My Era, My Rules

This story, of course, is the story of Azathoth. The old turtle vividly recounts how Azathoth's father was killed by Ragnaros the Firelord, and how Azathoth planned to challenge Ragnaros for revenge. His actions on the Lost Island were all preparation for Ragnaros challenge. However, Ragnaros is, after all, the Firelord, the ruler of the Fire Elemental Plane, and defeating Ragnaros is no easy task. Therefore, Azathoth needs the adventurers' help. The old turtle tells the Moonlight Travel Group that he believes they possess great potential and, if they wish, he will recommend them to Azathoth, the Water Elemental Lord. Thus, the adventurers naturally feel they have triggered some hidden epic storyline, and continue to complete various "hidden quests" with abnormally high difficulty but meager rewards.

Things seemed to be developing in the direction Xiao Yu had hoped for.

As he was making his plans, a week quickly passed. On this day, Xiao Yu was standing in the control room of the instance as usual, watching the adventure teams fighting against the BOSSes under his command. Suddenly, a voice entered his ears.

"Boss, Neptulon's envoy has arrived."

"Yes, tell them to come to the Ring of Elements to see me."

Xiao Yu exited the instance and went straight outside. It had been a long time since he last replied to Neptulon; he had almost forgotten the Water Elemental King's orders. What was he here for this time?

When he arrived at the Ring of Elements, Neptulon's envoy was already there. To his surprise, this time the envoy was not alone, but a team of dozens of people, consisting of Tideguards and Siren Priests, led by a Deep Sea Elemental Elder. Judging from the size of the team, Neptulon clearly had some important information to convey.

Mentos (Elder of the Deep Sea Elements): "Lord Azathoth, first of all, congratulations on your victory. This time I bring you a message from Lord Neptulon." As he spoke, he suddenly unleashed a spell towards the pool of water in the center of the Ring of Elements.

Then, Neptulon's face appeared in the water. The Xiao Yu was astonished, never expecting such a technique.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "It's been a long time, Lord Neptulon."

Neptulon (Water Elemental King): "Azathoth, why do you repeatedly disobey my orders? My orders were to repel the Naga invasion, yet you occupied Hydra City, and now you've gone even further, attacking the Lost Island, making us mortal enemies with the Naga. Your reckless actions have exhausted my patience. I now order you to lead the Water Elemental Legion back to our world. The Prime Material Plane is not a place we should be interfering in."

"What the hell does this guy mean?" Xiao Yu was speechless for a while, thinking to himself, "Who the hell do you think you are? You think I'll just give up like that? I worked so hard to build up this huge empire, what are you, an NPC, worth?"

And what kind of tone is that, lecturing your subordinates? He glanced around; his men and the surrounding adventurers were all watching, and he also saw the adventurers from the Moonlight Travel Group watching nearby.

He can't back down now; he still needs to seize the strongest BOSS. He has to show his authority. Since this Neptulon isn't playing along, he might as well not be polite to him either.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Shut up, you old codger! Have you been scared out of your wits by past failures? Hide in that barren wasteland and that's probably all you can do. But I, Azathoth, am different. I will lead the elementals to an incomparably glorious future. Perhaps this is something your aging brain can't comprehend, but I still have to say, don't stand in my way."

"Wow, this guy's so domineering?"

"No way, that's the Water Elemental King! Isn't Neptulon supposed to be the ruler of the Water Elemental? Is this guy even more powerful than Neptulon?"

"You guys don't understand, do you? This Child of the Plane this plane. He's not called Shui Aotian for nothing."

"What does 'Shui Aotian' mean?"

"Let me tell you, I was among the first to come to this island, and I heard a big secret..."

Listening to the adventurers' discussions, Xiao Yu nodded to himself.

The effect of these words was quite obvious. The adventurers all looked at Xiao Yu with awe, and some even turned on their camera devices to record the conversation.

Xiao Yu was increasingly satisfied. In many cases, reputation was something that had to be faked. As long as he acted arrogantly and domineeringly enough, he wouldn't have to worry about adventurers not coming to help him conquer the world. With the help of adventurers, Neptulon was nothing.

Neptulon (Water Elemental King): "Damn it, you arrogant fool, how dare you defy your own king!"

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Haha, how laughable! Your title of king is nothing but a self-proclaimed false title. Don't think I don't know; the true Elemental King no longer exists. Your title was merely won by force. Now you dare not even enter the Prime Material Plane. How can you be worthy of ruling the Water Elemental? Your era is over. Now, it is my era, Azathoth's."

Xiao Yu didn't hold back and directly exposed Neptulon's secrets, but these words calmed Neptulon down.

Neptulon (Water Elemental King): "I think you'd better understand what you're doing, young Elemental Lords. When you've hit your head against the wall in the outside world, you'll realize what a terrible choice you've made."

After he finished speaking, the image in the water disappeared.

Clap clap clap. A round of applause rang out, quickly becoming a continuous chorus.

Xiao Yu felt both smug and worried. Although Neptulon was relatively mild-mannered, he was still the king of Water Elemental and probably wouldn't let it go easily. Sure enough, he soon heard the system notification.

System notification: Your reputation with the Throne of the Tides has decreased, and your relationship with the Throne of the Tides has become distant.

Thankfully, they're just indifferent, not hostile. Anyway, I don't expect them to be of any help.

System notification: Your Path of Whirlpools in Hydra City has been closed.

This is a troublesome matter. With the Path of Whirlpools, he could continuously obtain reinforcements from the Water Elemental Plane, recruit Water Elemental to serve him, and even if he were defeated, he could retreat through the Path of Whirlpools. Now that he has closed off his escape route, he is cut off from all options.

However, every gain has its price. In order to increase the adventurer's reputation, I can't worry about that now. So, it's time to move on to my next plan.