Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 255 The Troll Empire's Olive Branch, the Allied Forces Plan

The Troll Empire of Tobien.

In the Divine Council Hall, above the hall that shimmered like a constellation of stars, the Imperial Emperor 'Torbian' looked down upon the gods below.

To the left and right of the emperor were two secondary seats, each corresponding to one of the two troll gods.

One was the Imperial Chancellor, the chief god Moriden.

One of them is Penelope, the chief deity and head of the Imperial Divine Council.

In response to the gazes of the three chief gods looking down, the troll gods in the council hall below are arranged in five columns in a fan shape.

One row consists of the deities of the Imperial Research Institute, headed by the powerful deity Marty, the director of the institute.

The second column is the Imperial Military Command; the third column is the Imperial Ministry of the Interior; the fourth column is the Imperial Ministry of Faith and Propaganda; and the fifth column is the Imperial Ministry of Space Exploration.

The five groups of gods, led by five powerful deities, together form the power structure of the Tobien Empire.

At this moment, Emperor Torbjörn looked down at the powerful deity Marty and said:
"So, Dean Marty, it's almost certain that the Star Empire has completely conquered the vampire world that our empire originally explored, is that right?"

Marty respectfully cupped his hands in reply:

“Your Majesty, based on the information gathered from the Star Empire, I am almost certain of this fact.”

"Moreover, the Star Empire made almost no attempt to conceal this matter."

"Therefore, I believe that the Star Empire may already have a comprehensive understanding of our Tobirn Empire at this stage."

"Of course, I don't believe any of the Empire's gods would betray the Empire. I just think that with the abilities of the mysterious ancient species, nearly three hundred years is indeed enough time for them to gather general information about our Empire."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Tobien remained calm, merely tapping rhythmically the cloud-patterned armrest of his throne with his fingers.

At this moment, the sound of falling leaves could be heard throughout the entire council hall.

Finally, at a moment when all the gods dared not utter a sound, the emperor spoke again.

However, this time His gaze was fixed on the prime minister on the left side of the throne.

"Moridon, do you really think the Covenant of the Gods is useful to this Star Empire?"

Upon hearing this, the chief god Moriden remained perfectly calm, simply cupping his hands in greeting:
“Your Majesty, the God Contract only applies between Gods, and the number of God-level beings in the Star Empire has clearly exceeded expectations.”

"Therefore, the binding force of the alliance between us and the other party may currently only exist in form."

Whether the other party will continue to fulfill the five-thousand-year covenant depends entirely on whether they are willing to pay the price of a chief god suffering a major backlash from the contract.

Moriden simply stated the facts.

It was not accompanied by any subjective emotions.

Upon hearing this, the Troll Emperor slowly said:
"Among civilizations, alliances can only last if their interests align."

"When there is a conflict of interest, turning against each other can happen in an instant."

"The current Star Empire has truly become a major problem for our empire."

"However, since the Prime Minister and the members of the Divine Council chose 'peace' from the beginning, it is naturally necessary to carry out this alliance."

"And I, as the emperor of the empire, will naturally shoulder all the responsibilities."

"However, given the current power of the Star Empire, let's all share our thoughts and opinions."

Emperor Torbjörn showed no emotion as he finished speaking and then handed the time over to the gods of the Divine Council.

At this moment, the powerful deity headed by the Minister of the Interior slowly rose, bowed to the high-ranking officials, and addressed the gods:
"The power of the Star Empire is undeniable, but the alliance strategy we formulated at the beginning was undoubtedly the most correct choice, both then and now."

"Your Majesty, and all of you should be aware of our situation back then."

"In order to conquer the continent of Calter, the Empire lost a lot of its gods, and it will take time for these gods to recover."

"At that time, we were still conquering that unexpectedly powerful 'mechanical civilization'."

"If we had been at war with both the ancient civilization and the mobile civilization at the same time, there is no doubt that even if we had won in the end, the Empire would have suffered even greater losses, losses that the entire Empire could not afford."

"Furthermore, Your Majesty, you were at the crucial stage of breaking through to the Star God realm at that time, so it was absolutely correct that the alliance strategy was planned beforehand."

At this point, the Minister of the Interior, displaying his powerful divine abilities, continued:

"As for the alliance now, isn't it actually the most correct choice?"

"Your Majesty, as you all have probably seen, this is what it is."

"The current Star Empire has only been established for less than three hundred years, yet the power within its sphere of influence is incredibly exaggerated."

"According to publicly available information, the Star Empire currently has nine main gods and nearly twenty powerful deities."

"And this doesn't even include the ancient dragon god himself, or even the number of his high-ranking relatives, namely the Cloud Court Dragon Clan!"

"Such power, of course, you can consider it to be the result of the subsequent expansion of this empire."

"But you can look back at ourselves and see what our empire has been like for thousands of years since its founding."

"Our Tobien Empire, thanks to the joint efforts of Your Majesty and everyone else, has developed quite rapidly, but compared to the Star Empire, it seems rather insignificant."

"But why is all this happening?"

