novelraw Chapter 679 - 679 671 You Only Have One Choice
Chapter 679 - 679 671 You Only Have One Choice
Chapter 679: Chapter 671: You Only Have One Choice Chapter 679: Chapter 671: You Only Have One Choice “That was satisfying.” Muria looked around, everything was covered in giant claw marks and seemingly endless trenches, deep fist holes, and craters with a radius of at least several hundred meters.
Flames lingered all around, arcs of lightning flickering, and occasionally a dark red glow flashed across the sky, carrying an endless murderous intent. These were the remnants of divine power left behind after the dragon hunters’ attack. This place had turned into a barren land, unfit for the survival of ordinary creatures.
“If a legendary battle were to take place on the ground, the victor has the obligation to clean up all remaining energy.” Muria murmured to herself as she stared at the devastated area in front of her.
The power of legends could change the terrain of the world. These changes meant nothing to the world, mountains and hills, plains and basins.
However, the sight in front of Muria was unacceptable. The immense power of the legends, mixed with the diluted divine remnants, would take thousands of years to degrade naturally. During this period, any creature weaker than a legend would be unable to survive, this situation is absolutely unacceptable.
“You guys, come here.” After smashing Malok’s avatar with his Golden Giant Dragon form, Muria extended her claws. She beckoned several trembling legends and those who had luckily survived the legendary war. Her demeanor was somewhat arrogantly dismissive.
“Dragon, even if you threaten us with death, we will not yield.” A certain legend, who had just been grazed by Muria’s dragon breath and still hadn’t annihilated the energy in his half-damaged body, argued weakly as his final defiance.
“Clean up all the leftover legendary and divine power from this region, and I will grant you the chance to survive.” Muria said with her eyes half-closed. Survival and freedom were two different concepts. Those legends would be obediently sealed and kept in Xena Pus’s energy-absorbing Magic Array.
Upon learning they could survive, the legends that had all survived the just-ended battle, as well as a small portion of surviving Soul Intent Rank eyed each other before quickly reaching an agreement. They obediently began to clean up the remaining energies…
Once the cleanup was finished, Muria kept her promise, sealed all the legendary and Soul Intent Rank beings, and threw them into her Semi Plane. With this, the strongest group of Dragon Hunters on this subcontinent were swept away by Muria in one fell swoop.
“My cleaning is over, do you plan to come with me, or go home on your own?” Muria, back in Ice Castle, asked the two ancient dragons.
“Your Majesty, I wish to go with you.” The ancient white dragon, who already had a tough life on this continent, immediately waggled its tail and snuggled at Muria’s feet, looking quite fawning. This was a momentous occasion, a once-in-a-millennium chance to latch onto a lifeline. If not now, then when?
“Your Majesty, I…” The Crystal Ancient Dragon revealed a hesitant look. He had a large clan behind him. Muria was a golden dragon and not of his kind, so he couldn’t possibly follow her. There are many things that one can’t just do because they desired to.
“I see.” Seeing the Crystal Dragon’s hesitation, Muria, in her human form, jumped onto the Ancient White Dragon’s head and turned her head slightly, “You are no longer allowed to slaughter humans indiscriminately. I’ll deal with you personally if I find out.”
“What about the Dragon Hunters?” Seeing Muria’s casual attitude, the Crystal Ancient Dragon felt a bit disappointed. This indicated that Muria was indifferent to its existence and she wasn’t particularly interested in it.
“You’re free to do as you wish.” Muria was not benevolent enough to prevent the dragons from hunting the Dragon Hunters.
For Muria, the Dragon Hunting operation was already over, but for the Authority Dragons of the White Dragon Duchy and Xena Pus, this was just the start. After all, Muria had only eliminated the top-most Dragon Hunters.
There were still a lot of middle and low-level Dragon Hunters remaining. They had no long-term perspective or broad vision, they couldn’t foresee the impact their actions would have on the overall continental state. They only cared for immediate gains, posing a great threat to the young dragons.
“Your Majesty, you are back!” As soon as Muria returned to the Central Cloud Island of Xena Pus, Mia, her personal maid and the Chief Steward of Xena Pus, hurried to meet her.
“How’s Clodia’s expansion war coming along?”
“Master Muria, there’s been a slight hiccup. The war was going smoothly, Miss Clodia has already conquered three Duchies but suddenly, ten Red-clothed Cardinal Archbishops from the Human Religion intervened, resulting in the war reaching a deadlock.”
“It’s the Church of Good God again.” Muria furrowed her brows, “Don’t they know Clodia is my dragon? They’re actually meddle in my affairs.”
“Your Majesty, regardless of Clodia being a non-bane dragon due to your influence, she is still a dragon attacking human nations. The churches couldn’t possibly refrain from intervening under such circumstances.”
