Chapter 865: Rebirth: I was fed in the Yao Clan

Nidhogg secretly observed in the Inexhaustible Spring.

There is a shadow next to the spring on the ground, like a stone or a sculpture.

It is almost inseparable.

It was a tall knight covered in heavy armor. The black armor was covered with scratches and frost, and there was a layer of red patterns on the metal surface, like fire trapped in ice.

The knight held a dark red sword in his hand, and most of the time, it was as motionless as a block of iron.

Locals sometimes come to pay him a visit.

"Good morning, Lord Blood Knight."

"Master Blood Knight, you have worked hard. If possible, please take a rest."

"Lord Blood Knight, may I ask, has Lord Yaoshen given any new oracle?"

…

The Blood Knight rarely spoke.

He only speaks when someone offers him a sacrifice.

"I am not a god, so I cannot overstep my authority."

Rejected by this.

The Blood Knight is an apostle who serves a god called Yaoshen.

This made Nidhogg feel tricky.

It had dealt with the apostles in the past. Each of the apostles had their own strengths and weaknesses. The most difficult thing was that when they couldn't win, they would ask for support from the gods.

This is what Nidhogg hates the most.

If you dare, let's fight! Isn't it just bullying that there is no god behind it? It knows it in its heart.

We cannot engage in direct conflict with the Blood Knight, as the Inexhaustible Fountain has been occupied by the God Yao.

So Nidhogg followed the underground streams of the Land of Mist to move away from the Blood Knights, but soon he was exposed.

The discoverer was a Nibelungen, who called over a large group of children.

He pointed under the ice and said, "Look! There's a black earthworm in the poisonous spring!"

Other children immediately objected: "How can there be earthworms here? Earthworms are in the soil, not in the water. It's impossible. It's feces, very thin feces."

Nidhogg was furious and wanted to hang the foul-mouthed brat immediately.

Someone else corrected him: "No, no, it's a snake, a small black snake."

Nidhogg thought to himself, it’s a good thing there are normal children.

In the past, the Nibelungs were not very smart. They showed a kind of clear stupidity, just like the poisonous spring here. Before they became giants, they were a group of strange children with poisonous bodies.

"Oh no, it's stiff, is it going to die?"

"Quick, rescue!"

The children began to break the ice and rescued Nidhogg.

It did not resist.

This was all part of the plan.

The first thing to do is to get in touch with the locals and eliminate the fear and vigilance of these children. Now, my seemingly weak appearance is actually an advantage.

The true hunter always appears as the prey.

Then Nidhogg soon discovered that something was wrong.

Because he was locked up by those children and placed in a crystal box.

The box was warm, bright and clean.

But Nidhogg felt that he could not breathe and was about to die.

There is no poison here, nor any underworld power generated by death.

It couldn't hold on any longer, and desperately banged against the solid crystal wall to ask for help.

Nidhogg just felt sad.

I didn't fall in Ragnarok, but ended up in this crystal box in this way, returning to my hometown in the underworld...

But things soon took a turn for the better.

The children brought it to a frost giant.

"Mayor Barras, look, we caught a little snake. I don't know what happened to it, and it looks very weak."

The tall giant picked up the crystal container with his fingers and stared into it. "Oh? The Hades Serpent... It's a really rare species. This is the first time I've seen one. It feeds on poison and death."

"It was probably bred by someone who died here before. It lives in the poisonous spring. It likes the cold environment and toxins. You can't raise the temperature for it."

"Try pouring the poison spring into your [Magic Box]. Didn't you find it in the water under the ice? It looks like it can live in water."

Saved.

Nidhogg breathed a sigh of relief.

The Frost Giants are the mature form of the Nibelungen. It turns out that only adults understand how difficult it is to survive.

The kids did add poisoned water to the box and changed the water regularly to make sure it was toxic enough.

The crystal box also has the ability to indicate the content of poison elements. When it is light green, it means that there are abundant poison elements, and when it turns white, it means that there are very few poison elements.

However, they placed the crystal box on an ice platform next to the Blood Knight.

"Lord Blood Knight, let this underworld snake accompany you!"

The children said so.

Nidhogg was heartbroken.

After going around in circles, I'm back to the starting point.

Being located beside the apostle, it felt a lot of pressure and did not dare to act rashly.

The children of the Nibelungs often came to see it and brought it all kinds of poisons. The Nibelungs had the dual properties of ice and poison. The clothes and tools they used for a long time alone would carry a lot of poison elements.

If a child could be eaten, there would be more toxins.

But this is just thought.

Nidhogg is too weak now to eat a child.

In fact, it had a good relationship with the Nibelung clan in the past, mainly because those children who carried toxins were also poison-type and respected it very much. Moreover, they looked pitiful, so anyone could bully them.

At that time, Nidhogg had never eaten these children.

It just focused on gnawing at the roots of the World Tree, drawing strength from it.

The weak do not make things difficult for the weak.

As Nidhogg obtained a large amount of toxins from people's feeding, its body became increasingly large, shaped like a jungle python, and it became difficult to find a crystal box large enough to accommodate its body.

With the permission of Mayor Barras, the children released it.

