The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Chapter 230: Leopard Woman... Turns into a Dragon?

Liszt and Fischer were barbarians, Wind Chaser was a warrior, Connors was a priest, and Ophelia was a mind mage. The Attilan Five Tiger Generals had a pretty comprehensive class setup.

Five Tiger Generals sounded nice, but it also reflected that in the two and a half years that Attilan had been asleep, the number of his followers had doubled, but no outstanding talents had emerged.

Not to mention talents of Liszt's level, even secondary talents like the minotaur Black Bull and the merman Four Hands, it seemed that only the kobold leader's son, who grew wings, had appeared!

“By the way, why didn't Red Dog come to see me?”

Red Dog was the kobold leader. Because of his red scales, Attilan gave him an easy-to-remember name, Red Dog!

The old merman frowned and thought for a while, but Attilan knew he couldn't remember from his confused expression, so Fischer spoke up to help him out.

“Dragon Lord, in fact, we lizardmen also want to get closer to the Dragon Lord. I wonder if we can have the honor of transforming into the Dragon Lord's most loyal dragon man guards?”

“Don't worry, there will be opportunities. If you want to transform from lizardmen into dragon people, it must be a long process. Not only lizardmen, since you are my followers, I will not mistreat any race.”

“You will eventually get enough dragon magic to nourish you, and transforming into dragon bloodline races is only a matter of time!”

Attilan's strength had improved considerably after this slumber. If he was willing, he could transform a dragon bloodline follower every year.

However, this kind of dragon bloodline transformation consumed the pure magic power in Attilan's body, and might even slightly affect his own strength improvement.

Even if converted into game terms, it was about a five percent experience penalty. Attilan was unwilling to do so. His purpose in recruiting followers was to protect himself so that he could develop and grow steadily.

Rather than sacrifice his own development to cultivate followers.

Everything should prioritize Attilan's own progress.

Although only a drop of dragon blood was used to make the dragon bloodline transformation potion, the effect was definitely not as good as directly extracting Attilan's magic power for the transformation ritual, but the advantage was that it would not have any negative effects on Attilan, and it could be mass-produced.

For example, Sea Dragon Blood Wine, a treasure created by the wine woman's exquisite brewing skills, using various brewing materials grown in the forest and the Water of Life and Dragon Magic Crystals made by Attilan.

Not only did it taste good, but it also nourished the body, restored vitality, and had a slight dragon bloodline effect.

Drinking Sea Dragon Blood Wine continuously for ten years, coupled with dragon bloodline cultivation, not only could Attilan's followers become dragon bloodline races, but the druid also had the possibility of transforming into a dragon bloodline druid.

It might not be possible to become a giant dragon, but wyverns, earth dragons, dragon people, and other dragon races were naturally easy for druids who were proficient in transformation.

Giant dragons and titans had always been transformation types that druids had difficulty mastering. Generally, druids could only transform from a certain beast and gradually advance to transform into magical beasts evolved from this beast.

For example, the bear man's brown bear, earth magic bear, and earth demon bear followed this path.

The leopard woman's forest leopard, shadow leopard, and starlight leopard were roughly the same.

“After you guys go back, immediately conduct combat training for all the fighting clansmen. If you lack weapons and equipment, have Silver Ring arrange for people to forge them, or go to the Dwarf Kingdom to buy them.”

“As for the population census, I don't think you can figure it out if I leave it to you. I will arrange for suitable officials to be responsible for this. You only need to be responsible for the training of warriors and combat.”

The four people were not depressed about being deprived of power, but were very happy. Those civil affairs were indeed cumbersome and tricky to deal with, so they would avoid them if they could.

Training warriors only tormented the body, while handling mundane affairs tormented the spirit.

They shouted very happily:

“Yes!”

Liszt was even more direct, as if afraid that Attilan would go back on his word, he didn't even eat his meat, and got up directly and said:

“Dragon Lord, I will go back now to train the little cubs. Not only the minotaurs who have already reached adulthood, but also the reserve forces who are about to reach adulthood, I will train them together!”

“All can be trained, but food production cannot be delayed.”

Liszt smiled honestly.

“Dragon Lord, don't worry, I have long combined warrior training with farming to ensure that they are not only qualified warriors, but also good at farming.”

Attilan smiled in slight surprise.

“Okay, Liszt, I haven't seen you for two years, and you have made such great progress. You really make me look at you in a new light.”

As soon as Liszt left, the other three people couldn't wait to get up and say goodbye.

Attilan wrote an order and handed it to Wind Chaser, saying lightly:

“Take this to Old Blind Eye and let him come to Green Scale Town as soon as possible. I am going to conduct a collective training for the priests. In the future, he can safely retire in Green Scale Town.”

