Apep knew a little about the world, at least he knew that the dragon kings of the new era had actually abandoned their original positions, and most of them had become friends with the gods of the present day.

It can be said to be a coincidence, but a coincidence cannot happen three times in a row.

The god of wind meets the dragon of the wind, and the dragon becomes a close friend of the god of the rock, and the dragon arranges everything in Fontaine instead of the god of water······

Chances and coincidences cannot happen many times in a row, and Apep takes it for granted that the process of encounters, acquaintances, and befriending is fraught with deception and confusion.

This is the most normal part of making friends in the world, seeing that a person has a certain trait that you like, something you want, so you prepare something that can impress him in exchange for his friendship.

Maintaining friendships comes at a cost, and you're willing to spend time, money, and energy on something that you want, of course, has to have what you want.

Objectively speaking, this is a very normal situation.

Of course, you have to pay for it, the world is quite big, and you certainly don't waste your Mora and energy on every person you meet to reach and understand them.

Apep didn't think it was friendship, he thought it was all the gods who were taking advantage of the danger of the people, taking advantage of the naïve and ignorant period of these newborn dragons to deceive their feelings, so that they would see themselves as friends who had to be maintained.

From the very beginning of their contact with the young dragon king, these gods were impure-minded evil parties.

As an elder - in the current era, this ancient grass dragon is indeed the elder of several other dragon kings, and he is in pain as he watches the descendants who should become the original dragons of Teyvat become friends with the gods one by one, and are even willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of those gods.

Human suffering is often due to their own powerlessness, and Apepe is no exception to this.

The story of him and the Red King, although it also means that he wants to rebel against the Sky Island, but the fact that he was alive and the other dragons were forced to be reborn is enough to prove that he is very sensible.

The sensible Apep knew that the chance encounters between these demon gods and dragon kings were all in charge of the heavenly one, and he watched the reincarnation of his old friend take another path, but he could not and did not dare to stop it.

Suffering because of powerlessness, suffering because of one's own powerlessness, this kind of truth is not a big problem, so after being invaded for a long time, Apep's temper can't be contained.

This also has something to do with Nahida's weakness, it is Nahida, so he can say bluntly that I would rather die than need your help.

But he was a very sensible dragon, and he just wasn't sensible in front of Nahida.

Fortunately, He was not really afraid of death, otherwise there would be no reason for Apep to live to this period.

He has compromised once, and the second time will not be an exception.

In fact, Apep's idea cannot be said to be wrong, among the four dragon kings who appeared, except for Apep, the remaining three dragon kings have completely sided with humans and gods.

To be precise, they don't necessarily care much about humans.

Navillette may have had a affection for the people of Fontaine, but the Dragonlord and Dvalin chose to protect humanity purely because the gods love people.

These changes are hardly a coincidence or some deeper reason.

Rama didn't have time to think about it a lot.

He knew most of the story, and even though the story had begun to change to a point he couldn't understand, that didn't mean everything would change because of it.

The spark in Nahida's hand levitated, guiding Rama and him to find the dragon of grass that was writhing in agony beneath the ground.

Along the way, they soon encountered some special beings with strange shapes and colors.

"Finally found it." Nahida breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems like the situation is still expected. ”

According to the revelation of the fire, Apep was actually already nearby.

He was observing Nahida and Rama in the shadows, but he was still reluctant to show up.

Should it be said that it is worthy of the dragon of grass?

His injuries were already severe, to the point of dying, but if it weren't for the Tinder's reminder, Nahida wouldn't even be able to detect the other's presence.

It is also the driving force of the grass element, and this gap in perception is the absolute power gap.

These strange elemental beings sensed the breath of the fire, and swooped down on Nahida like moths to the flames.

"That should be Apep's choice." Nahida raised her hand, and the vine man stretched out from the sea of sand, binding all the "guests" together.

"For many years before, there had been no news of these special elemental beings in the desert."

"They should still be living with Apepe."

Rama glanced at Him before he said, "But things have changed, you have removed the forbidden knowledge, and Apep is no longer even in control of his life. ”

He can't be on top.

The most basic freedom is not to do what you don't want to do, and the highest freedom is to do whatever you want.

Apep was once close to the heights of freedom, but now he has no control over his own life and death.

"It's a temptation." Nahida's expression was calm, "What we do with these elemental beings may have an impact on Apep's next choices. ”

Rama suddenly asked, "Do you say He knows that we are here to save Him?" ”

Nahida's brow furrowed slightly, "Before you said that, he should have just guessed, but now he is very sure of it······· Do you really want to do this? ”

"Saving people has to be tested by the rescued party, this matter is actually quite unpleasant." Rama spread his hands, "But you're right, the situation is stronger than people." ”

He stopped preparing to attack and handed over the reins to Nahida.

"The situation is stronger than the people?" Sumeru's Grass God-sama pondered for a moment, "At least listen to what He has to say, it's not too late to make such a decision." ”

It's just a temptation, but it can't be said how resistant the other party is.

The sandstorm grew stronger, and between the words of the two men, a storm rolled up in front of them.

Sand and gravel rushed towards the two of them like a tidal wave.

In the pale and blurred environment, a young dragon figure could be faintly seen.

"Little gods, little humans, leave my territory."

Apep's words were no different from what Rama understood.

"In the midst of the yellow sand, a weak life like you cannot survive."

As far as the body is concerned, it is true that there is no rebuttal.

