Chapter: Chapter 472
If Lethicia were to agree just like that, the Dragon God might start to doubt what Lethicia was thinking.
Taking care of the dragons was not just four simple words; it meant Lethicia would be standing in opposition to a deity. And given the temperaments of deities, if Lethicia made such a decision, a great war would be inevitable.
There might be such a saintly mother among the deities, but Lethicia was not, and the Dragon God knew Lethicia was not.
From their earlier conversation, the Dragon God could roughly assess Lethicia’s personality. This girl had a lot of schemes, but was not inherently bad. However, expecting her to do something for you for free was impossible.
Interest. To drive her, one could only place interest before her.
And the Dragon God possessed such interest.
“Are you interested in temporarily taking the position of Dragon God until the next generation of Dragon Gods appears?” the golden-haired girl said, a smile curling up on her lips.
“Huh?” Temporarily taking the position of Dragon God? This could be temporarily held?
I don’t even look like a dragon. Even if I wanted to, it wouldn’t be possible.
The races are different.
And what benefits would there be from taking it temporarily? Becoming the Dragon God, even temporarily, would mean facing that big bird head-on. Lethicia didn’t think she could easily defeat that big bird.
Seeing the confused expression on Lethicia’s face, the Dragon God smiled and clapped her hands. With her movements, a black opening suddenly appeared in the center of the room, and a ray of brilliant golden light gushed out from the opening. The ferocious aura of authority instantly caused Lethicia’s expression to change.
This aura was too powerful!
A luxurious golden longsword slowly floated out from underground under the Dragon God’s guidance. Looking at this longsword, the Dragon God’s voice carried a hint of melancholy. “Perhaps it was out of selfishness; before I died, I gathered all my authority and turned it into this longsword. As long as one holds it, they can obtain all my authority from when I was alive.”
If the Dragon God hadn’t done this, a new generation of Dragon Gods would have appeared long ago. After all, when the Dragon God died, there was still quite some time before the end of the Divine Age. This period would have been enough for a new Dragon God to appear and grow.
But the Dragon God withheld her authority, causing the new generation of Dragon Gods to have no foundation to appear. As a result, the dragon race went through an unusually long period without divine protection.
“Deity authority can be stolen and transferred, though the former is rare, and the latter has almost never happened. Most deceased deities did not act upon their authority, but rather let it dissipate.” The Dragon God gently explained, stroking the longsword in her arms with a wistful expression. “But I regret it now. I hoped the new generation of Dragon Gods would be personally chosen and recognized by me. But after such a long time, I still haven’t found a successor that satisfies me.”
“My time is short, and Huang will be reviving soon. Her life is harder than mine, and her authority includes the ability to resurrect after death. To protect these children, I had no choice but to do this.”
If Lethicia hadn’t arrived, the Dragon God would have handed this divine sword to the most talented young person in the dragon race soon. Even if such powerful and uncontrollable power would greatly shorten the user’s lifespan, the Dragon God would have had to make this choice.
Once Huang revived, she would definitely not let go of these old rivals of the dragon race. The Dragon God understood her old friend; she held grudges, and her favorite thing to do was to eradicate her enemies.
“With this, I can defeat that Huang?” Lethicia was actually a little tempted, but when she thought about facing that bird-like deity who died with the Dragon God after accepting this sword, she felt a little guilty.
The Dragon God was so powerful that she ended up in a mutual destruction with that big bird. For herself, it was even more uncertain!
If she wasn’t careful, she might die even more miserably than the Dragon God.
“If it were Huang at her peak, you naturally wouldn’t be able to defeat her. But Huang now hasn’t fully revived, and her power won’t be greater than yours.” The Dragon God showed a sinister smile. “Strike while the iron is hot! Disrupt her revival ritual, or kill her again during her weakened state after revival. Even if she can revive, it will be millions of years later. By then, you won’t need to fear her at all.”
Damn it, sister, you just said Huang was petty, but it seems you’re not much better!
“Can I really win?”
