Chapter 255: Divided into Three Kingdoms
Everything went according to An Qi’s plan. As the Divine Child, the Rathian integrated perfectly into the Mountain Mother Clan and brought them several exhilarating victories. Cheers praising the Divine Child echoed throughout the entire clan.
Even before being enhanced, the Rathian already possessed strength surpassing most giant beasts on the Savage Continent. After all, this world lacked magic and couldn’t nurture powerful magical beasts. To think that mere size could overcome the Rathian, who could fly, fight, endure, breathe fire, and release poison, was simply wishful thinking.
Especially after being enhanced by the Dragon Mother, the Rathian’s strength had already approached that of a pure-blooded dragon in its prime. The only things it lacked were intelligence and Dragon Language magic. But in this low-mysticism world, the Rathian already possessed overwhelming strength.
If the possessing Dragon Mother hadn’t stated that it was inconvenient for the Divine Child to excessively interfere in battles between believers, the Voodoo Clan would have long been defeated.
There was no other way. Facing the Rathian, unless the Voodoo King personally took action, the lizardmen warriors of the Voodoo Clan, even if the Rathian couldn’t fly, wouldn’t be able to easily take it down with just one or two thousand men. One had to know that the Rathian’s land charge was even more terrifying than a heavy tank.
Not to mention that the Mountain Mother Clan, whose morale was greatly boosted, wouldn’t just stand by and watch. For the sake of the Divine Child, they weren’t afraid of death.
With Owen’s intervention, the war between the two clans once again reached a stalemate. However, this time, the Voodoo Clan was at a disadvantage. Even deploying plague zombies was useless, because Ghost Valley Town continuously provided herbs that could cure the plague.
As for the plague zombies, under the Rathian’s scorching breath, they were all burned to charcoal. No matter how impervious to weapons they were, there was a limit.
Fortunately, during this period, the Mountain Mother Clan entered their breeding season, which consumed a lot of their energy, giving the Voodoo Clan a chance to breathe.
The Mountain Mother Clan was well aware of this, but seeing the large number of eggs piled on the altar and after the High Priestess conducted the ceremony, they knew the future of the clan was bright when countless Soul Vessels were infused into the lizard eggs.
They knew very well that these Soul Vessels were the elites of the Mountain Mother Clan from past generations, residing in the Mother God’s Divine Realm. They had appeared before, and each one that grew up became a pillar of the clan. However, such a large-scale appearance was unprecedented. This meant that once this batch of young lizardmen grew up, the Mountain Mother Clan would enter a true golden age.
Whenever they thought of this, the High Priestess and the Clan Leader couldn’t help but feel excited, adding several larger eggs, contributing their own strength to the clan’s development.
“Everything is under control.” Owen, like a mastermind villain, manipulated the chess pieces in his hand with a mysterious smile.
At this time, Owen was proud because under his interference, the Mountain Mother Clan had turned the tide, making it impossible for the Voodoo Clan to invade the mountains. He also maintained the scale of the war, keeping the mountains in a constant state of tension, creating a strange balance between the three sides.
The advantage of doing this was that limited interference wasn’t enough for the Mountain Mother Clan to achieve ultimate victory against the Voodoo Clan. They had to continue expending a lot of energy to maintain the war. This way, even if his arrangements within the Mountain Mother Clan showed any flaws, they wouldn’t have the capacity to investigate and understand them thoroughly. At the same time, they would become increasingly reliant on the Rathian as the core of the war, consolidating faith in the Divine Child. And with the title of Divine Child, the Mountain Mother Clan would associate the Dragon Mother with the Mother God, allowing the Dragon Mother to gain more faith and eventually replace her.
As for why he didn’t completely defeat the Voodoo Clan, it was mainly to maintain the situation of two tigers fighting, leaving both sides with no time to pay attention to the mountains.
This arrangement was obviously because Owen’s next development focus wasn’t on the Mountain Mother Clan, but on the mountains themselves.
This was mainly because the lizardmen were a single race, too exclusive, and all worshipped their own deities. Before the Dragon Mother had fully absorbed the benefits from the Mountain Mother Clan, Owen didn’t plan to further interfere in the lizardmen’s affairs.
After Owen’s arrangements, the mountains, though weak, held a strategic advantage in their remote location. With the world divided into three, Owen was free to make his moves.
Although the three sides were simple-minded and the situation was clear, Owen’s ability to come up with such an arrangement showed that his vision and methods had grown considerably. He could no longer be called a political novice.
Of course, Maya also helped to fill in the gaps throughout the process, but the main decisions were all made by Owen.
The whole process was merely amusing to Owen, who had thoroughly read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Maya, who was familiar with the power struggles among the Empire’s nobles. It couldn’t even be considered scheming. However, for Shuliya, who had been learning by Maya’s side since they boarded the ship, it was like a whole new world had opened up, leaving her utterly impressed by Maya.
As for why she admired Maya instead of Owen, it was mainly because he had been staying in the dungeon chamber beneath the altar, controlling the Domain and dismantling the Earthly Divine Realm of the Mother Goddess of the Mountains. Most of the orders were carried out through Maya.
Regardless, when facing Maya, Shuliya practically turned into a little fangirl, clinging to her side all day asking for advice, making Owen wish he could just castrate the guy.
Owen was just thinking about it, but Maya wouldn’t indulge Shuliya. In her eyes, Shuliya was just the master’s plaything, and a plaything should act like one. So, she cracked her whip, sending Shuliya rolling around on the ground. But the expression on her face made even Owen feel disturbed.
One had to know that Owen’s current assessment of his own moral boundaries was quite low. Even he felt disturbed, so one could imagine how twisted Shuliya was.
Seeing the two engrossed in their little game of Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, Owen shuddered and decided it was best to take a trip somewhere else for a while.
It just so happened that the dismantling of the Earthly Divine Realm of the Mother Goddess of the Mountains was complete, and Owen could finally leave the dungeon chamber. Plus, the Raptor Squad had also returned, so he decided to activate his adventure mode once again to satisfy a small hobby.
This trip was much more convenient because the Rat Rat Engineering Brigade had widened some of the underground tunnels enough to accommodate humans. So, Owen and the others went directly underground, passing through the warzone between the two clans and smoothly arriving at the swamp area.
The swamp was definitely hell in the eyes of any traveler. There were no safe zones here. From behemoths lurking in the swamp like whales to various microorganisms, a slight negligence would cost one their life.
Fortunately, their destination wasn’t deep in the swamp, but rather near the periphery. Although the air was so humid that it dripped with water, and the ground was like clay, leaving footprints with every step, at least they didn’t have to worry about being swallowed by the ground, Owen thought wryly.
Upon reaching their destination, Ya and the others didn’t approach rashly. They had clearly learned their lesson from before, so they handed over command of the operation to Owen.
Owen’s display of strength during this time made the three of them very clear that their relationship was no longer one of cooperation. Therefore, they no longer intended to split the profits according to their previous agreement, but instead accepted Owen’s employment, helping him as assistants.
The advantage was increased safety, the disadvantage was less profit. But compared to latching onto a powerful thigh, this small profit didn’t matter anymore.