“I trust you to take care of the centaur race.”

Since he was one of the Five Tiger Generals, Wind Chaser was naturally only responsible for the military affairs of the centaur race, while civil affairs were taken back by Attilan and handed over to his students to be responsible for.

Attilan hadn't forgotten that he was also the principal of the Druid School. The first students to enroll had been studying at the school for almost four years, and the oldest children were fourteen or fifteen years old.

Those government affairs that gave Liszt and the others a headache were just right for them to be responsible for. Farming, animal husbandry, medical care, and arithmetic were all content they learned at the Druid School.

Who said that the Druid School only trained druids.

“I've eaten almost enough. I'm going to the Druid School to take a look. Old Merman, pack me some food. I haven't seen them for so long. I have to bring some gifts to my dear students.”

“Yes, Dragon Lord.”

Attilan packed the large and small bags of food into his dimensional bag and hummed a little tune to the Druid School, which he hadn't seen for a long time.

Looking at the bustling school below, Attilan stopped in mid-air in a daze.

“Is this really my broken and small Druid School?”

Attilan slowly landed on the playground, and the surrounding students screamed and ran around in a panic, shouting:

“Ahhh, the giant dragon is here, I'm going to be eaten by the giant dragon!”

“Mom, I miss you!”

“Students, don't panic, I am your principal! I won't eat you!”

The louder Attilan explained, the faster the surrounding students ran.

Until a clear child's voice rang out:

“Everyone stand still!”

The originally panicked students immediately stood still in place without moving.

“According to your age, line up in a team for me, lower grades on my left, higher grades on my right, with me as the center, move quickly!”

Attilan nodded in satisfaction. Who said there were no talents under him? This was a very good student.

Attilan walked up and took a closer look. Although her temperament had changed a lot, it was indeed Hana. As expected of the daughter of a legendary druid and a legendary mage.

The future Angel of Death, Life Titan, Hana was extraordinary.

It's just...

“Why is it that two and a half years have passed, and Hana is still as tall as she was two and a half years ago?”

Attilan didn't recognize Hana at first glance. He subconsciously thought that after two and a half years, Hana must have become a super invincible beautiful girl.

But as a result, Hana was still that little one when they first met.

Of course, there were still changes. Those Tiefling characteristics on her body were basically invisible. The horns on her head carried a hint of sacred Titan aura, exuding authority without anger.

No wonder in the Druid School, no matter how high the students were, they all listened to Hana.

“Principal Attilan, welcome back. Everyone, this ocean dragon druid is indeed everyone's principal.”

“Now that everything has been explained, everyone is free to move around.”

But after Attilan finished speaking, the group of children still stood straight in place without moving, and didn't even make a sound.

“Didn't you hear what the principal said? Free time.”

As soon as Hana spoke, the originally quiet playground suddenly became lively.

Attilan suddenly felt a little heartache. He had only been away from school for two and a half years, and Hana had already shaken his position as principal?

What kind of position should he set up in the school to take back power from Hana?

As if sensing Attilan's thoughts, Hana opened her mouth to comfort him.

“Principal Attilan, you just haven't shown your face in front of the students for too long, plus many students have only enrolled in the past two years, so they naturally only know me, the student council president, and don't know you, the principal.”

Attilan asked doubtfully:

“Did I set up the position of student council president?”

“Although you didn't explicitly establish a student council president, before you fell asleep, I heard you mention that in your plan, the Druid School would have a student council and various clubs.”

“Everyone likes me and supports me to be the student council president. I think Principal, you have no objections, right?”

Attilan smiled.

“Hana, you did a good job. I originally planned to choose the best performing one from those students to be the student council president, and you were one of the candidates.”

“I'm looking for the Wine Woman, do you know if she's in the school right now?”

“The vice-principal took the fourth-grade students to the forest for practical activities. They should be back soon. Principal, please wait a moment, or I can arrange for someone to call them back.”

Attilan continued to smile.

“No need, I can go directly to the forest to find them. Also, given our relationship, you don't need to call me principal so formally.”

“Just call me big brother.”

But Hana shook her head.

“When working at school, it's better to use titles.”

Although Hana was still small, she was so mature that Attilan felt a heartache. Attilan suddenly had a feeling that if he were to engage in political struggles, he probably wouldn't be Hana's opponent.

As expected of the Devil Grand Duke's granddaughter, her natural ability to utilize the rules of order gives me, a barbaric dragon, a sense of being suppressed in terms of level.

"Hana, I'm planning to send some suitable candidates to the country I'm creating in the south for internships. After all, not everyone's talent is suited to walking the path of a professional."

