Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 612 The 'Spirit' That Changes Nature

The world of Ekania, the central continent.

The young Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire stood atop a sharp watchtower, overlooking the moving ranks of the army camp, his brow furrowing deeply.

As a mid-level nobleman, he devoted all the resources within his territory to recruiting and forming a legion of 30,000 main combatants and tens of thousands of auxiliary and logistical militia.

Driven by his own ambitions, the Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire was one of the first allies among the many civilized nations in the central continent to respond to the Pan-Aeganian Civilization Alliance agreement of the Golden Empire.

Its reaction speed was even faster than that of the two dominant empires in the central continent, the Farn Empire and the Luman Empire.

For a noble nation of this size, it would be almost impossible to grow stronger again within the already stable civilization order of the central continent. The two hegemonic empires are their 'destiny'.

The Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire was well aware that if he could maintain the country's survival, he would already be considered to have done an excellent job.

However, to expand their family and power, they must seize every opportunity, and the Golden Empire's initiative was the best opportunity the Ivorian family had encountered in hundreds of years.

Risk and opportunity coexist; the greater the risk, the greater the opportunity.

The true inheritors of every noble family naturally possess this gambling mentality.

As for the two dominant empires, they had already engaged in conquest by opening up dimensional planes outside their borders.

Although the two great empires are now in decline, their power is only five or six tenths of what it was at its peak.

However, the pan-world civilization alliance that responded to the Golden Empire's initiative was merely an expansion of the military conquests of the two empires and a slight shift in their key objectives, in order to avoid being rejected by the mainstream of the world.

Even the two dominant empires, due to their domestic political struggles and disputes, were extremely willing to follow the Golden Empire's propositions.

After all, the deep military and political alliance of the Northern Kingdoms has always been a thorn in the side of the Central Kingdoms.

If the allied nations, comprised of dragons, giants, orcs, elves, drow, spider monsters, and humans, cannot meet their demands, they are capable of launching a war of conquest that will engulf the entire world of Ekania.

The fact that the Golden Empire, the land of dragons, has now incorporated the Benevolent Dragon Alliance of the Southern Continent into its ruling order has alarmed the nations of the world of Ekania.

As a result, the civilizations of the southern continent once again sent a joint delegation to the north, using the pretext of discussing a pan-world civilization entity to probe the Golden Empire's ideas.

This does not mean that humanoid civilizations are weak, but rather that the current situation in the world of Ekania is tied to the actions of the rulers of the Northern Empire.

The Gogmora dragons that originally ruled the Northern Empire were already extremely powerful. Even without the power of that dragon emperor, they were still a formidable dragon group that dominated a region.

With the addition of the Southern Dragon Clan, this empire is now close to dominating all dragons in the world, giving it a terrifying boost to the overall situation.

Although the remote territories once occupied by the Southern Good Dragon Alliance have now reached agreements with various human kingdoms and civilizations on the Southern Continent after much negotiation.

The Golden Empire will only develop the territories once occupied by the Southern Dragons into commercial cities and important transit trade hubs, in order to improve the trade routes and communication channels between the Golden Empire and the several continents of the Ekania World.

Politically, that land was merely an enclave with imperial sovereignty.

However, the tentacles of the Golden Empire have already taken root in other continents over the past century.

Besides the still mysterious Eastern Continent, each continent has enclave-like territories belonging to the Golden Empire, such as Rose City on the Northern Continent and the Pan-Aikania Civilization Logistics Transit Base currently under construction on the Central Continent.

And the trading ports jointly built by the Golden Empire in the Western Continent and the vampire, dwarf, and elf races.

Most importantly, the Western elves, who have always been hostile to outsiders, actually allowed the Golden Empire to station thousands of legions on the outskirts of their territory.

Although the prevailing narrative is that this legion was sent to aid the Elven Kingdom and repel enemies from a lost dimension.

However, the Elf Kingdom, which gradually shifted its racial settlements towards the southern part of the northern continent, has in another way helped the Golden Empire gain a foothold in the western continent.

