When the Lizard Queen died in the battle at the Bridge of Faith and was transformed into a shadow dragon by Gavin, the originally lifeless Dead Swamp suddenly fell into restlessness, especially the half-sunk Snakeman Temple. After waking up, countless huge figures emerged from the water. They could vaguely look like humanoid outlines, but many of their appearance features were that of snakes.
The snake god statues on the Snake Man Temple lit up one by one, emitting gray light, and the snakes' screams that were difficult to hear with the naked ear spread from above, instantly spreading throughout the Dead Swamp and even the entire map. The En Swamp has pushed the restlessness to an extreme. All the snakes can't help but surge towards the snake-man temple. Among these figures, the most eye-catching ones are those with human-like outlines.
The appearances of these humanoid beings are not exactly the same, and can even be said to be very different.
Most of them are very similar to humans, but they have many non-human characteristics, such as skin covered with snake scales, snake-shaped eyes, sharp snake teeth and bifurcated tongues like snakes. The severity of these characteristics varies. They are not different. The lighter ones only have one or two of the special features, while the heavier ones have all of them, and their skin is covered by a large area of snake scales.
This kind of snake-people is called a pure-blooded snake-people, which is the lowest level of the entire snake-people. They are called defective products with impure blood. This is due to the reason of returning to ancient times, and also because snake-people are mixed with other humanoid creatures. Finally, the reason for the dilution of the bloodline belonging to snakes.
Don't be deceived by the humanoid part of their body. Even if she only has one snake scale on her body, she is still a snake person, not a human. Her nature is biased towards the ruthlessness of snake people, and her camp is also biased towards Snake people are not human. Even if this snake person grew up among humans, once there is a chance to return to the snake people group, they will not hesitate to do so, including betraying those who raised them. Intelligent creatures, because they are creatures without emotions, cannot establish bonds through emotions. Those who tried to bind the snake people with emotions failed without exception, and suffered backlash from them. In order to pay tribute to those with pure blood, Snake people prove their worth and lineage, and their methods are often more cruel and inhumane than other types of snake people.
Due to their physical limitations, it was obviously difficult for these pure-blooded snakemen to move around in the swamp, so without exception, they all rode huge pythons.
There are also some snake people who have broken away from the category of humanoids, but are a mixture of humans and snake creatures. The kind of snake that has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a python is only the most widely known species in the world. In fact, On the Internet, the image of snake people is far from limited to this. There are also people with snake heads and human bodies, and there are also people with human heads and human bodies, but their arms are snake-shaped. This group of snake people are collectively called cursed snake people. They are already the middle class of snake people. .
Above them are the examples of snake people, snake-hating people who claim to have the same form as the snake god. They have humanoid torsos and arms, but their heads are those of giant snakes, and their bodies are covered with snake scales.
Anachet is a snake-hating person. He is extremely tall. Just the standing part is more than three meters tall. There is no trace of human emotion in the snake's eyes, only endless coldness, including those who look at them continuously. The same was true when the snake people gathered.
Soon, the area around the Snake Man Temple was surrounded by a dense crowd of snakes and snakes. As far as the eye could see, Anachet, the snake-hating man, said in the unique hissing voice of a snake man: "That despicable creature from Kurgol The invaders are dead, and the Lizard King's court is leaderless. It's time to take back everything that belongs to us. It's time to tell the world that the Thun Swamp belongs to our Thun Snake people. I order you in the name of the High Priest Zehir, Show your fangs, inject your poison into the blood of your enemies, transform them into a part of us, and let them also enjoy the glory of Zehir."
Even when he was giving an impassioned speech, Anachet's tone did not have any ups and downs. There was no emotion in it, only endless coldness, and he was just stating a fact.
"We will never let down Zehir's expectations, let alone the high priest."
"Our venom is destined to fill the entire Thun Swamp, and everything here is destined to belong to us."
"Take back what's ours, take back what's ours."
The responses coming from below also lacked passion, and those snake hisses and growls seemed more like perfunctory responses. How could a group of creatures without basic emotions inspire morale?
Anachet was so used to it that he continued without any influence at all: "As long as you honor Zehir, he will give you a purer snake-man bloodline, allowing you to gain stronger power, and you will become Zehir." Hill’s fangs.”
"Zehir!"
"Zehir!"
"Zehir!"
These words have a significantly greater impact on these snake people. There is a bit of fieryness in the snake people's screams, especially those pure blood snake people. Obtaining a purer snake people bloodline is their most urgent pursuit at present. If Without getting rid of the shackles of the lower forms, they would not even be able to enter the middle and upper levels of the snake people, let alone gain greater power.
Fortunately for them, the form of snake people is not static. They can constantly shed their skin and transform like snakes. However, this cannot be done by ordinary methods. They must rely on the snake god. The divine power helped them carry out.
