Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?
Chapter 704 - 706: The Eternity of the Traitor

Chapter 704 -706: The Eternity of the Traitor

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‘It’s not… that the Snake Father never trusted me. What he needed was just a tool, and as long as the tool was handy, he would bestow favors upon it. But if one day the tool broke, he would simply replace it.’

‘Just like my own father.’

‘Emperor Qian, the Lord of the Endless Abyss, the Snake Father, oh, to make the three of you fight amongst yourselves, I would reap the benefits of the fisherman.’ After being abandoned by the Snake Father, She Xi understood this principle very well.

‘First, I need to seize control of the Snake-man Clan, take over the rituals at the Snake Temple, and then secretly contact Emperor Qian.’ She Xi knew that to succeed, he must accomplish these three things, especially taking control of the rituals at the Snake Temple, which he absolutely had to dominate; otherwise, the Snake Father would surely ruin his plans.

“High Priest, are we still able to talk? If you still hold loyalty to the Snake Father, then I am ready to leave and officially establish relations with the You Si Snake-man,” Spirit Monster said once more.

“High Priest, do you think it’s a bit inappropriate to ask that question with your current identity? We’ve already been very generous by giving funding in advance just based on your verbal agreement, and you haven’t even committed to the assessment tasks we proposed. Now you’re thinking about inquiring into secrets; are you sure this question is meaningful?” Spirit Monster asked with a smile.

“Of course we can, but on what grounds?” Spirit Monster responded without hesitation.

“The other party is more than capable of holding their own, but in terms of external strategies, they are far from matching up to you, High Priest She Xi.”

“Rest assured, I have never been one to break my word,” She Xi said in a deep voice. At this point, he definitely had to make a stance. Not doing so would truly corroborate what the other party had said about being treacherous.

“That’s it?” Spirit Monster responded with disdain. This She Xi was clever, but his thinking was too limited, probably because he had been mixing too much at court.

“What a pity, my power has already been taken back by the Snake Father, and I can’t even leave the Prison. You’ve found the wrong person,” She Xi said with self-mockery.

“Well then, I wish you an early completion of your mission and a return to the Endless Abyss. The power from my lord has already been bestowed upon you. I hope you use it wisely.” Spirit Monster finished speaking and then quietly disappeared into the shadows.

“There’s a lot you haven’t heard about. Originally, I intended to seek cooperation with the You Si Snake-man, but after seeing the newest High Priest, I gave up on that idea.”

“What do you need the Snake Father for?” She Xi finally asked this question.

“You are…” She Xi narrowed his eyes but did not say much.

“Oh, and High Priest, don’t think about playing both ends against the middle. If you receive the grace from my lord and then return to the Snake Father’s embrace, I would be very pleased to see you being crushed into pulp by the Snake Father. Of course, if you think the Snake Father won’t mind your betrayal, I won’t mind you snitching,” Spirit Monster’s voice suddenly came from the shadows.

“And then? You don’t think a simple declaration of allegiance represents everything, do you?” Spirit Monster added.

“If you agree, we will send you the first batch of support, yes, to restore your power.”

“High Priest She Xi has been here for a month, and it seems you still haven’t adapted,” a voice suddenly came out from the shadows.

“Why have I never heard of you?” She Xi was wary of this sudden appearance of the Spirit Monster; after all, he was now down on his luck and of no value. The biggest benefit for the other party to seek him out was apparent.

“I’ll help you take control of You Si!” She Xi immediately threw out his condition.

“My power…” She Xi’s voice was very hoarse, and hollow, and now the color of his scales had reverted to their original gray-brown. His power was stripped away by the Snake Father, and his status was taken by another.

“We need you to take back the rule of the Snake-man Clan, or foster the opposition between monarchy and divinity. With your methods, I assume dealing with this group of Snake-men shouldn’t be too much of a problem.”

“What we want is the Snake Father, not what You Si is doing for us.”

“I understand. I’ll take on this task. As long as you give me enough power, I will gain true dominion over You Si,” She Xi realized one thing: a great man cannot be without power for a single day.

“I agree. I will offer up the Snake Father to the Lord of the Endless Abyss in exchange for his blessing.” She Xi never thought that one day he would actually betray the Snake Father.

