Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 611 The True God of Imperialism Appears
As dusk fell, the royal court became increasingly secluded.

The light from the magic crystal lamps began to envelop the entire royal court in a hazy glow, like the lost palace of the giants in ancient legends, gradually obscured by the evening clouds and returned to the silent night.

Only the dragons, who often appear at night, can see the beautiful, graceful figure that vaguely moves through this dragon royal court, as well as the occasional giant that flashes by.

"But first, we must set the necessary tone for the future god of the empire, just as the empire has followed and the guiding ideology for its rule over the world during its nearly one hundred years of development,"

Silver Dragon Chris Tiana spoke in a gentle tone, yet with an undeniable will, while slightly raising her head to gesture to Green Dragon Antajena, who had just entered the side hall of the royal court.

As night fell, many of the core members of the Gorgmora dragonflight who had been performing their duties during the day arrived one after another.

Royal Night Talks are not only an event led by the silver dragon Chris, gathering the wisdom of all dragons, but also a small meeting for core members of the Gogmora dragonflight to connect and privately discuss certain policies and important matters within the Empire.

Only after the core members of the Gorgmora dragonflight reach certain resolutions will the Council of Kings formally convene, giving the other dragons of the Gorgmora dragonflight time to attend political discussions and express their individual opinions.

"Major issues are addressed through small meetings, minor issues through large meetings"—this is not merely a vulgar joke, but a necessity for the smooth functioning of a highly centralized and civilized nation.

"That depends on the form in which the deities the empire will be born, the purpose of their existence, and the means by which they will be maintained."

"A simple statement like 'for the empire' is completely insufficient to define the purpose of the empire's future ascension to godhood,"

Alfred, the bronze dragon, slowly strolled into the side hall of the royal court, his ears flapping constantly, and the magic glasses perched on his nose gleaming.

This side hall was built to the standard of a dragon's form and can accommodate at least dozens of ordinary adult dragons.

However, the core members of the Gorgmora dragonflight are all exceptionally large and beautiful dragons.

Even the female dragon Ronnie, who was lying next to the White Scale King Gemot, was a massive 22 meters tall.

Therefore, occasions where the Dragon Emperor used to receive certain private dragon friends alone actually gave the copper dragon a feeling of being crowded.

“Alfred is right,”

White Dragon Sloka solemnly agreed with the Copper Dragon's opinion, but his gaze was fixed on the current ruling dragon king of the empire, Blue Dragon Dos, who was sitting in the main seat of the side hall.

Compared to the Blue Dragon King, who was gradually entering his prime, even the older Azure Thunder King Akz beside him was somewhat thin.

The ancestral blue dragon king fully realized his potential during the two most rapid periods of development in the dragon race's life.

Although this blue dragon has rarely been seen to fight in recent years, no dragon doubts the power it possesses.

In particular, after assuming the reins of the empire, he sorted out the overall order of the empire's operation, which was compatible with the magical power that this blue dragon had comprehended on its own.

Moreover, the talent to control the power of thunder naturally gives the blue dragon the most awe-inspiring aura among the five dragon species. These qualities make the blue dragon Dos now majestic and profound, making him second to none among the dragons of the empire.

Even the demigod female dragon Phyllis Tiamat's dragon majesty was slightly inferior when facing this ruling dragon king who was based in the empire's headquarters.

"Don't look at me. I'm not in charge of this matter. I'm just here to listen in because of my duties as the Regent of the Empire. Otherwise, I would have liked to ask Chris for leave."

The vertical pupils of the blue dragon Doss resembled two stormy sea eyes, with wisps of lightning brewing and swirling within them like a storm, carrying a profound and elusive power.

But his tone was extremely relaxed. For this blue dragon, there weren't many times when he could legitimately slack off like this.

Within the Gogmora dragonflight, there are not obvious factions, so much so that even core members like the White Dragon Sloka occasionally need to be mindful of the Blue Dragon King's claims.

However, this factional division is not like the struggles in the political environment of human civilization, but rather a difference in style of doing things, so Doss does not shy away from this point.

