He is a pure-blooded dragon in the miniature garden.

Chapter 220 Heavenly Rank Battle Skill - Possession by a Ghost, No, it's Athena's Blessing

After the dinner.

In Su Nian's room in the Dragon Palace of the Radiant City.

Su Nian loosened her tie, took off her coat, exhaled a breath of stale air, and lay down on the sofa.

"worn out……"

Izayoi Sakamaki tossed a can of juice to Su Nian and said.

"Congratulations, Alliance Leader."

"To spare nearly two hundred communities in one go, and to have them fight on the same front, sacrificing their lives for you, to jointly confront the final trial—that's extremely rare even in the Little Garden, isn't it?"

"Stop doing this."

Su Nian rolled her eyes, took the juice, sat up, leaned back on the sofa, and squinted as she drank it.

"More than 500 communities came in total, and 200 stayed. Of these 200, 80 were communities under the Greek pantheon."

"Of the remaining ones, more than forty originally belonged to the Indian pantheon, thirty to the Egyptian pantheon, and more than ten were supported by the Taoist sects out of their desire to exorcise demons."

"The vast majority of those who remain were once allies of your Arcadia."

"Only a very small number are newly joined allies."

"As for other forces, apart from joining in to watch the fun and gather information, they have no intention of joining at all."

"Do you understand now? They're nothing but a rabble, far less cohesive than your former Arcadia."

At this point, Su Nian rolled her eyes.

"And guess how many of these people were Athena's doing?"

"But in the end, didn't you still become the leader of the alliance?"

Sakamaki Izayoi smiled, took an apple from the fruit plate next to her, and took a bite.

If it weren't for the pretext of taking care of Su Nian, she really wouldn't have been able to extricate herself from that banquet.

You should know that even Kudo Asuka is now forced to face a barrage of social requests alongside Black Rabbit.

As for why not Lamia? Because Lamia was called away by Leticia to study, and in the upcoming alliance talks, Lamia will serve as Leticia's assistant.

Izayoi Sakamaki just hopes she won't be killed by Asuka tomorrow.

"Unfortunately, I won't be the leader for long. Azdakha's expected breakout time is seven days from now."

Su Nian waved her hand and said casually.

"And you should know that the most troublesome thing is actually command; everything else is fine."

"so……"

Upon hearing this, Izayoi Sakamaki frowned and said...

"You're not thinking of having me do it, are you?"

Why do you think you have the ability to command two hundred communities, most of which have at least a few four-figure leaders?

Su Nian looked at Izayoi Sakamaki with a strange expression.

The latter paused for a moment, scratched his face somewhat awkwardly, and stared blankly, not daring to speak.

"You don't actually think I called you here to entrust you with the command duties, do you?"

Su Nian couldn't suppress her smile.

“You’re not a canary that’s been trained by countless old men in the Little Garden, learning all sorts of skills.”

"Young man, you should know your place."

Su Nian patted Izayoi Sakamaki on the shoulder and said, suppressing a laugh.

"Being confident is a good thing, but being overconfident is not a good thing."

"No, I was actually thinking about how to reject you."

Izayoi Sakamaki slapped Su Nian's shoulder dismissively.

She knew very well that she had neither received professional military training nor understood the intelligence of those communities, so how could she command?

Moreover, she didn't think Su Nian was any better, so she came over out of curiosity to ask.

Besides, given Su Nian's habits, he would most likely find someone else to do his work, allowing him to happily be a hands-off manager.

"Besides, who do you intend to put in command? They might not necessarily obey orders from others."

Izayoi Sakamaki frowned and said.

"What else can we do? We can only send Leticia."

Su Nian yawned and said.

"After all, Leticia is one of the few people I can call upon. She has experienced many battles, has certain military talent, and has participated in the Evil Dragon War."

"Besides, maids do the work when there's something to do, and maids do the work when there's nothing to do. Isn't that common sense?"

Upon hearing this, Izayoi Sakamaki wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and looked at the golden figure that had appeared behind Su Nian at some unknown time.

He couldn't help but cough softly twice, trying to remind Su Nian.

"Ahem, don't you have anyone more suitable around you?"

