People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 503 "Hoping to become a dragon lizard. Very well, now you are."

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"We succeeded, despite the many sacrifices we made."

"The dragon lizard race will continue, and my mission will come to an end."

In front of the Coral Palace lies the Abyss of Moon Bathing.

A deep blue light shone down, and a great being cast its gaze upon this place.

In the center of the dragon lizard colony, which was already surrounded by the army of Haiqi Island, a figure dressed in a light-colored shrine maiden slightly raised her head and stopped in place.

Her long, narrow pupils, like those of a snake, gave her a perception far beyond that of ordinary people.

Whether it's the light element representing primal forces, the human element surging through the earth's veins, or even the void element representing chaos and disorder...
These powers, which are extremely difficult for ordinary people to detect, are as easily observed as flying insects in the air in Aki's eyes.

Long before the soldiers of the surrounding islands had sensed anything amiss, she had already stopped what she was doing and turned to look at the unimaginably majestic presence in the sky.

With its last bit of strength, it briefly erected a barrier, protecting the wounded water elemental dragon lizards around it.

I had only learned of the elemental dragons' power through the descriptions passed down in the bloodline of the dragon lizard race; I had never had the chance to see these ancient rulers who had long since departed from the earth.
Having already overestimated the opponent's power as much as possible, Aki felt an overwhelming sense of nobility that seemed to encompass all elements, a power to which even the world bowed in submission.
His tense body gradually relaxed, and he looked with relief at the elderly dragon lizards that had followed him beside him:

—The elemental dragons are so powerful that their future will be infinitely better than their current situation of being huddled in a corner of the Abyss Palace.

Even if she, as a defective product with a mixed human form, might not be accepted, at least she no longer had to worry about the survival of her race.

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"There's no need to be afraid anymore, we're safe now. Although I can't comprehend such power, our people will have an unprecedentedly powerful leader, and our trapped companions will surely be rescued."

“Follow the guidance in your bloodline, and nothing will stop you.”

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"Me? I won't go."

"There is no place for me in that sense of belonging that comes from my bloodline. Perhaps it's because such a posture is simply unacceptable to me."

Comforting the wounded, elderly dragon lizards beside him, who, like himself, had volunteered as "fuel," Aqi noticed that their injuries were rapidly healing under the abundant water element surrounding them.

With a touch of sadness, he shifted his gaze from his fallen comrades to meet the golden vertical pupil in the sky.

Unlike other dragon lizards, it did not receive a response from its bloodline.
She could only feel that supreme majesty, and she pursed her lips, realizing that even this place was not her true home.

"Neither human nor dragon-lizard, what am I?"

"If there's no longer a place where I'm needed, then..."

They have stayed by the dragon lizards' side since they became conscious, accompanying these family members for thousands of years.

But now she was about to lose even this last identity of hers. The snake-eyed priestess, who did not consider herself human, lowered her head slightly, her heart filled with confusion about where she could go.

"A dragon lizard? And another masked witch?"

"Although this dragon lizard looks a bit silly, the accompanying shrine maiden seems to be quite clever."

"Fortunately."

"Let's hope it's not like Appepp's sandworms, a whole bunch of idiots."

Without spending too much time reading the cause and effect from the ley lines, he turned his gaze directly to the masked priestess standing in the center of the dragons.

They are able to identify that the opponent's commands are almost always the most correct choices, and they themselves have many unique characteristics.
Lin Feng, who was immediately disturbed by the dragon lizard after the awakening was completed, nodded, very satisfied with the free gift.

"The power is exactly half, so I really will inherit the glory of the ancient dragon."

"But now, there's not much glory left, and a huge mess to clean up."

One can sense the heartfelt desire to follow the dragon lizards below; this is a fundamental logic etched into their bloodline, even though their intelligence has declined to this day.

The king's will is everything, an unquestionable and absolutely correct one; one can even give up one's life to follow him.