"Becoming officials in my Atlantis Kingdom would be a good choice for their future lives. Do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

Hana's eyes darted around.

"Headmaster, your idea is indeed very good. I will give you a list as soon as possible. How about this, tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, you come to my office and I will give you the sorted list."

"I still have work to do, so I won't chat with the Headmaster any longer. The Vice-Headmasters are heading in that direction. If you follow this road, you should be able to find them."

After speaking, Hana bowed slightly and turned to leave gracefully.

"Okay... okay."

Attilan was weeping inside. He was actually defeated by a little girl like Hana. That last sentence gave the impression that Hana was the leader and he was the subordinate.

Shouldn't Hana be sending it to his office tomorrow?

As the Headmaster, he still has to personally go to the student council president's office to get the report.

Indeed, once a power vacuum appears, others will quickly fill it. Once power is taken away, it won't be so easy to get it back.

Especially Hana, her family background dictates that she must not be obsessed with power, otherwise, she may fall. Her talent is much better than her mother's.

She might even be able to compete with her grandmother. Once she falls into becoming a devil, she will inevitably become the lord of one of the nine layers of hell.

With deep worry, Attilan went to the forest to find the Drunken Woman and indeed saw her leading more than a dozen children around fifteen years old, with strong builds and excellent temperaments, hunting a flame wild boar.

"Children, whether your junior brothers and sisters can eat grilled flame wild boar today depends on your efforts. Don't let me, the Headmaster, and your junior brothers and sisters down."

You, Vice-Headmaster, calling yourself Headmaster, are you also planning to usurp power like Hana?!

Attilan restrained his aura until the group of students successfully killed the huge flame wild boar before appearing from the clouds.

"Drunken Woman, you've done a good job as Vice-Headmaster these past two years."

The Drunken Woman picked up her wine pot and took a swig.

"You don't need to emphasize the 'Vice' part. You haven't shown your face for three years. Do you think the students still recognize you as the Headmaster?"

Attilan immediately said seriously:

"I had to be absent from teaching duties for the past two years due to my dragon's physical condition, but my heart has always been with the students. I have never forgotten the heavy responsibility I bear."

"You've worked hard these past two years!"

The Drunken Woman was unmoved by this level of emotional appeal. Seeing this, Attilan could only bring out his trump card.

"I've cracked the brewing method for Frostfire Wine!"

The Drunken Woman immediately leaned forward, grabbing Attilan's arm.

"Headmaster! The Druid School cannot be without you!"

Attilan looked at the Drunken Woman coldly.

"When did you become so materialistic?"

"Do you know how many students the Druid School has now?"

Attilan thought about the scale of the school buildings he had seen earlier, as well as the number of students active on the playground.

"Eight hundred?"

The Drunken Woman still shook her head, saying slowly and firmly:

"One thousand three hundred and seventy-two students, and there are only a few of us teachers in the school: Flower Woman, Sloth, Bear Man, Leopard Woman, Fang Brothers, Big Horn, Tarzan, Eagle King, and me."

"Although Shana, Fire Woman, and Grass Woman are occasionally pulled out to lead classes, only we are permanently stationed at the school, especially me. I can only get one day of rest almost every seven days."

"I barely have any time to research new wines. Do you think it's too much for me to ask for a Frostfire Wine brewing method! Too much!"

Attilan nodded firmly.

"Not at all. This is what I should do! I wonder, respected Headmaster Drunken Woman, when will we brew Frostfire Wine?"

Looking at the students who were dissecting the flame wild boar but occasionally looked over.

"Tomorrow is my day off, so tomorrow it is. I built a new brewing workshop in the school, just to let the students see what kind of wine even the gods would love!"

Attilan asked with wide eyes:

"You really opened a brewing class and a wine tasting class in the school?"

"I am the Headmaster, so I can naturally decide what courses the school offers. Is there a problem? Headmaster Attilan, who hasn't shown his face for three years?"

Attilan shook his head repeatedly.

"No problem, no problem."

Attilan was also very helpless. Dragon sleep is normal. Even though he is a little different from ordinary dragons, he still cannot avoid sleeping. It seems that he will have to learn to delegate power in the future.

"Pack up the prey and we'll return to school."

A leading centaur said:

"But the prey we hunted is not enough for everyone to have a sip of meat soup. Didn't we agree to hunt for a whole day?"

"Your Headmaster Attilan is back, can you still be short of meat to eat? If you don't feel like you've had enough hunting, how about I take you to hunt saber-toothed tigers?"

The centaur shrank his head.

"No, it's already been very enjoyable."

"Is that the old centaur's grandson? Why didn't that guy, the old centaur, come to class?"

