The pursuit of divine power was a unique instinct.
In this world, not to mention ordinary mortals, even the high and mighty gods fought for divine power.
The fundamental reason why the various gods were in conflict and had even broken out into God Wars was for the sake of obtaining believers.
But what was the purpose of obtaining believers?
Wasn't it to obtain faith and extract divine power?
Even the high and mighty gods chased after it, not to mention ordinary mortals.
The pursuit of divine power was an instinct of life.
Thus, Karunu did not feel that there was anything wrong with the old man's reaction, and he just smiled.
After a while, he sent the old man away, then returned to his office and picked up the battle report alone.
He looked around and couldn't help but frown.
It had been more than a year since Deelyn came here.
In this year, as the Kobold Tribe's power expanded, the Centaurs' traces became more and more obvious.
Thus, the battles between the Kobold Tribe and the Centaurs became more and more intense.
From time to time, a battle would break out between the two sides, causing both sides to suffer heavy casualties.
Of course, for the time being, the Centaurs' main focus had not shifted, so they did not notice the Kobold Tribe in the south.
According to Karunu's investigation, it seemed that in the northern regions, the Centaurs were also in conflict with the other races around them. The humans were at war.
For the Centaurs, this seemed to be a very normal thing.
After all, from their previous behavior, it seemed that they were not good neighbors, and it was normal for them to have disputes with their neighbors.
According to Karunu's current understanding, further north of the Centaur Tribe were the Minotaurs and the Boars.
These two races weren't weak at all, and they each occupied a large area. They fought with the Centaurs and killed many of the other side's people.
It was because of these two races that most of the Centaurs' strength was restrained, causing them to have no time to come south and fight with the Kobold Tribe.
Of course, from another perspective, if they really came to the Kobold Tribe, they might not be able to win.
In order to deal with this group of Centaurs, Karunu had made many preparations.
He had sent people to build simple city walls and defensive facilities in many key areas.
With the aid of cement, building these buildings was not a problem for Karunu.
After all, his kobolds were not like humans.
If it was a human overlord, it would not be easy for him to order around his subordinates. If he was not careful, it would cause chaos.
But Karunu was different.
Compared to humans, at least at this stage, Karunu's Kobolds were much more obedient. Moreover, as long as they had food to eat, they would not complain and would not have any problems.
It was equivalent to free labor.
And there were still a lot of these laborers.
If it was not enough, Karunu could even send people to the desert to catch another batch at any time.
In any case, there might not be many other things in the entire desert, but there were definitely a lot of Kobolds.
Under such circumstances, as long as there was no shortage of food, there would definitely be enough labor.
A large number of defensive facilities had been completed. Even if the Centaurs came, they wouldn't be able to do anything.
After all, they might be extremely powerful in field battles, but no matter what, could they really attack a city?
After all, their lower bodies were still horse bodies.
Because of their innate structure, it was easy for the Centaurs to move about in the wilderness, but it was difficult for them to attack a city.
As such, if they dared to take the initiative to attack, it would be a waste of energy.
Of course, it would not be easy for the Kobolds to defeat the Centaurs.
Under the same conditions, this group of centaurs was simply too mobile.
Even if the Kobolds were stronger than them, they would not be able to catch up to them.
This was a very serious problem.
In order to solve this problem, Karunu had thought of many ways.
After dealing with the documents in his hands, Karunu got up and walked out.
He walked straight ahead and came to a secret place.
The place before him was none other than Karunu's laboratory in the city.
Compared to before, this place was much more spacious and beautiful, and there were even many assistants helping out here.
Some of the more precise instruments had also been sent over and placed here.
At that moment, a shocking scene was unfolding.
In front of them, there was a large pile of Kobold corpses lying on the ground. There was a massive number of Kobold corpses, and they lay there quietly.
With just a glance, he estimated that there were more than a thousand of them.
Most of these Kobold corpses had died in battle, and only a small portion had died of illness or old age.
But at this moment, they were all lying there quietly, falling into an eternal slumber.
This was the order that Karunu had given before.
From a long time ago, Karunu had given the order.
After all of the Kobold corpses died, their corpses had to be collected and stored in a specific area.
This was to make it easier for Karunu to retrieve the life essence within it.
It was the same at this moment.
Standing on the spot and looking at the corpses of the Kobolds, Karunu took in a deep breath and strode forward.
