Chapter 85
Translator: Xeroa
Editor: knit
When Conan put down his weapon, he was already inhuman. Silhouettes of G.o.ds appeared over the legendary warrior, and his array of swords transformed into thunderbolt spears. "Talos", Claudius said carefully. Facing the wrath of a True G.o.d was still quite dangerous for the Crimson Dragon. He still had to be cautious despite ridiculing Anbo, the crazy b.i.t.c.h, for so many years.
Talos was the embodiment of storms and destruction. He represented nature"s violence and ruthlessness. Being the G.o.d of chaos, Talos used fear and violence to rule those who follow him. As the ruler of storms, Talos was unpredictable. In front of Claudius however, Talos was unexpectedly calm and straightforward. "I think you can do something for me".
"You have to pay the price Talos. Don"t use flowery words with me." Claudius did not want to regress and directly drew boundaries. "I know that you are the G.o.d of Earthquakes. I can do a few things for you but you must repay the favor," the Crimson Dragon replied. "I don"t want to owe you anything. What do you want?". Claudius knew that the G.o.ds were shameless. They were hard to get rid of and he wanted to break any relations between them before it got bothersome.
He asked Talos to push Santa Cruz Island and h.e.l.l Island together and move them to Feren"s mainland. Although it would take decades or even centuries to complete, joining the two islands together was something all-powerful G.o.ds could do. Claudius was surprised when Talos agreed. He believed that it would be normal for Talos, the G.o.d of Storms, to fight instead of talking things out peacefully.
This was because Claudius looked down on himself. Claudius hadn"t realized how unique his abilities were. Talos was not remotely threatening or powerful compared to Claudius. The savage and violent G.o.d could detect that his power was completely suppressed by the Crimson Dragon"s aura. Talos had a cold sweat.
Talos agreed to Claudius" conditions. In exchange for moving the islands, Talos wanted Claudius" help to clean up his enemies on three occasions. Both parties were satisfied with the treaty. "Wasn"t the benefits of the contract not proportional to the cost?" When the Crimson Dragon listened to the Udaeus" leader, Minerva, he chuckled. "I don"t care. Pushing an island isn"t something that I can do, so the exchange is proportional. Besides, the six G.o.ds in the mortal world will have friction with me sooner or later. It isn"t bad to get some help now".
Several years after the agreement, the waters between h.e.l.l Island and Santa Cruz Island slowly shrunk and became closer to the mainland. Claudius was in a good mood. He retaliated against the Bronze Dragon Achilles but he hasn"t gotten his revenge with the Silver Dragon. Claudius had a score to settle with that d.a.m.n Dragon… Claudius was still trying to find her location. His horrible luck with women proved itself once again and would be his downfall in the future… As for the Jade Dragon Silvia and his sister Britannia, he can feel that the dragon was fine through blood connection. It seems that his sister was still busy playing the game. In Claudius" view, it really was similar to that game… even if he only has six hundred men on hand.
Claudius was now looking at the drawings and models that Minerva presented to him. It depicted a model of a volcano. Winding steps ran across the outside of the volcano until reached the center of the crater. A platform connected the stairs to a temple and a large arch was placed at the entrance. What was this? "Do you want to arrange the 12 Gold Saints to be stationed here?" Claudius said with a smile. The Crimson Dragon thought it was very interesting. "Minerva, I think that you can stay inside the temple. It seems that your image doesn"t even need to be created. Hahahaha ".
The female Udaeus" next words, however, made Claudius stop laughing. "Lord, this will be the road for inheritance ceremony of the Udaeus Soldiers".
The Crimson Dragon snorted a few times. "Minerva, you said that this is where the Udaeus will take off? Where have they been planted with my teeth?" Claudius thought that she had taken some of his teeth to plant more soldiers. It was really successful to go to that lava plant where he got Minerva"s heroic unit. Although his subsequent attempts to plant more heroic units failed, other Udaeus soldiers were still planted.
According to the markings on the drawings, the inaugural preparation will be for the Udaeus" descendants. As descendants of the dragon and human bloodlines, the blood of the children and grandchildren of the Udaeus soldiers will be mixed. Their blood will be dominated by dragon characteristics because dragon blood is stronger. These children will embark on this trial at the age of sixteen. At this time, the children will test their physical strength by climbing the volcano and testing their fighting skills in the temple. Carried out by Minerva and the rest of the Udaeus soldiers, their final trial will be activating their dragon bloodline. They will become Udaeus soldiers and have the same bloodline even though their physical appearances won"t change.
"I feel that this idea is very familiar…" Claudius sighed. "Minerva, you really haven"t read any comics? For example, JOJO or something…" Of course, Minerva said she hadn"t seen anything like JOJO at all.
The teenagers will acquire their own standard weapons when they become Udaeus soldiers. The legend of the Udaeus is that they can acquire weapons without forging it themselves. As for the success rate of becoming an Udaeus soldier… Claudius learned from Minerva that the best result is also one out of twenty. "It"s really hard." The Crimson Dragon felt a sigh of relief. The flame Myceloids can be first cla.s.s soldiers when they are born. The second-level goblins can reach the abilities the fourth level soldier easily, but it was so difficult to create to become an Udaeus soldier?
Furthermore, the birth rates for cross-breeding between humans and Udaeus was lower than humans. It was better than the rates of the elves and dwarves though. On the bright side, Udaeus offspring had much longer lives than their human counterparts. The first batch of Udaeus soldiers planted by Claudius still hadn"t shown any signs of aging. Typical half Udaeus could live up to 300 years, with around 200 years of their life at their best. Although the birth rates were low, Udaeus soldiers could still have 3-4 children within the life cycle of their human wife.