Chapter 666 - Dragon Gods?!
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What's a Scaled God? Although I've learned a lot from what I've spoken with Kraxka and the other Lizardmen, they keep saying this name and I have no idea what they mean by calling me a freaking Scaled God, and I want answers now, actual answers that can tell me what a Scaled God is!
However, the only answer he came with was something that disappointed me quite greatly, and it made me make a tired face as if I was watching a guy that didn't even knew what the meaning behind his words truly were.
It made me quite frustrated, but I decided to ask again because Kraxka didn't seem to understand the depth of my question in particular, I just wanted to know what a Scaled God was, not why they were calling me one. Just being called one because I am a Dragon literally doesn't count! It must be another weirder reason behind it, not just this… I mean, come on, there should be another reason! Not… Wait, how do they even know about Dragons?
They're just living in these wilds, born in here and more, have they ever seen dragons before? From where did they came out with the Scaled God thingy? They're quite religious yeah, they believe in Holy Spirits or something, which are like a representation of nature in a way, but I doubt that's the same thing as a Scaled God, they're calling me as.
So what exactly is a Scaled God and how does this relates to me being a Dragon and also the whole culture and ethnicity of the Lizardmen? It might even come from their true origins, that could even cleanse their name from being called mere monsters… But first, we need answers. Yes, we need the answer to what in the world is a Scaled God.
"Ah… That's because Scaled Gods are Scaled Gods, Dragons!" Said the chief. "They're Gods covered on scales all over their bodies, and resemble us…"
"That's pretty obvious!" I sighed. "But is there another reason why you're coming out with this Name? And how do you know about Dragons to begin with? Has your civilization met them in person, has people from the outside told you about dragons? Why does your kin call us gods? I am pretty sure I am just a fancy lizard."
Kraxka was bombarded with my questions and his face grew progressively more concerned and exhausted as he tried to search for answers that could appease my undying hunger for knowledge. My allies at my side looked at me with surprise, despite not understanding my screams and weird tone of voice that came from speaking the dialect of the lizardmen, which sounded like the noises that Velociraptors made in the Jurassic Park movie, they seemed to think I was angry, and Miranda at my side told me to calm down.
"Drake, calm down a bit, whatever you're speaking to him he's getting very exhausted and stressed out…" She said. "What did you even asked him? Don't be rude."
"Eh? I am not being rude…" I sighed. "I just asked him a complicated question. But perhaps I did sounded a bit rude, mostly due to the heat of the moment, it is just that I am very curious about many things, and Kraxka is someone that would be capable of answering such questions, so I require his assistance in learning a few things."
"Oh… Well, the dialect of the Lizardmen really sounds as if they were angry all the time." Said Miranda. "I-It is very hard to figure out what you're saying."
"I know, but that's how it is. The face of Lizardmen is not very expressive either, but that's how it is for them." I said.
After finishing his pondering, Kraxka answered my questions rather hurriedly.
"S-Sorry for taking so long, I was formulating an answer for Lord Drake that would be fitting of your understanding…" He said. "It has been a long time since the Scaled God was introduced into the religion and culture of all the Lizardmen, this seems to have started… Very long ago, I believe. My father told me that his grandfather always had the knowledge of the Gods of the Lizardmen, the Scaled Gods, Dragons…"
"I don't really have an idea from where this belief originated from, so I cannot really answer more than that, but I believe it has been something very ancient, from eons in the past, when it is said that Dragons roamed around the entire world…" Said Kraxka. "In such times, it is said that the Dragon Gods were in the world, protecting it from the Great Chaos that was trying to consume everything…"
"The Dragon Gods were in the world? I have not learned any of that!" I said. I looked at Belle, my source of past knowledge to ask her, she was eating meat at the side.
"Dragon Gods?! Ah… You know that I am not the same as my creator, right? A lot of her knowledge was not given to me… But I do know a bit too." She said, as she moved to my lap and sat down there. "There were once several Dragon Gods back then, I think they were survivors from the Ragnar?k, or something, and they protected the world from Chaos… or something that showed up after the world merged, I think… Most of them seem to have died, but I believe there might be some that survived… Their descendants are all the elemental dragons, there were Eras where their descendants were more common, but now we are in an era far in the future, dragons like you are extremely rare… But there is always some somewhere… They're not extinct after all."
"Hm… I see…" I said. "It is quite intriguing, so from here is that the Lizardmen call the Dragons as Dragon Gods… That's quite interesting."
"It is as the spirit said." Said Kraxka. "I am amused that the spirit could talk our dialect. Spirits are sometimes friendly with us, but there isn't any shaman that can control one yet… My daughter seems to be talented for that, but she has yet to fully mature and awaken her complete magic."
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