Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse

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"None in particular, there are too many Dragon Gods to be honest… And they often are very silent. However, we usually give attention to the ones that bless our people, building shrines for them. The four Dragon Gods that blessed the Heroes, the Dragon God of Infernal Flames, the Dragon Goddess of Quivering Waters, the Dragon God of Slicing Winds, and the Dragon Goddess of Resilient Stone… they all four have shrines here, but had been absent of any oracle or something… We believe that Gods in Vedas are beings that help us when we least expect it, and we are raised to pray for them daily, but not to ask them for favors. We believe in our own strength." Said the King.action

"These four Gods… I see. I understand how it is." Said Noah, as a smile surged on his lips.

Although he had grown stronger ever since, the King couldn't help but have a chill run through his spine every moment he saw Noah smiling in this malicious way…

"Dragon Gods… Heroes… Epics… What should I do? Should I try to be more offensive and conquer another Kingdom to gain more territory in these lands, or should I keep stealthily hiding and grinding essence? I will eventually be found out if I expand my army too much. Are Dragon Gods threatening enough for me? Hm…"

Noah couldn't help but ponder a hundred things at once as he began to wonder his next course of action. He didn't knew exactly what he should do now, being too bold might end up causing a lot of catastrophes, but staying in silence, stealthily and too slowly and idle would only make his progression slower.

Noah was a man that benefited from total chaos, if he could not find it, he would cause it and could bring mayhem everywhere he went. He was already decided to do so, not because he was inherently quite Chaotic himself, but because he required this power to defeat the enemies within outer space that wanted him dead after he stole Earth from them, and the whole star system.

There was also the pressure of this world itself, the power of the Dragon Gods was formidable, and would go up as he kept finding them, however, the mortals of this world were unaware about their classifications and how dragons became dragon gods exactly…

But it was said that after hitting Level 9 in their Dragon Hearts, strange changes would occur to them and they would undergone several changes… Ignatius had already become a Pseudo Demi God for Noah, but it seems that he was not aware, or perhaps his power had yet to truly become one and he was managing to reach this stage by sheer bonuses into his power thanks to his epic.

However, Noah decided to ask some that might know… the Draconic Fathers, which he had summoned into three different blood dragons through his Necromancer Lifeblood Jewel. They could also be summoned merged as a gigantic four-headed one, but Noah was able to change their shape to the extents he could not before. They had even become humanoid in appearance after regaining true flesh and large part of their original powers alongside new and awakened ones.

The three draconic fathers were with him at this moment, and spoke about something that the King was unaware of, and which Noah had never bothered to ask them because it wasn't important in those times…

"My lord, we know something about it…" said Vayu.

"Indeed…" said Indra.

"Go on." Said Noah.

"Well, after hitting Level 9, we need to fulfill one last requirement, which is to forge our Dragon Hearts through a Tribulation. To activate it, we must first shatter our dragon hearts. The accumulated power would create an explosion that would continue into an absorption of draconic essence from the environment…" said Indra.

"What!?"

"After that, the World's Will would rage against us by stealing its power, or so they say, and a tribulation would be sent towards us… We must defeat the tribulation while our dragon heart absorbs the draconic energy from the environment. Upon defeat, we'll absorb the tribulation's power and forge our shattered dragon heart into a Divine Dragon Heart, gaining a Divine Dragon Realm and an enhancement to all our power…" said Vayu.

"We the Draconic Fathers never experimented with this yet and remained at the peak of our mortal realms, we were perhaps only three times as strong as that Hero of fire you fought." Said Varus.

Such a shocking reveal!

Dragons could raise to godhood… but they required to do such a complex ritual! Who in their sane judgement try to break their dragon hearts? It is part of their very beings, it holds them into power and helps them grow stronger… but indeed, after hitting Level 9, there is a bottleneck that is impossible to breakthrough.

Due to this, the way to do it was by completely shattering the Dragon Heart! Breaking it literally! By over accumulating the draconic energy within, the Dragon Heart would crack open, and would quickly try to regenerate desperately, a strange spectacle would happen as, if the dragon was strong enough, would be able to guide and absorb the draconic energies within the world momentarily into their dragon heart, slowly healing it.

However, this healing was not enough, they required something more, which came right after that. The world of Vedas was alive, it was a sentient entity within Heaven and Earth. While trying to stop the mortal from becoming a god, they would generate a powerful entity made of pure energy named Tribulations.

This entity would try to destroy the dragon, but in fact, it would end up helping it raise to godhood. It was not always the case, over 70% of the cases ended in the dragon dying instead of raising to god, so it was a risky thing to do, not all of the talented ones managed to reach this stage…

By absorbing the energy of the Tribulation, the dragon heart would evolve and regenerate back into a divine dragon heart!

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