O human beings, as long as they are ignorant enough, the world is full of the unknown that we all know...... How wonderful it will be, how delightful it will be.

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In the main hall of the temple, which had been converted into a school, a figure in a gray cloth cloak sat in the first row of seats facing the altar of the temple, his head bowed, and his hands resting casually on his lap.

"He" has maintained this posture for a long time.

From the moment the planet's light source went down as usual, and the village's school-qualified young people returned home, "he" snuck in through the back door of the building, hiding in the shadows of the rows of seats.

When he was sure that there was no one else in the building but himself, he climbed out of breath and waited in front of the altar that had long been dusted, waiting for someone he had agreed with to appear.

Suddenly, as if he had heard something, he jerked his head up, looked beyond the empty altar without a single candle, and lingered for a moment on the "portrait of the god" that had been set up on the wall and which seemed very abstract to him.

Then, "he" judged that the voice did not come from that direction, his breathing suddenly became rapid, and he subconsciously stood up, but his feet were unsteady and almost fell back to the position he had been sitting in.

"Pap", "Pap", "Pap", crisp applause rang out, and echoed in the huge room, along with the strange sound of hard and smooth objects rubbing against each other.

The human under the cloak subconsciously followed the prestige, and only then did he see a figure standing on the pulpit of the sermon high above the ground and above the rows of seats.

He was wearing a pure white foot-length gown, with a bright red shawl on the outside, and there seemed to be a bunch of cumbersome linings and decorations under the shawl, but from the human perspective below, it was not very clear to see it up, only felt:

The other party's dress was unprecedented luxury in the small mountain village where they lived.

Seeing that the human beings were looking at him, the strange guy in the "fine costume" and applauding nodded imperceptibly, and then walked slowly down the stairs leading to the ground from the pulpit to the human who had an appointment with him.

No...... The humans who had been waiting for a long time instinctively began to move away from each other, and their bodies trembled.

"He" didn't hear the strange guy's footsteps!

Instead, it seemed to be something hard and smooth, and the sound of walking on the stairs and on the ground was rustling and inexplicably palpitating.

"Don't you hate monsters?" The other party's voice came, making "he" feel a little relaxed, "I am respecting you, that's why I chose this appearance." ”

"No!"

The hoarse, gender-indistinguishable voice sounded, a tone of disgust, and at the same time, it was resolute and unshakable.

"You still have a tail—" the human screamed, "he" doesn't need to restrain his voice, because the weird guy on the other side will solve all the dangers, "you! You still have scales! ”

"Your whole body is bleeding with cold blood!" Humans spread their arms and exaggeratedly said, "Only among people of the same kind can they be called 'respect'......"

"He" snorted coldly: "I haven't even done a complete transformation, are you sure this can be called 'respect'?" Isn't it really provoking and testing my bottom line? ”

"Disrespectful." The strange guy who covered his lower body with a long shirt expressed "apologies" in an unflapping tone, "This is purely an aesthetic difference between races...... I thought you humans would like this kind of trick. ”

"Do you think, in the world beyond this mountain, there are also human beings who have unique tastes and love this incomplete deformation?" He laughed playfully.

"I kept a tail for you...... Well, and these scales on the parts that you humans call 'hands', you see, how beautiful they are? They don't need me to take care of them to be so beautiful. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the face of the human under the cloak on the other side, then shook his head with a look of obvious disappointment.

"I don't have that kind of low-level taste." The human met his gaze, hurriedly turned his head, raised his hand and pulled the hat of the cloak, "Hmph, in my opinion, transformation is not exactly a manifestation of ability. ”

"That's going to disappoint you." When the other party heard this, a hideous smile appeared on his face.

In the next moment, without warning, his body expanded, twisted, and lost its original human form, and finally transformed into a giant serpent two people tall, spitting out a letter and making a low, but not magnetic voice:

"So, you prefer me to communicate with you like this?"

"You'd better go back." The human clenched his fists, still looking in other directions, not daring to face the demon beast in front of him.

"Naga." When the serpent reverted to its original form, the human couldn't wait to ask, "This is the place you mentioned where the treasure is buried?" ”

"It's going to be too late." The monster known as "Naga" regained its original tone, and the sound it made seemed to be talking between its nose and throat, thin and sticky, but without losing its charm.

