The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Attilan could only pat Taishan on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Don't worry, let the spears fly for a while longer. Choosing the right candidates to become magic weapon smiths takes time. I've already given the orders, how could no one come?"

"Alright, as long as there are enough people, and they're elite enough, I can consider ten thousand obsidian spears. If I'm satisfied, I can even give away an extra thousand obsidian short swords of my design!"

Hearing Taishan's words, Attilan nodded in satisfaction. That's the Taishan he knew!

The old merman was indeed an internal affairs officer whose political skills were second only to the half-goat. The ten magic weapon smith apprentices that Attilan wanted were selected in less than a day.

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And in this short day, Attilan personally crafted five hundred obsidian spears with a shelf life of about seven to nine months.

Stirring the fire with a wooden stick, Attilan pointed to the ten shamans standing respectfully in front of him and said to Taishan:

"Look, haven't the people arrived?"

Those students who went to gain experience would most likely be their colleagues in the future. Since they were also working for the Dragon Lord, they naturally had to prepare handy tools for them.

The shamans were all smart people, and they knew very well that compared to their stupid clansmen, this group of smart young people who had received four years of elite education could represent the kingdom for at least fifty to a hundred years.

If the shamans couldn't work hard to improve their business skills, then their current positions would be replaced by this group of druid apprentices in the future, or even be trampled on by a group of humans.

Why did so many of them choose to become weapon smiths? It was because these smart people among the humanoid races knew very well that their biggest advantage was their ability to fight.

Instead of making up for the shortcomings that they most likely couldn't make up for, it was better to amplify their strengths and continue to increase their bets on the path of combat power. In any case, they were always better soldiers than humans.

Not to mention races like minotaurs and centaurs with their large size and strong bodies, even kobolds were a little better than humans in combat.

Kobolds were indeed low in combat power, but they would actively fight against enemies, and even choose to rush up to fight in groups against powerful enemies, relying on numbers to consume the enemy's stamina and break through the enemy's defenses.

But looking back at humans, they would either be frightened by the enemy and freeze in place because of cowardice, or choose to run away because they were too smart, or bravely rush up to fight the enemy, or calmly hide in the dark and watch.

That's right, the smart brains of humans made it difficult for them to make the same decisions at critical moments. Even if there was a heroic figure leading them, deserters and traitors would still be common.

If Attilan hadn't been a dragon and provided excellent living conditions, these more than 50,000 people might not have strictly followed his orders.

After all, the humanoid races were characterized by their unruly nature. During the time he was asleep, there were no major rebellions, but from time to time, there would be small groups who made decisions to betray the Dragon Lord due to ambition and other reasons.

The Northern Kingdom was indeed a piece of fat, but Attilan had to give these subordinates who helped him conquer the Northern Kingdom enough benefits. If he didn't handle it well, they might not betray him, but they would definitely not be as enthusiastic in the next battle to expand the territory as they were now.

In order to digest the Northern Kingdom, Attilan couldn't directly turn the humans of the Northern Kingdom into slaves. They could have actual work income that was about the same as slaves, but in name, they would definitely be free.

Humans, after all, could never get rid of these false names in their lives. They seemed to be smarter than other alien races, but that was just it. Instead, because of that little bit of extra intelligence, they had a lot more conspiracies and calculations.

They used a lot of the power that should have been used to strengthen the race on infighting. Counting the many races that exist in the world, the most infighting race is humans.

How to balance the interests of these alien races who followed them first and the huge number of humans in the Northern Kingdom? Attilan rubbed his temples and muttered to himself:

"Why think about this? I haven't even won over the barbarians of the Northern Grasslands to form a coalition to attack the northern border of the Northern Kingdom, and I'm already thinking about conquering the Northern Kingdom. It's indeed a bit too arrogant."

"Continue to forge weapons. As long as I hold the knife handle in my hand, the situation in the Northern Kingdom won't collapse! If that doesn't work, I can only make the people of the Northern Kingdom suffer first."

Looking up, the entire weapons station was erupting with unprecedented enthusiasm. Some shamans had already skillfully erected two doorposts and nailed a wooden board to the doorposts.