To counteract suppression and tame and control the inherently violent and toxic blood of the Imperial Five Colored Dragons, they often prioritize order and stability.

The Imperial Metal Dragons are designed to be aggressive, and even the once 'steady' Bronze Dragon Queen Alina, after a long time in the Empire, has begun to adopt the style of the former five-colored dragons.

The appearance of the silver dragon Chris Tiana can also be seen as the Dragon Emperor putting a flexible rein on the Empire's metal dragons, so as to prevent them from becoming more extreme under the influence of the Dragon's Proof.

"Then what exactly should be the god of that empire?"

The white dragon Kamid split its two heads to the left and right, asking the surrounding dragons, "Suri and I once discussed this topic,"

"She said that our dragon race is defined within the empire as a nation where political rulers and religious supremacists are united, where politics and religion are blended into one,"

“But Sully said that the reason our dragon race is able to gain the trust of almost all the people of the empire is not because of the noble blood of the dragons in our race, nor because of our great strength, but because of the thoughts and views of the people of the empire,”

"What real-world problems can their faith solve for them?"

It was rare for the white dragon Kamid to speak up like this. Not only did the other dragons fall silent and listen to what the white dragon had to say, but even Kamid felt his mouth go dry.

Kamid's spouse, Sully, encouraged him to occasionally express his opinions, regardless of whether they aligned with the overall policy direction of the empire.

Otherwise, even if Kamid were to sit on the throne of the Dragon King, the influence of his political power would never be effectively extended.

Although Kamid didn't care about that, all he needed was his older brother's love.

However, the forces that are subordinate to Kamid and whose political voices are under the control of the White Dragon must have a presence.

Even a Dragon King, who holds a venerable position, needs to be influenced by certain forces within such a strictly civilized nation.

Therefore, Kamid drank the beverage served to him by the maids in one gulp. This drink, made with vanilla extract extracted from plants by the Elven race and the milk of the owl-like monsters raised by the Empire, was one of the Empire's unique delicacies.

As a truly independent and sovereign civilization, the Golden Empire has achieved unique development in both broad areas such as culture and politics, as well as in fields such as architecture, cuisine, and music.

Even in terms of the empire's clothing culture, it differs from that of other countries in the world of Ekania.

Because of the flourishing of magical civilization, both ordinary citizens of the empire and those of the middle and upper classes wore clothing that displayed unique magical characteristics.

Through cooperation with the drow elves who emerged from the Underdark, the Golden Empire has gradually penetrated deeper into the Underdark.

In the last two decades, through the development of the Underdark, the Empire has achieved many benefits that are sufficient to benefit its people.

For example, the discovery and breeding of the flail snail, a peculiar species that lives on the surface of dark regions. As a large earth elemental life form, the flail snail is easier to breed than the problems encountered by herders who graze cattle and sheep on the grasslands.

Because this type of snail feeds on various rocks, sand, and soil; simply put, it eats dirt.

The most valuable part of the flail snail is its shell.

The empire's research has discovered that the snail's naturally beautiful and colorful shell possesses an anti-magical property.

Furthermore, this anti-magic property persists long after the flail snail dies, so the Empire specially created two small earth elemental dimensional planes for this magical creature.

Furthermore, they spent a huge amount of money to purchase large quantities of crystal deposits, using the flail snail's favorite food as bait to relocate these magical creatures and raise them in a concentrated area.

The raw materials the Empire obtains each year from flail snails are now sufficient to supply the Imperial Legion with enough materials to manufacture various shields and equipment with anti-magic properties.

A significant portion of the remaining stock flowed into the market, where it was processed by factories and manufactured into a magical dye, which was then sold to the people of the empire.

The popularity of this dye, which was also known as the color of gold, was like a mixture of many colorful dragons in the empire, eventually blending into a dazzling color.

Even the rulers of the empire, the dragons of the Gorgmora dragonflight, often abandoned their scales as clothing when transforming into humanoid forms, instead wearing garments woven from this material.

After all, dragons have different resistances to and anti-magic properties, which means that equipment can be useful to dragons.

Some of the special protective gear worn by White Dragon Kamid also uses this versatile material.