"Oh, he's in the grassland. The centaur tribe that originally lived west of the forest was also moved there by him. He said that the environment of the grassland is indeed more harsh, but the centaurs can get better development there."

"So he took the tribe and moved over to build the grassland with his old friends. I heard that those old druids have decided that after they pass away, they will perform the life return ceremony on the grassland."

"Let the natural magic networks of the grassland and the forest connect into a whole with their contributions."

Attilan was quite moved.

"Is there enough Sea Dragon Blood Wine?"

It would have been fine if Sea Dragon Blood Wine wasn't mentioned, but as soon as it was mentioned, the Drunken Woman looked at Attilan with disdain.

"What do you think? With your stingy appearance, always afraid of losing a drop of blood, how much Sea Dragon Blood Wine can you brew?"

Attilan shrunk his head awkwardly.

"Are the old seniors doing well?"

"Of course, they are. Every time your dragon blood is needed, Grandmaster Jaina takes me to Moonshadow Lake to draw blood. Don't worry, we don't draw your most, most, most precious dragon blood for nothing. We give you compensation every time."

"The magic medicine made from materials in the forest to replenish vitality and enhance physique. We poured a bucket for you at a time, ensuring you made a profit."

Attilan suddenly understood.

"So that's why my body has grown so much even after I slept. It turns out it's thanks to you and Teacher-Mother."

The students walked in front, and Attilan and the Drunken Woman walked at the back. The Drunken Woman frowned and said quietly:

"Did you meet Leopard Woman after you woke up?"

"I met her. We even went south to support Vereesa together. Do you know when those two became so close?"

"That's what I wanted to say. When Vereesa came to visit the forest that time, you weren't there, and I was the one who entertained her, but that guy, Leopard Woman, insisted on going to the wine cellar to get wine."

"It turned out she just wanted to steal a drink, and it was because Flower Woman and I restricted her from drinking."

"So she got drunk and went crazy?"

The Drunken Woman sighed again.

"It wouldn't be a big deal if she just got drunk, but the key is that she drank a batch of newly matured Sea Dragon Blood Wine, the batch you asked me to research the dragonification potion with."

"But when I came back, I didn't notice anything wrong with Leopard Woman?"

"Doesn't she have a new form, a purple panther? Have you seen it?"

"I've seen it. The energy is indeed a bit peculiar, but isn't that starlight energy?"

"It is starlight energy, but that's because Lady Elune was invited to suppress the effects of the Sea Dragon Blood Wine. Otherwise, Leopard Woman would have transformed into a dragon beast without self-awareness."

"I've been saying that you can't eat things randomly, but Leopard Woman still wouldn't listen. She's going to have a hard time now, right? So her problem hasn't been solved?"

The Drunken Woman nodded and said:

"The seal that Lady Elune set on Leopard Woman can slowly transform your dragonification magic into special starlight magic, but it's essentially just a fusion of dragon magic and star magic."

"Leopard Woman must master dragon transformation before the seal can no longer suppress it. Now that you're awake, the task of training Leopard Woman is left to you."

Attilan thought and nodded, unable to help but complain:

"That Leopard Woman, she didn't tell me such an important thing, she was just focused on saving Vereesa."

"After Leopard Woman drank the wine, she suddenly half-dragonized, her hands turned into dragon claws, and she almost tore Vereesa's throat apart, and her heart was also pierced by the claws."

"Vereesa almost died, so Leopard Woman naturally felt a strong sense of guilt."

That's just like Leopard Woman, simple and kind, doing things without thinking.

"Becoming a dragon isn't easy. In my inherited memories, there is a world where humans cultivated an advanced profession that can transform into dragons. They can only temporarily transform into dragons after cultivating to a considerable level."

"The Sea Dragon Blood Wine that Leopard Woman drank is just a catalyst. The focus is that the druid's transformation can permanently transform into the corresponding race. Could Leopard Woman forever become a dragon-blooded human?"

The Drunken Woman shrugged.

"Dragons are one of the most powerful races, and Leopard Woman has the possibility of becoming a dragon. Even if that possibility is very small, it cannot be stifled. That's also why Elune set the seal."

The seal isn't afraid that Leopard Woman will turn into a dragon beast and lose her mind, it's afraid that Leopard Woman will lose the possibility of transforming into a dragon.

"Do you think Leopard Woman will become a sea dragon or a starlight dragon?"

The Drunken Woman indifferently took a sip of wine.

"Don't think so far ahead. I'll be satisfied if she can become a life dragon. Dragons are too far away. A life dragon can help Leopard Woman become a Grand Druid."

"Unless you keep contributing your dragon blood to Leopard Woman, are you willing?"