This Necromancer Just Wants to Plant Trees-Chapter 1884 - 524 Commission of the Supreme True Dragon
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From Sandrine’s mouth,
Matthew also learned about the origin of the True Dragon Fragment and many secrets of the Seistan Family.
Originally,
the first Seistan Family consisted of a group of lizardmen who resided in the astral world.
They lived deep within the astral world, near the ruins of the Twin Paradise—a shattered plane.
Back in the ancient times,
the ancestors of the Seistan Family unearthed a complete True Dragon Painting in the ruins.
But for various reasons,
that painting was destroyed by an irresistible force, and what was passed down to Matthew was only this fragment.
Nevertheless,
even this fragment had brought the Seistan Family incredible strength.
Using it as a medium, they prayed to the Supreme True Dragon and received all sorts of inconceivable powers.
The thin True Dragon Bloodline within the lizardmen was gradually activated, developed, and purified, ultimately, a portion of the Seistan lizardmen evolved into more powerful dragonmen.
And unlike the Astral Drakonids like Cossack,
the dragonmen that evolved from lizardmen possessed greater intelligence and mana.
Their bodies might not be as robust as the Cossack Clan’s, but they far surpassed the latter in the mastery of magic.
It was with the grace of the Supreme True Dragon
that the Seistan Family gradually grew stronger within the shattered plane.
However, the astral world was a place of turmoil,
especially near the Twin Paradise ruins.
Due to burying too many secrets and treasures from the Dark Age, there would often be beings far exceeding the limitations of the shattered plane coming and going.
Terrifying catastrophes quickly pushed that shattered plane towards the status of the Gray Star Realm.
At the same time,
the Supreme True Dragon’s responses to the Seistan Family became less and less frequent.
In order to save themselves,
the elite of the Seistan Family left the shattered plane with the True Dragon Fragment.
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Initially,
they had set their sights on a Secondary Plane very close to the material world as their new destination.
But during the perilous migration,
they encountered plunder and blockade from various astral factions, and their astral spaceship was stranded halfway.
Worse yet,
serious war had erupted in the Secondary Plane they had chosen as their new settlement—
The two warring parties were startlingly two gods from the Heavenly Palace during the Age of Enlightenment.
Not to mention whether the Seistan Family at that time had the ability to reach that Secondary Plane,
even if they had successfully landed,
they would have to swear allegiance to one of the gods in order to survive in that Secondary Plane.
At that time, the lizardmen’s faith in the Supreme True Dragon was still unwavering.
It was impossible for them to easily switch allegiances.
Hence,
forced by many overlapping reasons,
the family had to make a temporary move to a shattered plane near purgatory.
"The story of the Seistan Family, overall, is hardly commendable,"
Said Sandrine, her tone indifferent as she recounted:
"It’s just a tale of a group of low-powered creatures who accidentally obtained a high-level Mystical Item and from it, gained powers that weren’t their own, then slowly rose to power, only to fade away gradually as the Mystical Item’s power diminished..."
Sandrine continued,
"Afterward, the new shattered plane was assimilated by the endlessly expanding purgatory, and the Seistan Family was forced to integrate into the infernal society."
"Since we were not demons, we faced severe discrimination in purgatory; so, after consultation, some of the family members volunteered to undergo the Purgatory Blood River’s trial, thereby completing the transformation from astral creatures to Infernal Creatures."
"The remaining members were originally the core of the family, also for a long time the superior True Blood Dragon People.
However, as time went by,
the Supreme True Dragon’s responses to our prayers became rarer and rarer.
Especially after entering purgatory,
the channel of communication between us nearly broke down."
"At first, the family still managed to maintain the original order, staying united in the new land of purgatory."
"We established the first Blood Sand City."
"But as time passed, the faction that had split off from the family, those who had become demons, grew increasingly dissatisfied with the core members."
"They no longer identified with their Seistan Family heritage and were unwilling to bow down to the True Blood Dragon People."
"Several conflicts erupted between the two sides during this period, eventually escalating to a low-intensity war."
"The end result was a split, each going their separate ways."
"As a result, a large number of members left. Under the protection of the Blood River Will, they transformed into various types of demons, with only a very few still holding onto their faith in the Supreme True Dragon."
"Nowadays, the most prominent families in Blood Sand City, the Kain Family and the White Devil Family, both had ancestors who split off from the Seistan Family, but they stubbornly refuse to acknowledge this past..."
At this point,
Sandrine let out a soft sigh:
"I am the last Inheritor of the Seistan Family, also the last member with the characteristics of the True Blood Dragon People."
"Since the Supreme True Dragon no longer responds to our prayers, the number of True Blood Clan members has steadily decreased, and the offspring born to family members show a severe reversion to ancestry, all of them incapable of grasping the true essence of magic—lizardmen..."
"In my heart, I am quite clear that the family’s decline is inevitable, but to admit this fact is also difficult for someone like me who has borne the expectations of nearly everyone in the family since childhood."
Matthew felt the faint warmth from the True Dragon Fragment as he asked,
"So you still persist in conducting the sacrificial ritual to the Supreme True Dragon?"
Sandrine nodded her head:
"At first, before each ritual, I always hoped against hope—what if the Supreme True Dragon responded to me this time?"