The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

In fact, Sustis was just casually lamenting. To dragons, there wasn't much difference between a son or a daughter. Some mother dragons were far more powerful in combat than some useless male dragons.

At Odyss's birthday party, quite a few so-called elemental dragon young talents appeared, but they were all useless good-for-nothings. The only two with real talent were the unknown Attilan and the orphaned steam dragon Punk.

Punk's parents were both steam dragons. They were unremarkable among their group of friends, and eventually, they were injured too severely in battle with enemies, unable to suppress the power of the steam explosion within their bodies, and prematurely died.

Sustis's heart was actually filled with irritability, unease, and even some anger at how completely the descendants of elemental dragons had fallen in such a crisis-ridden era.

Of course, his creation of the Unified Front wasn't entirely for the future of the elemental dragons. He was using the power of the Ocean Dragon Soul to enhance his own power, and he was about to completely transform his dragon body into the Ocean Dragon King's body.

Once Sustis completed the transformation, he could gather faith, ignite the divine fire, and perform the consecration ceremony.

During the consecration process, he would need a large amount of faith to support him, preferably from elemental dragons of the same origin, and even if he were to be consecrated in the material world, he would inevitably have to deal with enemies shooting cold arrows from behind.

He was an ancient dragon now, and once he stepped into the archaic dragon stage, his aura would change, and the gods of the celestial realm would be able to capture his aura more easily and hunt him down based on his location.

The gods' means of detecting elemental dragons would become clearer and clearer as they aged. He had helped some friends try to block their auras.

They did manage to hide their tracks in the archaic dragon stage. As long as they didn't fight with all their might, the Dragon God wouldn't lock onto their location, but later, in the primordial dragon stage, that friend was still exposed.

Damn it, damn it! We elemental dragons are clearly the dragons who created the world, but in the eyes of those gods, we have become a source of chaos that destroys the world, with a status similar to that of demons.

Even devils have a higher status in the eyes of the gods than we do.

When dealing with devils, even if the gods hate them in their hearts, they will still act according to the rules.

But when dealing with demons, everyone can ignore the rules of the world and gang up on them directly.

Sustis knew very well that if he really became a Dragon God, those guys would take into account the damage that a Dragon God's self-destruction would cause to other gods and would not easily attack him again.

While they become more rule-abiding, Sustis must also act according to the rules of the gods, at most descending a wisp of divine power into the material world, not to mention descending in person, not even a divine power clone can be used.

If he failed, all the territory, treasures, and especially the Ocean Dragon Soul that he currently possessed could not be handed over to Odyss. With these, Odyss simply wouldn't be able to defend them.

Forcing it would only result in losing her life.

Odyss only had one choice: to escape! To abandon everything and run!

As long as she was still alive, with all the arrangements he had made for Odyss over the years, she could at least live safely until the primordial dragon stage. Once she cultivated into a consecrated dragon, her aura would completely change.

The aura detectors made by those guys using the blood of the elemental Dragon God would no longer work on Odyss.

In order for Odyss to live safely, his current foundation needed a dragon to take over after his failure, standing in front to help Odyss attract firepower.

If possible, this dragon should preferably be Odyss's husband, so that it could better present a picture of this guy betraying his trust after his death, seizing all his wealth and the Ocean Dragon Soul to become king and dominate.

And Odyss would be driven away by this guy like a fool.

In this way, the attention of the mastermind would be attracted by his successor, and Odyss would be safe.

Sustis fell into deep thought. Attilan stood below, holding his breath and watching him, muttering to himself. After he said he wanted to become his adopted son, Sustis stopped talking, and didn't even look at him, just thinking with his head down.

If Sustis wasn't willing to let him be his adopted son, he wouldn't have thought for so long. It seemed like there was hope.

Attilan then decided to add fuel to the fire, immediately adjusting his posture and revealing a hearty smile.

"Lord Sustis, it seems that my proposal was too presumptuous, which is why you are so embarrassed. If that's the case, please forgive me for disturbing you. I'll take my leave first."

A blue light flashed in Sustis's eyes, and he said in a low voice:

"Wait a moment."

