Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 172 Powerful Gods, Surrender and Alliance?

The continent of Calter, outside the planet's orbit.

At this very moment, on this very planet, more than a dozen powerful beings are gathered.

Each of these beings radiates a divine power that is imperceptible to mortals.

Behind them, there were also a large number of divine servants and demigods.

In short, in the universe, and on the outer edge of the Calter atmosphere, more than a hundred powerful beings are gathering.

"Gaius, what are your thoughts on this newly emerged civilization?"

"Opinion? What opinion could I possibly have?"

The troll god Gaius looked at the god who had spoken up, his expression filled with helplessness.

"As you all should know, although this world has been under the care and responsibility of me and a few others for the time being."

"But this time, this newly emerged civilization is truly incomprehensible."

"Despite the strong repulsion from the world's rules, these guys were still able to open a stargate inside the world. Come to think of it, which of you has ever seen such a bizarre thing?"

As soon as Gaius finished speaking, one of the troll deities beside him frowned and said:

“Yes, this is so unreasonable, it’s not Gaius’s fault at all.”

"You should know that the only 'god' of this planet was killed by His Majesty Moriden long ago, and the world's rules have long since returned to a state of being without a master."

"This matter was personally confirmed by His Majesty Moriden. In order to make the rules of this world work for us as soon as possible, His Majesty Moriden even took action himself, using the divine flesh and blood of many local native gods to create a pseudo-god puppet."

"With His existence, such a thing should clearly not happen, given the world's fundamental rules that reject the descent of gods and other dimensions."

"Putting everything else aside, if we hadn't been the first to open a portal outside the astral plane, even His Majesty Moriden wouldn't have been able to directly open a stargate leading into the interior of the planet."

"But this is what happened, and it's really hard to explain."

As soon as this deity finished speaking, another deity responsible for overseeing this world hurriedly spoke up:

"That's right, we can't be blamed for this."

"After all, this matter has long exceeded the bounds of common sense."

"Even if the opposing deity is very strong, it should be able to descend to the mortal realm by violently tearing apart the rules of the astral plane."

"And now? The other side is drilling a hole in the world like a drill, which doesn't make sense at all."

"After all, Mana's will is a unified whole. Just like if a troll had a cut on its thigh from a blood fluke, how could the troll not notice?"

"Therefore, in theory, the fundamental rules of Mana's will should have reacted and sealed off all space a moment before this astral portal appeared."

"But as everyone has seen, Mana's will seems completely oblivious, allowing the other party to open a portal within its world. There's definitely something seriously wrong with this!"

"So, instead of leaving us here guessing the reason, why don't we just ask His Majesty Moriden to come and investigate?"

The troll deity analyzed the situation and offered his own suggestions.

"Forget about it!"

"When he conquered this world, His Majesty Moriden fought a great battle with the world's chief god. Although he eventually killed his opponent, he was also injured."

"How can a mere hundred years be enough to heal the injuries?"

A troll deity immediately rejected the suggestion.

"How about Her Majesty Penelope takes charge?"

"No, no, Her Majesty Penelope is at a crucial moment in condensing the Second Law. Calling upon Him at this time will only anger His already volatile temper."

“If this won’t work and that won’t work, then how about we ask His Majesty the Emperor to come in person?” another troll suggested.

"Your Majesty? Are you kidding me?"

"His Majesty has not appeared in public for quite some time now. I heard that he is in seclusion to break through the Star God realm. Who knows what might happen if we consult Him at this time?"

"This is really a headache."

"Our empire, including His Majesty and the three main gods, is unable to send even one to take charge? We might as well just abandon this world. What else can we do?"

"In my opinion, the mortal world will be occupied by this otherworldly civilization sooner or later, after all, they have even produced ancient species."

"With the existence of ancient species, who in the mortal world can be its match?"

"We can't possibly send us gods to fight it to the death, can we?"

"After all, who knows how many ancient species are still on the other side? If our empire were to lose a large number of gods for this, I don't think we could conquer any other worlds."

"Let's just stay hidden on the Imperial Star and recuperate for a thousand or ten thousand years before we talk about it again."

The deity's curt words immediately silenced the other deities.

Indeed, the empire is not in a good position right now.

During the last conquest of this world, the empire lost thirty-four gods.

While no gods perished in the New World, several gods were injured.

The astral war was won, but the ground war in the new world devolved into a war of attrition.

The blame lies with the mortals of the other world who don't play by the rules and possess a magical industrial level far surpassing that of the Troll Empire.

The Imperial Magic Crystal Cannon's strongest attack is only a high-level strike.

How about the other side of the world? They even have powerful items that look like metal armor.

Covered in metal armor, even a low-level superhuman could instantly possess power comparable to a high-level expert.

Furthermore, the other party is strong in industry.

They quickly assembled a terrifying legion comparable to high-level powerhouses.

Even more so, in the new world, some powerful beings possess even more powerful external armor items.

When worn by high-level beings, it instantly rivals that of a Saint or even a Demigod.

