Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 457: So That's What Happened
Murphy looked at the high priest of the Dragon Worshiping Cult in front of him, and felt a little surprised.
After many days, the old man finally came. I thought he would never come.
Actually, if you think about it carefully, it hasn’t been that long, less than a month.
However, this period of time, with slaying dragons and fighting ancient gods, felt very long.
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "Angus, you are finally here. You came much later than I expected."
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "Please allow me to apologize for this. The journey to Alterac is not easy. The Alliance still lists the Dragon Cult as a cult, not to mention the adventurers who are everywhere."
Mo Fei thought, isn't it a cult? When he was still the Lord of Black Dragon, the Dragon Worship Cult took the initiative to come to him and become his younger brother, so he learned about the teachings of the Dragon Worship Cult.
The Dragon Cult worships dragons, believing that dragons are the noblest and most perfect life form. All mortal races should serve the dragon clan and be proud to serve them.
They even hold sacrificial ceremonies frequently, using human lives as sacrifices and praying for a response from the Dragon God. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a cult.
Of course, the head follows the butt, and as the Black Dragon Lord/Storm Dragon King, it is good to have such a group of loyal free subordinates.
Dragon Cult priests can use 'Dragon Prayer', which can greatly make up for the shortcomings of monster servants' lack of spellcasting units. Almost all major dragon tribes will recruit some, and even if they don't recruit, they will generally not be hostile.
However, the fact that the Dragon Worship Cult generally serves all major dragon clans seems to have some hidden purpose behind it, which makes Murphy a little curious. However, no matter how he tried to ask, the Dragon Worship Cult priests under him refused to reveal anything, which made him very worried for a while.
Now that time has passed, I unexpectedly have another opportunity to obtain the services of the Dragon Worship Cult. I should see if I can figure it out.
Aidan (Captain of the Dragon Knights): "Of course I can understand your difficulty. Anyway, it's good that you can come. I have been looking forward to it for a long time.
Then let us begin. The great plan to revive the Dragon God is calling me. This plan requires your service and sacrifice. I believe you will not be reluctant to make efforts for this plan. "
There's no need to be polite when dealing with these mentally ill lunatics, just use all your strength to kill them.
As long as there is a suitable reason, you can definitely squeeze out a lot of money.
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "Of course, for the Dragon God, we humble servants are willing to sacrifice everything, no matter flesh, blood, life, or even soul. But before I start serving you, I must confirm something. Has the Dragon God really fallen?"
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "Of course, isn't this obvious? Have your prayers in the past ever received a direct response from the Dragon God? Have your sacrifices ever welcomed the coming of the Dragon God? Have you ever seen the Dragon God's chosen people?"
Angus shook his head. "I've never seen any of this before."
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "Of course you can't see him. This is because the Dragon God fell tens of thousands of years ago, and the Dragon God's followers have also fallen into depravity and turned into the various dragon clans today. The position of the Dragon God is vacant, so your prayers will naturally not be answered."
The old man looked solemn, "Then may I ask, how do you know all this?"
Aidan (Captain of the Dragon Knights): "I have witnessed all of this with my own eyes..."
As Murphy spoke, his gaze gradually became deeper, and his tone became distant and solemn.
[Hero's Specialty: Master of Fraud——Activate! ]
Of course Murphy didn't know how the Dragon God sent it, but that didn't stop him from talking nonsense. He was already proficient in this kind of thing. To fool NPCs, they had to immerse themselves in the story. Even the hero's expertise was not 100% effective. It also depended on the performance of the user.
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "Dragon Gods and immortal ancient dragons once ruled this world. They lived in the city in the sky, towering above all things. In the long years before written records, they were the masters of this world.
At that time, the various races of today had not yet appeared, and elemental creatures lived everywhere in the world. The four elemental kings fought endlessly with each other, while the Dragon God and the ancient dragon clan lived in peace with the world.
Until one day, the ancient gods came to this world.
They fell all over the world, and one of them fell in the city in the sky.
What caused it to fall here is no longer known, but the consequences are clear.
The ancient god Xalatas eventually fell at the hands of the Dragon God, but his desperate counterattack before his death also put the Dragon God and his followers in danger. The blood and flesh curse turned the ancient dragon's immortal body into nothingness, and the ancient dragon fell..."
