"This is our new home!"
Sona pointed at the new city under the setting sun and puffed out her chest proudly.
We slowly walked down from the teleportation platform and looked at the city that was being built from huge stones. Even though it was rough, unadorned, and even messy, I could see pride and tenacity in every inch of the land, every crack in the stone, and even every corner. The unique dusty wind from the South blew against us, bringing with it the faint shouts of the construction site in the distance. Sona had a brilliant smile on her face as she opened her arms wide. "We're going to build a huge city here! The name of the city is Dragon City! Then, we'll build a kingdom with it as the center and let all the draconic people live here! "
Dragon City … It really wasn't a creative name, but I only smiled and patted Sona's shoulder. "Work hard, Rin will always be watching over this place."
The Dragon God girl had a faint smile on her face. Perhaps this rough stone city was no different from a straw hut in the eyes of a God, but she still had a smile on her face as she slowly opened her arms. "Then, this place shall receive my eternal blessing …"
Golden light spread throughout the entire city, and every stone pillar began to glow with a mysterious light that matched the golden setting sun in the sky. Thus, a city built by mortals became a second heaven blessed by the Gods.
"As long as there's a draconic person guarding this land, this city will never fall," Rin said with a bright smile.
"Alright, let's get excited when we get home." I patted Sona and Sona's shoulders forcefully to calm the two draconic girls who were about to jump up and down. "How about you show us around your new home now?"
"Err … Oh, okay!" Sayana almost bit her tongue. Her tail was flapping rapidly on the ground, indicating that she was in an extraordinarily high mood. I noticed that she was still tied with a butterfly knot on her tail. It seemed that this would become a popular trend among female drakes sooner or later. "That … because the city has just been built, the housing needs haven't been completely settled yet. The city walls are only a simple circle … so there probably isn't much to see. I hope that the Goddess won't be disappointed …"
"It's fine, it's fine. To be honest, when the Shadow City first appeared, it was much more deserted." I smiled and waved my hand. I followed the two dracon girls along the stone path. "At that time, there were only a few hundred residents in the city. It was as deserted as the scene of a horror movie …"
"Oh …" Sayana didn't understand what Seiji meant, so she just replied with an 'oh'.
Indeed, as she said, there were many things to be done in this future holy city. None of the facilities were complete, and even the basic housing problems had not been completely solved. After walking along a stone path on the side of the main road for a while, we arrived at the construction area that had just started. From the looks of it, this place was going to be built into a residential area. Currently, there was only the foundation. Huge coarse stones were piled up at the side. A small portion of the finer materials that were processed on the spot were piled up separately. All kinds of construction tools and magic arrays that seemed strange to me were scattered around the foundation. They seemed to have been prepared for the next day's work. At the periphery of the construction site, there were tents scattered all over the place. Most of the tents were very old. Many of the tents even had large patches of repair marks on them. They were of different sizes and shapes, so it was obvious that they weren't standard supplies.
Before the city was built, most of the Dracon civilians lived in tents like this.
"These were sent over from the Holy Capital. They were used during the expansion of the Crow Holy Capital. The Holy Capital isn't completely built yet, but they already have a lot of spare supplies. Vanilla sent someone to send them over." Sayana pointed at the tattered tents. "Thanks to these things, we don't need to be exposed to the sun and rain. In addition, there were many construction tools provided by them. Vanilla even sent the scholars who helped us with the planning of the Holy Capital back then. They really helped us a lot … "
Sayana revealed an embarrassed expression. "Most of the dracons aren't cultured. At most, they only know how to read and write. Those dracons who know how to craft know how to build houses, but we don't know anything about city planning at all. We don't know how to design city walls, canals, and other useful public facilities … Many of us don't even know what those big houses are used for. If it wasn't for the help of the scholars sent by Vanilla, we might have messed up our new home. "
In that case, the Crow Holy Sect had helped the Dragon God Sect a lot. I felt gratified. It seemed that the ignorant Vanilla had matured quite a bit. Although these decisions might have been made by the brain trust around her, such as the well-educated old man who was born into a noble family, her current actions already seemed to have the aura of a leader.
The little crow by the side was also delighted. I reckoned that she was probably even more ignorant than the dracons and didn't know anything about the construction of the city. However, she could tell that Vanilla had done a good deed, so she was happy as well.
The roads of the city hadn't been completed yet. There were many places that didn't even have gravel roads. There were even some places where the dirt roads weren't completely leveled. There were large open spaces all around, and the buildings extended in all directions. As we strolled around, we quickly approached the center of the city. Along the way, Shallow Shallow didn't stop talking. She kept asking about the construction of the city out of curiosity. At that moment, she suddenly asked, "Oh yeah, did anyone come to cause trouble?"
"Cause trouble?" Sona and Sona couldn't keep up with Shallow Shallow's train of thought, so they asked in unison.
