I, The Dragon Overlord - Chapter 344
Chapter 344 – Problems of Elves and Dragons
Louie was not too shocked that two goddesses could have children, because gods didn’t really have a set gender. They could be male or female, and the vast majority of them rarely change their gender once they settled on one.
So, if two goddesses were together, one of them must have temporarily changed into a male, making it possible for them to give birth to a child. Even Louie himself could become female if he wanted to, but he was not interested in doing so, so he wouldn’t.
‘No, even if Her Highness Selune and Her Highness Shae were to give birth to the Goddess of Magic, they shouldn’t have done it through intercourse.’
The thought of two goddesses being entwined popped up in Louie’s head. When he tried to guess who was on the attacking and who was on the receiving end, he flatly denied this thought.
This was because Louie had slept with the Silver Moon Goddess Selune and had physical communication with Shae’s incarnation. Even if an incarnation was different from the true body, Louie could feel both of their inexperience.
In other words, regardless of how much theoretical knowledge these two goddesses had or how many men and women they had seen, they themselves had absolutely no experience. Since they had no experience, how did they have a child? Moreover, the Goddess of Magic was a powerful god.
Selune was smart enough to know what Louie was thinking and smiled. With a pleasant voice, she said, “…In the earliest era, gods were not born from faith, but from their natures.”
“At that time, the entire world of San Soliel had not yet completely formed and the realms hadn’t been divided. During that time Shae and I wielded the power of the source and clashed without a victor. The source of light and darkness clashed and combined with the source of magic, as a result, the first generation of the Goddess of Magic was born.”
Selune and Louie walked under the forest of the Ancient Tree of Life. Together they gazed at the back of the unicorn and their child frolicking under the moonlight.
“The birth of the Goddess of Magic greatly reduced my and Shae’s strength. In essence, she was vitriolic and greedy. She even tried to destroy Shae and me to take away our powers. As a result, I joined forces with Shar and killed her to recoup our losses.”
“At that time, the great change occurred in the world, and as we Ancient Gods lost our connection to the source, we were greatly weakened. We could no longer take back the power of the Goddess of Magic, and instead allowed her to reincarnate.”
“After her reincarnation into her second generation, the Goddess of Magic was no longer the same as the first generation. Perhaps influenced by the first generation, she still coveted my and Shae’s power but to a lesser degree. The world at that time was similar to the current world. There were only a small number of mages and only a few races and talented people could learn and use spells. As a result, she only had a few followers. Even though she possessed the divine authority of magic, the second generation was eventually killed by me and Shae, allowing us to take back most of the power that belonged to us.”
Selune’s tone was relaxed as she narrated the deeds she had once done and even killed two generations of the Goddess of Magic.
Louie listened and sighed. Just as he expected, Selune wasn’t really some good samaritan.
“But even then, recapturing the power that belonged to me is of little use. The Gods require faith more than the essence of the source. The power of the source is useless unless we return to our prime, and without it, we are no different from ordinary gods. This is why Shae was able to make every god afraid when she was at her strongest. Only a god born from the source could exert such power.
“The Goddess of Magic has once again reincarnated as Mismisella, the third generation of the Goddess of Magic. She had completely abandoned the temperament of the first two generations and became much gentler and smarter. She chose to become a neutral force in order to gather more faith. She created more connections and established the magic network that increased the number of mages. The Goddess of Magic also used this to reach high-tier divine power. She is no longer subject to the previous generations but still possesses a grudge against us for being enemies before.”
“At that time I had also been completely defeated by Shae. My divine authority was stripped from me, but I was also able to obtain the divine authority of the moon. I had been the silver moon until now, and the third generation Goddess of Magic has also survived so far.”
The Silver Moon Goddess lowered her eyes and did not mind telling Louie about her history of defeat. There was nothing to hide between the two, but Selune had survived for too long and could not tell Louie everything in one go, so she could only give answers when Louie asked her something,
“So, your Highness Selune and I are natural allies when facing the Goddess of Magic.”
“No, even if I didn’t have an old grudge against Mismisella, I would still be on your side if she turned against you. You are the most important person to me right now.”
