The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

"We also want to perform a play, everyone, agree or disagree!"

Ya Di even directly stirred up the crowd, shouting:

"Although we are a little older, who says we aren't children? We haven't even seen a real theater troupe many times."

"If you don't let us perform comfortably, how can we guide the children?"

Even the steady Ya Ge raised his hand in agreement.

"I agree with my brother's point of view. Drama is a serious form of performance. We teachers should verify the script you wrote first to confirm there are no problems."

"Then let the children rehearse. What if there are any incorrect ideas in the script that affect the healthy mental growth of the children? Master Gai'o Gai will blame us."

"Who will bear that responsibility?"

The wine girl was just gloating as she watched everyone's performance.

The leopard girl immediately raised her hand to fan the flames:

"Atilan is the initiator and also rejected everyone's suggestions. I think he is the most heinous person and must be severely punished by the master!"

The flower girl rubbed her temples with some fatigue.

"You all say a few words less. Atilan isn't not letting you perform; he just wants the children to perform first, and then everyone else."

"But, you know, I think the children aren't clear on what a theater troupe is. We should demonstrate it to them so they understand what theater is and fall in love with theater performance."

At this moment, Atilan finally experienced the feeling of being betrayed and abandoned by his friends like a last emperor. Sure enough, they were just fair-weather friends, good-time buddies; not a single one was on his side.

"Alright, since everyone wants to perform, then you go first."

The wine girl had just criticized him for using everyone as tools, and he was too embarrassed to blatantly fool everyone again. He originally wanted the tools to help create some tools for the play performance.

Now they had turned the tables and wanted to sing, determined to perform the play first, so Atilan naturally could only agree to them.

"So, after saying all this, what kind of play has Atilan prepared?"

Da Jiao's question made everyone focus their attention on him.

Atilan could only tell everyone the story outline.

"What are the professions of this hero and his companions? We are all Druids, can we perform the essence of these professions? Especially the hero, is it suitable for a small guy like me to play?"

Ya Di looked at Atilan expectantly.

Taishan steadily pressed Ya Di onto the seat with his big hand.

"The hero should be played by me. The heroes in the stories are all swordsmen. Who is more like a swordsman than me?"

The flower girl revealed her true nature and asked curiously:

"What is the Demon King's profession? I don't want to play the Demon King."

The leopard girl also raised her hand and shouted.

"Me, me, me! I want to play the Demon King!"

The leopard girl thought to herself that when her Demon King appeared, it would definitely shock everyone. Then she would see who would dare to say she wasn't smart. You know, the Demon Kings in the stories are all insidious and cunning.

No one has ever said that the Demon King isn't smart.

Atilan watched helplessly as the quiet conference room instantly turned into a lively vegetable market, and he rubbed his head with a slight headache.

"How about we end today's meeting here, and discuss who will play which role after my script is completed?"

"No, you must answer our questions first!"

The completely ignored leopard girl sat back in her seat in a huff.

"Hmph!"

Looking at her appearance, Atilan could only coax her like a child:

"I'll arrange a role for you as an elven ranger archer, guaranteed to be more brilliant than the Demon King, is that okay?"

The leopard girl changed her tune, raised her head, and said:

"That's more like it!"

The main characters are nothing more than warriors, priests, mages, druids, rangers, and thieves. As for barbarians, due to their overly crude image, Atilan decided to make the barbarian the Demon King's henchman.

The wine girl curiously raised her hand to ask:

"I have a question, why do you want to abandon the traditional swordsman hero image in the story and choose a mage as the protagonist?"

Atilan just smiled and asked back:

"Actually, have you ever thought about why the hero in the stories is always a swordsman?"

To be honest, everyone really hadn't thought about this question.

"Why?"

"The Demon King can make such a big commotion because the Demon King is very strong. So, knowing that the Demon King is very strong, why would everyone be foolish enough to challenge the Demon King?"

The leopard girl was the first to answer:

"It's a sense of mission that drives them!"

"That's right! And the easiest to be driven by this sense of mission are ignorant and fearless warriors, especially poor boys from the countryside."

"Ah?"

"The sword is not practical in battles between warriors, or rather, the swordsman's longsword doesn't gain an advantage when fighting many professions and monsters."

"Compared to walking swordsmen, wealthy warriors ride noble-blooded horses, wear heavy armor, and fight with lances, and each of these three things is very expensive!"

