sbdcsierra Chapter 480 The Origins of Snake Demon
Chapter 480 The Origins of Snake Demon
Lin Baiyan looked down at the box in his hand. "He's using the fragments of the Holy Crystal left by the Beast God on the Beastman Continent to play tricks here. In the end, he's just using the power of the Holy Crystal fragments."
"I'd like to see what kind of face lies hidden beneath the black mist without the protection of the Holy Crystal fragments."
Snake Demon listened to his words with wide eyes, seemingly unable to comprehend them, looking at Lin Baiyan with an extremely strange expression. "So you're doing this for the sake of these beastmen in the south?"
"But you don't know them, so why should you care about them?"
Lin Baiyan smiled slightly, "I'm not exactly a pushover, but there are indeed some reasons for it."
He simply didn't want to see the continent continue to be riddled with holes.
Besides, wasn't his initial purpose in coming here to save the orcs?
Lin Baiyan initially approached conquering the orcs on the orc continent with the mindset of completing a mission. However, humans are not plants or trees. After staying here for two years, he had long since become one with this continent. On this continent, he had family, a partner, and beloved younger generations.
He never wanted to return to his solitary state from his previous life. Although his home was large, it felt empty and chilling.
Even though he offered this explanation, Snake Demon still looked at him as if he were some strange monster.
This was the first time that She Ming had encountered a sub-beastman like Lin Baiyan. He appeared gentle and composed, yet he was able to lead his warriors to wipe out the entire army of three races without batting an eye.
You might call him cold-blooded, but he could see the plight of those small tribes of orcs even in the smallest details, and he even tried to heal them.
Such a cold-blooded yet gentle sub-beastman was like a contradiction, yet it stirred something within Snake Demon's heart.
He suddenly remembered a long, long time ago, when he had just taken control of the Serpent Tribe. It was a very ordinary day, and he felt that staying in the tribe and scaring the orcs was a bit boring, so he left the tribe under the cover of night.
Just at the edge of the territory, I happened to see a cub gnawing on the skeleton of a wild beast.
The beast's skeleton appeared to have been gnawed on by other wild animals, leaving almost no flesh or blood.
But the little cub still clung tightly to the skeleton, which was five or six times its own size, with all four paws, straining to throw off some scraps of meat.
Snake Ming seemed to see his own childhood self in that leopard cub.
His childhood memories were hardly pleasant, and since growing up, Snake Ming rarely recalled things that made him unhappy. But at that moment, he inexplicably thought of himself back then.
His mother, Snake Moon, was the most beautiful sub-beastman in the entire Mad Snake tribe. She was the only daughter of the old chieftain and was raised by him to be beautiful, noble, and extremely naive and innocent.
His nominal father was a wild snake that the old chieftain had picked up from outside. He had no parents and was already unconscious in the swamp when the old chieftain found him.
After being taken in, the old clan chief named him Snake Thunder. Since he only had one cub, Snake Moon, the old clan chief let Snake Thunder and Snake Moon eat and live together, keeping each other company.
This is where the tragic story begins.
Snake Thunder was a born scoundrel. He coveted the power of the Mad Snake Tribe, and with his flattery and sweet talk, he tricked the naive Snake Moon into becoming his partner. He then pretended to be exceptionally reliable and righteous, deliberately flattering the old chieftain and gaining his trust, thus taking over the Mad Snake Tribe from him.
After becoming the chieftain of the Mad Serpent Tribe, Serpent Thunder, now wielding great power, would recall how he had humbled himself and tried to please the old chieftain and Serpent Moon whenever he saw them, remembering his subservient and obsequious manner.
Snake Moon is young and beautiful, and he has some patience for her, but what is that old guy?! The Mad Snake Tribe has long been in Snake Thunder's hands, and now he is the true chieftain of the Mad Beast Tribe. Why should he still be bossing him around?
Finally, after days of accumulating resentment, Snake Thunder could no longer hold back and attacked the old patriarch.
He killed the old patriarch with his own hands. The moment he knelt down before the old patriarch, begging him to give him the place where Snake Moon was, and the blood splattered on Snake Thunder's face, gave him an extraordinary sense of satisfaction.
However, this scene was witnessed by Snake Moon, who had not seen him come to search for her late at night.
Bathed in moonlight, Snake Moon could clearly see the ferocious yet gleeful smile on Snake Thunder's face. She couldn't believe that her usually gentle and considerate partner had actually killed her own father with his own hands.
The moment Snake Thunder turned and saw Snake Moon, it was already destined that Snake Moon would not survive. He had just taken control of the Mad Snake Tribe, and many people in the tribe were still the old chieftain's men. If Snake Moon exposed him at this moment, then he would never be able to continue to be the chieftain without any harm.
Snake Moon, a sub-beastman who had been pampered since childhood, instinctively turned and ran when he saw this scene.
Snake Thunder finally revealed his true colors to this innocent sub-beastman. He captured Snake Moon just as she was about to escape the tribe, imprisoned her in a tent, and then claimed to the outside world that the old chieftain had died suddenly and that Snake Moon was too heartbroken to get out of bed.
Snake Moon was young and beautiful, and now that the old clan chief was dead, Snake Thunder didn't mind showing some patience to this good-looking sub-beastman. But Snake Moon knew he had killed her father, so how could she possibly give him a kind look?
Without the old patriarch's restraint, Snake Thunder gradually revealed his original selfish, suspicious, and greedy nature. For some unknown reason, he placed many sub-beastmen around himself, while Snake Moon only felt relieved.
One winter, Snake Moon finally found a chance to escape the tribe, only to discover that the entire Mad Snake tribe had long since become Snake Thunder's domain. Those familiar faces from the past had disappeared one by one, and the place where he had lived since childhood was now so unfamiliar.
Snake Moon followed the path she remembered and escaped the territory of the Mad Snake Tribe. She settled in a dilapidated cave and had already found an opportunity to kill Snake Thunder to avenge her father. But just then, she discovered that she was pregnant.
The baby in her womb was the child of her father's killer. She Yue didn't want him in the first place, but no matter what she tried, the baby in her womb remained peacefully inside.
Snake Moon had no choice but to give birth to him, thus missing the opportunity to avenge the old clan chief.
This is his background. He is the descendant of the selfish and vicious orc Snake Thunder. From the time he could remember, his mother's gaze was always filled with resentment and hatred whenever she looked at him.
She resented that she had come at the wrong time, causing him to lose the opportunity to avenge his father. She also hated her own naive and foolish self for believing She Lei's lies and ending up with her family destroyed.
With so much resentment building up, Snake Moon had long lost her former delicate and innocent appearance. No matter what Snake Ming did to please her, all he got in the end was a curse.
Snake Moon gave birth to her cub in winter. The cave was dilapidated and offered no shelter from the wind and rain. After giving birth, she fell ill and struggled in the cave for eight years with her frail body. She passed away amidst resentment and hatred, leaving behind the eight-year-old Snake Demon.