Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Rose couldn't help but ask Gu Long a question:

"What about the ancient dragon that killed me in my past life? And how did I come to be in this world?"

[Gu Long] raised his hand, pressed it down, and said:

"Don't rush me, young man. I will explain everything to you slowly."

Rose calmed herself down and nodded. Actually, Rose had a deeper question...

That is, based on the story of the boy that Gu Long just told, he learned that the strength of a god's existence is related to the number of people who believe in him.

When believers are nearly extinct, even a person whose faith is on the verge of collapse can fight against gods in the realm of consciousness.

However, Rose looked at the stable and not weak god in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Where does His faith originate? What ideology allows Him to exist stably in this world?

However, He just said that Rose is His only remaining ancient dragon follower, and a god with only one follower should not be so stable.

The more Roset understood the system of beliefs in this world, the more bizarre the existence of the god called "Ancient Dragon" seemed to him.

Rose became alert again, and unconsciously started hissing. This cat has Häagen-Dazs, probably.

The Häagen-Dazs section.

A bold idea and speculation emerged in Rose's mind:

"Is He lying?"

No, that's not right. He has no reason to lie. Logically speaking, if a human being lies, it should be for some purpose, and the language should be suggestive.

However, the other party did not behave in this way and patiently answered Rose's questions.

Rose felt something was very strange and contradictory.

[Gu Long] saw Rose exhale again, and his expression seemed somewhat helpless.

He said:

"Regarding my existence, I can give you a spoiler in advance."

Gu Long said:

"Under the leadership of that young man, the followers of the Ancient Dragons imitated and developed the power of the Ancient Dragons, and gained a foothold in the world."

Therefore, they respectfully called this pioneer and leader "Gu Long".

From then on, this became the title used by Gu Long's followers to refer to their supreme leader.

Rose asked with some surprise:

"You're that boy?"

If that's the case, then it's quite ironic.

The boy who once killed himself, and whose soul was engraved with "human supremacy, slaughter of other races," actually became a god in the end?

That's rather ironic.

Gu Long shook his head and said:

"I am not the pioneer of that Ancient Dragon believer; we, the later generations, call him the 'First Ancient Dragon.'"

As for me, I am the fifteenth "Ancient Dragon" of the Ancient Dragon's followers. I was once a human who transformed into a god through special means.

Rose understood; the other party was the fifteenth supreme leader of the Ancient Dragon followers.

But then another question arises: why did he become a god?

Can humans also be transformed into gods?

Or is there something special about humans transforming into gods that allows them to exist stably without relying on ideology?

As Gu Long elaborated and provided answers, Rose's questions actually multiplied.

But Rose suppressed her doubts and continued listening to [Gu Long] tell stories about Gu Long's followers.

Let's go back 32,000 years.

Under the leadership of the first Ancient Dragon and guided by the ideology of "human supremacy and the slaughter of other races,"

People began to fight against all the strange beasts around them that had once wantonly killed, enslaved, and ravaged humanity.

Although most people, without divine blessing, only possess a small amount of ancient dragon blood and simply harness the power derived from the most basic faith,

They appeared so weak and fragile in the face of the strange beasts.

However, with the protection of the first-generation Elder Dragon, which contained the power of the most powerful creatures in the world, people practiced this ideology of "human supremacy and slaughter of other races."

And in the process of practice, one acquires faith, and then develops the power brought about by one's own faith.

Yes, this is the Ancient Dragon, the most powerful mythical beast species in the world.

Even if the first generation of ancient dragons only contained less than a drop of ancient dragon blood, it stole a trace of the ancient dragon's power.

That's enough for him to face most of the alien beasts in this world head-on.

Moreover, the blood of the ancient dragon also granted him a long lifespan and powerful healing abilities.

Even years of fighting left his body with hidden injuries that even the power of the ancient dragon could not heal.

But he lived for a full 310 years.

This time was sufficient for the Ancient Dragon Followers to develop the Ancient Dragon Follower Path from scratch to the third level, namely the [Bright Ancient Dragon Follower].

This world has many power systems, but they can generally be divided into six levels.

For example, the progression from the first to the sixth ring of a mage roughly follows this system.

Even a species with a maximum level of only three tiers would find it difficult to survive in that era teeming with strange beasts.

Having lost the protection of the first Elder Dragon, according to the population structure of most species at that time,

A species with a maximum level cap of three is barely able to survive, let alone practice the ideology of "human supremacy and slaughter of other races".

Without the protection of the original Elder Dragon, this follower of the Elder Dragon should have stopped there.

However, one problem is that all of this is based on the premise that the social structure of Gu Long's followers was the same as the population structure at that time.

What was the general population structure like in that era?

If we say that the highest level cap is three tiers, including the god system and the beast system, only about 0.5% to 1% of individuals can reach this level.

However, the Ancient Dragon followers are different. The greatest advantage of the Ancient Dragon followers lies in the replicability of the path. Once the path is deduced and developed to the third level, it means that everyone has the opportunity to reach the third level.

Everyone can use their own faith to imitate the ancient dragons and develop the power of their own faith, and then use this power to slaughter other races to practice their own ideals, enhance their faith, and then further develop their faith.

Our highest level is only Tier 3. This doesn't mean we can only reach this level; it just means our path has only been developed to this level.

Therefore, at that time, the highest level of the Ancient Dragon believers was only Tier 3, but 15% to 20% of the population could reach this level.

The second-order population accounts for about 40%.

This demographic structure was quite a minority and unusual at that time.

This kind of population structure can only be found in the world's top populations, which are guaranteed to reach at least Rank 3 after adulthood and can directly reach Rank 5 or even Rank 6.

The ancient dragon species is one of them.

Therefore, at that time, the followers of Gu Long, despite lacking high-end combat power,

However, thanks to the superiority of the replicability of the road, even after losing the first Elder Dragon, its top-tier combat power, it was able to overcome the challenge.

He stubbornly continued to practice the path of "human supremacy and slaughter of other races" that he left behind in that era overrun by strange beasts.