Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 90 The Divine Road is Difficult
"The Lizardmen do have obsidian mines."
In the shadows of the bushes, Karen, transformed into a bat, stood on a branch, his red eyes flashing as he looked towards a pit not far away.

Many strong lizardmen were coming in and out, carrying obsidian in their hands. Outside the pit was a lizardman camp, which was much larger than Slako and his group's camp.

First of all, there are more people here. There are at least two hundred lizardmen and twenty to thirty giant lizards. What's more surprising is that there are also many thin green lizards like Slako, even as many as the lizardmen. They are engaged in various production work in the camp.

Karen observed and found that these lizardmen had a clear division of labor. The short green lizards were like civilians, mainly engaged in production work and taking on various positions in society.

The lizardmen, who are generally over two meters tall, are warriors and laborers. They are smarter than the giant lizards, the shortest of which is over four meters tall. At least they can understand most commands and complete basic tasks, such as carrying goods, and guarding and being on alert outside the camp.

As for the monitor lizard, it is a simple laborer. Apart from its strength, it has basically no intelligence. It only does hard labor and is more like an animal in comparison.

Many stone houses have been built in this camp, and it looks like a rudimentary village, at least better than the camp of Slaco and his friends.

This place is probably equivalent to a small village or town on the Lizardman border, and it has been established for some time.

The camp of Slaco and his group was more like a border outpost, where even weapons and other things were exchanged.

Karen's current location is deeper into the rainforest than Slako and his group's previous camp.

According to Slaco, the deeper into the rainforest one goes, the larger the lizardman tribes become, and the large tribes build magnificent cities.

The largest city among them is the temple of Hestaza in the center of the rainforest. The "god" they worship, the Holy Spirit of the Magic Toad, is in Hestaza, or in other words, Hestaza was built under the supervision of the Holy Spirit of the Magic Toad. Now it is a holy place for the Lizardmen.

Karen flapped his wings and circled around the lizardman village.

"Where is the lizardman who manages this village?"
However, Karen did not find the figures of the chief or the priest, but he found several chameleon green lizards hiding and on guard outside the village. Ordinary people could not really find these things.

After walking around the village for a few times and failing to find the leader or the priest, Karen, who wanted to try the same trick again, had to give up. He returned the same way and returned to the construction site of Bloodstone Castle.

"Hiss~ I'm going to deliver the obsidian."

Karen found Slaco who was supervising the work of the lizardmen, and the green lizard priest successfully answered his questions.

The village responsible for mining obsidian needs to transport obsidian to the nearby city regularly, and the village priest goes there in person.

"Regular performance review"

Karen couldn't help but click his tongue. The management was quite strict. Then he looked at Slaco with some doubt in his eyes. Everyone else had to report on their work regularly, so why didn't this guy have to go?

"Hiss~ I. We are more free."

Slaco successfully understood the meaning of Karen's look and began to explain.

"Hiss~ We small tribes live a very free life. We usually rely on ourselves. If we need anything, we go to the village or city to exchange it for animal fur or fresh meat."

Slaco explained carefully, mentioning their political structure. The Lizardmen shared a common belief in the "Magic Toad Holy Spirit," but lacked a unified nation, relying primarily on tribal self-government.

The cities built by the large tribes usually become political centers, connecting the surrounding small tribes, and the holy land of Hestaza is the center of these large cities.

If we have to say what is the close connection between cities and tribes, it is probably the priests.

The "Holy City" Hestaza will train priests and then send them to various cities to build temples. The temples in various cities will also train priests and then send them to the small tribes below.

Like Slako, he is a priest trained in the city of Hellank, and the city of Hellank is the place where the village sends obsidian.

After hearing this, Karen understood that the tribe mined obsidian and was worthy of regular reporting, while Slako's tribe was just a group of lizardmen wandering around. Even if he wanted to report, they would be too lazy to pay attention to him.

Moreover, Slaco himself is a half-baked priest and his training was a failure, so he was thrown into a corner. It is normal that he does not need to report on his work.

"By the way, what exactly happened with the beastmen attacking the human settlement a while ago? Was it organized?"

Karen asked. Having just gotten a glimpse of the Lizardmen's political structure, he suddenly thought of the Beastmen's unrest some time ago.

From this perspective, the action should have been organized in a unified manner. Almost all the settlements along the entire coastline were attacked. I'm afraid that the order was directly issued from the "Holy City" Hestaza.

"Hiss~ I don't know. I just received an order from the city of Hellrank, or it was the priest from the Obsidian Village who conveyed it on my behalf. Other priests like me should be the same."

Slaco's rank was too low, and he didn't know the specific situation. He was just an official. He only knew that the city of Hellrank had issued an order for the border tribes to attack humans.

Karen felt that the actual situation should be similar to what he guessed. Even if it was not an order from the "Holy City" Hestaza, it must at least be a joint action of the cities close to the coastline. The city of Hellrank alone would not have such a large impact.

"It seems the lizardmen have become alert and have begun to look towards the coastline, towards the hot-blooded creatures swarming from the sea and the Old World beyond. I wonder if this is the intention of that Demonic Toad Holy Spirit."
Karen has become more and more certain that the Demonic Toad Holy Spirit is definitely not a god.

The power of faith provided by these lizardmen alone is probably far from enough for him to ascend to godhood and condense his godhood.

After all, lizardmen and giant lizards don't look like they can provide the power of faith, and these green lizards are not numerous and don't look very pious. If you want to rely on them to become a god, it will take hundreds or even thousands of years.

Becoming a god, even a demigod, or a god without any functional powers, is not something that can be done easily.

Throughout history, there have been only a handful of successful people.

Like that Skoma, he is a vivid example. He overthrew the rule of the vampires, established the human empire, and followed the path that Leon Bloodrot had already opened up. With the help of the Lord of Dawn, he finally succeeded in becoming a god and a subordinate god of the Lord of Dawn.

If you don't rely on the help of other gods and rely entirely on yourself, it will be extremely difficult to become a god from nothing.

(End of this chapter)