It is precisely because of the extension of economic and trade relations that the Golden Empire has become the true pole of the world of Ekania.

The numerous transit "enclaves" united to form a network that spread the cultural and economic influence of the Golden Empire to all corners of the world.

Even Côte d'Ivoire in the central continent has now begun to fully embrace gold, not only in political and military reforms but also in emulating many of the advantages of the Golden Empire.

Even language began to be influenced by the language and culture of the Golden Empire due to economic, trade, and political factors.

The instructors who were reorganizing the legion were senior retired officers whom the Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire had hired at great expense from the Golden Empire.

A veteran retired officer from the Golden Empire proposed to the Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire that the focus should be on specializing in the Legion's troop types, developing their own superior military units, and retaining only a few other troop types to support the Legion's functions.

This can reduce the resource consumption of developing the legion, saving the Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire a huge amount of wealth.

On the other hand, this opportunity can also be used to establish good cooperative relations with other countries.

The Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire had some concerns, fearing that this was a conspiracy by the Golden Empire.

It was the Northern Empire that caused the legions of other countries to gradually become more specialized and focused, making it impossible for them to build a comprehensive military system.

Once this habit is formed, the military systems of most civilized nations in the future world of Ekania will have unavoidable flaws, and only when several nations unite can they possess a complete military system capable of both offense and defense.

But the Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire also found the suggestions made by the officers of the Golden Empire to his liking.

Not every nobleman can afford the costs of building a massive military system. Whether it's a cavalry legion or a naval legion, the amount of resources they consume is many times greater than that of a land infantry legion.

Even though the Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire has already borrowed hundreds of thousands of gold coins from the Lipnos Commercial Alliance for working capital, it would be a drop in the ocean if he invested it in the construction of the legion.

The only thing that pleased these civilized nations was that the funds lent by the Lipunos Grand Alliance were virtually interest-free. The only condition was that the nations would have limited purchasing rights and significant discounts on the spoils they acquired while conquering other planes.

What made the Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire frown deeply was the somewhat low efficiency with which the legions were being reorganized within his territory.

Before he ascended to power, as the chief strategist of the delegation sent to the Golden Empire, he witnessed the might of the Golden Empire's true main combat legions. Their every step was perfectly coordinated, their movements like a torrent of steel advancing forward.

The orderly steps of the warriors of the Golden Empire marching forward were like the beat of a drum, giving the impression of a disciplined and unstoppable weapon of war.

But the marine corps before him was far from even half the imposing presence of the legions he had ever witnessed.

"Are these training officers still refusing to use language interpreters?"

The Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire tilted his head slightly and asked the attendants surrounding him.

"Your Highness, those instructors from the Golden Empire are probably refusing to use our language translators to prevent us from learning the essence of their disciplined legion system,"

The head attendant replied somewhat sarcastically, "They said it was to ensure the military commander's authority was not compromised. The presence of a language interpreter would inevitably affect the direct communication between the legion's soldiers and the military commander."

“I once sent people to test them. These trolls and gnolls clearly know some of the common languages ​​of the continent, but they never use the common languages ​​of the continent to communicate in public. Instead, they use the language of the Golden Empire, Golden Ini, to communicate. This is obviously to prevent us from learning it!”

The common language of mainland China is not something that every part of the world has.

The common language of the continent in the world of Ekania originated from the ancient times when the pioneers of the humanoid civilization in the southern continent explored other continents and spread it.

However, even languages ​​originating from the same common language can evolve differently as they spread throughout the world due to regional and racial differences. For example, races such as elves and dwarves have their own racial languages.

Therefore, the impact of the Golden Iniven was not within the considerations of the Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire.

Even the big merchants within his territory, who sought to curry favor with the major merchant guilds and trade groups of the Golden Empire for profit, would proactively learn the languages ​​of many races within the Golden Empire in order to gain the favor and support of their business partners.

He is also included.

"This efficiency is truly unsatisfactory. Here's what we'll do: go to the markets and the merchant guilds at the docks and find those who possess the Golden Ine script. Tell them I'm willing to pay to hire them as language instructors for the Legion warriors."