"This is an extremely real problem,"

Kleinaya only spoke after seeing the white dragon Kamid stop, saying, "Even a newly initiated mage apprentice knows this."

"Many forces have properties; positive and negative energies, through prolonged contact, can subtly change a being's inner self,"

"The same applies to the power of faith."

"Many primordial deities, born from the symbols of cosmic matter and source matter, are not particularly dependent on the power of faith,"

"The earliest form of faith and worship, according to the Empire's research, is that the gods never needed to have any effect on mortal beings, but when the gods' every move was enough to destroy an entire civilization, the mortal beings' awe of the gods became the initial source of faith."

The other dragons had a general understanding of many of the research trends within the Empire, and even the white dragon Kamid frequently came into contact with these things.

Because the entire empire existed in the very beginning for the sake of dragons.

The gains made by the Empire will naturally be received by the Golgmora dragons.

Therefore, no dragon expressed doubt, only the female dragon Phyllis Tiamat was somewhat alarmed.

Because she discovered that the empire's greatest strength was its foresight regarding the future.

In other words, it is not the environmental pressures of the present era that are driving this dragon kingdom forward, but rather the world-sharing philosophy of the rulers of this dragon horde and this kingdom that has endowed this empire with an intrinsic driving force to move forward proactively.

"As far as I know, the original sun god was like this,"

Phyllis Tiamat spoke up, saying, "Even if all the believers in the sun god disappear, it will only cause the god's divine power to decline, not his status to fall."

"Because this is a natural symbol of authority born in the universe, not a destiny determined by faith and ascension to God."

"This is the true God, whose existence does not need to be defined by mortal beings. Perhaps the initial belief in the sun god arose because mortal beings could not understand Him. In order to eliminate their fear, they misinterpreted God and thus 'understood' Him, which led to the worship of the sun!"

The green dragon Antajena tapped her claw lightly on the table, indicating that she would take over the conversation from the demigod female dragon to prevent confusion in the discussion in the side hall.

"Therefore, the birth of certain deities is due to the beliefs and sentiments of mortals, and the same is true for the gods of certain races,"

"But not the vast majority of racial gods were created because of the beliefs of their followers,"

"Based on what Phyllis said, I believe God has two sides,"

"The appearance of a deity born from the thoughts and beliefs of ordinary people is closely related to the power of faith, but the true nature of the deity born from this faith is not necessarily hidden under the guise of faith."

Antajena's gaze swept over the dragons present, paused slightly, and then she reorganized her words, saying, "Kalon and I have also discussed related issues."

"Kalon believes that the reason why a true god is a god is because he is a god. The power of faith is not a fundamental need for a true god, but merely a means to understand the deeper nature of the world and a tool to climb to a higher destiny."

"Just like the sun god that Phyllis mentioned, even if that powerful god has no followers, he can still occupy the authority and status in the relevant field, only his divine power has declined."

"But the power of faith can give those who come after the possibility of seizing such authority,"

Antaljena concluded, "Therefore we must explore a path to divinity that can guide the power of faith and thought, rather than a deity entirely influenced by the thoughts of believers."

Silver Dragon Chris nodded slightly and added, "Of course, because of the current state of the empire and the will of Emperor Gogmora, to become the Divine King."

"In order to create a true god of the empire, we must set a general tone."

"The God of the Empire is not a god defined above the world; the God of the Empire is merely a job, a duty. Therefore, the deification by royal power is fundamental."

"In the future, every citizen of the empire with the potential to ascend to godhood will need the approval and recognition of the empire's kings to qualify for the path to godhood!"

Phyllis Tiamat's vertical pupils flickered with a somewhat dim light, just like her bewildered mind at this moment.

During this meeting, Phyllis discovered something that shocked even this demigod.

The Golden Empire aspires to create a unique pantheon, and although it is still exploring its path, it has already made some progress.

Moreover, Phyllis sensed an aura from these dragons that did not belong to the dragon race.

That was the aura of true divinity. God loves His people, so He allows His people to accompany Him on His ascension to Godhood.

(End of this chapter)