Murphy slowly revealed the ancient secrets one by one.
In a sense, he was not lying, although a lot of the content was made up by him. However, based on the memories of those ancient dragons, there were a series of facts about the city in the sky, the arrival of the ancient god Xal'atath, the fact that only four of the five ancient gods were left, and the ancient dragons were cursed by flesh and blood.
This allowed Murphy to vaguely guess a possibility.
As an ancient god, Xal'atath crashed into the sky city when he landed, causing him to be beaten by the dragon god and ancient dragons.
Apparently it was eventually killed by the Dragon God, and thus four of the five ancient gods were formed.
As for the claim that Xal'atath was eaten by other ancient gods on the way, Murphy believes that it is absolutely unreasonable. The four ancient gods are not internet celebrities who hype public opinion, and it is impossible for them to reveal such dark history. If he was really eaten, how did it spread?
However, after the death of Xal'atath, the four ancient gods most likely absorbed some of his legacy.
But it is not so easy to kill an ancient god. Even the Titans can’t do it and can only seal him.
The Dragon God tried to kill Xal'atath with all his might. Maybe he self-destructed before he died, or he used some forbidden ability to cast a blood and flesh curse on the ancient dragon clan at the cost of his own life.
A temporary counterattack by an ancient god must be extremely terrifying. When you think about it this way, it suddenly makes sense.
What follows is the story told by the mysterious voice on the top of Tongtian Peak, about how the ancient dragon clan lost their immortal dragon scales and eternal life and degenerated into the various dragon clans of today.
As the Proto-Dragons had fallen into fragile flesh and blood, they had to seek protection from other gods, which resulted in the Dragon God losing his believers and eventually being beaten to death by the Ancient Gods or the Twelve Main Gods.
Although it is still uncertain who did it, there are only a few people who can kill the Dragon God, so this should be the case.
So Murphy was quite devoted in making up the story and there was no falsehood at all.
As Angus listened, his expression became more and more excited and solemn.
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "I see, I see, no wonder, no wonder! Now everything makes sense. Wait, how do you know all this? And you saw it with your own eyes?"
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): “I don’t know either, but in my dreams I always see the lost city in the sky, the Holy Land of the Dragon God - Kam Yazra.
In my dream, I saw magnificent and huge statues, ancient gods descending from the sky, and the appearances of the five dragon kings as ancient dragons. These scenes often appear in my dreams, and it has been like this since I was very young.
It was also guided by these dreams that I was able to find the Dragon Feast and gain the power to transform into a dragon."
After hearing Murphy's explanation, the old priest's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "I see! You must be a direct descendant of the ancient dragon, and for some reason you have awakened the lost memory."
Huh? Murphy suddenly had a question mark on his face.
I thought your imagination is a bit divergent.
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "But I am a human?"
Angus looked at Murphy mysteriously and whispered, "This involves an ancient secret. Perhaps you have never heard of it, but it is all true. Humans are transformed from dragons."
Huh? Murphy was even more surprised, thinking, could you also be a master of deception?
Seeing that Murphy didn't believe it, Angus immediately began to explain.
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "Prince Aidan, have you ever heard of the theory of racial evolution? Life in this world will constantly change with the environment."
Murphy nodded, "I know a little bit about this."
The most typical one is the troll.
After the primitive era and before the night elves, the trolls ruled the primitive continent. They were divided into many tribes and lived in various regions of the world. They were the most prosperous race.
Fifteen thousand years ago, one of the dark troll tribes migrated to the vicinity of the Well of Eternity. Influenced by the powerful magic of the Well of Eternity, their bodies gradually mutated.
Their long fangs gradually shrank, their skin became delicate, their bodies became slender and strong, and they eventually evolved into night elves - yes, in the background story of World of Warcraft, the night elves evolved from trolls.
The high elves evolved from the night elves.
Nowadays, Quel'Thalas and the Amani trolls fight every day, which is actually a civil war among the same race.
However, the elves would never admit to such a thing.
In fact, this phenomenon exists not only in Azeroth, but also on Draenor. The evolution of races will give birth to many different species.