Rama raised an eyebrow and reached out to slash at random.

The yellow sand is not mixed with any elemental power, it is purely because of some special power and is still ordinary sand and gravel.

The fiery fire elemental power exploded suddenly, splitting the first wave of sand that poured down from it.

The grass elemental power of the sea of sand was unexpectedly abundant because of the willingness of the grass dragon, and Nahida followed, raising a wall of plants in the sea of sand.

His ability has nothing to do with the grass element in the plot, and is more reflected in the mind and will, but since he is the god of grass, it is naturally not a problem to manipulate the power of the grass element.

"Is that enough?" Rama asked in a low voice.

"I was able to do this easily in the sea of sand with his escaping grass elemental power," Nahida shook her head, "He probably doesn't think there's anything special. ”

It's not special, it's a mediocre person.

"That's all you have to do?" He scoffed, "Far from Amun of day." ”

"But we can live a long time, and you're already going to die." Nahida glanced at Rama and then stepped forward, "I'm here to save your life, Apep." ”

"Bouyer!" Apep's voice was furious.

This has nothing to do with temperament, he has been tormented by pain for too long, even if you talk to him well, he thinks that you are mocking your face and opening up.

"I don't need to be saved, especially not by you!" He whispered, "Do you think you can outlive me?" Let's give it a try! ”

The grass elemental power around him suddenly became stronger, as if he could detect some tiny life floating in the air just by breathing.

"If you're really that confident, then you should give it a try." Nahida was very calm, "I am the grass god of Teyvat, of course you can kill me, but the price you can't afford. ”

The Seven Gods have a special relationship with Sky Island, and as far as Zhongli and Wendy are concerned, they are a little wary of Sky Island.

Nahida is the same, but he will consider pulling the tiger's skin to solve certain problems.

Just as when He couldn't beat the Doctor, he would use God's heart to force the Doctor to back down.

Now it was the same situation, Dotore didn't want Solstice's plan to fall through due to an accident, and Apep didn't want to have a bigger conflict with the heavenly people.

"I know you can't calm down, but if you still have the wisdom to think, then think about my words." Nahida was brave and fearless like a god of war, "I'm here to save your life, if you want to live, cooperate with me." ”

"Bouyer!"

The first time is deterrence, and the second time does not represent an escalation of anger, it can only be said that it is an incompetent rage.

"You, like Amon, have only existed for a short time, but you rely on the majesty of heaven to claim to be the lord of this place!"

He raised his voice.

Rama continued to point in his mind.

"In this way, you have indeed lived for a long time longer than me and the Red King, but Sumeru is still my territory, and you can only hover underground." Nahida's words were calm, "Living long is a talent that mortals would envy, but living long and only curling up underground is not something to envy." ”

"There will not even be mercy, because a person's incompetence can never be exchanged for mercy."

He rightly said, "I don't know what you know, but you're underground, and I'm on earth." ”

"I'm the winner."

Nahida paused word by word, "Loser." ”

"What do you know?" Apep sneered, "You think the power of heaven is a free gift? ”

"It's better to see more of what lies ahead, although in the end you will still repeat the mistakes of the past."

Nahida's expression stiffened for a moment.

He looked at Rama, who nodded in encouragement.

The god of grass took a deep breath, "You only learned these truths when you were curling up underground? Why, you can't talk when you're standing, do you? ”

"I may die for repeating the mistakes of the past, but you will die before me."

"Just say a few more words, no one will listen to the teachings of the dead."

"Do you think I can't see it, but you say these things again!"

Apep was furious.

He turned the gun and aimed it at Rama, who had an innocent face.

Without giving Rama time to react, Apep swallowed Rama in one gulp, and finally disappeared directly into the sea of sand.

Nahida above was stunned for a moment before realizing that Rama had been taken away.

He subconsciously agitated the elemental power around him, and the grass elemental force obeyed the orders of the gods, wanting to scatter and track down the traces of the ancient dragon.

But Apep didn't even need to stay to wrest control of the grass elemental from Nahida, causing his perception of his surroundings to drop dramatically.

In a hurry, everything has been settled.

By the time the elemental forces were active again, Apep had completely vanished.

Nahida's expression was slightly flustered, and she finally forcibly regained her composure.

He brought out the spark again, but this time the spark was in a strange position.

"He's moving?" Nahida whispered to herself, "But Apep's current state doesn't support him to do too much. ”

"If there is hatred, shouldn't He come against me? Just killing Rama should be of no use to me in His eyes. ”

The gods are pure and good, and they love the world, which means that they don't really favor one person or another.

Normal logic, it doesn't make sense to take action against Rama.

"So, there's something going on here that I don't know about?" Nahida's mind was confused, "Is there something wrong with Apep or is there something wrong with Rama?" ”

He almost subconsciously thought that Rama had done something about it.

This kind of behavior usually comes from Rama's handiwork.

Nahida, however, was unaware of Rama's unwanted movements, and Nahida was not sure that she knew Apep well.

It is not impossible for either of them to have a problem, or even both.

But········

"What should I do?"

Nahida was at a loss.

He knew he had to do something about it, and he went on to find Apep and get the critically ill patient treated.

But the question is, how do you find it?

Nahida fell silent.

He now has only one thing left to do, and although he can't do it at all, he can only work in that direction.

Sensing the power of the fire, Nahida traced the energy fluctuations within.

Soon the yellow sand subsided, and everything settled as if nothing had happened.

(End of chapter)