“I could also become the High Priest of the Endless Abyss?” She Xi immediately tested the waters with his question, aiming for the top position.

“You’re merely an ordinary Spirit Monster under the command of the Endless Abyss,” the Spirit Monster opposite him spoke.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, the High Priest is terribly loyal to the Serpent Father, even though the Serpent Father took away your power, turning you into a useless snake, and stripped you of your status to suffer the punishment of eternal loneliness, but the High Priest still supports the Serpent Father. Truly steadfast and unchanging,” the Spirit Monster’s words were laden with sarcasm, brimming with mockery.

“This is indeed a bit troublesome, however, I wonder if High Priest She Xi is interested in switching to a different faith? After all, your Serpent Father has already abandoned you, why stubbornly cling to him?” The Spirit Monster knew She Xi was negotiating with him, and since he had come, he was confident he could solve the other’s problems, so She Xi was trying to find leverage over him.

“Such a powerful gift…” A gleam of sharpness flashed in She Xi’s eyes. The other party wasn’t trying to deceive him, so could he possibly…

She Xi, about to speak, found himself silenced by the other’s support, knowing that power is the foundation of everything.

The Spirit Monster was indifferent to She Xi’s grasping for advantage. As far as it was concerned, reaching a deal at the lowest cost was all that mattered. Other issues, like emotions or words, were trivial.

After all, if you refuse, there are plenty of others who would gladly take your place.

Before he could finish, She Xi fell silent upon realizing—he had already been abandoned by the Serpent Father.

The roundabout talk of the Spirit Monster made a spark of understanding flash in She Xi’s eyes, “So you have chosen me, intending to elevate me to power and then turn me into your puppet.”

This was hard for She Xi to believe. He didn’t understand what benefit this would bring to the entity known as the Endless Abyss.

What did that have to do with him? Ever since he was thrown into the Eternal Prison and took refuge in the Endless Abyss, even if his ties with the Snake-man Clan were severed, they hadn’t been soft-hearted when they discarded him, so why should he have any consideration for the Snake-man Clan?

Clasping his fists, She Xi said, “Then, what do you need?”

She Xi’s blood pressure rose, his expression instantly darkening. Although his instincts still held loyalty toward the Serpent Father, he also understood that everything he did was for the Serpent Father, who never cared for him. He failed, and replacing him with another Snake-man would suffice.

He had even been cast into the Eternal Prison, where he didn’t have to worry about death, but would face the torment of endless solitude, with no one to communicate with, devoid of any life forms except for the faint light keeping him company.

Although the Endless Abyss didn’t have a High Priest position, Qin Muye didn’t mind creating a ceremonial mascot title, but the question was why it should be given to him, just for joining? Wouldn’t that seem cheap?

Therefore, to break the stalemate, he needed to bring in a third party, namely the Human Clan of the Great Qian Dynasty. As for the potential harm to the interests of the Snake-man Clan?

He had been abandoned by the Serpent Father and imprisoned by the Snake-men, even death was not his decision to make. In this prison, he had no way to commit suicide, not even to starve himself to death.

He wanted to snitch first, then let the Serpent Father and the lord of the Endless Abyss fight each other, hoping to profit from their mutual defeat, ideally if both were severely wounded, then he would be the true beneficiary.

Now, She Xi deeply understood why She Qi had manipulated the rituals years ago and why he had steered the customs of the Snake-man Clan.

If he was going to betray, he might as well do it thoroughly, make it even worse than during She Qi’s era, no, it had to be worse than that!

A layer of black patterns emerged from beneath his flesh onto She Xi’s scales; he could feel that the weakness caused by the stripping of his power was being filled bit by bit with a new and potent force.

The statement was simple; if you’re unwilling, then the Endless Abyss would no longer cooperate with you, a useless snake. Instead, they would deal with the Snake-man Clan in an open and legitimate manner, leaving you, a useless snake, to continue rotting in the Eternal Prison.

At this, She Xi was also shocked, subconsciously saying, “It’s impossible, the Serpent Father…”

This made She Xi shudder; indeed, it was what he had in mind, but with some differences.

This startled She Xi, who looked up to see a lofty monster whose body was draped with numerous tentacles, clearly not of the Human Clan.