"According to the intelligence we gathered, Lioz the Clan Forsaker was born without talent and could not devote himself to any path, leaving him cut off from the Path to Divinity. So he took the initiative to build good relations with Dragon Island, claiming that he had obtained the dragons' Dragon Transformation Art from there. And then..."
Percival said cautiously, "He made this secret art public to his citizens."
"Now, the Oshulia Empire is also regarded as the civilization friendliest toward dragons. Nearly a hundred dragons choose to immigrate to the Oshulia Empire every year. Its popularity surpasses the three high-welfare Narrative Civilizations of the Abyssal Layers, second only to Dragon Island."
"Even among the groups under your command, there are dragon-blooded capitalists who fled to Oshulia..."
"Your Majesty Red King, was this also part of your plan?"
Red stood rooted to the spot, lost in thought.
A full billion years before Haynes was destroyed.
At that time, the leader of dragon civilization—the Radiant Dragon Emperor Renadear, the last Radiant Dragon—ruled over countless dragons.
After witnessing the Hidden Society's devastating blow against the Pantheon, it immediately invoked Leviathan Dahl's name and gathered its accumulated strength, especially its reserves of source soil, preparing to elevate dragon civilization into a society.
Although the Titan Giants and the Technico Holy Clan had both challenged the Pantheon's authority, the Pantheon had initially taken a relatively mild stance.
Most deities believed that fighting the Titans could accelerate the gods' growth and temper their martial skills, which was good news. The Technico Holy Clan's craftsmanship and technology, meanwhile, made the divine race realize the necessity of establishing divine kingdoms. Lioz, who had never cared much for building divine kingdoms—because there had been none to begin with—started emphasizing that his warriors should develop their own divine kingdoms.