"Yes, those fellows who can't stand the independence of the dracons." Shallow Shallow nodded as she continued to imagine, "Didn't they say so on the television and in the novels? The races that were originally enslaved suddenly rose up, so the fellows who couldn't stand it jumped out to cause trouble. Also, the security in the South seems to be very chaotic. I heard that there are many groups of bandits and the like here. I don't see any organized army here, so will anyone come to cause trouble? Oh yeah, do you have an army? "
"If it's to cause trouble … I don't think anyone would dare to come …" Sona said blankly. Suddenly, she silently looked up at the sky.
A gigantic black shadow slowly flew across the sky. It was an adult black dragon. There was a gigantic net hanging on the black dragon's claws. The net was filled with grayish-white stones. I didn't look up earlier, so I didn't notice a dragon flying across the sky!
"In this city … there are dragons," Sona said slowly. "They are dragons from the Heavenly City. They heard that the dracons are building a city, so they volunteered to help their relatives build a house. Char even came personally, but he was dragged back by his wife. Now that the dragons are helping to break the stones in the quarry and transport a large amount of stones to the city, it greatly sped up the construction progress. Otherwise, even with God's blessing, with our strength, it's impossible to build a city of this scale in such a short period of time. Also, before the city wall was built, the dragons were also helping to protect the safety of this area. So no one dared to cause trouble here. Instead, a few dukedoms in the North and West sent envoys with gifts. These dukedoms were previously more lenient towards dracons. They probably felt that this was a capital, so they sent envoys to celebrate the establishment of the draconic kingdom. "
"We originally wanted to let those envoys stay for a few more days, but they couldn't stand the custom of eating barbecue with dragons every night. In addition, one-third of the horses and camel beasts that they brought with them were scared to death, so they all ran away the next day." Sona added. Everyone was speechless. Those silly dragons created by the old Empire …
"In addition, dracons have their own fighting strength." Sona straightened her chest and said. She forcefully slapped the ground with her tail to strengthen her tone. "Although we don't have an army, every one of us is an excellent warrior. I, Shakina, and the elders of our tribe studied the past documents and discussed it for a while. We decided to follow the traditions of the Dracon Empire from ancient legends. Every adult citizen would receive basic combat training and military training. At the same time, the Dracon Empire would maintain a small standing army. And if war really broke out, we would be able to enlist all of our citizens as soldiers … However, the chances of war breaking out would probably be quite low. In this world blessed by the gods … "
"That's hard to say. Things like war have never been eliminated since the beginning of history." Icetis waved her hand. "The believers under my name are still fighting amongst themselves every few days. To put it bluntly, they have nothing better to do. They would freaking fight over a bowl of tofu pudding …"
I was speechless. I felt that most of Icetis' believers were as strange as this fellow.
Leaving aside the confused Sona and Sona who were muttering about what tofu pudding was, I reckon that they wouldn't be able to figure it out in their lifetime. Dracons are allergic to soy products. Our group continued to walk towards the city center. Generally speaking, the most interesting things would be in the city center. That was also the place where the construction was completed first. Along the way, we met many Draconic civilians. The closer we got to the city center, the more people there were. These Dracons weren't well-dressed and most of them were tattered. They had just obtained their freedom and didn't have the time to accumulate wealth for their race. The Draconic society hadn't even taken shape yet, and there wasn't much productivity for them to pay attention to food and clothing. However, these Draconic civilians who were dressed in tattered clothing and were wearing the most spirited and brilliant smiles I had ever seen. They raised their heads and puffed out their chests as they walked on their land with 120% vigor. When Sona and Sona appeared, every Draconic civilian bowed to them from afar. In the hearts of these civilians, these two girls were the first to receive God's revelation. They were also the first to stand up against the so-called "higher races." Sona and Sona's rallying cry in the South allowed the scattered Draconic race to reunite and finally build a new home here. I could feel the respect and reverence the civilians had for Sona and Sona from the gazes of the surrounding civilians. Even though the target of their respect didn't seem to be very smart.
Lin, the true Dragon God, walked together with Sona and Sona and appeared in front of the Draconic civilians. However, not a single one of them recognized her. Other than the core believers, ordinary Draconic civilians didn't even know that Lin's human form was like this. They only knew that the God who protected their race was a two-headed Golden Dragon. They wouldn't associate this short girl who habitually spoke with a shrunken neck with the supreme God.
"Look! This is the City Hall! " Sona suddenly shouted happily. I raised my head and saw that we had finally arrived at the center of the Draconic City. A magnificent stone building appeared in front of us. This was the only beautiful building that had been sculpted on the outside and was decorated with bright gold and red paint. All of the Draconic buildings were made of stone, and this building was no exception. However, compared to the rough houses from before, this castle-like building in front of us was much more sculpted. There were dragon-themed reliefs on the walls, and on the top of the pillars on the outer walls, there were stone carvings of ferocious and mighty dragon heads. This was a building that had both rough and exquisite styles. However, these weren't important. The most important thing was that we saw a huge stone sculpture in front of the building named City Hall. It could be said that it was a miracle of art.