The gods remained silent, the emperor did not speak, but the powerful deity spoke to himself:
"I think the existence of the ancient species itself is the main reason."

"That dragon god's growth rate is too fast! It's faster than we can comprehend."

"It even surpasses any ancient species we have ever known before!"

"After all, when the Empire discovered the Crimson World, you all knew that there was an extremely terrifying ancient species in that world."

"And how long did this ancient species live?"

"A thousand years, ten thousand years, a million years, or even a hundred million years."

"But even such a powerful ancient species that has lived for an unknown number of years is still no match for that being who has just ascended to godhood and is less than two hundred years old."

"Of course, it cannot be denied that this dragon god may have been hiding his true strength all along, and his actual power has long surpassed the understanding of ordinary gods."

"We don't know why He is hiding His strength, or even why He would sign a so-called alliance with our empire."

"But none of that matters anymore. After all, He didn't attack our empire back then, so it's clear that the probability of Him doing so again is very low!"

“In fact, we have reason to believe that everything this Dragon God did was for a purpose, and that purpose itself did not lie with our empire. At least the empire did not stand in His way, and that may be the real reason why we were able to preserve the empire in the first place.”

"Knowing this is enough, I think!"

"As for how we should maintain our current alliance with the Star Empire, I think that's the focus of our discussion."

The Minister of the Interior's words were endorsed by many deities!
Yes.

The Empire has also studied the ancient species.

Even if a dragon god like Lin Ke had such a terrifying growth rate, the probability of that happening in the Astral Plane would be almost zero.

Therefore, in their view, Lin Ke had probably been hiding his strength using methods that ordinary gods couldn't detect.

What made it so appealing to the other ancient species?
That's all nonsense. His background is very likely himself.

After all, the Star Empire has been established for nearly three hundred years, and according to the information gathered by the trolls, no other powerful ancient species has ever appeared above that Dragon God.

Just thinking about it made all the trolls present break out in a cold sweat.

If Marty hadn't chosen to compromise back then, it's uncertain whether the Tobien Empire would still exist today.

“I agree with almost everything that the Interior Minister Saili said.”

"However, I would like to add some information here."

Just then, the institute's director, the deity Marty, spoke.

Emperor Torbjörn looked at Marty, his expression unchanged, and simply nodded slightly.

"As for the Dragon God's situation, none of you here know it better than me."

"After all, I've personally come into contact with him!"

"I won't go into detail about His mystery."

"Next, I would like to talk about the Chosen Ones within the Star Empire. I wonder if any of you are familiar with them?"

Those favored by the gods?
The troll gods whispered among themselves.

Clearly, some of these deities understood, while others did not.

However, judging from the situation on the ground, the gods did not know much about the group of their chosen ones.

"I have heard of those favored by the gods, but I've heard that these groups are individuals who are blessed by that dragon god, right?"

"It seems to be quite large in scale, occupying almost all the important departments of the entire Star Empire."

At this moment, the deity in charge of the military spoke.

Marty nodded in agreement.

“Yes!” “Just as Minister Seton said, the Chosen Ones are indeed a group that is spread throughout the entire Star Empire’s administrative departments.”

"In fact, one could say that it is a being protected by that Dragon God."

"But none of you have truly understood the horror of this group!"

At this point, the deity Marty simply waved his hand, projecting a chart into the council hall.

"Currently, according to publicly available information..."

"This group has more than thirty new gods, and the number of demigods has exceeded five hundred. As for the number of saints, there are even more, exceeding three thousand."

"From this perspective, do you all think that this group's strength is nothing special? After all, our empire has accumulated more than that number of Saints and above over thousands of years."

"But gentlemen, do you know how many high-ranking members this group has?"

The gods were taken aback when they heard this, for they had no interest in caring about the number of mortals.
Even if some deities knew, none of them spoke out.

But the deity Marty said:
"One hundred thousand? Two hundred thousand?"

"No, everyone, the number of high-level extraordinary individuals in this group of those favored by the gods has already exceeded one million!!!"

"Yes, I'm quite certain, because this is data released by the Star Empire, the so-called Association of the Chosen Ones!"

"One million high-level transcendent beings?" a deity exclaimed in astonishment.

What does one million high-level superhumans mean?
Even within the Tobien Empire, they possessed three colonies that supported the entire empire's troll citizens.

However, over the past few thousand years, the number of high-level superhumans in the entire Tobien Empire has remained at around 300,000.

When a high-level cultivator fails to break through and dies, a mid- to low-level extraordinary individual is promoted.

In summary, the entire Tobien Empire currently has only about 300,000 high-level superhumans.

But what about the Empire of Stars?

It's been less than three hundred years since the founding of the nation, yet the number of its high-ranking members is already more than three times that of the Tobien Empire!

It's no wonder that some deities lost their composure.

Marty ignored the defeated troll god and continued:
"So, do you all know how many people in the Star Empire are considered 'Chosen Ones'?"

"five million!"

"Yes, the number of the chosen ones in the entire Star Empire is currently maintained at five million."

"Moreover, I can tell you all definitively that every single one of these chosen ones is an extraordinary being."