"Then let's start taking action." The snake-hating man Anachet didn't waste any words and gave the order cleanly. This is the advantage of abandoning human emotions. They will not be swayed by their own vain vanity and desire for power. For some meaningless things, they only need to issue orders, and the snake people below will execute them, keeping things in the most efficient state. Those snake people have no joy and fear, and naturally they will not have lazy thoughts.
Those snake men were as fast as when they came, leading their snake servants and rushing in all directions towards Thun Swamp. It didn't take long before they ran away completely, including all the original snakes in Snake Swamp. They were also taken away by the snake people. Even the pure-blooded snake people, who are the lowest among the snake people, are still the supreme kings among the non-intelligent snakes. All snakes will willingly accept their enslavement and control.
Obviously, these snakemen did not fully follow the Lizard Queen's orders and conscientiously limited their footsteps to the snake swamp. They have been active in the entire Thun Swamp. Whether they are cursed snakemen or hateful snakemen, they are all deformed. Creatures, they can transform into humanoid and snake forms at will, and pythons in various forms are the most common existence in swamps. It is very difficult to detect them lurking around them.
Rather than wielding swords or guns, the Snake People prefer to lurk in the dark and quietly inject their venom into the blood of their enemies. This is the method they adopted against the Lizard King's Court.
The method they adopted was exactly the same as that of the Lizard Queen, which was to inject the blood of their snake-men into the blood of these black-scaled lizard-men, and give birth to a new kind of snake-men - the lizard-snake men.
In terms of status, these lizard snake people are equivalent to pure blood snake people. Not all parts of their bodies have turned into snakes, but their scales are biased towards snakes, their vertical pupils are like snakes, their tails are biased towards snake tails, etc.
As both a scaly race, these snake-like characteristics are not obvious among the black-scaled lizardmen, especially since the bloodline of the black-scaled lizardmen itself is mixed with the blood of the black dragon, so the stability is not high, and some appearances are very different from other races. The existence of is not a rare thing.
These snake-men took advantage of the hybrids' identification with the snake-men to fully infiltrate the black-scaled lizardmen of the Lizard King's Court. The reason why the Lizard Queen and the Spirit Nagas did not notice it was because of this infiltration, which was captured by these cunning people. The snakemen are carefully controlled at the bottom. Among the black-scaled lizardmen that the Lizard Queen cares about least, they are just a group of servants who help her collect wealth and food. They usually don't even look at them, so how do they know that they have been captured? Have the Snakes been infiltrated?
It's safe to do so, but the combat effectiveness is very limited. After all, the half-black dragon lizardmen and evil-toothed lizardmen who are the core of the Lizard King's Court can neither infiltrate nor dare to infiltrate. As long as these lizardmen do not leave the black-scaled lizardman tribe lightly. , they would not dare to act rashly.
This time, the Lizard Queen was tempted by the conqueror's army and mobilized all her main forces to form an army of lizard men. For these snake men, it was a golden opportunity.
As soon as Anachet confirmed that the Lizard Queen was dead, they did not hesitate to launch the plan they had prepared for many years. Under the leadership of these pure snake people, the lizard snake people lurking in various black-scaled lizard people tribes brought these All the women, children and children of the tribe were under control.
The purpose is self-evident, which is to use them to threaten the black-scaled lizard people who have returned to the Thun Swamp, so that they will not want to resurrect the lizard queen and become the servants of their Thun snake people.
They had carefully prepared for this plan for more than half a century, and the timing of launching it was even more exquisite.
The right time, the right place, the right people.
With all parties on their side, it would be difficult to fail.
The fifteen black-scaled lizardmen tribes, without exception, all fell under the control of the Thun Snakemen.
When Gregory led the lizard-men army to secretly swim back to the Lizard King's Court, the snake-hating man Anachet was already sitting on the throne that once belonged to the Lizard Queen.
Seeing this situation, Gregory was furious and said: "Anachite, you are so brave, can you sit in this seat? Are you going to use this method to repay His Majesty's kindness? You just Aren’t you afraid of provoking His Majesty’s wrath and leading an army to directly flatten your Snake Swamp, making your last resting place no longer exist?”
The Lizard Queen is not completely unpopular, at least her sons. These half-black dragon lizardmen are loyal to her, at least on the surface. Especially Gregory, because this is the key to his rule over the lizardmen army. Without the lizards, The queen's evil reputation suppressed the entire lizardman army. It was not as simple as falling apart. Instead, under the leadership of other half-black dragon lizardmen, they fought for power and gained blood. This started from the fact that he brought the entire lizardman army back to Thun. The many obstacles encountered during the swamp have already been glimpsed.
The Thun Swamp is now in an unprecedented crisis, and if it is not handled carefully, it will be catastrophic.
Who would have thought that he had not yet figured out how to deal with the army of conquerors and determined the current status of the Lizard Queen.
The Lizard Queen's former vizier, the cunning snake, has reappeared.
