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Although Thaniel’s den couldn’t match up to Goblen’s, it was nonetheless still a place filled with magnificence and grandeur and was incredibly extravagant.
After taking inventory of the assets, they brought Meng Lei a large sum of 280,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.
It was only after he had fully cleaned the den out that Meng Lei finally swaggered out of the den. Thaniel hurriedly came forward and asked, “Master, you’ve rob— Cough, taken them all?”
“Yes.” Meng Lei nodded slightly. “We’re leaving, Thaniel. Go in and take one last look at your den.”
“I’ll pass. I have a weak heart,” replied Thaniel with a wry smile.
“Look at that good-for-nothing demeanor of yours.” Meng Lei rolled his eyes. “Isn’t it just a few treasures? Do you need to be that petty!?”
Then, he took out a divine core and asked dispassionately, “Do you know what this is?”
“A divine core!”
A huge jolt went through Thaniel’s Dragon body.
“Good that you recognize it.” Meng Lei bragged. “I have an abundance of these things. I pop them like candy every day!”
“Master, that’s a divine core!”
Thaniel trembled all over as his eyes bore into the divine core in Meng Lei’s hand. His eyes were filled with desire, greed, envy...
“It’s just a lesser deity’s divine core.” Meng Lei patted Thaniel on the head and said, “Do your best in the future, and you can take your pick from among intermediate deities’ and higher deities’ divine cores.”
“Are you serious, Master?”
Thaniel’s voice was trembling. His rationality told him that Meng Lei was just bluffing, but a hint of longing in his heart and the beautiful imagery that Meng Lei had conjured couldn’t help but bewitch him.
Intermediate deities!
Higher deities!
He was just a half-deity that had just manifested his divine core. Even a lesser deity’s position was currently a far way off from him, let alone becoming an intermediate deity or a higher deity. Or rather, it was basically impossible!
To become a lesser deity, one must first become a true god.
To become a true god, one must first establish a divine nation.
And to establish a divine nation, one needed vast amounts of power of divinity.
Where did power of divinity come from?
It was a matter of detailed, intricate work where one accumulated it bit by bit.
Thaniel himself didn’t have any confidence as to whether he could save up enough power of divinity to establish a divine nation while he was still alive.
Therefore, to Thaniel, even a lesser deity’s position was one that was extremely distant and an extravagant wish.
But things were different with a ready-made divine core. Once he assimilated it, he would become a lesser deity right away. It was faster by not just a hundred times or ten thousand times!
“Yes, of course,” Meng Lei promised confidently.
“With this promise of yours, I, Thaniel, will die without regrets even if I have to work myself to the bones for you, Master!”
As an infatuated Thaniel gazed at the divine core, he said, “You may not know this, but actually by the time one reaches a half-deity’s level like ours, there’s no longer much longing for wealth anymore.
“But ordinary Colossal Dragons are different—they are the most passionate about collecting treasures and accumulating their wealth. Therefore, Dragon Island’s richest ones aren’t the half-deities like the few of us, but those ordinary Colossal Dragons. They are the true hidden tycoons.
“Ten ordinary Colossal Dragons’ assets, when put together, could rival a half-deity’s! How many ordinary Colossal Dragons are there on Dragon Island? Hundreds, even up to 1,000!”
Chapter 215: Ol’ Amos’ Not Dead? Dead Souls Half-Deity
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Leaving wealth with the people.” This idiom would fit perfectly into Dragon Island’s description.
The wealth of an ordinary Colossal Dragon would definitely be less than that of a half-deity, but what about 100 of them? 10,000 of them? 10,000 of them?
The answer was clear!
With Thaniel, the traitor of Dragons, leading the way, Meng Lei became a devil for once—loot them all, grab them all, take them all!
Loot the Dragon Nest!
Grab all their wealth!
Take all their treasures!
After quite a while of looting, Meng Lei’s Wealth had surged to 13.57 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!
That was an astonishing figure, while there were also countless treasures from the loot.
It would be no exaggeration to say that this trip to Dragon Island made Meng Lei rich suddenly, making him feel very pleased.
With a good mood, he would naturally be easier to talk to.
Surely enough, Meng Lei accepted Thaniel’s proposal without any hesitation to spare the Colossal Dragons’ lives.
Meng Lei left some space in the Tower of Time specifically for these Colossal Dragons to live in.
Yeap, I’ll just breed them like pigs!
Meng Lei even thought of placing the Tower of Time at the capital after building his own empire.
After which talents could be allowed to enter and practice, letting these arrogant Dragons have a taste of being at the mercy of others and become the hunted ones.
“Where do we go next, Master?”
Thaniel gazed at the now empty Dragon Island, not knowing whether he should cry or laugh at the circumstances.
He did not want his species to be exterminated, not to mention being bred like pigs!
“Do you know where the Dragon graves are?” Meng Lei asked all of a sudden.
“The Dragon graves?” Thaniel’s expression changed. “Master, you’re not going to leave the Dragon graves alone? The Dragon cemetery is a forbidden place of the Dragons where we bury the dead—”
“What were you thinking?” Meng Lei snorted slightly and carried on. “I’m only going there to worship an elder.”
“That’s fine! That’s fine!” Thaniel was relieved, and he flapped his wings to bring Meng Lei towards the Dragon graves.
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