"Hmm... I think so?"

Su Nian pinched her chin and pondered for a long time.

"But I'm not sure I can get through to them, and they probably won't even acknowledge me."

Su Nian thought of Di Shitian and the others who opened a bar in the City of Flames and were enjoying their retirement.

Indra certainly has the ability, but the key is that the other party may not even care about him.

He's finally retired, so he might not necessarily agree to this new job.

Upon hearing this, Izayoi Sakamaki couldn't help but cough forcefully and said.

"Ahem, really not?"

Seeing the blonde goddess, whose brows were furrowing more and more and whose face was getting darker, but who still maintained her dignified demeanor, Izayoi Sakamaki tried to bring Su Nian a last glimmer of hope.

"Ok?"

Su Nian shook her head, tilted her head back, and saw two huge lumps of slime. Then Su Nian fell silent.

"Really not..."

"Ahem, there are still some."

Su Nian's tenacious will to survive told him that he should say some kind words in order to save his life.

“Athena is fine too, but she’s been a bit busy lately and might not be able to find the time.”

Good heavens, when did Athena arrive? And I didn't even feel a thing?

Su Nian thought to herself, sweating profusely.

As expected, I was still too weak in dealing with certain situations, otherwise I might have been ambushed at any time.

However, such sneak attacks and assassins are probably of little use against the thick-skinned Su Nian.

At this moment, Su Nian winked at Izayoi Sakamaki.

How long has Athena been here?

"I don't know. I only know that when you mentioned Leticia, and the maid who does things when there are things to do and the maid who does nothing when there are no things to do, she suddenly appeared..." Izayoi Sakamaki answered Su Nian with her eyes.

'But I never expected her to be the goddess Athena.'

Izayoi Sakamaki looked at Su Nian with a hint of schadenfreude.

She really did her best, reminding Su Nian several times.

However, this Athena seems a bit heavy.

Izayoi Sakamaki is somewhat looking forward to... no, rather, worried about Su Nian's future.

However, to Izayoi Sakamaki's surprise, Athena didn't seem angry.

She had just felt like Athena was about to explode.

For some reason, she suddenly felt that Athena seemed to have become heavier.

"It's alright, I can easily create an avatar to possess you and help you with command."

Athena smiled and said, then sat down next to Su Nian and looked at her very seriously.

Upon hearing this, Su Nian's expression turned somewhat strange.

Could this be the legendary possession by a ghost? No, a more accurate description would be possession by the goddess of victory, or the blessing of Athena.

But if that's the case, does it mean that I'll be under Athena's watchful eye from now on?
Good grief, so that's what they were waiting for me here.

"Well, maybe we should just forget about it. I have a feeling this might have a negative impact on you."

Su Nian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Athena's gravity is starting to exert its force. I have to find a way to escape Athena's gravity capture range."

Athena, however, revealed a smile that seemed to have been premeditated.

"This won't affect me at all; it's just that a bit of her essence has been revealed, and it will only be shown when you contact me. Most of the time, she will be dormant."

"Moreover, this will help to accumulate merits on you, improve your spiritual level, and reduce the time it takes for you to accumulate enough to advance to three digits."

Looking at Athena's posture, which was clearly considering her own interests.

After a few seconds of silence, Su Nian looked at Athena with some helplessness and sighed.

"as long as you are happy."

To distinguish the essential aspects and still say the impact is minimal?

Athena's gravity seems a bit too strong; has she started to use any means necessary to occupy the space around her?
I had the illusion that I was being haunted by a female ghost.

Dating a goddess is such a waste of a god's time.

This attitude of manipulating the overall situation and slowly encroaching on Su Nian's territory, yet maintaining a great deal of restraint, really left Su Nian somewhat powerless.

"By the way, Athena, is there anything else you want to talk to me about?"

Su Nian gave up thinking and asked Athena, "Who comes looking for someone in the middle of the night?"

Athena's smile faded upon hearing this, and her gaze lingered on Izayoi Sakamaki for a moment.

Izayoi Sakamaki understood it instantly.

"Alright, alright, I won't bother you two anymore. You two can enjoy your time together."