Even if the external forces these guys gain cannot last, and even if fighting in armor for too long has strong side effects.

However, it was able to continue in the face of the invasion of the troll empire.

Even more so, in order to ensure that the battle line was not pushed back to the Stargate, several of the troll deities paid a great price by personally descending to earth.

In this way, they finally stopped the opponent's powerful counterattacks time and time again.

Even more remarkably, in the new world, those daring mortals even launched an astral raid against the troll gods—a war against the gods.

With over a hundred demigod armored warriors as the main force, along with a fleet of flying warships, these guys really gave the trolls a run for their money.

Fortunately, these guys underestimated the true power the gods possessed beyond the astral plane, and were thus completely annihilated by the troll gods.

But it must be said that such a thing happening in the new world completely overturned the worldview of the troll gods.

This also made these trolls realize that mortals could actually achieve this level of skill.

And then there's the trouble that's happening in the world of Calter now.

These troll deities were certainly not in a good mood.

They even lost the arrogant and condescending attitude they had at the beginning, which was about to conquer the myriad worlds of the star realm.

Morale has plummeted.

This is what they mean by "there are always people above you, and there's always something beyond your reach."

In the brief silence of the troll gods, a flash of light suddenly appeared from the distance of the astral plane, appearing abruptly before them.

"Dean Marty?!"

"Why are you here?"

When the gods saw who it was, they immediately recognized the person and paid their respects.

The arriving troll was none other than the chief dean of the troll empire's theological academy.

It is naturally a deity, and a deity with great divine power.

The troll Marty frowned as he looked at the assembled gods of the empire.

Instead of being calmed by the gods' flattery, He said with slight anger:

"If I hadn't come, were you all prepared to give up on this world?"

"It's not that I'm deliberately rebuking you, but rather, so many of you gods have been in this world for quite some time now, and you still haven't noticed?"

The troll gods looked at each other in astonishment.

What did you find?
Gods, look at each other.

This made the powerful deity of the seminary's face turn even colder.

"Indeed, many citizens of the empire say that the empire's gods have now become somewhat decadent and addicted to pleasure!"

"I didn't believe it before, but now I do."

“You guys are supposed to be gods, right? If even one of you had carefully examined the situation using the ‘divine puppet,’ wouldn’t you have discovered the problem?”

The troll god Marty roared in anger at his incompetence.

At the same time, he directly pointed out the problem:

"The rules of this world have already spiraled out of control!"

"At least a third of the power has been eroded by the opposing civilization. No wonder they were able to open a portal inside the world so easily."

"If I don't come, forget about whether you gave up willingly; you won't even know how you died!"

As soon as the troll god Marty uttered these words, he also threw the mindless puppet god in front of the gods.

At this moment, the gods' expressions had all changed drastically.

"What? A third of the rules of this world have been eroded?" "No, that's impossible!"

"For the past hundred years or so, although we have spent most of our time gathering laws, our divine servants have also been paying close attention to the changes in the entire star realm."

"If they want to erode the rules, then they must have opened a stargate in the astral plane. But how could such a thing be hidden from us?"

"Furthermore, to be able to silently erode the rules, one must at least possess the power of a supreme god, rather than an indigenous deity. Even if a supreme god possesses the power of a supreme god, it would be absolutely impossible for Mana's will to accept Him so easily, or even for Him to merge with the rules."

"Otherwise, we trolls would have already controlled the rules of the entire world. Why would we need a false god to monitor the world's rules and add another layer of protection?"

"This, this is absolutely impossible!"

Gaius, the troll god in charge of overseeing this world and a god of medium divine power, immediately spoke up and loudly questioned the matter.

He had no choice but to question and refute.

With such a major incident occurring, the four troll deities, led by Him, are undoubtedly to blame.

Once this is confirmed, they will likely face severe punishment from the Divine Council.

Moreover, logically speaking, the troll god Gaius's statement is not wrong.

The will and rules of Mana that can control a world are absolutely impossible for any being other than a supreme god.

Based on this, the only thing that could make Mana's will willingly relinquish its authority over the laws could be the native main god.

As for outsiders?
Does the will of Mana from the demon world truly fail to recognize the aura of her own 'offspring'?

Therefore, the troll god Gaius would never have imagined that a god could secretly merge with the rules under such circumstances.

After all, the native gods had long since died out.

Even if they could be resurrected, it wouldn't be something that could be accomplished in a mere hundred years, or even a thousand years.

Furthermore, once a supreme god appears in a world, the fluctuations in that aura cannot escape the perception of the gods.

Just like a whale falling into a lake, no matter how hard it tries to hide its existence, it has no chance.

This is why neither the troll god Gaius, nor even the gods who arrived earlier, immediately connected the dots.

Even more so, even if they made the connection to this matter.

Given their strength and their status as non-gods of this realm, thoroughly investigating the changes in the rules is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time.

"It's no use saying this now."

"But there is no doubt that this world has already been invaded at the level of rules."

