Ysera had led a life of peace and calm.

Not because she was particularly peaceful and calm, but because she had learned that it was the best way to survive to live a long and fruitful life.

After bearing witness to how her mother was butchered as a young serpent, all because she picked a battle with the wrong high beast opponent.

Even with her incredible bloodline as a pure water serpent, Ysera began to live a peaceful life of caution and always considered different angles before she engages a foe in battle.

The first thing she confirms is always their realm, and then she checks if they might possess any special tools or artifacts. If she confirms both to be a no, she can engage with peace of mind...

If she confirms any to be true....

She instantly runs for her life and abandons all of her possessions. Ysera had learned to dissociate herself with material wealth for this very reason, so nothing could tie her down.

But was it the fact that she was disturbed from her peaceful rest that had clouded her judgment so?

Ysera was certain she had confirmed this human realm to be only at the master level, and she also scanned him to ascertain if he had any artifacts on him.....

Both had come out negative, so Ysera had engaged in hopes of enjoying some human meat snack before returning to sleep.....

But what in the world was going on? Why was she being slapped near the point of death by large human hands made of sand?

Ysera had been so careful all her life. She doesn’t even like human meat that much.

Even though it was the best supplement for beasts to level up and advance in realm, she knew these creatures were the most dangerous, and she never allowed her greed to lead her.....

Where did it all go wrong?.

’No... Ysera need to do something before demon beat her to death!’ Ysera thought urgently inside as yet another massive palm of sand slapped her across her face, displacing a few of her teeth and sending her massive serpent body flying through the hollow cave.

"SSsssss....Please, strong human....SSssss....I wrong....Forgive!"

"Oh?... Hehehe..... guess it’s to be expected that you can talk."

Hearing the beast beg for its life, Zorat wasn’t surprised.

Some special beasts that have crossed a certain threshold of life realm do gain the ability to form intelligent thought and also speak.

Though it might seem to the beast that Zorat intends to kill it, seeing how he was relentlessly smacking it around the cave. What Zorat was actually doing was taming it.

For wild and prideful beasts like this, they need to be put through this exact process to get them to listen well in the future.... If Zorat actually intends to kill the beast, he would have simply severed its head clean off instead of slapping it around.

He had intended to do this for at least a minute more in order to properly condition the beast, but it turns out this one was an intelligent one who was also so quick to beg.

"I guess that works too."

Hearing these words from the human, Ysera was greatly relieved to see the massive hands suddenly stop and slowly fade into the air.

Now that she was in this situation..... Relying on her sharpened survival instinct, Ysera instantly lay down, showing her belly...

This was a move of either absolute surrender or absolute trust. And she hopes this human understands her actions and spares her life for her earlier rudeness.

"I have a job for you.....are you a good actor?"

Ysera heard the human speak. She understood the first part quite all right. It seems this human wants her to do something important.

This was the best news Ysera could have hoped for, which means she won’t be dying after all.

Now she just has to give a response that will make the naked human happy, or he might just change his mind, since he is such a brutal person.

But the water serpent was confused about the other part of his statement.

Particularly, what the term ’actor’ means. But would she dare risk admitting to the strong human that she isn’t capable of doing what he needed....Never. Ysera was too smart for that.

"Sssss...Ysera is very good actor."

"Marvelous. I am assuming your name is Ysera, right?" Zorat asked, and the serpent nodded its large head in affirmation.

"Very good.... I am starting to like you, Ysera.....Hehehehe"

"Ssss....thank strong human." Ysera was happy.

She had done it. She had managed to preserve her life after making such a huge mistake.

Now she just has to go ask around from the other territory high beasts she was on good terms with.... Just what exactly this ’actor’ word means.

Ysera watched as the human began drawing a strange pattern on the ground right where she usually slept.

She realized painfully that if she tried to concentrate on these patterns for more than a few seconds.... She feels like her soul is being torn apart.

The patterns looked similar to what the human has on their naked body, but she can barely make out the shapes of those ones..... These ones, however, she was watching him draw into the ground, and after trying and failing several times to watch....

Ysera gave up and simply remained quietly in the corner.

After a full minute, did the human speak again, and this time, Ysera was starting to understand exactly what he intended for her to do.

"Alright then.... That should do it."

"Ysera... listen carefully....."

"Ssss....yes.... Strong human."

"When night comes tomorrow. A human woman with red fiery hair will be appearing at exactly this spot..."

"Act like you want her dead, and try to actively kill her... but don’t actually kill her..... do you understand?"

"Sssss....Yes, strong human. Ysera act very well."

"Very good..."

"Guess I should start heading back..... Hehehehe"