Chapter 667 - I Guess I Am A Scaled God Now...
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Scaled Gods were Dragons! But the belief by itself also came from the Dragon Gods that existed in the past, according to Belle's knowledge, Dragon Gods survived from the ancient war between Gods, and stood here protecting the world from the Great Chaos that Kraxka spoke about. Apparently, it was so strong that many ended dying in the process, sadly, but it also seems like some survived? Well, it is unknown if some did and others not.
The thing is, after they died, they still left their children, apparently all the Dragons that once existed and exist today, I believe these Dragon Gods were like the progenitors of the other Dragons, me included, so I probably had a mom… Or a grandma? Well, whatever's the case, I read in Benladra's Status that there is a Bloodline she inherited from me named not just "Ice Dragon Bloodline" but named "Nifl's Bloodline"… Was our progenitor called Nifl?
Hmm, there's a lot to discuss and thing about, the identity of my progenitor is something that I am quite curious of, but the only other dragon I found is pretty much the same as me, stranded, and without knowing anything about his ancestors or anything else. However, that the Lizardmen seem to pray to dragons as if they were gods imply that they got some sort of history with them, perhaps Dragons did guide lizardmen in some sort of way, perhaps they somehow were able to tell them what to do, or perhaps lizardmen were an original race and led by them?
Well, whatever's the case, it appears that their own kin devote themselves to Dragons, and if one even shows up, they treat it like a god and will do anything they say! As if we were naturally capable of controlling them, in some sort of twisted way? Hm…
I don't know what to think about it, but it doesn't feel like I can just control them around, they're just surprised of my existence and grateful I gave them food, nothing much than that.
Also it seems that Belle's words can be understood by Lizardmen even though I am pretty sure she spoke the common tongue, is this some sort of special ability that spirits have? Maybe…
"I guess I am a Scaled God now…" I sighed. "Well, it is not as if it annoys me or something, I like the name and I believe it is fitting of my greatness…"
"Lower down from your pedestal a little bit, will you?" Asked Miranda.
"I am just saying, it is ironic." I said. "…That's why it's funny."
"Ahem… Anyways, as I said, the Scaled God is something from the past but… It is said that one has awakened in the depths of the jungle here." Said Kraxka. "Rumors from other villages of Lizardmen say that the savages and wild lizardmen in the center of the jungle have discovered a slumbering Scaled God and woke him up, this God took over them and is ordering the people to do his bidding… I believe that their plan to attack the people might be a cause of not only our people mixing with them but also the Scaled God's scheme!"
Kraxka seemed a bit alarmed there, it appears that the Lizardmen of this tribe's greatest fear was being attacked by these people, although they had been ignoring them for the most time. However, I can also tell that another of his fears is that the lizardmen led by the Scaled God end up bringing the people from outside in here, so they try a crusade, and because they're on the way… well, it is as if they were in the middle of the chopping board.
And well, there was another thing that surprised me from Kraxka's words, there's another Scaled God, yes, there is yet another Dragon nearby, it seems. I am not capable of feeling it at all, so it is either weak, weakened, or perhaps it is slumbering… or maybe it knows how to hide his presence.
Either way, if he's malicious, it wouldn't be a good idea to get involved with him nor his lizards, so I am going to just protect my own lizards for now and see how things turn out to be. However, I am not saying I won't interfere if things get awry… I suppose I could help the people outside if they ever dare to attack them. But honestly speaking, they were quite deserving of it, I mean, they forced the lizardmen out of their own territory, if they want revenge, they're on all their right.
However, apparently, and according to Kraxka, that's not really it, the Scaled God is forcing them to wage war for whatever weird reason, perhaps because it requires sustenance in the blood of enemies, or something? Maybe it wants to see people die? Is he or she a sadistic dragon? Well, whatever's the case, I am now quite curious about meeting it, even if it's dangerous…
But for now I can't, I am already very busy dealing with my entire life and the many things I must do nowadays, such as going to become a merchant, moving to the big city to become an adventurer, and enjoy a journey with my family!
But I cannot just ignore this… I guess I will eventually get involved when things become too terrible, but for now, I am keeping myself out of this conflict, I usually only make things worse, so unless I am willing to beat a completely strange dragon to me, which who knows what kind of powers, I might as well just peacefully wait for him or her to reveal itself to me.
We continued speaking with Kraxka over the night, I learned a bit more about their current situation, what they had been doing lately, and how they often survive, and after offering them a lot of food reserves and a few new tools for hunting, I decided to leave some slime clones and walk away, I will probably come back soon.
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