The words "Weapons Station" were written on the wooden board in Common Tongue, which made Attilan sigh with emotion. As expected of shamans, their social skills are extraordinary.

As soon as this group of shamans arrived, they enthusiastically gathered around Taishan and began to learn how to make obsidian magic weapons again. They had all helped to process the raw materials before.

At that time, they showed some talent, and even relied on some rune engraving and material splicing skills they had learned from Taishan, who liked to be a teacher.

After they went back, they used some magical materials collected by some clansmen to make several pretty good weapons. That's why they were chosen so quickly to assist Taishan.

"Taishan, I've already made 572 of these obsidian spears myself, a total of ten thousand. Leave the rest to you, is that okay?"

Taishan laughed and waved his hand heartily.

"No problem!"

This group of shamans were all talented people, and they were good at talking. Taishan was so flattered that he was about to ascend to heaven. Naturally, whatever request Attilan made, he would directly wave his hand and agree.

Taishan said that the creeper had undergone some magical changes, and Attilan planned to go and see what extent his pet, which he had raised freely for two and a half years, had grown to.

The place where the creeper lived was not far from Taishan's quarry. They were all areas where druids rarely moved around, but the natural energy was relatively abundant.

Such a large forest had more than a hundred druids living in it before the establishment of the Druid School. Even if one person divided up an area as their own practice field, there were still many unclaimed lands in the forest.

Of course, now there are hundreds of students, and even after receiving the fifth-year students, it will quickly break through a thousand, but it still seems very empty when placed in the forest.

Not to mention that this group of students are not all druids. Even if they are druids, they most likely won't stay in the forest to practice honestly.

Take Leopard Woman and the others, for example. Back in the day, when Atilan mentioned leaving the forest for an adventure, they would always be the first to respond. You might think they were being loyal, but really, they just found their lives too boring and wanted some excitement.

Now, after knowing each other for five years, Atilan has built a huge kingdom, and they have gradually developed their own careers and cultivation achievements. They have indeed become more mature, but at heart, they are still young people.

Thank goodness for the Druid School, or they wouldn't have matured so quickly.

The Druid's reclusive style dictates that without external influences, these people might not have grown up even by the age of fifty.

Now that Taishan has become mature and steady, Atilan, while feeling gratified for him, also feels a bit of loss. He still prefers the Taishan who used to be loud and eager to challenge others to fights and muscle contests.

Not the current Taishan, who is large and steady as a mountain, but has lost his former vibrancy.

It feels like he just took a nap, and his former companion has become different, giving him a sense of familiarity and strangeness.

As soon as he arrived in the territory of the Creeper, he saw Leopard Woman hanging upside down, her ankles entangled.

"Oh, isn't this our most, most, most powerful nature spirit, the Leopard Goddess, Sandrine? Why are you so weak after not seeing you for a while? You're actually being hung up by tiny vines."

Leopard Woman swung wildly in mid-air.

"Isn't it because of your pet? This used to be my place for swinging, but your pet's energy activated these vines, making it impossible for me to swing."

This swinging game was originally played by Taishan. He liked to use this complex forest area to train his muscles and agility, relying purely on his own reaction, without any Druidic natural sensing assistance.

Atilan wanted to control the vines to let Leopard Woman down, but he found that he couldn't control these vines. He frowned and said:

"That's not right, the power carried in these vines is very unfamiliar. Are you sure it's my Creeper, and not some other Creeper monster?"

Leopard Woman began to swing frantically and helplessly like a fish being pulled out of the water.

"It's yours! Are you trying to make fun of me, deliberately not letting me down?"

"The problem is, this really isn't my Creeper. The dragon magic contained in these vines is very unfamiliar. Could it be that in the few years I was asleep, the Creeper really transformed the magic in its body and turned into a real Vine Dragon?"

"Feel it yourself and you'll understand."

Atilan sent a wisp of his magic to Leopard Woman's brow. After carefully sensing the magic in Atilan and the vines, Leopard Woman asked in surprise:

"Besides you, are there other dragons in the forest?"

Atilan didn't know about this. He turned his hand into a dragon claw and leaped up, cutting the vines that entangled Leopard Woman's ankle.