As his body kept moving forward, the corpses of the Kobolds began to change rapidly.
The originally plump flesh began to rapidly shrivel up. At first, it only curled up a little, but in the end, it completely dried up and turned into a pile of broken matter.
Even the original white bones had softened, and the essence within them had been extracted, leaving behind a pile of remains.
This scene was quite horrifying.
Only after a while did the scene in front of him end.
Karunu's figure slowly came to a stop.
"There are about 15 portions of essence …"
Standing on the spot, Karunu roughly sensed the situation and came to this conclusion.
Over the past few days, he had quantified the life source energy that he had refined through the Heaven Devouring Scripture and set a standard.
After refining the life source energy of 100 ordinary Kobolds, he could form a unit of life source energy.
This unit of life source energy was incredibly precious, and if he used special methods to slowly fuse it into an ordinary Kobold's body, he could cause the Dragon Bloodline within their body to go through a metamorphosis, turning an ordinary Kobold into a Dragon Bloodline Kobold like He Chi.
In fact, it was not impossible for them to become Dragon Bloodline Warlocks.
After refining these Kobold corpses, he could form about 15 portions of life source energy.
Not bad.
Standing there, this thought flashed through Karunu's mind. Following this, he continued to walk to the side. Within the laboratory, there were some unique things.
They were all unique eggs.
These eggs all looked quite unique, and their colors were all different: some were black, and some were red.
Of course, the most obvious was the crimson-red egg at the center.
As Karunu watched on, the crimson-red egg slowly gave off light. There were all sorts of complicated runes on the surface of the eggshell, which looked quite complicated and unique. It was like a piece of art and was incredibly beautiful.
If one touched it, they would be able to feel the heat coming from it, which was quite warm.
Vaguely, a feeling of familiarity and care came from the egg and gushed into Karunu's body.
"Have you woken up?"
Sensing the emotions coming from this egg, Karunu smiled and said.
In front of him, the massive crimson-red egg seemed to understand his words, and light flickered on it as if it was responding to him.
Looking at this scene, Karunu chuckled and didn't say anything.
These giant eggs were basically bought by Karunu from various places.
For them to be placed here by him, they all had a common characteristic.
They belonged to dragon descendants.
Of course, they were not weak dragon descendants like the Kobolds but purer dragon descendants with even more powerful dragon bloodlines.
The massive crimson-red egg at the center was a Crimson Dragon egg.
Karunu purposely gathered the eggs of these Dragonkin and placed them here to be nurtured.
While they were still incubating, Karunu would inject divine power into these giant eggs, allowing the divine power to help them develop and become stronger.
After that, he infused the Dragon Vein Source Energy that he had refined into those giant eggs, causing the bloodlines of those giant eggs to be raised to an even higher level.
Under such repeated nurturing, these giant eggs had developed very well. Their bloodlines were powerful, and their life force origin was abundant. On average, they were stronger than their own kind.
For example, the Crimson Dragon egg at the center.
After being nurtured by Karunu, this Crimson Dragon egg's bloodline reaction was not inferior to that of a purebred dragon, let alone a similar Crimson Dragon egg.
To a certain extent, it had broken through the boundaries of its race, and its bloodline was so dense that it had reverted to its ancestry. Its bloodline was not inferior to a purebred dragon's at all.
This was the result of Karunu's efforts.
"It's about to hatch …"
After roughly sensing the situation of these giant eggs, Karunu revealed a smile on his face, and then a thought flashed through his mind.
He could sense that some of the giant eggs in front of him were close to hatching.
For example, that Crimson Dragon egg, after being nurtured for more than a year, was about to hatch and descend into this world.
This Crimson Dragon would bring new power to the Kobold Tribe.
Dragons were incredibly powerful creatures, and everything on their bodies was precious materials.
Their scales could be used to make magic items, and their flesh could be used to make potions. Every part of their bodies had unique uses and were incredibly precious.
As a subspecies of Dragons, the Crimson Dragon also had similar effects.
This was even more so because of the immense power they represented.
Under normal circumstances, an adult Crimson Dragon could rival a two-ring existence.
If the crimson dragon hatched from this crimson dragon egg, its strength would definitely far surpass that of its own species. When it matured, its strength would probably be comparable to that of a three-ring Soul Sage.
