The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 1017 The Price of Deceiving the World (Filling in the gaps in the world-building)
"Pfft..." Oakrian Ryukin, who had just taken a sip of water, spat it out, his eyes trembling as he stared at Grand Duke Oakrian Yasuo's sword-wielding finger.

"What? What do you mean by 'voluntary'?" Grand Duke Oakrian Yasso was struck dumb, standing there frozen in place.

"Literal meaning! Do you think your ancestors, with their meager resources, could possibly kill two Dragon Kings? And even extract their Dragon Souls?" The Giant Dragon King of the Surging Waves, Che Wu, mocked. It wasn't that he looked down on the strength of the Grand Duke of Lagrange East, but rather that apart from the royal family assembling their own dragon rider regiment, no noble could possibly leave a Dragon King alive! Do you think those Dragon Kings who are close to gods are idiots?

"..." Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso fell silent for a moment. Although the words of the Dragon King Chewu were heartbreaking, Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso, after calming down, realized with despair that it was the truth!
"So all of this was fake? Including that war? Just to deceive the world?" Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso found it hard to accept.

"Fake? No, no, no! Apart from you emperors and a few other nobles and dragon kings of the dragon race, no one knows it's fake! The war is real! If it weren't a real war, how could they have muddied the waters and deceived that damned Great Symphony? That Great Symphony represents the will of the world! It can't be easily deceived!" The words of the Giant Dragon King Chewu were extremely cold.

"Deceive the Great Symphony? The Will of the World? Why deceive him?" Oakrian Ryukin asked, puzzled.

"What exactly are the Dragon Clan and the Empire trying to hide? Is the secret, paid for with those lives... worth it?" Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso couldn't understand. Were you telling those fallen dragons and dead humans that it was all part of your plan? The glory they believed in until their deaths was all a lie! Was all of this a scheme orchestrated by the Empire and the Dragon Clan's higher-ups? What Middle-earth population reduction plan?
"Hide you...hide me...hide those lives that should have vanished into time..." King Chewu of the Stormy Waves said with some pain.

"There is nothing that can explain the large-scale loss of life except war! Especially advanced life forms! You should know that the life essence of a sixth-tier professional is worlds apart from that of an ordinary human!" After saying this, King Chewu of the Turbulent Waves paused for a moment to let the two of them digest the information.

"Similarly, so do dragons! The succession of dragon kings follows a pattern! The large-scale disappearance of dragon king-level life forms will definitely attract the attention of the Great Symphony! The will of the world will lock onto the life forms that have suddenly vanished! They will be marked on the Great Symphony... and destroyed once again!" King Chewu of the Turbulent Waves continued.

“I understand a bit. The number of those advanced life forms is fixed. If there are too many unexplained fluctuations, it will attract the attention of that world will, and then the purpose of hiding will not be achieved!” Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso frowned.

“Yes! War is the best excuse and opportunity! No one can guarantee that they will survive in war! Even gods will perish in it! The life essence lost in war will be forgotten by the Great Symphony, and thus disappear from the eyes of the world's will!” King Chewu of the Turbulent Waves affirmed.

"Isn't this too cruel?" Oakrian Ryukin said, unable to bear it.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Without that war, the Dragon Kings and the Lagrange Empire would have been unable to escape that catastrophe!" said Che Wu, the Giant Dragon King of the Turbulent Waves, helplessly.

"Why?" Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso asked in surprise.

"Because Dragon Island can hide in the spatial rift through the legacy of the Dragon God, while you and we have no way to escape the gaze of the Great Symphony. Rather than war... it is more like using the aftershocks of war to tear space and leave spacetime anchors in the spacetime rift! These anchors are the Fire Seed Project and the slumbering places of the Dragon Kings!" The Giant Dragon King Che Wu of the Surging Waves explained with emotion.

Grand Duke Oakrian Yasso and Oakrian Ryukin exchanged a glance, both seeing the helplessness and sorrow of the Dragon King Chewu. For the sake of the continuation of their race and the survival of their high-end combat power, the two closest races had to use war as an excuse to conceal their last embers.

"The Time-Space Dragons... they've suffered so much! Your Lagrange Empire should be most grateful to the Time-Space Dragons!" King Chewu of the Tide Dragons said with a regretful expression, as if recalling something. "Why? Didn't they slaughter humans?" Oakrian Ryukin asked, puzzled.

"I don't know the specifics of the massacre, but your empire certainly wasn't affected much. After all, your so-called Dragon Rider family... Anthony? No! It's the McDoug family! They have a Time-Space Dragon! You know what the excuse for the war between humans and dragons is, right?" King Chewu of the Tidal Waves smiled sinisterly.

"...There are dragon traitors in the Empire? The Empire accuses the Dragon Elders of slandering...and then..." As Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso spoke, his pupils suddenly dilated.

"Do you understand? The last Time-Space Dragon sacrificed itself to benefit both races! There is no better excuse to start a war than the Time-Space Dragon, a dragon race that has slaughtered humans and is hated by the dragon race! No one will doubt it, not even the will of the world!" King Chewu of the Tidal Dragons smiled bitterly.

"..." Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso and his companion were now trembling with cold hands and feet. Just how big a game had their ancestor been involved in? Did he even understand the game that used all living beings and gods as pieces?

"If a piece wants to jump off the chessboard, the underlying principle is sacrifice! Without sacrifice, not a single person or dragon king from the Lagrange Empire will survive to the New World!" As if seeing the confusion and shock of the two, Chewu reprimanded them in a low voice.

"Always remember—sacrifice! It is the cornerstone of civilization!" King Chewu of the Stormy Dragon Sect solemnly instructed.

"Yes!" Grand Duke Oakrian Yasso and Oakrian Ryukin nodded rapidly. Whatever you say goes. You bunch of people who are played like fools by the gods and dragons are always right!

"Your Majesty, those two dragon souls..." Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso asked, puzzled. Since the war between humans and dragons was a plan orchestrated by both races to preserve their lineage, how did they end up being killed by the two dragon kings? Did they get too caught up in the drama and get killed by the dragon kings? That can't be! Grand Duke Oakrian Yaso knew perfectly well how difficult it was to kill dragon kings!
"..." King Chewu, the Giant Dragon King of the Turbulent Waves, fell silent, a rare occurrence for him.

"Ahem! Your Majesty, the sky is so blue! You haven't been out for so many years, is there anything you'd like to eat? The food in the human world is still more abundant than that of the dragons!" Okrian Ryukin quickly changed the subject when he saw that the atmosphere was not right.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes! We two juniors are treating, consider it a token of respect to our senior. This is the Kingdom of Rohan, and we're quite skilled at roasting whole lamb and whole cow!" Grand Duke Okrian Yaso quickly chuckled, after all, just how painful was the truth that could silence an ancient dragon king? No one knew…

“There’s nothing that can’t be said. So many years have passed, and there aren’t many of the old brothers left… This history shouldn’t be taken to the grave with me. There are some things that the younger generation needs to know… At least let them know that we loved them very much back then…” King Chewu of the Turbulent Dragons lowered his voice, and the light in his eyes dimmed.

Long live the plot holes being filled! Now no one can criticize the story anymore! The original story's disappearance of the gods has been completely resolved!

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