Without a doubt, this is a race vastly different from human civilization, whose loyalty to elemental dragons is etched into their blood.
Given the current situation where no one wants these dragon lizards on Haiqi Island, if I were to leave and not take them in, these guys would probably keep chasing me until only one is left.
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After a moment's thought, he decided not to refuse these dragon lizards that had come to him for help.

Looking at the platinum crown placed upon his head by the world, Lin Feng, unable to dispel his worries for the time being, stopped thinking about other troubles.
Instead, he planned to clean up the mess caused by the awakening first, and then connect with the shrine maiden to complete the takeover of this dragon lizard clan.

"Where am I? This is..."

"Is that my mask in my hand?"

In a space shrouded in darkness, with only a bright moon hanging in the sky, stood a priestess with eyes as narrow as a snake.

Still reeling from being surrounded, Aji touched the mask that had been removed from her face at some point, completely unaware of what had happened.

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"This is... the space of consciousness?"

"It's so huge, then perhaps I'm in a very large place right now."

After a moment of silence, he vaguely realized something.
Filled with a mixture of disbelief and a sense of recognition, she looked up at the once-dark sky and finally realized the true nature of the scene before her:

—It cannot be encompassed by sight; that darkness is not eternal night, but rather the enormous form of another being that has concealed itself to protect itself.

The moon, which serves as the sole source of light, is not a celestial body, but rather a symbol of the noble platinum crown that shines upon the person.

"Don't look up at the sky, stay calm."

"There's no need to be nervous. The aftershocks of the current laws are too intense, which is why I chose this method of meeting."

The initial authority had already been borne by one person, and the laws of the world were surrounding him with unprecedented fervor.
The area around the main body has become an absolute no-go zone, so Lin Feng could only meet the only normal person in the dragon lizard group in this way.

"Are you the water king that the dragon lizards have been waiting for for thousands of years?" "I'm sorry. I'm not questioning you, but I don't know why you would choose to see a defective product like me with mixed blood."

Just looking at the sky caused my consciousness to become disordered for a moment, until I regained my senses with the help of a warm force.

A slight silence,

Even though the dragon lizards had described to her the omnipotence of the elemental dragons, Aqi still felt that everything she saw was far beyond what was expected.

If elemental dragons possess such supreme power that it seems the entire world must bow down to them, then the dragon lizard race should not have fallen into decline.
"Strictly speaking, I am not the king of the deep-sea dragon lizards, but that has no impact on the outcome."

"I will accept this group of dragon lizards and make them part of the future world."

"Thank you for your kindness. But my bloodline is so mixed that I am unworthy to receive you."

"Bloodline is not a problem; your bloodline is not inferior."

"You are fluent in both human and dragon-lizard languages ​​because you were born with the mission of reconciling the two groups, but you encountered some unexpected events along the way."

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The response was very simple and direct, as if the answer had already been given before the question was even asked.

A slight silence,

Since its birth, it has never found any documents about its origins. Aqi never imagined that it would find the result it had been searching for in such a scene.

Before the snake-eyed girl, still in a state of confusion, could ask any more questions, the crown in the sky flickered slightly, and a sentence she had never expected immediately entered her mind:
"The ley lines of Haiqi Island record everything. You are neither a dragon lizard nor a human. You are the last servant of the former demon god Aurobas, born to reconcile the relationship between the two races."

"But thousands of years of coexistence with dragon lizards have changed too much; you've become accustomed to living with them."
Since you care so much about your bloodline, then let me ask you this question:

"—What would you like to be? Human? Dragon lizard? Or some other race?"

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Never having imagined hearing such a direct question, A-Chi was momentarily stunned.
He had no idea why the destined king of the dragon lizard tribe would ask him such a question.
After a moment of silence, with a hint of uncertainty in her mind, she followed her heart and gave her own answer:

"I am not human, and I know nothing about the gods and past you speak of."

"Ever since I became conscious, the dragon lizards have been protecting me, providing me with food and shelter. Even though dragon lizards are considered wild beasts by humans, I am undoubtedly one of them."

"If I could choose, I would not want to be that outcast, no matter what I was in the past."