With that, Izayoi Sakamaki silently walked out, closing Su Nian's door behind her.

However, before closing the door, Su Nian flicked a business card at Izayoi Sakamaki.

"If you have some free time recently, you can go to this bar and find the former leader of the Heavenly Army to try and get some investment. You can also mention that you are a hero who was trained by Canary to cross the three-headed dragon."

"I think you should be able to gain a lot."

Upon hearing this, Izayoi Sakamaki clutched the business card, waved to Su Nian, and thanked her.

"Thank you, Lord Dragon God."

Then, Su Nian watched as Athena made arrangements to prevent information leaks, especially the possibility of being accidentally exposed to the sight of the two-digit number of people.

“The Buddhists started making trouble. The idea that you asked me to investigate—to abandon the old miniature garden and build a new one—originated from the Buddhist community.”

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Su Nian raised an eyebrow and said with considerable surprise.

"Buddhism? Are you serious? I think Christianity is more likely."

Su Nian only knew from the original plot that more than half of the gods and Buddhas in the upper echelons were preparing to abandon the existing old miniature garden and human history in order to establish a new miniature garden.

As for who leaked the news, Su Nian didn't know very well.

Of course, this kind of thing is easy to fool. As a pure-blooded dragon, one can just use one's innate premonition. After all, Su Nian's initial manifestation of [Immortal] was time.

A fleeting glimpse of the future that I stumbled upon.

This method is not uncommon in sandbox gardens; it is just one of countless methods of prophecy and divination.

It's just that there are so many high-level beings in the miniature garden that these prophecies and divinations are not very accurate, and most of them come from revelations from the central authority.

Therefore, Athena did not inquire about it.

What surprised Su Nian was why the establishment of the new miniature garden was a Buddhist matter.

In fact, among the existing rules of the sandbox garden, the most severely restricted are definitely the Christian pantheon, whose monotheistic worldview is deeply limited by the rules of the sandbox garden.

The foundation of the sand garden is actually dualism: man and god, good and evil, beginning and end.

Even a simulated star map must have a least common divisor.

This has resulted in the fact that in the miniature world, almost every major group of gods has a simulated star map, except for the largest group of gods, the Christian gods, which does not have its own simulated star map.

Moreover, even the principal deity of Christianity, God Yavy, could only maintain a spiritual status of three digits, while Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became a two-digit figure.

Finally, the most fitting theme for abandoning the old world and heading to the new world is the Christian salvation myth of Noah's Ark.

Athena nodded very seriously and said in an affirmative tone.

"I'm certain this message came from Buddhism, and for some reason recently, the Christian Church has become much more restrained and quiet."

"At least I haven't found any evidence that the information originated from Christianity."

"That's strange. Given the influence of Buddhism in the miniature garden, why is there no urgent need for a new miniature garden?"

Su Nian couldn't quite understand it.

As things stand, aside from the unassuming Chinese religious groups who are preoccupied with internal strife and ascetic practices, Buddhism and Christianity are the most powerful.

However, if we only consider its influence on the upper and lower levels of the Little Garden, the development of Christianity is not even as good as that of Buddhism.

After all, how can becoming a servant of God compare to becoming a Buddha or an ancestor on your own? Everyone knows which is better: a monotheistic worldview or a worldview where everyone can cultivate themselves to become a Buddha.

"Perhaps this is also related to the Heavenly Army?"

Athena pondered for a moment and offered a possibility.

"In fact, the biggest obstacle I encounter now in command of the Heavenly Army is the Buddhists, and the people with the most vegetarian seats are also Buddhists."

"Although the previous Heavenly Army was strictly in charge of the Hindu pantheon led by Indra, the Hindu pantheon had long since become an appendage of Buddhism. Rather than Indra in charge of the Heavenly Army, it would be more accurate to say that Indra was in charge of the Heavenly Army on behalf of Buddhism."

"Therefore, the highest percentage of people in the Heavenly Army, from the grassroots to the middle and upper levels, are Buddhists."

"As for the other god groups, although they are more troublesome, they are still relatively lenient."

"Only Buddhism is the least cooperative."

(End of this chapter)