To the current Kobold Tribe, this was considered very powerful.
After all, even though Karunu had quite a number of Kobolds under him, there weren't many that could be considered powerhouses.
The only people who could be called experts were He Chi and the others.
He Chi and the others had activated the Dragon's Bloodline within their bodies and cultivated the Knights Breathing Technique that Karunu had given them, walking on the path of this world's Life Knights.
Before this, Karunu had gathered the kobolds with dense bloodlines and awakened dragon veins in the kobold tribe and taught them the Knights' Breathing Technique and Meditation Technique.
Now, due to the advantage of their bloodline, there were already some Kobold Apprentices in the Kobold Tribe. Some, like He Chi and the others, were even First Ring Knights.
But even so, so what?
Standing behind the Centaurs was none other than the Church.
The power hidden within a church was undoubtedly immense.
This could be seen from the Dusk Church.
Even without the Dusk God Equipment, the Dusk Church was still extremely powerful. Some First Ring existences were nothing in the eyes of the Dusk Church.
It was the same now.
Since there was an unknown church among the Centaurs, there was most likely a powerful existence above the First Ring.
Among the Centaurs, the only existence above the First Ring was Karunu.
Without a doubt, this situation was extremely dangerous.
However, if they could hatch these dragon eggs, they would be able to greatly increase the combat power of the Kobold Tribe, allowing their strength to reach a new level.
Of course, this was just a direction.
After all, under the current circumstances, even if these dragon eggs hatched, it would take an extremely long time for them to grow up and reach adulthood.
This was the growth cycle of extraordinary beings.
It would take at least a thousand years for a purebred dragon to reach adulthood from the moment it was born.
As for Lesser Dragons like the Crimson Dragons, in theory, they would take much less time to mature, but it would not be less than a few hundred years.
It would take a long time for them to truly mature.
Of course, Karunu had his own methods.
The simplest method was undoubtedly to find a world where the flow of time was vastly different from the World of Gods, and then throw the wyverns there.
After they had spent a few hundred years in that world, they would return to this world.
This was the simplest method.
"But from this perspective …"
Standing there, Karunu suddenly fell into deep thought, "It seems that I can consider sending some talented Kobold Kobolds to another world to train …
"That way, we can give them the opportunity and time to grow to the greatest extent …"
Experiencing different worlds was the best way to train people.
Moreover, because the flow of time in different worlds was different, this could give the Kobold Kobolds precious time, allowing some geniuses to quickly grow.
This kind of thing seemed to be very promising.
Standing there, Karunu thought to himself.
Then, after a while, he turned around and left the place, heading somewhere else.
As for the time just now, he temporarily sealed it away.
The idea was good, but for the time being, he still needed some time to implement it.
At the very least, if he wanted to do what Karunu had imagined, he first had to find a world where the flow of time was different from the World of Gods.
In this regard, he could only rely on his main body to find it.
After all, even though Karunu could use some of the simulator's functions, only his main body could use some of the simulator's functions.
As such, he could only wait.
Of course, if that did not work, the Cursed World was not bad either.
The flow of time in this world and the World of Gods was quite good. He had stayed in that world for decades, but only a few months had passed in the World of Gods.
One month in the World of Gods was ten years in the Cursed World.
In terms of the flow of time, it was quite suitable.
However, comparatively speaking, the Cursed World was not suitable for Kobolds and Drakes.
After all, that world was a modern society where only humans existed.
If Kobolds went there, they would be completely different and could easily cause chaos.
If they were not careful, they could cause trouble.
That world was his personal territory, and it was his main source of divine power.
Unless he had no other choice, Karunu did not want to affect the Cursed World's operations.
As such, this world was not suitable for him.
If he wanted to find another suitable place, he would have to wait for his main body to use the simulation again.
Of course, right now, the most important thing for Karunu was that the crimson dragon egg was about to hatch.
Standing there, he sensed the crimson dragon egg's condition and estimated the time.
"Two more days?"
This thought flashed through his mind. Then, he looked at the crimson dragon egg and said, "Just rest quietly."
In two days, I'll come here to see you. "
He stretched out his hand and stroked the crimson dragon egg as he spoke.
As he looked at it, the crimson dragon egg flashed with light, seeming to respond to him.
PS: Apologies, I have to cancel the fourth chapter for today. I'll try to make it up tomorrow.
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