Her memories consisted only of dragon lizards, and her only refuge was those big, silly creatures that would bring her food every day.

Just moments before engaging in battle with humanity, she had also attempted some form of communication.

But no matter how similar they are in language and appearance, as long as she stands beside these dragon lizards, the humans will always regard her as an accomplice of the monsters.

"Dragon Lizard, if this is your choice."

"—Very good, now you are."

The words fell,

Before the snake-eyed priestess could react, a ray of light, mixed with too many colors to be considered pure white, descended from the sky and precisely enveloped the girl raised by the dragon lizard.
Time seemed to stand still, and following the will of the "King of Dragons," this extremely powerful force triggered a change that began at the very core of life.

The rules of nature must be maintained for a short time; the time for creating a large number of dragons, as in ancient times, has not yet come.

As the only intelligent member of his own dragon lizard swarm, he was...
Still in a state of convergence of laws, Lin Feng decided to respect the other party's will and lowered a wisp of elemental power that merged life and evolutionary authority, completely ending the other party's fate of not being accepted by any race.

"Bloodline and species are not important; dragon lizards are also the most adept at adapting and evolving."

"I have no intention of ending the history of either humans or dragons; they will remain indistinguishable for a long time to come."

"Take on this mission and wait for the right opportunity."

"With your changed bloodline, you are no longer an outsider. You will be the pioneer of this race, leading them to transform their form."

The laws of nature and the laws of the world itself seem to be in serious conflict at present, but for someone who can even bear the abyss, it is difficult to predict what the final outcome will be.

But if one day, the laws of these two can merge into something that transcends both, allowing everything to coexist perfectly,
So, this priestess, who, apart from the elemental dragons, understands the ecology of dragon lizards the most, might become the beginning of a new era.

To the outside world, Haigi Island remains shrouded in clouds.

The communication in consciousness lasted only a moment, and the entire island, except for a few people who were deliberately avoided, remained in a state of stagnation as if time had stood still.

The power of water, representing life, and the power of grass, representing evolution, work together, and through the elemental power so dense it is visible to the naked eye, a miracle unfolds before the eyes of all the soldiers and dragon lizards.

The stiff body softened again, the drained blood returned, and the stopped heart began to beat slowly.
At first, only the wounded were healing rapidly, but then even the souls of the deceased who had not yet dissipated returned under the incredible gazes of humans and dragon lizards.

During the process of awakening authority, they had already achieved control over the ley lines here, and the soul-returning ritual around Haiqi Island was started in advance before the invasion of the abyss.

With the combined effect of several powerful forces, these ordinary bodies, which were not even at the level of divine relatives, were repaired with great ease.

As if time were rewinding, the state of all the casualties was regressing to before the conflict occurred.

In the center of the battlefield near the Moon Bathing Abyss,
The priestess, who had re-chosen her own race, was encased in a pure white crystal resembling a dragon egg, attracting the attention of numerous dragon lizards and humans.

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Haiji Island is very small, and eliminating all its influence can be done in an instant.

With the return of all the fallen dragon lizards and soldiers, who were still in a state of confusion,
After confirming that nothing had been missed, Lin Feng nodded and focused on controlling the elemental avatars that were spontaneously formed by numerous elemental laws above the clouds.

The power to control life, specifically water, is still half-finished; a body strong enough to bear the laws of the entire world is yet to be conceived, a process that seems far off.
Moreover, as he accumulated more power, his own growth stage even seemed to subtly regress.
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With a soft sigh, I temporarily set aside those worries that I could deal with later.
Manipulating the platinum dragon formed from the convergence of numerous laws, he broke through the clouds and created a towering wave in the terrified eyes of all the people of Haiqi Island.

As shadows fell, the massive ocean tide washed over the entire island of Haigi with a strikingly gentle force.

It's not destruction, it's repair.
After taking away all the remaining dragon lizards on the island and restoring everything to its original state,
The ocean current that had submerged the island seemed to have never existed, slowly disappearing from its place along with the dark clouds and the giant dragon in the sky.

(End of this chapter)