Versatile Mage

estion, he suddenly realized that the village did sound weird.
It was still reasonable for the entire village to be powerful Magicians, as they were certain places that had more talented people.

However, since the village was not located in the safe zone, it also meant that it was in the demon beasts’ territory.
Even a city would be overrun with demon beasts fairly quickly if it were located outside the safe zone, let alone a small village without outstanding defense!

“It’s because our village is under the protection of a god,” Tangyue smiled.
Her eyes were like crescents.

“Under the protection of a god?” Mo Fan was confused.

“That’s right, we’re never worried about being infiltrated by demon beasts.
Due to the presence of the god, you wouldn’t find a single demon beast within ten kilometers of the village,” said Tangyue.

“Can a god actually do that? I thought they could only comfort one’s soul,” said Mo Fan.

“Not the god that we worship.”

“Then tell me who the god you worship is, maybe I should pay him a visit soon, so he would look after my hometown too,” Mo Fan joked.

“You already met,” Tangyue winked at Mo Fan.

Mo Fan was dumbfounded.
Since when did he visit their god…

However, for some reason, Mo Fan’s mind was instantly filled with the face of the Skyscraping Snake.
He recalled its deep eyes.
If he were to describe it, that beast did stand there like a deity!

Mo Fan shuddered.
He looked at the smiling Tangyue in disbelief.
He subconsciously took a few steps back with a stiff expression, not knowing what to say for a long moment.

Tangyue continued to stare at Mo Fan, smiling.

Mo Fan was always being indifferent toward spiritual stuff.
Frankly speaking, he was simple-minded when it came to things like religion.
He was far from a sentimental person.

Tangyue thought there was nothing he would be afraid of.
Even if there were anything that scared him, he would still try to overcome it with his signature black humor.
However, the Skyscraping Snake had somehow gotten into Mo Fan’s nerves, thus Tangyue could not help but have the urge to tease him further.

“Miss…Miss Tangyue, please don’t joke with me like that.” It took Mo Fan quite some time to utter the words.

“I’m not joking.” Tangyue was still wearing the same smile.

“…Your village…is everyone a snake-person?” asked Mo Fan.

Tangyue rolled her eyes and blurted out, “Please, we’re all humans!”

“Humans, but you’re worshiping a snake as a god?” Mo Fan failed to comprehend it.

“Did you even study history!?” Tangyue was speechless at how lazy Mo Fan was in his studies.

“Not really, please enlighten me.” Mo Fan could feel his conception of the world crumbling.

“The history classes in school should have mentioned it, but not much.
It’s also a secret of our village, and we don’t usually tell outsiders about it, unless…” Tangyue paused.

“Unless I become a son-in-law?” interjected Mo Fan.

“Humph, who wants scum like you!” snapped Tangyue.

“I didn’t say you.
I would think that your village still has other girls,” replied the garrulous Mo Fan.

“Come with me, I’ll take you somewhere!” ordered Tangyue.

“Not a chance.
A strange village like yours would surely do something crazy, like offering living sacrifices.
I’m not interested in your secret, and I’m not going.” Mo Fan shook his head heavily.

“…I think you’ve been watching too many movies!” Tangyue felt like crying and laughing at the same time.