Sustis walked up to Attilan and looked down at the little dragon man in front of him.

"Your transformation magic is very good. It's been a long time since I've seen such a close human form transformation to our elemental dragons. I saw the dragon man form of the elemental Dragon God on the murals in the Dragon God's treasury, and it's very similar to yours."

Attilan's eyes lit up. He really was a fellow time-traveler. Great minds think alike. In the TV series he used to watch, weren't the dragons all just people with a pair of dragon horns on their heads?

As for whether there was a tail behind them, it depended on whether there was a need for it.

Suddenly, a green bead flew towards Attilan from Sustis's claws.

"My good son…"

Attilan respectfully lowered his head, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

"Yes, Father."

Attilan didn't expect Sustis to be so straightforward, directly handing over all the troops under his command to him, not worried about him rebelling at all. This adopted father was so broad-minded, no wonder he could gather so many elemental dragons to establish a unified front.

However, Sustis mentioned ordinary subordinates just now, which meant that there should be a group of extraordinary subordinates under Sustis's command.

Under the command of elemental dragons, those who could be called extraordinary subordinates could only be judged from the name elemental dragons, either elemental or dragons.

Attilan curiously looked at Sustis.

"Adoptive father, do you have an army that has completed dragonification under your command?"

Sustis smiled and looked at Attilan.

"Haha, your thinking is indeed sharp. I do have such an army, but their numbers are not too many, and they must be used in key places."

"As for those ordinary troops, you can take them and consume them as you please, but those who have activated the elemental dragon bloodline in their bodies, you must send them to me. My dragon vein army still needs to be strengthened."

"You should also be clear about what I am pursuing now. When I complete the consecration, I can hand over all the land and wealth I now possess to you."

Attilan immediately showed a grateful expression.

"Thank you, adoptive father!"

Sustis moved his huge dragon body back to his icy throne.

"I need to continue meditating. You can go down. Don't be easily instigated by Odyss, and don't do too many absurd things with Odyss. You don't have to worry about the Unified Front."

“Odessa doesn't even look at her own capabilities, yet she wants to support the position of leader of the United Front. Her talent and strength are not enough. On the other hand, if you work hard, I might consider handing over the position of leader to you.”

Atilan could tell that Sestus was really planning to promote him, not just drawing a pie in the sky. This made Atilan even more terrified. If it was just drawing a pie, he just wouldn't eat it, and most likely nothing would happen.

But if Sestus really gave it, Atilan didn't know if he could control his greed.

Sestus's things are indeed good, but they are all hot potatoes, especially the Ocean Dragon Soul. Getting this thing is definitely a living target.

Ocean Dragon Soul plus the United Front, Atilan was sure that Sestus's ending would not be too good, not to mention that he now had such an adopted son.

Atilan wondered if Sestus would eventually be stabbed to death by his halberd.

Of course, all of this happens on the premise that Atilan has a good appetite and can eat Sestus's huge foundation.

“I will work hard, Godfather.”

“Go down, and help me take down the humans and dwarf kingdoms in the east first.”

Although Atilan still wanted to ask Sestus why he had to take down these two kingdoms, Sestus had already closed his eyes on the throne and began to absorb the power of water element.

Atilan could only shrug his shoulders, took the tiger talisman Sestus gave him, and went to mobilize troops.

Walking out of the hall, Atilan looked at the two merman guards at the door and showed them the tiger talisman.

“You two, one go and call the generals in charge of occupying the eastern land over here, and the other find me a suitable place. I want to discuss the next attack plan with the generals.”

“Yes, sir.”

The merman guards showed shocked expressions. Although they knew that this was a noble ocean dragon, they did not expect the Dragon Lord to hand over the dragon pearl to mobilize all the troops to a strange dragon.

At this time, Odessa ran over excitedly and snatched the tiger talisman from Atilan's hand.

“I didn't expect Father to hand over the dragon pearl to mobilize all ordinary troops to you. What did you say to him?”

Atilan smiled and shook his head.

“I didn't say anything, just that I worshiped the Lord as my godfather, and then he gave me the dragon pearl.”

Hearing Atilan's words, Odessa immediately grabbed his face excitedly.