It was a two-headed dragon lying in the city hall's square, as if it was guarding the entire city. One of the dragon's heads was raised to the sky, glaring angrily, while the other head was lowered to the square in front of the city hall, its gaze gentle. I could tell at a glance that this was Lyn's sculpture.
"We have collected all the historical materials and antiques related to the Draconic people and sent them here. The knowledgeable elders of the tribe and enthusiastic scholars from other tribes have gathered in the City Hall to restore the Draconic culture from the things that have been passed down from ancient times." Sona pointed in the direction of the City Hall. "Just like what you taught us back then, even if we can't completely restore the ancient civilization, we should at least know what language we used and what was the name of our former Empire. Well, I heard that the City Hall isn't used for that, but it seems that the current Draconic society doesn't use the City Hall. So, we have temporarily turned this place into a historical research center … Also, we have to set up a school nearby so that the children of the Draconic people will have to go to school. We can't continue to be seen as barbarians. This isn't something that can be achieved with just power … This is what the Goddess taught us. She said that knowledge is power … Ah, Goddess, what are you doing? "
Sona only realized that her Goddess had already walked far away before she finished her sentence. I only saw what the Dragon Goddess was doing when she called out to me. I didn't know what she was thinking about, but she had already climbed up to the base of the Dragon God sculpture in front of the City Hall. She was currently holding onto one of the claws of the sculpture, staring blankly. She would occasionally lift her head to look at me before continuing to stare blankly. Hearing Sona's voice, Lyn turned her head and waved at us. "They got it wrong! I have a sharp chin … "
Everyone was speechless.
Monina hurriedly went forward and pulled Lyn back. The Dragon Goddess didn't seem to be bothered by her actions at all. She just said to Shakina with a serious expression, "You guys carved your chins too wide. Also, my claws aren't that sharp. Although I've sharpened them before, they can easily break things if they're too sharp. So, I smoothed the tips of my claws. I don't rely on them to fight anyway. Oh, right, call the sculptor over. I'll be your model … "
As Lyn said that, she suddenly ran to an empty space at the side. Her body radiated a dazzling golden radiance. This girl was really straightforward. She transformed on the spot just like that. Monina looked at my dumbfounded expression. She shrugged helplessly and said, "Don't mind her. She becomes like this when she's happy. Her IQ has plummeted."
At this moment, the 'IQ plummeted' that Monina mentioned had completed her transformation. She transformed into a gigantic golden twin-headed dragon. She casually took a few steps, and we felt the entire square shake. I stared blankly at the twin-headed dragon that was looking for someone not far away. I felt that it might have been a mistake not to stop her earlier.
The Dragon God looked around and realized that after her transformation, the originally spacious square seemed a little cramped (mainly because she was standing next to her own sculpture, too close). So, she carefully folded her wings and even curled her tail up to prevent it from sweeping anything. Then, she tiptoed over to me. A thunderous voice sounded in the air, "Sakina, call the sculptor over. I'm a professional model. Wait, I'll make a pose at the side and try to be the same as the sculpture. Then, you'll know where you went wrong …"
"Oh, I forgot to mention that this girl has another problem. She likes to be the model for her believers when they sculpt for themselves." Monina smacked her lips. "Last time, a group of believers sculpted a colossus of the same scale for her. It was purely by hand and didn't use any divine arts. In the end, it took her two and a half years. When my brother and I went to pick her up, this girl's body was already covered in grass …"
I was speechless.
Say, a super beast that was a hundred meters tall when it raised its head and three hundred meters long including its tail, tiptoed and shrunk its neck as it carefully walked. How funny would that look? But Lyn really did such a stupid thing without hesitation. Sakina and Sona watched from the side. At this time, their jaws almost dropped to the ground. Upon hearing the commotion in the square, the Dracon Elder, Scholar, and nearby Dracon civilians gathered in the city hall. At a glance, they saw the twin-headed Dragon God standing in the middle of the square, shrouded in golden radiance, curled up into a ball and rubbing itself against the ground. Yes, they probably didn't care about rubbing itself against the ground, because they saw their goddess coming.
So, everyone was shocked. I felt another earthquake. Then, countless onlookers quickly gathered around the square. They stood still outside the square and didn't dare to move forward. I don't know who started it, but the crowd suddenly shouted in unison, "The goddess is here!"
Lyn was trying hard to find a place to stand. At this time, she suddenly shrunk her neck and was startled. Then, she shook her left head and heard a loud crashing sound. The square was filled with smoke —
She smashed the statue of her god to pieces.
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