The lance here is not the lance that Atilan casually assembled with wood and iron spearheads, but a Ma Shuo similar to the ancient Chinese weapon that takes one or two years to forge!

Whether it is the spearhead or the spear shaft, it has been made for a long time, with strength and toughness, which can resist the chopping of an axe, and there will never be a situation where the spearhead is easily cut off by the opponent with a single knife.

Only the countryside can give birth to a hero's pure and sincere heart.

To be honest, these Druids who have not been polluted by Atilan's thoughts are actually good materials to serve as heroes and hero companions.

Given everyone's strong curiosity about swordsman heroes, Atilan had a whim and thought of a wonderful plot, and he quickly wrote the plot on paper.

After reading the first paragraph, Taishan asked somewhat strangely:

"Didn't you say you didn't want a swordsman hero, why did it become a swordsman hero again?"

Atilan didn't speak, but just slapped the second paragraph of the plot in front of him.

"The hero is dead! And he died unfortunately after being hit in the face by a fireball? He handed his longsword to his mage teammate, uttering his last words."

"Tell him to defeat the Demon King and save the kingdom? What does this mean, how can the hero die? Where's the priest, why doesn't he use resurrection on the hero?"

"Unfortunately, the fireball shattered the hero's body, and he could only say his last words by relying on the warrior's willpower."

"As for the priest, his healing spell has already been given to the elven archer who was pierced through the heart by a barbarian's javelin, and unfortunately, people with incomplete bodies cannot be resurrected."

Taishan's expression was a little dull.

"Why does the swordsman have to die? Can't the swordsman have a spring? Obviously, the swordsman's body can be trained to have strong magic resistance, how could he be killed by a fireball hitting his face?"

"Is it possible that it was five consecutive fireballs? This is a trap carefully planned by the Demon King. The severely damaged hero team narrowly escaped the encirclement and was depressed for a while."

"Finally, in the smiling face of the swordsman saving the world, they regrouped and embarked on the journey to crusade against the Demon King again."

Ya Di frowned and asked:

"I don't like this plot, can you delete it?"

As a person who wholeheartedly wanted to play the Demon King, the leopard girl seriously expressed her approval of this plot.

"A low point is necessary so that the tenacious willpower of the hero team can be better expressed."

Taishan gritted his teeth and asked:

"So, what exactly makes you insist on turning the protagonist into a mage?"

Atilan took a deep breath and said steadily:

"A legendary mage named Old Man once said that only magic can deal with magic. Whether it is a mage or a demon lord, they all succumb to the spells of this legendary mage."

"Of course, his nephew, an excellent warrior, also played a good role."

"I said the warrior is useful, tell everyone what the role is!"

Taishan's face bloomed with a brilliant smile for a moment.

"Buy Old Man time to cast spells."

The smile on Taishan's face froze and quickly disappeared. No, the smile didn't disappear; it just moved to the leopard girl's face.

"Don't be sad, the warrior is still quite useful, just like you, you can also buy us time to cast spells in the future."

"Taishan, you are an indispensable part of our battle."

Taishan's face turned completely black.

"Leopard girl, if you make fun of me again, I'll let you taste what a warrior's fist tastes like, and see if you have time to cast spells!"

The leopard girl also puffed out her chest and raised her head.

"Who's afraid of who? Let's go out now and compare who's better."

"Alright, you all calm down a bit. Because there is this forest, it is actually much more convenient for us to cast spells than ordinary druids. The casting time and the materials required for casting will be much simpler."

"It's different to cast spells outside. Unlike the forest, which has a network of natural magic, you need to call on magic to form spells and must have the assistance of various materials."

The leopard girl immediately widened her eyes.

"Doesn't that mean we can't leave the forest to fight outside?"

Atilan just smiled and said:

"Is there a possibility that there are actually Druids everywhere on this continent, and the network of natural magic woven by everyone actually covers the entire continent."

"Therefore, the Druid's position on the continent is rising in a straight line."

The leopard girl suddenly realized and said:

"No wonder the teacher once said that no matter where you go, don't forget the task of guiding the Druids, conditioning the natural environment, and allowing the natural magic to flow more smoothly."

"So that's why!"

This is also the reason why everyone is worried about not being able to defeat the gnolls in the wasteland battle. The natural magic of the wasteland is too weak, which seriously affects the efficiency and strength of Druid casting.

Druids still need to work hard to completely spread natural magic to every corner of the continent, but it is undeniable that Druids can almost be said to be the most powerful profession on this continent.

"The work of the Druids is still a long way off."