The First Vampire

Chapter 731: 728 Secrets of the Druid_2

At the beginning of the war, the Giant Dragons held great advantage, possessing genuine semi-god warriors in their ranks, while us Druids could barely threaten them by relying on Forbidden Spells that came at a great cost.

However, in the later part of the war, the Elves once again saw a turn of the tide.

The reason was a Druid had learnt a new Transformation Arcane from the remains of the ancient beasts annihilated by the Giant Dragons.

By using this Arcane, Druids could transform into the shape of the ancient beasts and attain part of their strengths and skills.

Remember, although these ancient beasts have been exterminated by Giant Dragons, they were once a severe threat to them; many among them were semi-god level entities as well.

Though Druids after transformation could not achieve the strength of the ninth-level semi-gods, they had surpassed the eighth level. Moreover, backed by the numerical superiority of the Elves, they were finally capable of taking on the Dragons face to face.

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Gradually, the scales of the war began to tip. The Giant Dragons, facing off against the Druids who mastered the Transformation Arcane, kept retreating and were finally wiped out.

The Elves – or to be precise, the Druids within the Elves, became the rulers of this world.

We declared ourselves as the High Elves and established a new reign.

Now unchallenged in this world, the Druids started focusing on researching the Arcane, particularly the Transformation Arcane. We believed that this Arcane contained the secret to overcoming the eighth-level shackles.

The first to break through was ‘Phoenix’ Elrond. She discovered the secret of faith, established the Church of Destiny among the Elves, gathered a large number of believers, and began developing her followers– which are now known as the ‘faith professions’—the Rangers within the Elven community.

Through this faith system, Elrond quickly broke free from the shackles of the eighth level, attaining a genuine ninth level.

Elrond’s sudden progress in strength quickly drew the attention of other Druids. They teamed up and forced Elrond to yield this secret.

Subsequently, various churches sprung up like mushrooms after rain within the Elven community, with Druids frantically splitting up the faith of the Elves.

Simultaneously, wars broke out over the struggle for faith.

Some Druids looked for alternative paths, thinking that if the Elves could provide faith, wouldn’t other species be able to do the same?

Thus, the battle for faith extended to all the major species in the world— Humans, Trolls, Orcs, Naga… All of them were affected.

However, we discovered another phenomenon in this process—faiths of different races could not be mixed.

For example, Elrond, having accepted the elves’ faith, was unable to absorb the faith of humans.

Consequently, wars across races eventually turned into strife within races.

Elrond, after all, had the initial advantage. Her Church of Destiny was the first to consolidate the faith of the elves, making her the sole goddess—the Goddess of Fate that elves paid homage to.

Latterly, other major species also completed their consolidation. ‘White Wolf’ Ryan became the sole god worshiped by the Trolls—the God of War, ‘Cawl Hawk’ Maghni became the sole god of the Orc—the God of Destruction, ‘Giant Lizard’ Alonzo became the sole god of the Naga —the Storm God, and the humans…”

Saying this, the Silver Serpent suddenly stopped, and looked at Colin with complex eyes.

Colin said thoughtfully:

“The initial consolidation of human faith was not done by you, was it?”

Silver Serpent smiled faintly and said,

“Yes, I indeed was not the one who initially unified the faith of humans, but the ‘Blood Bat’ Winsos. He was the original Lord of Glory.”

“Blood Bat…” Colin muttered the moniker of the druid, which further confirmed his hunch, “Could it be that I have accepted the legacy of this ‘Blood Bat’ Winsos?”

“Yes. After the ‘Blood Bat’ unified the faith of humans, we discovered a terrible issue. That is, humans can gradually consume other species!”

“Consumption?” Colin immediately understood what Silver Serpent was referring to, “You mean humans are the only species that does not have fertility isolation with all the other major species, don’t you?”

“Fertility isolation?” The Silver Serpent evidently heard this term for the first time, but quickly understood, “Yes, initially through the incompatible characteristics of different races’ faiths, the most powerful Druids had already delineated their domains of influence. The faith of Elves belongs to the Goddess of Fate, the faith of Trolls goes to the God of War, the faith of Orcs goes to the God of Destruction…

But humans became an exception!

Because they could intermarry with other races producing offspring, and these half-elves, half-trolls, half-beasts… could all transmit faith to the ‘Blood Bat’!

This gave the ‘Blood Bat’ a massive advantage in the faith war. Over time, the new race of Pan-Humans would become more robust, and the ‘Blood Bat’ could gradually consume the faith of other semi-god Druids using this method!

This was a clear violation of the ‘Blood Bat”s rage. As a result, the four semi-god Druids immediately joined forces to strangle the ‘Blood Bat’!”

Colin suddenly remembered a passage from The Holy Book of Glory and asked:

“Could the passage in the Holy Book where The Lord of Glory sacrificed himself for the future of mankind, sprinkling his flesh and blood to strengthen human power, be referring to this event?”

“Correct. The ‘Blood Bat”s greatest power was undying, but this was not genuine immortality. After all, no creature can live forever, apart from true divine beings.