"Of the five million extraordinary beings, one million are high-level beings, and these high-level beings were all accumulated during the period when the Star Empire was founded!"

"You all know what I mean by saying this, right?"

After the god Marty published the charts showing the number and quality of those favored by the gods, all the troll gods fell silent.

"This joke is not funny at all."

"Minister Marty, are you sure all your data is accurate?"

"The cost of cultivating such a large number of high-level superhumans, even in a short period of time, is something that even if the gods of the Divine Council emptied their accumulated wealth, they might not be able to achieve!"

"Are you sure this group was created solely by that dragon god?"

The powerful deities of the Faith and Propaganda Department spoke.

"I am very sure!"

“Ms. Gwendolyn, I even believe that if the Star Empire were to remain at the Saint rank or above for another three hundred years, its numbers would increase exponentially!”

The deity Marty remained completely calm.

But at this moment, Penelope, the chief deity in a high position and the head of the council, couldn't help but frown and speak.

"So, Minister Marty, what are you trying to tell us by saying all this?"

"Is the plan to make the entire empire, Your Majesty and we, subservient to this Star Empire with terrifying potential?"

Faced with the somewhat accusatory tone of the chief goddess Penelope, the deity Marty calmly bowed and said:
"No, Your Excellency."

"What I'm trying to say is that the scale and speed of cultivating such divinely favored individuals clearly cannot be created by a single deity."

"Even ancient species are the same!"

"Unless, that dragon god himself is completely indifferent to the increase in his strength."

"Therefore, I believe there must be another 'god' behind this dragon god!"

"I am very certain of this, and you can even look at the scene when I signed the contract with this dragon god."

As he spoke, the deity Matti waved his hand and switched the projection back to the scene when He and Linco signed the covenant of the supreme god.

In the scene, the contract floats in front of the dragon, but the next moment it is pulled by an inexplicable force and suddenly rises into the sky and disappears.

This scene left even the gods stunned.

At this moment, the Prime Minister Moriden, who was on the left side of the high position, suddenly spoke up as well.

"It seems we underestimated the Stellar Empire civilization."

"Minister Marty did not lie about this matter, after all, this contract scroll itself is a manifestation of my divinity."

"When the contract was made, I did indeed feel a special power binding me to it, and this power did not come from the dragon god who appeared at that time."

"Hmm, I remember, the Stellar Empire has another civilization as an ally, right?"

"I've heard it's called the Auckland Civilization?"

At this moment, the chief god Moriden suddenly looked at Marty and said.

“Yes, Lord Moriden, this Auckland civilization, from what I’ve heard, seems to be the world where the Dragon God first resided,” said the deity Marty.

"So, do our people have the opportunity to go to that world? Or even make contact with the gods of that world?"

"The gods Moriden inquired."

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I think it's not possible."

"The gods of the Auckland civilization are also members of the Pantheon of the Star Empire."

"The Pantheon of the Star Empire is not open to the public, and even the gods are not allowed to have private contact with any gods from other realms."

"These are the rules of the Pantheon of the Star Empire. I think even we should not violate the rules set by that Dragon God."

"Furthermore, I believe that exploring the secrets of the Dragon God will only worsen our relationship. What we know now is enough!"

At this point, the god Marty changed his tone.

"Furthermore, I say all this simply to tell you gentlemen that the mystery of that Dragon God in the Star Empire far exceeds our imagination!"

"The Empire should maintain the greatest possible friendship when it comes to contacting Him."

"In fact, in my opinion, this is by no means a bad thing for our empire; it is more likely a good thing!"

Marty's words garnered the approval of many deities in the council chamber.

Emperor Torbjörn, along with his two chief gods, seemed to have discussed and deliberated privately for quite some time before finally deciding on a plan.

That is, to deepen the friendship with the Star Empire.

Emperor Torbjörn has decided to invite the Star Empire and the Torbjörn Empire to jointly conquer a newly discovered civilization!
Furthermore, once this civilization is conquered, the Troll Empire intends to share everything with the Star Empire according to their actual contributions.

Of course, in reality, the Troll Empire only wanted to establish a world where both sides could exchange resources and goods, based on the idea of ​​jointly conquering this civilization.

The purpose is to facilitate deeper exchanges and even strengthen the relationship between the two civilizations.

The Troll Empire doesn't care about profits this time!
And as a civilization jointly conquered by two civilizations.

The civilization chosen by the Troll Empire was naturally not weak.

This is a world with medium-level magic and high energy, a world that should have at least one Star God or an ancient species.

In short, this civilization was indeed only recently discovered by the Troll Empire, so information about it is not yet fully available.

But all the information we have is sufficient.

After all, if the Star Empire were to intervene, given their understanding of the Star Empire, even if there were problems, they shouldn't be too significant.

Moreover, the Troll Empire will also lend a hand.

Thus, the invitation was sent out by the Troll Council.

Even the ambassadorial delegation went to the Star Empire.

Finally, the news we received.

The Star Empire agreed and quickly sent an ambassadorial delegation to the Troll Empire to begin discussions on the War of Civilizations.

(End of this chapter)