As the absolute heartland of the Anaconda Islands, the island's defenses are not only poor, but can even be described as lax.

There were no additional guards, no defensive circles, and no hidden outposts—although there were occasional patrolmen passing by, these open-fire men were not much different from blind men in Rhodes' eyes.

Rhodes wasn't a stalker, and he wasn't good at sneaking in - but where his defenses were so lax, he still didn't need to shoot Musou.

This time, Rod is really stealth, not the kind of peerless who kills everyone who sees him.

Soon, Rhodes was quietly entering the heart of the island.

It was a large stone building, with uninsightable boulders neatly cut into rectangles, and then built into a castle-like building, the walls of which were outlined with a variety of magical rune marks with familiar green dyes - these rune marks were not traps, but some kind of symbol representing the gods, and in the previous days, Rod had seen many people salute and even chant words to these signs.

For some reason, there was no gate at the entrance to the building, and Rhodes confirmed that there were no other restrictions in place, as if it was open to everyone.

Although he didn't know why this was the case, Rhodes sneaked in quietly after confirming that no one was there.

Rhodes was confident that no one knew he was coming, so it was not a trap, but simply undefended.

The interior of the castle seems to have been blessed by some kind of mysterious magic, which can be described as a cave - a huge fortress that seems to cover an area of only tens of thousands of square meters from the outside, but there seems to be infinite space inside.

Rhodes walked cautiously through the interior of the massive fortress, as if he had returned to Dalaran......

Libraries, classrooms, laboratories, and even cafeterias......

It is a large complex building with everything from living to studying.

Rhodes seemed to have returned to his school days—like when he was a freshman, he was not familiar with the place, and he could not ask, so he could only search from room to room.

And to hide from people.

Fortunately, it was late at night, and there was almost no one inside the entire fortress, so Rhodes was able to calmly and quietly search room by room.

The harvest is very rewarding.

……………………

After going through a lot of books and notes, Rhodes finally figured out the structure of the Python Islands.

In layman's terms, the Anaconda Islands are the religious habitat of Naga Kapoulos.

Similar to Cana, Naga Kapoulos also chose to use the help of faith to improve himself, but compared to the elaborate arrangement that Cana made with the help of Rod, Naga Kapoulos's methods can be called simple and crude.

Faith is needed, isn't it?

It's good to raise pigs!

On the Python Islands, there are two kinds of people.

One is the "uncivilized" whom Rhodes saw before, whose social structure is primitive, with low productivity and extreme material scarcity, which serves only as a unit of faith.

There are very few things that these uncivilized people can do in ordinary times, except for the daily eating, drinking, and Lazar, all that is left is to create man.

Newborns born to the uncivilized were given to the priests, who conducted the first examination of Naga Kapoulos.

This is the first trial of the birth of the people of the Python Islands, and the content of the trial is very simple, that is, soul strength.

If the newborn's soul is strong enough, he will be taken to a special island to study, and the island where Rhodes is now is one such island.

There is a lot to learn, there is a lot of learning about how to manage the uncivilized, there are philosophical reflections on sports, and there are many other professional areas such as navigation, combat, magic, runes, etc.

These apprentices are the elite followers of Naga Kapolos and the "administrators" of the entire Naga Kapolos sect, the backbone of the entire organization.

After the apprentices have completed their specialized studies, they need to face the trials of Naga Kapoulos again.

This trial is not a simple soul strength test - the second trial also involves the piety of faith, the skill of management, the strength of battle, and so on, and after passing this test, the apprentice becomes a priest.

It has to be said that this is a relatively rigorous social structure - Naga Kapoulos can influence Valoran for a limited time, so the characteristics of the entire sect structure are the concentration of resources and the rigor of superiors and subordinates, and Naga Kapoulos can complete the management of the entire sect in a short time that can intervene in Valoran.

This tentacle god ...... There's really something.

Inside the giant castle, Rhodes also found something interesting - a large number of apprentice notes specifically marked this year's Eclipse Night.

This year's Eclipse Night is a "Test Day", and it is a "Double Test Day to make up for last year's trials".

Rhodes didn't know what Naga Kapoulos had prepared for this year's Eclipse Night, but what he could guess was that because of the Crimson Moon, there was a good chance that Naga Kapoulos would descend directly on Valoran.

The last time Naga Kapoulos came down, he was besieged by the stars and demigods, and this time...... The stars are busy, the demigods are also busy, and Naga Kapoulos also has the meaning of "naturalization", this time Rhodes and Cana can only fight alone.

But the good news is that Naga Kapoulos doesn't know that Jana is no longer what she used to be—judging by the apprentices' notes, Naga Kapoulos meant to complete the trials that didn't take place last year, and then get in trouble with Cana.

Because this is Naga Kapolos's territory after all, no matter how bold Rhodes is, he will not probe everything unscrupulously, so before dawn, Rhodes sneaked out of the huge castle before the guards came to open the door.

(Before that, he had taken a set of apprentice's clothes.) ）

According to the notes, there are many such apprentice islands in the Python Islands, this island is just a relatively ordinary one, and Rhodes has not found the news of Aloy and Planck that he was expecting - considering the vast number of hundreds of islands in the Anaconda Islands, Rhodes felt that it was better to wait for the rabbit.

Since Naga Kapolos is not in a hurry and wants to have a trial first, then Rhodes will simply wait on this island and find an opportunity to go with those apprentices to the island of the snake mother where the final trial will be conducted.

Cana's side doesn't know when the ascension to the god will end - anyway, Cana has Rod's rune inscription on her body, and according to the agreement, as long as Jana completes the ascension ceremony, she will activate the rune inscription, and Rod will get the news.

Considering that it will take some time to complete the ascension ceremony from the Giant God Peak to Fuguang Island, Rhodes still has plenty of time.

In this way, Rhodes quietly put on a robe similar to that of his apprentices and blended into the ranks of Naga Kapolos's apprentices.