Chapter 148: Who’s the Idiot?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Together with the three powerhouses of the Truth Department and their thousands of elite soldiers, Vigilante A waited patiently for his targets.
Their lesser targets, the mutated Blood Porcupine demons, were closing into the ambush as they have predicted.
The king cobra, the incarnate of the God of Destruction, Vigilante A’s real prey, followed far behind and approaching the ambush as well.
Striking it where it hurts to lure it into traps, it seemed the second part of Fang Ning’s awesome plan was being smoothly carried out.
A spirit was hovering beside the king cobra demon. The spirit looked solid, his skin was dark, his face was lively as a hint of pride and cruelty was hung on it.
It was the snakecharmer, Sadi. He was the key figure in Fang Ning’s plan.
He was replaying the scene that happened several hours ago in his head.
The mysterious warden told him, “Take this Soul Strengthening Pill, you should look and feel the same as living humans would for twenty-four hours. However, Anderson had already injuncted your Spiritual Sense, your spirit will dissipate after twenty-four hours, only he could stop it from happening.”
“As long as you relay my message to the king cobra, your mission will be completed then, and someone will bring you back into the Draconic Penitentiary. You can stay there as long as you want and will never have to endure the punishments again.”
The message the warden asked him to relay was, “Shaz, the Truth Department found us out and captured all of us. I had to abandon my body and run away in spiritual form. I could only live for another 24 hours. They had already interrogated the Priest about the place where we entered the Land of Heritage.”
“They decided to set up a defensive formation there to seal the entrance from the Indians. We need to get ahead of them before they could do anything there to occupy that spot.”
However, when he found the king cobra, he did not say anything that he was ordered to say at all.
He complained to the king cobra about the truth of their capture, even pointing out that the Truth Department should already set up a trap in that valley, waiting for Shaz to jump into the trap head first.
Lastly, he told the king cobra, “Shaz, my spirit was injuncted by Anderson, saying my soul would dissipate within twenty-four hours and made me lie to you. I, Sadi, am just a simple Dalit, my life is worthless, please don’t jump go toward the trap.”
“Even if the Truth Department wanted to occupy the valley and set up a defensive formation, the Indians can still find another entrance in the future, don’t risk your life to occupy that place, rank advancement can wait.”
He assured it was not a rush, but Shaz was fiercely unsettled as it heard the news. It controlled the porcupines to rush toward the valley, and also brought Sadi along, wanting to send him back to India so he could inform the other people.
Sadi finished his flashback and followed beside the king cobra.
He thought as he hovered, ‘They said something about someone meeting him and taking him away at the valley?’
‘They were only using me as a bait. I would appear with Shaz at the valley.’
‘With the tens of thousands of people of China, they would have given us an indiscriminate attack. Shaz was strong, it might just be slightly hurt, but I would definitely die, how would anyone have saved me?’
‘The only way to live was to do it this way. I shall use Shaz’s power to break through the lockdown, return to India, and immediately look for the three saints to disable the Spiritual Sense Injunction and to look for Mr. Tom to perform the reincarnation ceremony.’
‘ ‘Only Anderson could stop my spirit from dissipating,’ did they think I was stupid?’
‘Shaz said it was a snake and doesn’t understand the Spiritual Sense Injunction, but the saints could communicate with the three main gods, they must have a way to help him.’
Of course, he did not know that if Fang Ning made a promise, he would keep it. He was a rat through and through, and could only look at other people’s intention colored with his own bias…
No one would know if Fang Ning planned for a double-cross in his awesome plan.
After a while, Sadi could see a valley coming into focus among the dense undergrowth.
He thought, ‘That’s the entrance from India.’
As he expected, the king cobra Shaz was only willing to listen to his instruction because it needed the whole India to worship it in temples before it could advance. It needed its title, the “Incarnate of the God of Destruction”, to be worshiped by all of India to break through the bottleneck it was currently facing.
‘Among the Indians, it would still trust its former master, that was a position no one else could replace. It must want to send me back, ask the saints to save me so I could become its proxy to arrange that.’
‘But now that the Chinese wanted to stop its path of cultivation, it must be furious. How would it have the patience to wait a few more years before another group of Indians come through from other entrances?’