So Nidhogg began to swim along the poisonous spring. It spent most of its time under the ice, where it was closer to the source of the inexhaustible spring power and could absorb more poisonous power.

The children always greet it enthusiastically.

"Hell Snake, you are so strong now! Can you take me to the edge of the Kingdom of Mist? My friend and I have an appointment to meet there and go to Sand City to study."

It lowered its head to let the other come up.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Underworld Snake, your hometown is in the underworld. Can you take me there to have a look? I have a good friend who is missing. He must be dead and went to the underworld. I miss him very much."

It shook its head to indicate no.

The underworld is not a place where you can come and go as you please.

If a living person other than a god enters that place, he will become a dead person and will be unable to leave.

"Underworld Snake, how did you get to the Kingdom of Mist? Did God Yao bring you here?"

Nidhogg remained silent.

If it doesn't speak, people will think it can't speak, which can save a lot of trouble. This is a trick it learned from the Blood Knight.

Nidhogg had to admit that his new life after rebirth was not bad.

Everyone knows that there is a Hades snake in the "Eternal City" of the Land of Mist. Not only do locals often feed it various poisons, but foreign travelers and vacationers who come here generously give it precious food such as the Omnipotent Stone.

The only problem was that these people, including humans, cat people, elves, and bone ancestors, all liked to take photos together. They would ask to leave their reflections on a thing called [Crystal Phase] with it as a souvenir.

Nidhogg cooperated.

Others are feeding me the omnipotent stone, and I am just posing, so there is no loss.

The scholars of the Yao clan also paid attention to it, most of whom were potion researchers, alchemists, and wizards. They would come here regularly to let Nidhogg absorb various strange poisons and poison elements to confirm its feedback.

Generally speaking, the stronger the toxicity and the higher the poison element content, the higher the Nidhogg's rating.

It curls its tail into a loop for visual grading.

One circle represents ordinary goods.

The second circle is exquisite.

Three circles is the best.

Yao scholars would also collect its shed skin and replaced teeth for various drug experiments and materials.

As a reward, they will give out generous omnipotent stones and some experimental potions made from high-concentration poisonous elements that are almost impossible to obtain outside.

Ten years passed like this, and Nidhogg had become a celebrity in the Undying City. It even had a Snake Castle under its name, a strange castle built of ice and stone.

This is Mayor Barras's suggestion.

"Mr. Dark Snake, you have too many Omnipotent Stones, and it is inconvenient to store them. It is best to find the [World City Treasury] or [Ocean Treasury] to store these Omnipotent Stones, and then you can withdraw them anywhere. If you are willing, they will also provide door-to-door service. There are stations of these two institutions in the Eternal City."

Nidhogg thought it was a good idea and nodded.

"Also, the Eternal City wants to build a residence for you, but you don't have to live in it. This can attract a lot of tourists. Letting them buy tickets to enter can bring in a lot of revenue..."

"We will build the Eternal City for you, and we will split all the profits 50-50. What do you think? Whenever necessary, you can cooperate with us in publicity, including participating in reports and taking photos with us."

Nidhogg thought it was okay.

Anyway, I still do the same as before.

As the only underworld snake in the Yao civilization and a legendary resident born in the Land of Mist, Nidhogg has become a household name.

Even the apostles of the Yao clan from various worlds came to look for it. Yan Jiu from Blood Hill, Yan Hu from Salt City, Mao Cao and Red Dragon Daisy from the Resurrection Kingdom, Neferi from Continent Island... all came to chat with it, with one purpose.

"Would you consider settling in our city?"

It rejected them all.

The Bulao City is so good that it doesn’t want to leave.

Nidhogg never thought that a monster like himself would become so noticeable and popular.

The Yao clan is really a strange civilization.

One day, Nidhogg was awakened by a violent tremor.

It craned its neck and saw the ice rising near the inexhaustible spring, and tree roots rising from the ground, entwining the children of the Nibelung everywhere.

The Blood Knight and the three Frost Giants were trying to rescue the children, but the roots seemed endless. They turned into countless hands and frantically hunted the children, sucking them into the roots.

Nidhogg was shocked.

The roots of the World Tree have completely revived.

It actually knew before that the roots were secretly attacking the Nibelung clan, but it was very secretive. In Norse mythology, these children are the nutrients of the roots and will be eaten when needed.

Nidhogg saw a little girl entangled in roots nearby. The child often came to see it, always looking outside the Snake Castle, and would be shy when she saw it.

At this time, she was so scared that she cried loudly and her leg was pierced by the tree roots.

Nidhogg came to his senses and found himself frantically biting the roots of the World Tree.

The child was standing aside, his face glowing: "Mr. Dark Snake is so strong!"

"Mr. Dark Snake is helping us!"

"Mr. Hell Snake will win!"

The surviving children nearby all ran over here and headed towards the Snake Castle.

The entire Land of Mist was boiling and roaring, but the children's shouts were extremely clear.

Nidhogg raised his head and looked coldly at the countless claw-like tree roots attacking him.

It seems that the tree roots, which have just revived, don't know who their prey is.

(End of this chapter)