“If you drag it out for too long and let Huang recover her strength, then it’s hard to say.” The Dragon God handed the divine sword to Lethicia, her face clearly conveying ‘Hurry and accept it.’
“It’s not that I don’t believe you, I’m just afraid that Huang might have a backup plan. Even you know to strike her during her weakened state after revival, so wouldn’t she make corresponding arrangements?”
“She… how to put it, she’s a bit stubborn. To put it another way, she’s rash. Once she gets worked up, she doesn’t care about anything else.” The Dragon God thought for a moment and said to Lethicia in a small voice, “Although it’s not good to gossip behind people’s backs, many of our kin at the time thought Huang had some issues with her brain.”
Got it, she’s a simpleton, right! Lethicia’s mouth twitched. “So, you mean, she might really not have made any arrangements?”
“That’s right, and… to put it bluntly, I don’t have the ability to force you to fulfill the agreement. As long as you accept the divine sword, I will completely disappear. Because what you are seeing now is my existence, which relies on this sword. Once it has a new owner, this old owner will have no reason to exist.” The Dragon God sighed. She was also gambling, gambling that Lethicia, who appeared at this time, was a trustworthy deity.
To fight Huang, another deity had to act. Mortals, no matter how powerful, were still as weak as infants before deities.
Only a deity could fight another deity. This was the truth the Dragon God believed.
So, even though this was the first time she had met Lethicia, after discerning the aura of many other deities on Lethicia, she immediately made her decision.
She would gamble, gamble on the conscience of this fellow clan member, gamble that after gaining her power, she would keep her promise and protect the dragon race.
“It will also take some time to digest the authority within this sword. You need to make a decision quickly.” The Dragon God thrust the sword into the open space in front of Lethicia. “Do you really want to spend your life hiding and evading like this?”
“Your authority is not suited for combat. If you have conflicts with other deities in the future, will you only want to run away and be chased after?”
“My power can change all of this, and the only price you need to pay is to protect the dragon race.”
It’s over, I’m tempted.
Lethicia looked at the longsword stuck in front of her and secretly swallowed. Her current weakness was her combat power when facing deities.
The authority of the God of Dreams was quite useful against others, but when it clashed with the power of other deities, she immediately became a clown. Even the power left behind by the deceased Dragon God could disrupt her authority to the point where it couldn’t be used. Not to mention when fighting deities head-on.
And now, a powerful authority was placed before her. All she needed to do was reach out to gain this immense power.
The price was to make a mortal enemy of a deity who was about to awaken from a long slumber.
After gaining this power, Lethicia would be the God of Dragons. That bird-like deity probably wouldn’t care if Lethicia was the original Dragon God or not; she would definitely want to destroy the entire dragon race.
Weakened state… *breath*, the information the Dragon God just provided made Lethicia unable to calm down!
“How long will it take to fully control the authority within this sword?” Lethicia asked.
“I can’t guess that. However, I can tell you that the time depends on the strength of your soul. The stronger your soul, the faster you can digest the authority. At the fastest, it might only take a few days.”
A few days? Lethicia gritted her teeth and made a decision.
A gamble. If she won, she would never fear those deities again!
If she lost… at most, she would abandon the dragon race and run away. She didn’t believe that if she ran into the human world with her head down, Huang could still find her.
If she dared to chase, Lethicia would dare to call the divine seat group to perform a real-life version of ‘ambush from all sides’!
I have more people here, why should I be afraid of you, a lone individual?
She reached out and gripped the hilt of the longsword. With a clear dragon’s roar echoing in her ears, Lethicia’s vision blurred.
“I hope my choice is not wrong…” Looking at Lethicia, who was enveloped in golden light, the Dragon God sighed softly.
Her form became increasingly faint. After a few breaths, this deity, who had lived for an immeasurable number of years, became almost transparent.
She hadn’t lied. Once the Dragon God’s authority had a new owner, she would have no reason to exist. The will that relied on authority would eventually disappear.