Gregory hates snakes, very, very much. Whether it is the former Vizier Anachet or the current Vizier Alhassan, everything they say is venomous, everything they do Everything has an ulterior motive. They have never been loyal to the Lizard Queen. They are only loyal to themselves. They don't need reasons or evidence. He trusts his intuition.
The first time he saw Anachet, Gregory had a bad feeling in his heart. This poisonous snake would have appeared sooner or later, but if it appeared at this time, it would definitely bring disaster. A poison that is difficult to tolerate.
"First tell me where Kurgor is?" Anachet, the snake-hating man, straightened up from the throne that was extremely inconsistent with his body shape and stared at Gregory condescendingly.
It was obvious that his voice was cold and there was no fluctuation in his tone, but Gregory could hear a strong sense of ridicule in it. The most important thing was that he had no way to refute the other party because he didn't know what happened to his queen. whats the matter.
After being shrouded in the black mist created by the enemy for a few minutes, the Lizard Queen's behavior and orders immediately took a 180-degree turn. The enemy who was originally fighting for life and death became a friendly force in the blink of an eye. Declare war on the hag army in the Far Sea Swamp.
They had doubts about this order at first, but when the entire war situation was involved in a god's battle to become a god, all that was left was rejoicing. If the Lizard Queen hadn't changed her attitude earlier, they would probably have done the same. Becoming cannon fodder in the war between gods and gods, and finally becoming the trophy of other people's souls - because in the war between gods, those gods will drive them ashore mercilessly regardless of whether you are good at ground combat. This is needless. Doubtful, in their eyes, they are all mortal ants, cannon fodder that can be consumed without restraint.
The amphibious force that besieged the swamps in the distant sea and returned to the barren river also did not have a big impact on them. After all, it was a broken force with neither core leadership nor determination to fight. It was a one-sided encirclement. Intercept and kill, and it's the kind that works hard but doesn't work hard.
But with the inexplicable disappearance of the Lizard Queen, Gregory's uneasiness reached an extreme. He always felt that the Lizard Queen's previous uncharacteristic behavior was not as simple as a change of heart, but more like being controlled by someone and had to do this. .
In order to minimize the losses, Gregory took the risk of being eaten alive by the Lizard Queen and brought the Lizardmen army back to the Lizard King's Court. He waited for the return of the Lizard Queen and at the same time actively explored the Lizard Queen's current status. I believe that the root of this matter lies with the army of conquerors. If they choose to open up the goblin frontier and want to plot the Thun Swamp, they will be the existence that the opponent cannot get around. Only by keeping the entire lizardman army intact can they Have the leverage to negotiate with them and find a way to redeem the Lizard Queen.
But who would have thought that before this matter could begin, extraneous matters arose within the Thun Swamp, making the matter more complicated.
Seeing the half-black dragon lizardman general, Anachet, who hated snakes, was at a loss for words, and hissed: "Is there no way to answer my question? Haha, let me tell you, she is dead, and I am with her There is a mark on her body. When her dragon soul leaves her body, she will notify me immediately that she will never come back..."
"Impossible." Gregory categorically denied, "Your Majesty is not dead yet, she was just temporarily controlled by someone using magic. No one can kill your Majesty silently, Anachet, don't be deceived here." Everyone, get out of here immediately and go back to your snake swamp. I will pretend that nothing happened today. Otherwise, I can lead people to flatten your snake swamp and kill all your poisonous snakes without Your Majesty’s intervention. Kill them all, and you are able to stay in the Snake Swamp not because of how strong you are, but because of Her Majesty the Queen's kindness in allowing you to exist."
At the end of the sentence, the half-black dragon lizardman general showed his fierceness. He decided not to waste any time with this cunning poisonous snake, and used the simplest, crudest, and the method he was best at to solve the problem - force.
Anyway, these poisonous snakes have always been good at conspiracy, not combat power. The army of more than 10,000 lizardmen he now holds in his hands is his greatest confidence. He can't compete with the army of conquerors. If he eats one, he has been kept captive in the center of the swamp. Snake nest is not a simple matter.
The snake-hating man was unmoved at all. Instead, he waved his hand and the rotten pool in front of him began to rotate crazily. A picture appeared in front of Gregory, and he just said: "If I remember correctly, this The tribe should be your mother tribe, under your supervision, and these should be your descendants..."
Just by looking at it, the black dorsal fin on Gregory's head opened angrily, turned red, and roared: "Anachite, you are despicable and shameless, if you dare to touch any of my people, Scales, I will fight you until every poisonous snake in your snake swamp is exterminated."
The snake-hating man didn't pay attention to Gregory's threat at all, and his hissing voice remained unhurried, "The final decision whether to touch them or not is not in my hands, but in your hands. As long as the general is willing to cooperate with me, I promise not only that I will not touch a single scale of your heir, but I also guarantee that the general's status will not be affected in any way, and even above that, he will become the new king of the entire Thun Swamp and the common denominator of all scaled people. Lord, not only the lizardmen, but also all the snakemen and bullywugs will swear allegiance to you..."
(End of chapter)
