Chapter 467 Bow Or Die
The Shikan plains might seem like a ginormous place but the number of big settlements was less than a few dozen. Countless monsters roamed all over the Shikan plains, and it was not necessary for Dilan to do anything against them to unite the continent.
Sweeping through the settlements with the Red Dragon made things a lot easier because everyone was given a 'pleasant' demonstration of the Mythical creature's dragon breath before they were given the chance to surrender or to fight Dilan and the Red Dragon.
It was only obvious that the humans surrendered to Dilan at the sight of a several hundred meter long flamethrowing Dragon. If Dilan wouldn't be as powerful as he was right now, even he would have to succumb to the Red Dragon just like the Ascenders before him who were presented with the choice between surrendering or dying.
This made things a lot easier for Dilan. He conquered the Shikan plains in no time, overwhelming two rather new temples and all the human settlements he could find.
Afterward, it was time for the Undying Group to make sure that the temples and humans would be under his banner until his abyss advancement mission was completed. What happened to them afterward was none of his concern.
He didn't care if they wouldn't want to be under his banner once he finished advancing to Tier 3, and it was actually better if he had fewer people to take care of.
[I have never seen anyone being told to conquer an entire continent just to advance to Tier 3. Usually, the first three Tiers are the easiest to advance…] The Red Dragon spoke in Dilan's mind using the Dragon tongue.
By now, Dilan could understand the Dragon tongue pretty well. This was owed to the fact that his imprint was on the Red Dragon and because he was in possession of a high-ranked Language comprehension ability.
"I have heard of that and it makes sense under normal circumstances. But as you must have noticed, my combat prowess is incomparable to beings at the first three Tiers. Right now, with the use of the legendary equipment I received during my Second Tier advancement mission, I could already be considered a Low Tier-4 existence.
That's probably one of the reasons why the system gave me a more difficult abyss mission if one were to exclude the fact that I am the only one to possess a Divine occupation on Milarn," Dilan muttered while staring at the starry cloudless sky. It was late at night and three days had passed since he had subdued the Red Dragon, but they were still tirelessly traveling through Camsun.
Dilan had left the Shikan plains for the first time since they had left the Rian mountainside hospital but he was not worried in the slightest.
He had fully healed by now and he was ready to give his all to fight the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction in Camsun to achieve his goal.
However, before taking care of the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction, Dilan wanted to make sure that the rest of Camsun was under his control.
He knew that the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction had annihilated everything in their wake, which meant that the south was completely devastated. There was nothing for him to conquer once the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction had been taken care of.
Knowing that fact it would make sense for Dilan to rather allow them to grow stronger so that he would have more and stronger Essence crystals to absorb after he finished advancing to Tier 3.
[I'm still baffled that a human could attain a Divine occupation so easily… It has been eons since that happened the last time…] The Red Dragon was revealed. She had become much more comfortable with Dilan by now, which was mostly because she was not an Adult Dragon yet.
Her pride was not as intense as the greed and pride of ordinary Mythical Creatures. Nonetheless, she knew a lot about the Primordial Ascension, where they had happened in the past, and a lot more things Dilan didn't know about.
While traveling around with the Red Dragon, he talked a lot to her. Dilan also chatted with Ariel Silvertale a lot which was how his knowledge improved slowly but steadily.
"If you think about it, everyone had the chance to attain a Divine occupation. It doesn't really matter what race I belong to," Dilan merely said with a shrug.
He was pretty sure that his life would have been a little bit different if he wouldn't chosen [Kirak's Vassal] as his Divine occupation. In that case,he would have gotten his hand on a legendary occupation instead. He might not be as strong as he was right now but given his Origin ability and various other factors, Dilan was pretty sure that he would have become powerful, nonetheless.
"And if you think about it, it's quite obvious that the first two advancement missions are not that difficult for others. Ordinary Ascenders have quite low stats even after reaching the limit of their Tier's status. I mean as Tier-1 existence your stats can only reach up to 75 Units while a Tier-2 existence can only reach double that.
Only after that will the status gap truly be noticeable. For example, I doubt that I will be able to defeat Peak Tier-5 existences after reaching Tier-3. I mean, think about it. Someone at the Peak of Tier-4 already has a strength which is equivalent to 2000 times the average strength of their own kind without an Essence crystal!" Dilan was sharing his insights and talking with a lot of interest indicating that he was in a good mood, which was quite easily noticeable.
The Red Dragon had noticed that Dilan would occasionally have mood swings according to the situation he was in. This made things sometimes very easy to cope with, and very hard during other times.
That was also why Dilan had been very interested and in a rather good mood when he figured out the truth behind the stat difference of certain beings.
The stats of Dragons and other Mythical creatures were much greater than those of humans, and the reason for that was the simple fact that their stats were 'stronger' than others.
First of all, the Primordial Ascension restricted the strength of stats in a subconscious manner. This was to prevent the newly awakened planet from facing destruction the moment Mythical creatures or races with enormous innate strength emerged on the planet.
By now, these restrictions were slowly being lifted because the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction were accelerating the maturation process of Milarn, giving the planet the necessary strength to endure the terrific prowess Dragons and other beings possessed.
It would take a while before the restrictions would be lifted completely but Dilan could clearly tell that the Red Dragon was getting stronger even without the need to absorb more Essence crystals.
Dragons were very powerful beings from the beginning of times but with the emergence of Essence Crystals, their strength increased by leaps and bounds.
Even with stats much lower than others, they would be capable to tower above the vast majority of existence. Their power was supreme and there were only few existences with powers that rivaled theirs while possessing the same or similar stats as theirs.
In fact, if not for the restrictions of the Dragon's strength, it would be impossible for Dilan to defeat a Tier-4 Dragon while being in the second Tier!
[You really are a weird human. I wonder if you will be strong enough to face True Gods, the Veilures, and other beings. Though…it's bothersome that I will have to be by your side for that, whether I want or not…]
Even if the Red Dragon was slowly getting accustomed to being around Dilan, it was not as if she had actually planned to play around Milarn and conquer it. She had prepared herself to fully digest the Miniature Sun Divinity Fragment because that was something she had yet to do.
Her strength would increase a lot more in the following months and Dilan knew that he had to get a lot stronger as well, otherwise, things would get a lot more complicated when it came to controlling the Red Dragon.
However, for now, it was the most important to continue conquering the rest of the continent.
But that was not really difficult because Dilan didn't spare anyone, who dared to reject his 'nice' offer to allow them to surrender under his banner.
He clearly told them what would happen if they were to dare reject him, but there were still some prideful humans, and Temples that would rather die than bow their heads in front of others.
Thus, Dilan ended up massacring everyone.