The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Judging by Evelyn's messy hair and the faint red glow in her eyes, Atilan knew how angry she was. This beautiful, fair-skinned girl had only two loves in her life: sleeping in and enjoying delicious food.

Since Atilan had disturbed Evelyn's sleep, only food could appease her anger.

"This is a special treat I brought for you, a whole crocodile feast made with golden crocodiles carefully cultivated by Yadi. Tell me, do you want to eat it?"

"The first course is deep-fried crocodile legs, coated in flour and fried until golden and crispy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The second course is charcoal-grilled crocodile tail. I used fruitwood charcoal to give the grilled crocodile tail a light, fruity flavor."

"The third course is braised crocodile meat. Look at this braised crocodile meat, the aroma is enticing, and it's crystal clear. The fourth course is stir-fried crocodile slices, very spicy but also very fragrant."

"The last course is a soup simmered with free-range chicken, using the clear broth to cook handmade crocodile meatballs. These crocodile meatballs are chewy and springy. A bite of meatball, a sip of chicken soup, the ultimate enjoyment in the world."

Atilan was almost drooling himself just describing it.

Evelyn decisively shot a ball of spider silk at the chattering Atilan.

"Stop talking, I want to eat."

Lulu also showed a desire for the food, wiping the corner of her mouth.

"With so much good stuff, why don't you make it for everyone to eat?"

Atilan looked at Lulu and said calmly:

"Is there a possibility that there were similar dishes at last night's banquet, but you didn't have time to taste all of them before Hana overturned the table?"

Lulu immediately rode her fairy dragon to catch up with Evelyn, who was riding a giant spider.

"Miss Evelyn, do you mind if I join you in tasting these delicacies?"

"Of course, food is more enjoyable when shared with good friends. After all, Atilan made so much, I can't finish it all by myself."

Really? I don't believe it.

Atilan remembered that the last time he brought food, it was twice as much as today, and he barely touched it, but Evelyn still ate it all by herself.

At this moment, Evelyn, riding on the back of the giant spider, suddenly turned her head and looked at Atilan with a threatening gaze, as if saying that if Atilan talked nonsense, he wouldn't see the sun tomorrow.

Atilan nodded heavily, assuring Evelyn that he would keep his mouth shut.

When they arrived at Evelyn's table, she and Lulu quickly tasted each dish.

"This deep-fried one tastes like chicken, very smooth and tender, juicy and full of flavor. A bite of it and the rich juice spreads in your mouth, delicious!"

Evelyn gave a thumbs up.

"This braised crocodile chop is a bit like pork chop, with a strong wildness. The moment I bite into it, I seem to see a giant crocodile opening its mouth full of fangs and pouncing on me."

Lulu picked up another piece of soft, boneless crocodile meat and stuffed it into her mouth, separating the bone and meat with a slurp. The perfect collision of black bean soy sauce and crocodile meat made her unable to stop.

The charcoal-grilled crocodile tail was divided into two, and Evelyn and Lulu each hugged half and gnawed on it.

"Today's golden crocodiles arrived a little late, which means I don't have a deep enough understanding of this ingredient. I've only heard that grilled crocodile meat tastes like fish, stewed crocodile meat tastes like pork, and fried crocodile meat tastes like chicken."

"When I try a perfect way to fully stimulate and integrate the flavor of crocodile, it will reach the realm of ultimate human taste."

"This charcoal-grilled crocodile tail is so fragrant, I can taste the apple."

There were many apple trees in the forest, but he didn't know why the apples from the apple trees he transplanted to Greenleaf Town were not as sweet as those in the forest, even though he had re-cultivated a new batch of apple trees from seeds.

As a result, the apples sprouted from the seeds were still not delicious, and then Atilan turned these apple trees into apple wood charcoal.

He couldn't understand that the apple trees in the forest were carefully cultivated varieties by the bear people. Whether it was transplantation or apple seeds, the apples grown should be fragrant and delicious.

However, it wasn't. Therefore, Atilan seriously suspected that the bear people used some kind of druidic knowledge or secret technique to cultivate the apple trees that they hadn't taught him. Without this method, the apples wouldn't be delicious.

But as for what method was used, the bear people just smiled silently, with an expression of "it can only be understood, not expressed," letting Atilan feel a little frustrated.

The bear people's expression made Atilan even more certain that the bear people used a secret recipe for the apple trees, but the bear people definitely wanted Atilan to discover the unusualness of the apple trees through the druidic perception and the natural knowledge the bear people taught him.

Lulu accidentally slipped while picking up a crocodile meatball, and the meatball fell on the table, then onto the ground, getting covered in dirt.

Lulu sighed.

"I can't eat it anymore, it's too wasteful."

As he spoke, Atilan threw the meatball towards the distant tree. The meatball hit the tree and bounced back and forth between several trees, bouncing several times after landing.

