Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 234 Sleeping

After settling the drow elves, Agred led his army back to their original place. However, Agred also gave Pugin a new mission: to carry his message to the Arctic continent to aid the white dragons in their fight against the frost giants.

The troll race, with its extremely high resistance to cold, was indeed the best choice for developing in the Arctic continent. As compensation, Agreed rewarded Pugin with the True Ice he had dug out from Niflheim. This True Ice was a top-tier material formed under the nourishment of the World Tree's divine power and extreme absolute temperatures. It had excellent energy conductivity and never melted, making it precious enough to be used as a raw material for crafting artifacts. Agreed generously used a large piece of True Ice to enchant Pugin and forge a supreme weapon that was almost as close as an artifact to a divine weapon: the 'True Ice Great Club'.

After receiving the weapon as a reward, Pugin happily led his people to the Arctic continent. At the same time, Agreed gave Pugin all the remaining True Ice, telling him to feed it to the White Dragon Clan, because the energy contained in the True Ice would greatly benefit their physical growth.

So, at Agred's command, the troll race was teleported to the Arctic continent, and Agred returned to his castle after a long absence, falling into a deep slumber to absorb the roots of the World Tree. Before falling asleep, Agred looked up at the starry sky and swore: "Wait, gods! When I cover the stars with my feathers, when the heavens and demons are shrouded in twilight." After saying this, Agred closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

The immense divine power contained within the roots of the World Tree forced Agreed to exhaust all his energy to fully digest it. However, as with anything difficult at the beginning, Agreed's digestion of the divine power only became easier and easier afterward. Eventually, Agreed was able to spare some time to control the puppets he had created as his representatives to observe and manage the problems that arose in various territories. Time passed slowly in this fulfilling life.

Forty years later

A resounding dragon's roar echoed from the magnificent stone castle in the southern borderlands. As the roar reverberated through the heavens, the stars in the universe suddenly began to twinkle in a regular pattern. In that instant, all life in Musurida saw the entire astral plane. Whether day or night, the stars in the universe were clearly visible, allowing all life in Musurida to witness their twinkling, like enchanting dancers pleasing their sole master and celebrating his coming of age. If you were a highly intelligent civilization, you could use your universal advanced writing system to understand the message of the twinkling stars. Their meaning, roughly translated, would be 'Congratulations on your growth, great child of nature.'

The price of this coming-of-age ceremony was exorbitant. The stellar upheaval caused devastating radiation and energy to sweep across planets and galaxies, burning at least tens of thousands of vibrant planets to the ground. But the universe didn't care about any of this. Everything was worth it to please that great one. No one cared how many ants they would step on while dancing, and the stars didn't care how many civilizations they would burn to death while shining.

Immediately afterward, Ellie flew out of the castle in a panic. Just moments before, Agreed had told her to get as far away from here as possible. Five minutes after Ellie left the castle, a giant dragon head burst open the enormous castle, which was even more magnificent than the Potala Palace.

After absorbing all the World Tree roots in his stomach, along with a portion of Lolth's divine essence and Bahamut's divine power, Agreed has fully entered adulthood. During this period of slumber, Agreed's size instantly surged to over a hundred meters. In terms of size, even an ancient dragon would not be much larger than Agreed, and Agreed's body has only just reached adulthood and still has almost unlimited room for growth.

Agreed's body is now so perfect that even the gods envy him, and the divine power around him is extraordinary and unfathomable. Now that Agreed has reached adulthood, his body can support him to defeat all the gods except Zeus in one-on-one combat. Agreed feels his body, and after many years of slumber, he still needs some time to become familiar with his body.

Agreed first cleared away the rubble beneath his feet. Fortunately, his residence was far from other towns, otherwise such a commotion would have killed many monsters under the rubble. After Agreed finished cleaning up, Ellie flew back and called out helplessly.

"Teacher, you've ruined our home, where are we going to live?"

After thinking for a moment, Agreed said, "My original form is no longer suitable to live in the Southern Frontier. How about this, Ellie, you move to Dragon Tooth City, and I will move to the center of the Death Desert. That place can accommodate me perfectly, and I won't attract too much attention."

Upon hearing this, Ellie quickly replied, "Teacher, it's alright. I can also move to the Death Desert to live. After all, I'm a super-level mage now, and I can handle many harsh natural conditions."

Agreed shook his head and said, "There's no need, girl. I only took you in to save your life. Otherwise, do you think I need servants? You have to have your own life. Go see the world. This is the last lesson I'll teach you. Go and understand what's right for you. My path is not suitable for anyone but me."

With that, Agreed vanished from the spot, as silently as a gust of wind. Ellie gazed at the empty space before her, murmuring wistfully, "Go and find what belongs to me..."

Later, Ellie packed her bags and headed north towards the human kingdom. She wanted to explore the human world, since she was already very familiar with the country she was in.

Meanwhile, in the Death Desert, Agreed simply built a huge temple out of stones, where he would live with Anubis. After finishing all this temporarily, Agreed created a puppet avatar for himself, since his current body was really not suitable for moving around.

Agreed controlled his body and returned to Dragon Tooth City in the southern border region. After years of planning and development, Dragon Tooth City has now become the most developed city in Musurida, with a complete sewage system, a decentralized but fully equipped architectural layout, building materials far ahead of its time, and forward-looking development that is ahead of its time.

Today, there are a total of fifty-seven large cities scattered throughout the southern border region. In terms of scale, they are actually quite similar, because Agred's philosophy is to prevent the unequal distribution of resources on a macro level. At the same time, although each city is far apart, they are all connected by spatial magic arrays as transportation bridges, transporting all the necessary materials and facilitating the exchange of goods.

Furthermore, dedicated roads have been laid between these towns, and military patrols are dispatched daily to clean and ensure road safety. In any case, with the current peace and quiet, the monster warriors have nothing to do, so slaying monsters and maintaining road security has become one of their few military activities in recent years.

Most importantly, Agreed also built magic academies and warrior training camps in these cities. The former was responsible for teaching selected magic geniuses and conducting further research on magic, while the latter was responsible for teaching warriors various combat skills and imparting cultivation techniques for battle aura. Moreover, both academies were tuition-free, and as long as you passed the talent review, you could receive equal educational resources regardless of your identity or status.

With the vigorous development of the education system, the two colleges are sending a large number of talents to southern Xinjiang every year, making the region's strength grow day by day.