The Silver Moon Goddess raised her head and let out a cold smile. Her beautiful face shrouded by moonlight seemed tender and emotional amidst the coldness, yet her eyes which showed no emotion flashed with rage.
In an instant, Louie was stunned. Although he knew that gods choose the most favorable side, her emotional words still touched him.
Seeing the Goddess’ eyes, Louie had the urge to play with her and make her sing.
Suppressing his draconic instincts, Louie said in a relaxed tone, “This time, I need some troops from the Silver Moon Kingdom to defend against the invasion of the Selar and Danbusil Kingdom.”
Since the Goddess expressed her support, Louie did not stay humble and made his request.
The elves of the Silver Moon Kingdom had been developing and accumulating for thousands of years. Their military strength was definitely not weak in the main continent. Still, the elves had a low population and low fertility, making it hard for them to withstand a war of attrition, so they could not become the hegemons of the continent.
But this time, Selune did not smile and shook her head, “I’m afraid to disappoint you, Your Highness but the Silver Moon Kingdom is temporarily unable to support you.”
“Eh, why?”
Louie was not displeased by this as waited for the Silver Moon Goddess to give him sufficient treason.
“In the recent past, traces of the drow elves had been spotted in the Forest of the Moon. Those drow elves who hated this land have once again crawled out from the Dark Lands and prepared their own revenge.”
Selune’s words contained worry. The drow elves and the elves of the Silver Moon Kingdom started as the same race, but because of the relationship between their gods, they had been split, resulting in the drow elves being banished. They never forgot their hatred of the elves and grew their forces for tens of thousands of years. They would invade and kill their fellow race on this land at every opportunity.
Louie’s heart jumped upon hearing Selune’s words. Having met the Spider Goddess in the Shadow Realm, Louie had guessed that the elves would be invaded in the future, but he never expected their timing to be this good. It was at the time when the Selar Kingdom and the Danbusil Kingdom invaded Dragon City, making it impossible for the Silver Moon Kingdom to send support and vice versa.
In the secret history of the elven god system, the Silver Moon Goddess once disguised herself as another male god that the Spider Queen fell in love with. Those dark-skinned elves were the ones who believed in the then Spider Queen. Her current appearance might have looked like a spider, but she was a beautiful drow elf.
In the end, the Spider Queen wanted to steal the authority of the main elf god due to her greed. Coupled with the emotional trauma of being cheated, she completely split from the elven gods’ system. The drow elves were also banished and her image was converted into a spider.
This split reduced the powers of the elven gods, giving Shae the perfect opportunity to strike and thus almost completely wiping out the elven gods.
There was no right or wrong in war, but the betrayal of the Spider Queen brought the Silver Moon Goddess to her knees. The elves were nearly exterminated and the elven gods had fallen down from the Astral Realm.
It was a war where the only winner was Shae.
“Is this a coincidence, or is there a connection? Why would Rose choose this time to compel the drow elves to move? The most important thing that she should be doing is consolidating her faith. With 30,000 years of no contact, the drow elves in the Dark Lands should not believe in her anymore. In addition, there are also other races in the Dark Lands, so Rose shouldn’t be starting a war.”
Selune frowned, the Goddess also sensed that something wasn’t right, “If the churches of Mismisella and Chauntea are behind the two countries as you said, then Rose shouldn’t be related. This is especially when Rose would not simply join forces with Chauntea.”
‘If I didn’t know that Chauntea had returned to her original form, I wouldn’t have been able to guess their relationship just like Goddess Selune.’
“You are right.”
Louie and Selune looked at Alexia. They would soon rise to become gods. Although they could still possess a great influence on the main continent, acting by themselves would be difficult. Gods to gods and mortals to mortals. They could only leave the affairs of Dragon City and the Silver Moon Kingdom to their child.
Not knowing that her unreliable parents already burdened her thin shoulders, Alexia, who was riding on Lara, turned her head and waved her hand at them. She smiled brightly and cheerfully when she noticed the smile of her parents.
Under the moonlight, she was a true elf.