“Great, I've wanted a younger brother for a long time, but Father won't give me one to play with, it's boring.”

In fact, after Odessa's mother passed away, Sestus also had some concubines, but they were not dragons, but some mermaids, snake people, and other races.

For Odessa, as long as it is not an ocean sub-dragon, it cannot be considered her younger brother.

“Brother, call me sister!”

Atilan helplessly pulled down Odessa's hand that was pinching his cheek.

“Odessa, this is very boring. If you want a younger brother, find a wife for Godfather. The Star Realm is so big, I don't believe you can't find a second ocean sub-dragon.”

Odessa suddenly sighed with a depressed expression.

“Regarding the death of my mother, not only I can't let it go, but Father is the same. In fact, when I was young, it wasn't that no female ocean sub-dragon came to find him through the Water Element Realm.”

“But Father didn't agree to their love.”

The merman guards were very fast. The two generals who served in the Crystal Palace appeared in front of Atilan as quickly as possible, no matter how Atilan got the dragon pearl.

As long as he got it, it represented Sestus. The orders issued by Atilan, even if it meant death, they would carry them out.

The two generals, one was a merman and the other was a snake person.

Seeing that Odessa was also there, the two bowed respectfully.

“Princess.”

Then they saluted Atilan, hammering their chests hard.

“General!”

Atilan looked around and found an empty table.

“Two generals, tell me about the situation of the soldiers you each lead, as well as the situation of the enemy.”

The merman and the snake person looked at each other, and the merman spoke first.

“General, our soldiers are all very strong. On the contrary, those little dwarves only rely on iron skin and shields to fight us with steel spikes.”

“Each one is very weak. I can chop them in half with one axe.”

The snake person continued:

“That's right, even the dwarf's thick iron skin, one hammer from me will make the dwarf spurt blood. Even if they are still alive at the time, they will definitely die when they go back.”

Atilan rubbed his temples. This description reminded him of when he had just established his army. At that time, Lista was exactly the same as these two generals. No, Lista was a little smarter than them.

These two generals are probably the kind who only add strength after upgrading, and their muscles squeeze their brains.

“Where is the map of the enemy's distribution?”

The general was dumbfounded.

“Map? What is a map?”

“It's a drawing that tells me where the enemy has established defenses and what the surrounding terrain is like! Understand?”

The general shook his head and said:

“Only the Dragon Lord raises a group of people to draw pictures for him. We don't have painters.”

“Two generals, I must tell you that war is an art. You can't win by brute force alone.”

“And the brain is a good thing. Don't lose your brains in order to improve that little bit of strength. Now, I need a house specifically for discussing tactics.”

“You two go and prepare immediately!”

Looking at the angry Atilan, the two generals only felt inexplicable and did not understand what Atilan was angry about when they had not yet shown their strength.

After the generals left, Odessa blinked and whispered in Atilan's ear:

“Is there anything wrong with what they said?”

“If you don't understand the terrain, you won't know where to attack to find the enemy's weakness, and you will be ambushed by enemies in unfamiliar environments.”

“If you don't know the number of your own and the enemy's forces, you won't know the results of each war. For example, the snake general just now thought he killed the dwarf, but it is estimated that he returned to the front line after receiving treatment in the rear.”

“The enemy is indeed relatively weak, so they defend and counterattack. I seriously suspect that these idiots attack the strongest part of the enemy's defense every time.”

“Odessa, you only need to know that the losses of the attacking side are at least three to five times that of the defending side. Even if Godfather's army is stronger, the losses are more than twice as much.”

“Fortunately, they still know how to plunder the cattle, sheep, and grain of the surrounding farmers, otherwise they would really be fools.”

Okay, in fact, their greatest achievement is not plundering food, but setting a fire before leaving.

Atilan pointed to the merman guard next to him.

“You go and tell them that the meeting is canceled. Let them take the painters to draw the terrain map of the enemy, and at the same time send the fastest troops to plunder food.”

“Remember, try not to kill those farmers, and burn all the food that can't be taken away.”

Odessa was very puzzled.

“Why do you want to do this?”

“Odessa, this is the art of war, the most cruel art.”