‘The Land of Heritage is wide. Powerful monsters are everywhere. It had taken the lead in cultivation, but if it couldn’t break through, its natural enemies might one day grow strong enough to eat it…’
‘Just you wait, you worthless warden. You say I could stay in the Draconic Penitentiary as long as I want, but why would I let go of the opportunity to reincarnate to become an upper caste man?’
‘You Chinese think you’re so clever. This time, you will be the victim of your cleverness. I will help Shaz to destroy you all, I can’t wait to see your faces in despair…’
Just as he was thinking, he realized Shaz had stopped. Its flat head rose high, looking at the valley.
At the same time, the Blood Porcupine demons also stopped near the valley.
Sadi asked, “Did you see where they set up the ambush?”
He had been a snakecharmer since young, he knew king cobras were different from most other snakes. King cobras possess very good eyesight and can see from very far away.
It was only after a while that a hoarse voice projected into his brain.
Shaz said, “My former master, Sadi, you were as pure as you were eight years ago, and did not lie to me. They did set up a trap around the valley, concentrating most of their powers to lure me into it.”
“Their stealth was really clever, with many intricate formations set up to hide them. If it weren’t for your warning, I wouldn’t have been able to notice them. After all, I was secluded here for many years and wasn’t familiar with human tricks.”
Sadi was proud of himself. Shaz must be trusting him more and more, his future position as its proxy should be set in stone.
He immediately said, “Now that you have discovered their ambush, it should be easy for you to find their weakness and destroy them-”
Shaz’s voice projected into his head again, this time with a hint of cunningness, “No, I won’t attack their camp now. Now that I made sure most of their forces are here, I shall avoid the hard fight, turn around, and attack their empty headquarters…”
Sadi felt something was wrong, if the warden did not lie to him, he should only have 20 hours more to live…
He asked, voice shaking, “It’s several hours journey to their headquarters. Even if we could force them to move away, it would take a long time before we could enter the valley itself.”
Shaz said, “Hm, my former master, Sadi, it seems like you were concerned about beating your remaining time. Didn’t you say you are only a worthless Dalit and that you are willing to sacrifice for me?”
“Even though I can’t wait to advance and can’t waste another few years or even a few months to wait for your compatriots to find another entrance, I have a day or two to spare. If we attack their campsite right now, even if I could defeat them, I would inevitably be injured as well. Your life is worth less than any one of my scales, I’m not about to risk my life to send you back home by attacking them now.”
Sadi said in horror, “But- but Shaz, I need to, I need to go back and inform them about the situation here! I need to set up a temple and arrange for people to worship you.”
the king cobra’s bobbled its flat head like a human and said, “You think too highly of yourself. As long as I occupied this valley, your compatriots would definitely send people to inspect when they realized you’ve all perished. I can contact other people then.”
“On the other hand, Anderson’s Spiritual Sense Injunction is too complicated, too powerful. There’s no way it could be cracked in twenty-odd hours. I can’t crack it, the three saints can’t crack it…”
Sadi’s reaction to that was huge, “You! You cunning, venomous, lie-spitting snake! You didn’t tell me these things! I can’t believe the warden didn’t con me…”
Shaz replied, “Hiss hiss hiss, if I told you, would you tell me honestly the plans of the Truth Department and that mysterious warden? You no longer serve any purpose to me, rest in peace.”
Sadi could not muster up a retort, he realized that he had overestimated his importance in the scheme. In the eyes of the king cobra, he was only a middleman. As soon as it found out the background of the Indians, it would no longer need him.
That was the tragedy of being a side character. They thought they were important, that their words hold influence, but in the eyes of truly important people, they were stepping stones, someone they could use to further their own ambitions.
Sadi suddenly lunged straight toward the valley. He wanted to ask the warden to save him again. He could tell, the warden was actually a kind person.
However, before he could travel much, a powerful force pulled at him from behind.
At this moment, the king cobra opened its terrifying mouth at Sadi’s spirit, yanking his flying form into its torso…
With cold eyes, the king cobra stared at the valley before scanning around, at which point it turned tail and slithered away.
The Blood Porcupine demons in front of it turned around at about the same time.
