A rickety figure wearing ragged robes slowly walked out from behind the giant snake sculpture. Although it looked hunched over like most others, it was still much taller than ordinary humans.
Those scarlet eyes were shining brightly in the darkness, and the snake kept hesitating. Xing Ze even saw the smile that filled that scaly face.
Like the snake man I met in Emberhead Village before, this snake man's scales are also white, making it look like a ghost floating in the dark.
"I haven't introduced myself yet." The snake man walked up to Jezebeth and touched the unconscious woman with the end of his cane.
After confirming that Jezebeth had really fainted, it continued: "Scia Reese, this is how my name would be translated into your language."
Xing Ze exhaled a long breath, and sat down on the ground, as if he was surrendering. However, there was no other way. This place was the snake man's lair they had been looking for, and it should also be the place where Frank's team missed it.
At home, Xing Ze has no confidence in going all the way. He is going to die anyway, so why not relax a little before he dies.
"I didn't bring a gift." Xing Ze spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry. If you want to hold someone accountable, you can ask the woman on the ground. I know nothing about this matter."
"Haha, it's very interesting. You can still joke in this situation, which shows that you have good courage." Scia Reis praised.
Xing Ze hurriedly waved his hands and said: "I feel embarrassed for your praise. So, how will I die? Will it be a quick death, or will I need to suffer a lot of torture? I recommend that you give it a happy death. Many accidents happen.
In fact, the villains are all too confident."
"Kill you? Why should I kill you?"
"Look, what I just said. Save your breath, man. If you want to recruit me, there's no need. Someone has tried it before, but it didn't end so well."
The snake man did not reply immediately. It was obvious that Xing Ze saw through its intention. However, it did not get angry. It just said in a slightly arrogant and contemptuous tone: "Anything in this world can be traded, as long as you give a corresponding response."
Just the chips.”
Xing Ze was about to retort, but Scia Reese was the first to say: "You killed Errol Childs, which made me interested in you, young human. Oh, I'm sorry, you are not a human.
I don’t quite believe that humans can kill Licking Tongue.”
"Isn't that tongue-licking guy you're talking about a guy who's stronger than a Nile crocodile?"
"Yes, it's him. He is a respectable colleague, although he is a bit simple-minded." Reiss replied, "But he has made great achievements in terms of physique and strength."
You call that a lot of achievements? Xing Ze couldn't help but secretly smack his tongue in his heart. Although tongue licking is slightly inferior to Childers, who has a waxy face, from the perspective of ordinary humans, no, even from the perspective of ordinary wizards
Look, that monster is also deadly.
"You seem surprised." Reese's face was full of pride, "When the snake people ruled the surface, Licking Tongue was nothing more than a ridiculous low-level guard. Even if we were defeated and went underground, it would only serve as a vanguard.
That’s all.×bai&%￥#@……”
At the end of the speech, the snake man turned to face the giant snake sculpture and loudly chanted a few words that Xing Ze could not understand. Xing Ze guessed that they were words of praise to the gods.
"You can have as many powerful bodies as you want. But you can have as many smart brains as you want." Reese pointed at his head with his finger.
You can strengthen your body, but you still can't strengthen your brain? Xing Ze has a new understanding of the snake people's biotechnology. Or maybe it's still impossible to fully strengthen your brain.
"Since you are so good, what's the use of me? I'm not a snake, I'm a foreigner, and I'm your enemy."
"Ah~ don't worry, you only need a small transformation, and you can become one of us. Although the process is a bit painful, with your will, it won't be a problem to get through it. But..." Reese's snake eyes
Squinting, it looked back and forth at Xing Ze.
"Originally, this was my plan. But now it seems that there is no need to transform at all. You are not human in the first place. You are from the dream like us. You are a product of the old era and the old continent. An abandoned person of this new era."
"I thought you could say something outrageous, but I didn't expect it to be the same." Xing Ze shrugged slightly disappointedly, "There was a cultist before, and he said the same thing. Guess what happened to him in the end?
Already?"
A trace of sneer flashed across the snake man's face, "I know who you are talking about, but humans are still humans. In the past, present and future, they are all the same short-sighted and ignorant."
It paused and turned its attention to Jezebeth, who was still in a coma, "It's all the same, no difference. Do you know her true identity? We call her the Adventer, and they call themselves the Investigator, or maybe
Traveler.
"She originally hunted us. But, hiss~ she still can't get rid of human beings' short-sightedness. It's no wonder she is, it's just the bad nature of this short-lived race."
"Eternal life is meaningless to me." Xing Ze decisively rejected the bargaining chip that the snake man wanted to propose.
"No, I will not exchange this low-quality bargaining chip with you. What's more, even my great ancestors failed to step into the mirror of immortality. They just lived longer than other species. True immortality
It’s in the ocean, the place where life was first born.”
"Oh?" As the other party continued to raise and deny, Xing Ze began to be confused about what the other party wanted to do. This snake man could obviously kill him easily without talking so much nonsense.
Xing Ze is not stupid enough to think that the snake man is bluffing. Those shadows hiding in the dark corners are eager to try. I am afraid that if there is anything wrong with him, those things will swarm over.
"I know what you want? Jezebeth is not without any use." Reese said, "You want to return to the original world, right, Messenger? She has investigated it all."
This bargaining chip exceeded Xing Ze's expectations. He frowned, feeling unprecedentedly confused and hesitant. He did not reply immediately, but thought quickly.
"What does this mean?" Xing Ze asked after thinking to no avail. He could guess that the snake people had the magic to travel through time, but what he didn't understand was why Reese would give this proposal.
"My ancestors began to study time, space and dimensions very early on. Although the research in these fields is far less than the attainments in biology, it is not something that humans can understand today. Oh, what can those wizards do?
, after all, most of what they learned came from ancient lost civilizations.
"To put it simply, Xing Ze, I can help you go back to your original world. Isn't this exactly what you have been looking for?"
"Really? What's the price?"
The smile on Reese's face grew stronger, "Help me get the snake's eye in the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets." It whispered.