"This crocodile meatball, is it that bouncy?"

Lulu and Evelyn both opened their mouths in surprise, then quickly picked up a meatball and stuffed it into their mouths.

The meatball's amazing elasticity exploded in their mouths, especially since the meatball also contained a fresh and sweet juice, so delicious that they almost chewed and swallowed their tongues together.

After tasting each dish, Evelyn and Lulu started a frantic shopping spree. In less than half an hour, a large table of dishes was completely stuffed into their stomachs.

Looking at their still fair and slender waists, Atilan was very curious about how these dishes, some as big as a washbasin and some at least thirty centimeters wide, went into their stomachs.

Why didn't they change at all?

This digestive ability is comparable to a dragon!

Evelyn conjured some clear water to wash her face and smoothed her messy hair. She finally returned to her ice queen appearance.

"Okay, I'm full. Now you can tell me what's going on that you came to me so early. For the sake of the food, I can forgive your sin of disturbing my sleep."

"It's this, I got some starlight spider eggs and want you to help cultivate them, expand the starlight spider population, and let them spin enough silk to make magic scrolls to carry starlight."

"Starlight energy is very useful. With this starlight scroll storing enough energy, my army can purify negative states, heal injuries, and even amplify combat power."

Evelyn took the starlight spider eggs and glanced at Atilan faintly, saying:

"Although I raise a lot of spiders, that doesn't mean I can raise all kinds of spiders. Take a look at the spiders around you, gray, black, purple. Do you see any spiders as golden and shimmering as the starlight spider eggs you gave me?"

Atilan frowned and looked at the surrounding little spiders, and found that it was really like that.

That's right, there's still Arachne.

"What about Arachne? She's different from these little spiders. These little spiders are some poisonous, shadow, acid spiders, but Arachne is a fey spider."

"Moreover, she's not unintelligent. I think she should have a way. Why don't we call her out and ask about the situation?"

"No problem, Arachne, come out and work."

With a rustling sound, Arachne, whose spider legs were thicker than Lulu, walked out from behind the house, scaring Lulu to want to jump onto the fairy dragon's back and run away.

Maybe she ate too much just now, Lulu jumped, but didn't jump up.

"Don't worry, Arachne doesn't eat people."

Evelyn smiled, her flame-like red lips appearing particularly bright in the sunlight.

It's not lipstick, it's the effect of chili oil.

Evelyn handed the insect eggs to Arachne, who wrapped them in spider silk to carefully sense the situation of the starlight spider eggs, and finally nodded.

Rustling spider language, besides Evelyn, there may be no one else in this world who can understand it.

"Arachne said that these starlight spiders are being nurtured very well, and the hatching difficulty is not high. After hatching, they can quickly grow to the point where they can spin silk. They just need a starlight-receiving magic circle to assist Arachne."

"Arachne also said that, according to legend, the Goddess of Fate uses spider silk to weave fate. That kind of spider lives in the starry sky and relies on spider silk to capture the energy of the stars to live."

"Of course, the spider that assists the Goddess of Fate is as big as a star. This one of yours should be an unknown number of generations of descendants of the Fate Spider. The ability to weave fate in the silk has disappeared."

"It is possible to weave the spider silk into a fate thread, thereby forming a web to peep into fate."

Peep into fate?

Atilan shook his head. He had heard a saying that those who play with fate will eventually be played with by fate. The fate you understand is often the result of you knowing fate.

So even if he could weave it into a fate thread, Atilan didn't want to touch it casually. It would be best to consult experts and masters who are good at peeping into fate and confirm that there were no problems before proceeding.

For now, let's wait until the starlight spiders hatch and grow up before talking about it.

"Evelyn, how long does it take for starlight spiders to grow up to the point where they can spin silk? Is a year enough?"

Evelyn snorted and looked at Atilan disdainfully, saying:

"What do you think starlight spiders are, ordinary creatures? If they were so easy to hatch, why would your friend give you the insect eggs? Wouldn't it be better to keep them and hatch them yourself?"

Lulu asked curiously:

"So how long does it actually take? And how do you know it was a friend who gave them to you? Why don't you send them to my Star Valley to hatch?"

"You don't have the ability to master astral teleportation, how could you get the eggs of this kind of astral creature? Arachne said that she can indeed speed up the hatching of starlight spiders."

"But it still takes a year to hatch. For the long life of starlight spiders, this hatching speed is already very fast. After hatching, the little spiders can be sent to the Star Valley, which is full of starlight energy, and should be able to barely grow normally."

"The most suitable environment for starlight spiders is still the astral realm. Arachne doesn't have much research on starlight, she can hatch them, but she can't help the little spiders grow."

No research? Even he, a dragon, could change his profession to Druid, why couldn't a fey spider change her profession to Starlight Mage?