The Grand Duke of Côte d'Ivoire turned and left, leaving behind his opinion: "I hope these guys can teach my soldiers as soon as possible, at least to the point that they understand every word the military instructor says!"

"We don't have much time left; opportunity only waits for those who are prepared!"

……

The founding document of the Golden Church:

Since the Golden Empire began to recover and thrive, the entire empire has worked together with one heart and one mind, forging ahead and achieving prosperity and development.

To build a pan-Aekania civilization community for the future empire, to command the nations of Aekania to explore the starry sky and carry out the glorious cause of the eternal great expedition;

The various legions and citizens of the Empire have ventured across numerous world planes, spreading the glory of the Imperial Order!
By the decree of the Holy Emperor Gogol:

It has been reviewed by the kings who ruled the empire and witnessed by the dragons of Gogmora.

Phyllis Tiamat, one of the five dragon races of the Empire and possessing the blood of a true dragon, will be entrusted by the Imperial King to spread the imperial power and divine light throughout the Empire's territory and wherever the glory of the Imperial order will extend in the future...

From the date the imperial decree is issued, all provinces, cities, and towns throughout the empire shall begin constructing facilities for the Golden Church and commence missionary activities to proclaim the name of the Imperial Dragon, Phyllis.

The Imperial True Dragon Phyllis is one of the gods of the Golden Church, and as '…', she is rightfully revered by the people of the Empire. After the establishment of the Golden Church, all provinces should focus on supporting her!
Imperial Regent Dos Quirk
When Phyllis Tiamat received the document from the silver dragon Phyllis's hand the next morning, she felt a strange sense of unreality about the world.

The female dinosaur knew that the Gogmora dinosaur herd always pursued efficiency, but she did not expect that this decision would be made so quickly.

"When the sun sets, those monsters will come out,"

Silver Dragon Chris stood atop the mountain, gazing down at the distant sea of ​​clouds, and spoke softly, tilting her head slightly.

This is the temporary dragon nest built by the female dragon Phyllis, and it is the highest point of a branch of the Dragon Mountain Range.

From here, the two female dragons have a field of vision that can see the imperial cities, the people of all races, and millions of living beings hundreds of miles away.

"Phyllis, you are one of the stars of the Empire, and you should rise high in the Empire's skies, showering your light upon its people,"

"Karon's journey to the stars was also to allow those evil beings to set foot in the mortal world, in order to find another possible way to defeat their weaknesses. The very existence of the mortal world means integration with reality, and even gods are not perfect in the material world,"

"But until he returns, even if we find the weaknesses of those evil gods in the mortal world, we may still be unable to deal with them, so your existence is crucial!"

"This is also why the current emperors of the empire reached a consensus in such a short time."

Phyllis Tiamat sat quietly between the cliffs. This female dragon's body was as large as a mountain. Even though she had tried to shrink her body as much as possible for daily activities, she was still over a hundred meters tall and occupied almost half of the mountaintop.

At this moment, her body seemed to merge with the entire mountain, remaining completely still.

Phyllis felt that the document in her hand was much heavier than an entire mountain.

Because this is not just a document, but also a long staircase to the gods, a key to step into the threshold of the divine.

With this document, Phyllis Tiamat could become the immortal dragon goddess Tiamat, on par with her mother, in the future.

Phyllis Tiamat, however, did not feel surprise or the excitement of her past ambitions; instead, she felt a dreamlike sense of disbelief.

"Is this what it feels like to be a race, a nation, a civilization?"

Phyllis stared silently at the blank space left in her hand, waiting for her choice. Once she filled that blank space, it would mean she would have the ticket to ascend to the ranks of the gods.

She couldn't help but think of her mother, the immortal dragon goddess Tiamat, and the dragon servants in the hellish realm. She felt that the five-colored dragon blood, which even the Dragon's Proof couldn't restrain in the past, was quietly loosening at this moment, flowing peacefully through her body for the first time.

She even felt that she could perfectly control the divine blood created by the immortal dragon god with just a thought.

(End of this chapter)