In the earliest times, the planet Draenor was a desolate place inhabited by giant creatures called Grond, as huge as mountains.
Later, after Grond died, Gronn was born from his body.
Gronn still lives in Draenor and is one of the most powerful war weapons of the Horde. Gronn is huge in size but has low IQ.
Gronn gradually evolved into Ogron. Ogron was slightly smaller in size, but still very large, and Gronn's IQ must have improved relatively.
The Ogron gradually evolved into Ogres, and Ogres evolved into Orcs...
Almost without exception, their size is getting smaller and their IQ is getting higher.
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "You mean, humans evolved from dragons?"
This doesn't make sense. There is no intermediate state. It can't be a giant dragon with a length of dozens of meters the day before, and then suddenly turn into a human.
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "No, that's not the case. Humans evolved from dragons, but it wasn't a slow evolution. They suddenly became humans."
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "But how is this possible?"
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "Haha, it does sound a bit far-fetched, but I will explain. You know that dragons have the ability to transform into human form."
Mo Fei thought to himself, of course I know, who doesn't know this ?
" Then did you know that this ability existed tens of thousands of years ago, before humans were born?"
Hmm? Mo Fei thought to himself that this was really unclear.
It stands to reason that the dragons should have seen humans and tried to transform into humanoid forms.
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "When a druid learns wild shapeshifting, he needs to undergo a wilderness trial, transforming into a wild beast and living in the wilderness for a year without changing back to human form until the one-year period is up.
In this process, there is a hidden risk. Sometimes a druid will lose himself and forget his true identity as a druid. He will think of himself as a real beast and wander in the wilderness. Eventually, he will completely turn into a beast and cannot transform back. He may even give birth to offspring with other beasts.
Later, this ritual was abolished, but some druids were lost forever and could never be found again."
After hearing this, Murphy reacted immediately.
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "You mean, the dragons in ancient times used the 'transformation into human form', then gradually forgot their true identities, and continued to live and reproduce, eventually becoming the ancestors of humans?"
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "Yes, maybe they gave up voluntarily, maybe they accidentally forgot, or it may even be because the earliest ones who transformed into human form were not mature enough, which caused some dragons to transform into human form but never transform back to their original form. They are the earliest Vrykul, the ancestors of mankind.
This is probably why the Vrykul worship dragons .
Later, the Vikings evolved into humans, so it can be said that humans evolved from dragons.
Prince Aidan's ancestor was most likely an ancient dragon who personally participated in that catastrophe and left the memory in his blood. This is how you were able to glimpse the truth of the matter in your dream.
Even after tens of millions of years, the power of the dragon clan is still retained in human blood, and this power can be activated as long as the appropriate method is used.
Our goal as the Dragon Cult is to regain that lost power and transform into a dragon once again."
Angus's vertical pupils were fixed on Murphy.
Those eyes, like those of a giant dragon, made his expression look solemn and sacred.
Murphy suddenly realized, "So that's how it is, so that's how it is, no wonder, no wonder! Now everything makes sense.
The 'Dragon Prayer' practiced by the priests of the Dragon Cult is probably based on this principle, but it happened too long ago, and until now no one has ever been able to completely transform into a dragon. The most they can do is just gain some dragon abilities.
Murphy knew this. The Dragon Cult priests used the magic of "Dragon Prayer", Dragon Breath, Dragon Skin, and Dragon Might...
In short, they are all related to dragons.
Some high-level priests can even use "Sacrificial Summoning" to sacrifice their own lives and forcibly transform into a dragon form. However, this ability comes at a huge cost, and the transformed dragon form is not complete. Once the time is up, it will just die. It is a forbidden technique.
This was the trick used by Santazak, his subordinate back then.
Angus (High Priest of the Dragon Cult): "Humans have long forgotten the history of being descendants of dragons, but the power of dragons has always existed in our blood.
However, it is not easy to activate this power. The Dragon Worship Cult has been conducting research on dragon transformation for thousands of years, but has never succeeded.
Perhaps only the power of the gods can complete this final step of evolution. Therefore, Prince Aidan, please tell me your plan. We, the followers, will pay any price to help you resurrect the Dragon God. When the Dragon God returns, we will exchange our humble labor for the gift of becoming a dragon. "
