, the goddess of monsters who merged the three sisters into one, will gain control over the "Mother of Beasts" (creation), which can mass-produce monsters, and the "Temple of Ten Thousand Demons" (death), which can dissolve everything.

As for these brothers and sisters with distorted and deformed appearances, they are more animalistic than intellectual, lacking the spiritual essence to become gods.

Even Stheno, the "Daughter of Power," and Euryale, the "Daughter of Flight," who possess the core of a goddess and an immortal demonic body, cannot compare to Anna.

Because their growth has already solidified, their physical development will gradually stagnate, making it difficult to achieve substantial changes in the future.

Anna, on the other hand, will grow taller and mature, and may even further improve herself after absorbing the power of her two older sisters.

He had some vague suspicions before, but now, through contact with the eggshell and observation of the mythical creatures outside, Samael has come to a conclusion.

Just like the eleven magical beasts created by the mother goddess Tiamat, they were powerful, but lacking intelligence, they could only be used as tools.

The only one truly qualified to become a god was Jingu, who was both the progenitor of Mesopotamian humans and the commander of magical beasts, and the first to control the Destiny Tablet.

As for now, it seems that he is the new divine son who embodies the divinity and hope of the Mother Goddess.

Samael gently lifted the egg, his movements of stroking the shell becoming increasingly tender.

The more he compared and analyzed, the more he discovered that the serpent mother Echidna and the origin goddess Tiamat had many similarities.

Similarly, the paths that he and Anna were about to take seemed to be increasingly aligned.

Suddenly, Samael, who had turned to the corner, flared his nostrils, and a faint, lingering scent brought a strange sense of familiarity.

He seemed to have smelled this scent somewhere before.

Upon closer inspection, the ancient snake discovered a faint, fading golden-red residue on the rock face.

Blood? More precisely, divine blood?

Samael narrowed his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

Just as he was about to observe further, he heard a rustling sound behind him. The man immediately straightened his back and looked around without looking to the side, as if he were carefully inspecting the full-time nanny of the cubs' dwelling.

The snake mother, who was swimming in from behind, first looked towards a corner and saw that the purple egg was intact and the fetal movement was normal. She subconsciously made a gesture to relax her breathing.

Samael remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was becoming more certain of his suspicions.

Anna's bloodline and the significance of her birth are definitely not simple.

But after all, you're in front of someone else's mother. Although there's a natural sense of intimacy due to shared ancestry, you've only known each other for a day or two, so you still need to maintain proper decorum.

Otherwise, being mistaken for a pervert and driven away by the snake mother would be a minor matter.

If the ruler of the Cilician marshes were to become enraged and tear this man, who had plotted against his daughter, to pieces, then he would have no recourse.

After a brief chat, Samael subtly learned about the recent situation of these little guys.

According to the snake mother, the monsters grow rapidly; in about one or two months, the ones that were born earlier are almost able to live independently.

As for the remaining babies that haven't hatched yet, such as the harpy, the fox Temesis, the sphinx, and the very important Gorgon sisters, they will most likely be born within the next one to two months.

After a brief moment of thought, Samael decided to stay in the snake mother's den for a few more days under the pretext of taking care of the cubs, and take the opportunity to build a good relationship with her.

Tina, who has a natural love for taking care of cubs, nodded happily at the decision, while Urdna, a single mother who was already overwhelmed with work, also accepted it gladly.

And so, Samael and Tina were officially hired as Alima's nannies, responsible for helping to tame these unruly little creatures and waiting for the remaining ones to hatch one by one.

The two goddesses, who were quite opportunistic, were raising cubs on the upper level of the cave.

Samael, who was resting in the incubation nest, looked at the egg containing the three Gorgon sisters, raised his hand to stroke his chin, smiled strangely, and began to drift off into thought.

Witnessing the birth of little Anna must have been a very memorable experience.

Well, before that, it's time to return this thing to its rightful owner.