"This also shows that there is definitely a main god in the other world, and it is not an ordinary main god."

"With such power, the other side didn't choose to occupy the Astral Plane immediately. Heh, you guys are lucky."

The troll god Marty of the seminary laughed in exasperation.

"It is simply unbelievable that this was not a fault of war."

"With a supreme god present, the fact that they would resort to such methods suggests that they are wary of the Empire's true strength."

"Lord Gaius may have made a mistake, but it is understandable."

"The key issue now is not accountability, but how we should handle this matter next."

"Dean Marty, now that you're here, do you have any good ideas about this matter?"

The troll god Marty was both angry and amused upon hearing this.

"Now you're asking me what to do?"

"Things have come to this, and our empire has been in this world for so many years without a new god appearing."

How can I overtake the other party in terms of rules and permissions?

"Alright, let's retreat for now."

"Leave the beacon and eliminate all space anchors that lead to the Empire."

"From now on, we can only hope that His Majesty, or even the other two His Majesties, will spare the time to have a proper discussion with this civilization about this matter."

Upon hearing that the powerful Marty wanted all the gods to evacuate this world, the troll gods were truly stunned.

"They're just leaving like that?"

"We've invested so much in this world, even losing many imperial gods in our quest to completely conquer it. Are we just going to give up so easily?"

One of the troll deities said with a very ugly expression.

"What else can we do but give up? We can't just stay here and let the god of this civilization wipe us out, can we?"

"They've managed to take advantage of our empire. Very well, very well indeed. To be able to silently erode so many rules, I seriously suspect that this civilization has been eyeing us since the very beginning of our conquest of this world."

"Otherwise, everything would be inexplicable, since the rate at which the rules are being eroded is far too fast."

Another troll deity spoke up and offered his speculation on the matter.

"This conjecture is not uncommon. It's possible that when the Empire set its sights on this world, the other side was also simultaneously eyeing it."

"The Empire didn't discover them and acted first, while these guys were just waiting for their chance in secret."

"And so, they really succeeded this time, without even losing a single soldier."

The troll gods were all talking at once, each one extremely angry.

However, at this moment, Marty, the god of the Troll Academy, suddenly sighed:
"Alright, whatever the reason, the Empire has met its match this time."

"But it's hard to say whether this is good or bad. After all, it seems like we suffered a great loss, but it also serves as a wake-up call for us."

"None of the myriad civilizations in the astral plane should be underestimated."

"Even if magic is scarce in the Mana environment, the Empire must be extremely cautious before sending troops."

As soon as He finished speaking, all the gods fell silent.

Indeed, the troll empire suffered a great loss this time.

However, the world of Calter can be abandoned, since from any perspective, the Empire has no chance for the time being.

However, the Troll Empire must win this new world that the empire is conquering!
It's worth it no matter the cost.

After all, the trolls were extremely envious of the technology of the other side's mortal realm.

If they could conquer that world, the empire might still make a profit in the eyes of the gods.

However, when discussing the details of abandoning this world...

The trolls still intend to leave two deities in this world.

Not for confrontation, but for surveillance.

At the same time, these two deities will no longer remain in the outer orbital space of the Calter world.

They will choose to hide in one of the three moons in this world.

Then, while monitoring the situation, they wait for the empire to find an opportunity to discuss the 'right and wrong' of this war with this civilization.

At the same time, the deity Marty of the seminary will also descend upon the mortal trolls once at a cost.

For no other reason.

This was simply because the deity was curious about the power of the ancient species.

Yes.

He wanted to test the strength of Linco, the only ancient species currently present in the world of Calter.

Given the opportunity, His idea would naturally be to kill an ancient species.

It would be even better if the bodies could be brought back to the Empire for research, which would also make up for some of the Empire's huge losses this time.

Of course, before that, the troll Marty will not immediately make a move against 'Linco'.

Because He was also thinking that, if given the opportunity, He would first need to communicate and converse with the deities of the opposite civilization.

At the very least, He needed to let the other side know that the Troll Empire was not to be trifled with.

They remembered this incident.

And it will be returned sooner or later.

If the other side still has even the slightest fear of the Empire.

If they are willing to withdraw from this world, or even willing to share and cooperate with the Troll Empire to occupy this world, then the Troll Empire will accept it.

They can even form alliances.

After all, given the current situation...

The troll god Marty felt that this civilization was indeed capable of cooperating with the troll empire.

There are countless civilizations in the astral realm, and not all of them need to be dominant.

If civilizations of similar strength could cooperate to jointly venture into the wider world of the astral plane, that would certainly be a good option.

From the very beginning, the Troll Empire had this assessment and plan when it marched into the Astral Plane.

Therefore, the troll god Marty has arrived.

They still harbored a 20-30% intention to form an alliance.

Especially after learning that the other party had already taken more than a third of the rule permissions.

There are even more people who want to form alliances.

From 20% to 30%, it has increased to nearly 90% to 100%.

(End of this chapter)