"According to our agreement," he said, passing by the human side, and "swam" straight to the empty altar, "I will take all the crystals, and the rest of the treasures, which have actual images, shall be yours...... I don't need them either. ”

"Then, I will teach you how to sacrifice your soul and flesh to the divine beast you believe in through the altar, in exchange for the 'qualifications' you don't have."

"Hehe, don't be afraid." The half-human, half-snake demon beast chuckled, "Wait until tomorrow, you will be able to become a 'capable person' and see the same world as us and your 'lover'." ”

"Haven't you made up your mind to sacrifice all the humans in this village for this reason?"

He looked back at the humans behind him, and behind his seductive voice was a vicious heart.

"You...... Say...... Get...... Yes ......" the human lowered his head and muttered softly.

"Then let's get started!"

Naga waved his sleeves, and the shawl was lifted by his actions, revealing the golden ornaments underneath that contained spiritual power, and the next moment, the gray spiritual power overflowed from it, and uncontrollably poured towards the altar.

Immediately afterward, the building they were in began to shake violently, the benches in the seats toppled forward, and a large cloud of dust fell from the ceiling, as well as sawdust, stones, and other dangerous objects.

"That's something that stupid bear didn't even do." Naga distracted himself and boasted to his partner as he activated the mechanism, "He died at the hands of the Demon Beast Hunter, and I, I will definitely follow a different path from him!" ”

"I'll go to glory! I will be on my way to success! ”

"The bear you are talking about...... "the bear you are talking about," the human hesitated, "the giant bear that was defeated by the witch?" ”

"He's too egotistical." "When he first came to the door, I warned him that there must be a cause behind the forest magic disorder, and that something bad was about to happen, and that he needed to be careful in everything he did......"

"But all he wants is to take advantage of me!"

The body is a demon beast of a giant snake, and it grits its teeth and tells about his past.

"Because of the changes in the forest, our clan was forced to wake up from hibernation, and due to instinct, neither in terms of physical fitness nor the use of spiritual power, we have not been able to fully recover as before, so we are no longer the opponent of the giant bear who has been away for many years and suddenly returns to the forest one day."

"We all woke up with a mental disorder, but he sensed the traces of a certain 'treasure' that he had been looking for." Naga closed his eyes and felt the changes in the spiritual power around him, "He drew that treasure map, or maybe he found it from someone or somewhere. ”

"Then he asked me to work with him, and the village where the treasure was buried came a guardian, and she was an obstacle, so we had to get her attention and distract her so we could do what we really wanted to do."

"Is it really okay for you to tell me this?" There was a little more flattering in the human's tone, "Although there is an agreement between us, you know, I can't trust you...... You don't want to find the treasure and kill me, do you? ”

"There's no need for that."

Naga's eyes were a little strange, as if he was questioning how humans were always bothered by these things.

"Cooperation with other living beings is based on mutual trust." Naga Zhengse said, "Heh, I know that Xiong Zhen has been using me, and didn't he go against him in the end?" Of course, there is a factor in this that I can't beat him. ”

"If I choose to betray in an agreed cooperation......" He opened his eyes, revealing a pair of bright silver vertical pupils, and at the same time, tiny scales that formed a gradient of light and shadow between each other also climbed up his anthropomorphic face.

"I will be retributed." This is not a gambling oath, but a declarative sentence, a statement of facts.

This is the "principle" that their family believes in, and it will not change through the ages, and those who violate it will pay the price.

"You humans are the best at skepticism and speculation." He whispered, "Sometimes we don't do anything, but you blame us for all the disasters and bad things that have happened. ”

"Isn't this the same way this temple was built?" He let out a sneer, "However, this is also a sign of your simple-mindedness and fear of being deceived, and it is understandable. ”

"Don't talk in a condescending tone all the time." Hearing so much about the demon beast, the human only retorted.

"Alright, how long will it take?" "He," he asked, a little impatiently.

"Look," Naga turned sideways, allowing the humans to see the slowly sinking altar, "and wait until it disappears completely, revealing the staircase leading to the building's underground work...... Or something else that makes it easy for us to get underground, and we'll be able to move on to the next step. ”

"While you wait, you can allow me to finish what I haven't finished talking about." He owes a debt and politely says, "You can also choose to be silent—"

Naga stretched one arm gracefully forward, pointing to the rows of seats that were staggering not far away.

"—Silence, go and sit there, just as I did before I came to the appointment."