"Ah!"

Leopard Woman spun awkwardly in the air and landed steadily, albeit a little disheveled.

"Could you at least warn me before cutting the vines!"

Atilan said with a playful smile:

"I have full confidence in your reaction ability."

After Atilan cut the vines, the surrounding vines began to swing wildly, but after he released his dragon might, these vines quickly subsided.

Accompanied by a childish dragon roar, a verdant dragon, formed by vines entwined together, slid across the forest and quickly appeared in front of Atilan.

It pounced on Atilan excitedly, as enthusiastically as a puppy who hadn't seen its owner for a long time.

"Little Green, so you haven't forgotten your master."

Stroking the Vine Dragon's head, Atilan felt quite surprised and delighted. Although he had previously called the Creeper a Vine Dragon, the Creeper had only been infected by his dragon aura and magic, giving it a similar appearance to an elemental dragon.

But now, the Vine Dragon Little Green can truly be considered a dragon. Its classification is Natural Spirit Dragon, a type of Eastern Dragon.

If he continues to use the Ocean Dragon's energy field to influence Little Green, and combines it with a large amount of pure water element and the power of creation, Little Green has a high chance of being transformed into an Ocean Dragon.

If Little Green continues to move in its current direction, condensing a dragon pearl, perhaps in thousands or tens of thousands of years, it will be a Natural Demigod of the Nature Council.

Vine Dragon Little Green, Mirage Dragon Zhubei, Thunder Dragon Electric Eel, Water Dragon Blue Fish, of course, this is just an idea, and the possibility of it being realized is very low. Even if the lifespan of a spirit is very long, it is indeed difficult to transform into a dragon, especially in the current environment.

The Elemental Dragon Transformation Ritual does exist, but the relevant knowledge is very profound. Only a small number of Elemental Dragons have mastered the inheritance. Even Atilan heard from Sestis that the knowledge of the transformation ritual they obtained came from the Dragon God's treasure trove in the Elemental Realm.

The Elemental Dragons that exist outside basically have not mastered this knowledge.

In addition to the Vine Dragon, Atilan's remaining three pets have been affected by the power of the Ocean Dragon Soul, causing them to transform into spirits, or to carry spiritual characteristics.

Sestis didn't tell him all of the transformation ritual methods, but revealed a key point: a high-quality dragon pearl must be used to preside over the transformation ritual.

Sestis also showed that the Ocean Dragon Soul has the ability to transform dragons into Ocean Dragon Kings. Atilan analyzed that the so-called transformation ritual should be to strengthen the power of the dragon pearl.

To fully exert the ability of the dragon pearl to sublimate other species into elemental dragons, and to rapidly expand the power of the elemental dragon group by domesticating powerful beings in other races.

Although Atilan doesn't know how to arrange the traditional transformation ritual, he can design a ritual magic array that tempers the essence of life based on the life transformation magic array taught to him by the Bearmen, and combine it with the dragon pearl as an energy source.

Saying it is design, it is actually just piecing it together, and it is still a limited power version.

The dragon pearl is his core, and Atilan doesn't plan to use the dragon pearl to do random experiments.

"Little Green, how did you become such a cool Natural Spirit Dragon?"

Leopard Woman was so excited that she almost jumped up. She is now very curious.

Because she drank three hundred jars of fine wine, Leopard Woman was also eroded by the Dragon's Life Magic, and began her path of dragon transformation semi-actively and semi-passively.

But it is obvious that after working hard for more than half a year, her progress is not as obvious as Little Green's. If you choose a word to describe her achievements, then standing still, not advancing but retreating, is undoubtedly very appropriate.

Standing still means that she has not achieved any results, and not advancing but retreating means that if she cannot control the physical changes brought about by the Dragon's Magic, she will eventually be alienated into a dragon demon beast without wisdom.

Little Green went forward and sniffed Leopard Woman, and said something in dragon language.

Leopard Woman vaguely understood some of it, but mostly could only guess what it was saying by looking at Little Green's expression. Finally, Leopard Woman gritted her teeth and said:

"Is it calling me stupid?"