Muria was silent. It was normal for a nation’s worshipped deity to change when the ruler was replaced. The top ruler had the ability to influence the religious beliefs of the lower class. When humans rule humans and giant dragons rule humans, the faith will definitely change. This change is something that the gods cannot tolerate, so they let their own will’s agent, interfere in this war. There was nothing strange about that.
“What a hassle.” Muria’s eyebrows furrowed into a frown. Muria had planned to move Xena Pus right away if the war in Clodia went smoothly. As for the legends he had dispatched to help her, they could return directly through the Teleportation Array later, but it seemed that it was not going to work now.
“Let’s just force them into submission by power! After that, we can talk about the distribution of faith.” Muria massaged his brow, feeling a bit of a headache.
If Clodia wanted to conquer the Northern Alliance and rule it for a long time, she had to balance the gods, that is, the distribution of the benefits of faith. Otherwise, she would not be able to unite, even with Muria’s support.
However, the faith cake of the Northland was divided long ago, and only the cake was smashed again with Clodia’s invasion. After the unification, a new cake would appear and be distributed again. This time, there will be more ice and snow evil gods introduced by Muria for the surrender of Frost Giants.
Of course, it was no longer appropriate to call them evil gods now. According to Muria’s requirements, they had changed their doctrines, including not only the Ice and Snow Goddess Oluo but also other ancestral spirits like the God of the Frost Giants and the beast gods like the Cold Crow God and the Frost Wolf God.
Many evil gods had already signed cooperation contracts with Muria. Muria allowed them to preach among humans, but they transferred all their Frost Giants to Muria. Without the faith of humans, there could be no such deal.
“There is not enough cake to divide. To satisfy all the gods, you have to make the cake bigger.” Muria revealed a contemplative look in her eyes, “So it is encouraging the people of the Northland to have more babies. In the future, I can discuss it with Clodia and launch corresponding policies.”
“However, we have to overthrow the human church first, and use our fists to make them sit down and have a good talk at the negotiating table!” As soon as he returned to Xena Pus, even before he was seated, Muria disappeared instantly from Wind King Castle…
Above the confrontation frontline of millions of troops between Clodia’s White Dragon Legion and the Northern Alliance, a huge Golden Giant Dragon appeared in the sky, tearing through space. As soon as it appeared, it let out a resounding dragon roar, followed by the expansion of a substantial Dragon Prestige.
“Come out, the spokespersons of the gods!” Muria’s voice sounded like a thunderous roar, and as soon as his voice fell, light rainbows flew out one after another from the side of the Northern Alliance. Each rainbow emitted the overpowering aura of a legend, able to confront Muria’s Dragon Prestige.
Muria, Clodia, along with a group of Ancient White Dragons, as well as the legendary ones Muria had sent to her, flew behind him, confronting the Northern legends.
“Tell me, under what conditions will you withdraw from this war? Without interfering.” Muria didn’t look at the legendary dukes of the Northland, but looked at the ten cardinal archbishops in red robes grouped together at the front.
“Your Majesty, that is impossible.”
“Don’t you think the Northland has been divided for too long? It’s nothing but good to merge into one Kingdom, why hinder it?”
“Indeed, the Northland needs to be unified, but the unification should not be completed by a dragon.” A red-clothed Grand Archbishop looked at the golden-eyed white dragon standing behind Muria.
“Why can’t I unify the Northland just because I’m a white dragon?” Clodia sneered, full of contempt in her eyes. With a naturally weak race like humans, without the support of human gods, they would never have been able to occupy such a vast area in the world.
“It’s all about faith.” Muria looked at the ten Cardinal Archbishops and spoke slowly, “If I promise that after my subordinate unifies the local area, she will not interfere with or suppress your church’s missionary activities, how about this condition?”
“Your majesty, you must be joking.” One of the red-clothed Grand Archbishop shook his head, revealing a reserved smile. It was the same treatment in Northland previously, without a local grand duke daring to interfere in their missionary activities.
Once the Northland is unified, the situation will be different. Divine power could easily be suppressed by regal power, after all, the strength of a church cannot be completely concentrated in one place.
“You need to understand one thing. Once the Northland is unified, though the population will decline due to the war, there will be explosive population growth afterward. All these will be the source of faith. The future population of Northland will definitely far exceed the current, and the faith your church will get in the short term may decrease, but in the future, it will definitely return to normal, if not more.”
“However, Your Majesty, the ins and outs of Northland should still be left to humans. A white dragon, becoming the queen of Northland, it might be better not to!”
“You keep refusing time and again. Don’t you understand? There is only one choice before you.” Thunderfire appeared in Muria’s dragon eyes. She had lost her patience…