Evil Dragon: The young dragon I picked up keeps planning on becoming an empress

Faith into godhood?

Hero Reg established his own Domain. With his potential, there was no need for him to take this path; faith into godhood is, after all, not as good as relying on one's own strength to condense Divinity and ignite the Divine Fire.

Faith into godhood, Divinity is the condensation of the power of faith, ethereal and insubstantial. As the power of faith gradually dissipates, the Divinity formed from it will also slowly fade away.

Deities will slowly degenerate into wild spirits... until they vanish.

Those who rely on their own strength to condense Divinity and ignite the Divine Fire can live for ages without the power of faith, probably as long as heaven and earth.

Even if not as long as heaven and earth, they can still live comfortably for tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

With Reg's wisdom, he must be clear about this.

Faith into godhood... that's not even as good as choosing to become a spirit of heroism.

The Reg who has established a Domain would never take the shortcut of faith into godhood.

He must be referencing or trying to experience...

A demigod...

Amelia thus described Reg, indicating Reg might really be, as he guessed, referencing, trying to experience.

Preparing to condense his Divinity, to ignite his Divine Fire.

"So you see, little dragon, it's not that I underestimate Lance, but Lance might indeed be just a little weaker... than our captain."

"I don't quite understand, but it sounds very impressive."

The Young Dragon doesn't have much concept of faith into godhood, but she knows what becoming a god represents; even the lowest order of Deity is still a Deity.

Much stronger than the so-called powerful ones.

Whether stronger than the Evil Dragon... that's hard to say, at least when they first met the Evil Dragon, they were definitely not as strong.

Nowadays though... the Hero of faith into godhood... perhaps might be just a tiny bit stronger than the Evil Dragon?

The Evil Dragon's leader is a legendary hero?

If it's a legendary hero, then being stronger than the Evil Dragon is possible.

The Evil Dragon, to avoid being targeted by the legendary hero, has settled in the deep sea...

"Little dragon, Lance just told me he doesn't have many years left to live, so would you consider following me? I should be able to live another two thousand years... maybe I can watch you grow up."

The Young Dragon shook her head, "I want to outlive the old man, outlive the small old man, and inherit the small old man's legacy."

Amelia was somewhat surprised; the little dragon seemed to trust Lance very much, and as for inheriting Lance's legacy... she didn't detect greed or possessiveness in the little dragon's eyes.

It meant the Young Dragon didn't care much about the legacy Lance would leave her.

Lance's reaction was also strange; hearing her mention that Reg became a god through faith, he just glanced at her, then his eyes revealed a sense of relief?

Reg became a god through faith... what was he relieved about?

Shouldn't he feel envious and jealous?

Lance's slightly relieved expression just now... gave her a sense of "my child has made it"...

We see you as a comrade, but you see us as children?

Amelia felt she might be overthinking; Lance had changed too much, leading her to overinterpret some past events...

Hopefully, it was overinterpretation.

If all the things she speculated were related to Lance, then Lance was far too terrifying.

She could accept that Lance was a beast tamer, and that he was more outstanding than before.

But she probably couldn't accept that Lance was more outstanding than all their teammates from back then...

"King-slayer, Demon-killer," they had become legends at a young age, and there was still a bit of pride in that.

"Lance, hearing about Reg's faith into godhood, you... have nothing to say?"

"He wouldn't choose this shortcut. With his talent, if he were to become a god, he would choose the honorable path of a 'true god'.

Faith into godhood... he would only learn by reference, attempt to experience, in preparation for condensing his Divinity, igniting his Divine Fire."

Amelia was shocked; why would Lance know this?

Had he seen Hero Reg?

This thought had just surfaced when Amelia cast it out of her mind; it couldn't be possible.

If it weren't for her unexpected encounter with Lance in Saint Blue, he would forever live in her memories.

To Hero Reg, Lance had long turned into a memory.

If those teammates didn't appear before Reg, except on the anniversary of Lance's death, Reg might not even remember Lance.

That Lance could easily deduce the path Reg was preparing to take showed that he understood Reg very well, and he was very smart!

A thousand years ago, Lance was not that smart.

Only when mixing potions was he a "talented" individual.

In other matters, he was slow to react.

When the team encountered danger... when it was time to run, he was extremely quick to react.

The moment Reg shouted "Retreat,"

in the blink of an eye, Lance was already one or two kilometers away...

"Liar! A thousand years ago, your straightforward honesty was just an act!"

"What act? I was truly honest." Lance raised his hand, smiling as he tapped Amelia's head lightly, "A thousand years ago, I managed to get along happily with you for several years, and none of you really disliked me; didn't you ever wonder how I managed that?"

"Because you were straightforward and honest?"

"That's part of it, and another part... I had figured out your characters, temperament, preferences; when you were with me, you naturally felt welcome and comfortable."

"???"

Amelia thought back, and at that time, Lance really didn't seem to have any quarrels or arguments with the members of the group, nor did he get into any confrontations with anyone.

He got along well with everyone, and while facing him, one might feel a bit superior, but definitely not dislike him.

Sometimes when they had quarrels among team members, they liked to find Lance to mediate; they wanted Lance to adjudicate.

At those times, Lance would tell the plain truth... without fear of offending the team member, pointing out their faults one by one.

If the offending team member was not convinced, Lance had ways to persuade them to accept it; and if the team member remained unconvinced, he would call over Reg, let Reg beat whoever was intransigent...