Having barely survived for so many years, she had chosen a favored successor at the last moment of her life, which might offer her some solace.
As the deity’s power weakened, the mysterious power shrouding the Sleeping Dragon Mountain Range also gradually dissipated. This power was originally maintained by the Dragon God using her authority. Now, without the authority to maintain it, their disappearance was only natural.
Ordinary people didn’t realize this, but another powerful being in the dense forest looked up with a sense of apprehension.
Her perceptual ability, which had been suppressed, returned to normal. Bai Ling looked into the distance, a hint of worry rising in her heart.
It had only been a day since Lethicia left, and such a change had occurred. It was hard not to connect these two events.
At Lethicia’s speed, she should have found the dragon race’s location by now. So, was what was happening now related to her?
“Don’t let anything happen… Hmm?”
A bird’s cry filled with hatred echoed in the forest. A golden fiery bird flapped its wings and slowly rose in the forest.
“When?!” Bai Ling looked in surprise towards the direction of the bird. This bird had risen from the mercenaries’ camp. At first, she thought it was the mercenaries’ doing.
But after looking, the scene in the camp made Bai Ling unsure of what to say. The bustling camp that was lively just moments ago had now become an empty camp. The sleeping and awake mercenaries had all disappeared.
Where did they go?
Could it be… Bai Ling looked up at the bird that seemed to want to head towards the Sleeping Dragon Mountain Range.
She remembered that when the chief of the Steel Spear Tribe fought Linglong, he transformed into a fiery bird like this. It’s just that the bird the chief transformed into wasn’t as powerful, and its flames weren’t as fierce.
But undoubtedly, they were the same thing!
Was it those equipments? Miss Bai’s brain started working, and she immediately thought of the commonality between these people. They had all used the weapons provided by those merchants. Those equipments were made from things related to deities.
Therefore, this fiery bird was definitely related to deities!
“We must stop it. We can’t let it go to the depths of the mountain range!” Bai Ling immediately made a decision.
Although she didn’t know what was happening in the center of the mountain range, she knew that this bird was not friendly. It would definitely bring bad news if it flew there.
Starlight sprinkled from the sky, and a sword light that seemed capable of cleaving the heavens and earth tore through the sky, fiercely striking the bird’s wing.
The Sword Saint maiden, clad in starlight, held her sword and blocked the bird’s path.
“Caw!!!” The fiery bird let out an angry cry.
In Bai Ling’s ears, this cry seemed to contain other meanings, as if saying, “Get out of the way! Mortal!”
This bird had consciousness; it was intelligent.
In that case, she definitely couldn’t let it pass.
Lethicia’s mission to Bai Ling was to keep an eye on those mercenaries and prevent them from causing any trouble. Now that these mercenaries had turned into golden fiery birds, Bai Ling felt that her mission had already failed halfway.
If this bird flew to the center of the mountain range, her mission would be a complete failure.
She couldn’t disappoint Lethicia. She had confidently guaranteed that there would be no problems here, so she couldn’t be looked down upon.
“Mortal? Then come and try to see if you can defeat me, a mortal.” The tip of her sword pointed directly at the bird. Bai Ling’s lips curled slightly, a look of disdain on her face.
She sensed that this bird’s strength was not strong. Even after absorbing so many elite mercenaries, it couldn’t raise its power to her level.
The gap between Bai Ling and these people could no longer be bridged by quantity alone.
The stars in the sky twinkled incessantly. The bright moon also dimmed its radiance under the starlight. Under the incredibly bright starry sky, the Sword Saint of the Star River launched her attack.
A star river appeared silently and crashed into the golden bird with a roar.
Its body was directly pierced, and the bird couldn’t help but let out a mournful cry. It twisted its body, trying to dodge the follow-up impact of the star river. But before it could make a move, countless rays of starlight descended from the sky, piercing its body.
“Compared to true deities, you are too weak.” The white-haired Sword Saint commented coldly, looking at the bird struggling and screaming under the starry sky.
