The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

This is Luo Yan's own understanding.

Gutaf didn't retort, just held its round body motionless.

It wasn't until a long time later that it asked in a trembling voice.

"You say it so lightly... Do you know how much I've sacrificed for that thing?"

Its voice was low, as if talking to itself.

But suddenly, it realized something, looked up with a bewildered expression at Luo Yan.

"Wait a minute—how do you know about the Divine?"

"Because... I have that thing, too."

Luo Yan smiled slightly, this time answering in Dragon Language, "Otherwise, how could I have inherited all those unclaimed Power of Faith from the Divine you left behind?"

In just these three days, his Power of Faith had surged immensely.

He believed that once the Great Barrier collapsed, and the Lizardmen of Gana Continent broke through their 'cocoons' and attributed this feat to him, commemorating it with epics... His Power of Faith would grow even more.

Gutaf's face turned pale, and it remained silent for a long time.

"Let's talk about something practical."

Luo Yan interrupted its thoughts, his voice still gentle, but with a seriousness it lacked before.

"Right now, you can only rely on me."

Gutaf forced a calm demeanor, let out a cold laugh, still carrying some arrogance and bravado in its tone.

"Heh, even without Divine Power, I still have my followers... to reassemble the Divine is only a matter of time."

Luo Yan chuckled lightly, as if he had heard an amusing joke.

"Your followers? To be honest, because of that barrier you set up a thousand years ago, they've been completely defeated by me, and besides me, who knows what you are?"

Whether in the legends of the Dragon God or in Lizardman tales, the Dragon God was not a Giant Dragon.

Gutaf's eyes widened instantly, wanting to refute but unable to speak, it ultimately gritted its teeth and forced out a sentence.

"You demon!"

"Thank you for the compliment," Luo Yan nodded in thanks, "but you still underestimate me."

After a moment of silence, Gutaf finally put away its meaningless struggle, gazing at Luo Yan with complex eyes, and coldly said.

"Cooperation, right... alright, let's hear it, what do you want?"

Cooperation?

Luo Yan's face broke into a smile, speaking slowly.

"I happen to be in need of a flying mount."

Alakdo and Gutaf's expressions changed almost simultaneously.

"Wait a minute... Lord Demon King, is there something dissatisfactory? I can change!"

"A mount?! Wait... what do you mean?! Me?!"

Luo Yan indicated for Alakdo to calm down, and looked at Gutaf with a smile, nodding to show that it hadn't misunderstood.

"If you agree, I can be your owner... it's the most fitting position I can think of for you right now."

After a pause, he added.

"Of course, if you refuse, I also have another option. As an Undead Mage, I can fully make you into a Bone Dragon... hmm, but that might be a bit uncomfortable to sit on."

After hearing this, Gutaf's face turned even whiter than a corpse, its lips trembling as if they were about to come apart, opening and closing several times but unable to utter a word.

If it were in its peak period, never mind threatening it, even the slightest disrespectful thought would have instantly met with punishment from it.

But now...

It's just a freshly hatched, unable to fly, meat-use lizard...

The thought of being a meat-use lizard filled it with humiliation, wishing it could bash its head against the eggshell.

But considering that dying here might lead to a worse fate, whether becoming a Bone Dragon, or wiping its memory to reincarnate as a Lizardman... it would be the most miserable outcome for him.

Damn...

What a disgrace!

But a wise person recognizes the times...

Suppressing the humiliation in its heart, Gutaf hid its rising corners of its mouth, secretly calculating.

After all, considering the short lifespan of this hairless monkey, even with Extraordinary Power, it can only live for one or two hundred years.

Based on a hundred years, without growth hormones to speed up, it's not enough for a meat-use lizard to reach its full form!

Want to ride me?

Let's see who outlasts who!

Gutaf chuckled sinisterly in its heart, though outwardly presenting a 'I've admitted defeat' expression.

Gritting its teeth, it lowered its head.

"...Alright, I agree."

This voice was as low as a mosquito's whisper.

Luo Yan's lips slowly curved into a satisfied smile.

"The Great Graveyard welcomes your joining... I'm sure you'll come to like living there."

In a way, its 'descendants' are just like it, doing the most timid things, speaking the toughest words.

He certainly knew what this little guy was thinking.

But he didn't care.

Don't want to grow up?

That's not up to you.

Besides scientific methods of forced growth, there are magical methods in this world.

Luo Yan waved his Magic Wand, disregarding Gutaf's struggle and protest, making the 'little earthworm' that was curled up on the ground fly up in an instant, its limbs suspending in the air before him.

"What are you doing! Put me down!" it shrieked, flailing its tiny claws, "I—No! I Venerate warn you! This is disrespectful to the God!"

"You're talking too much nonsense, stay put, it's for your own good."

Gutaf: "%￥#@!"

Luo Yan was planning to put it in the backpack slung over Alakdo's back, just before releasing the atmospheric barrier, to prevent the increasingly violent winds from blowing it away. Suddenly, he noticed something strange.

Pinching the scales on the back of Gutaf's neck with his fingers, Luo Yan brought it to face him, though its tail flailed, its four limbs kicked wildly, and it shouted wildly, he scrutinized it for a long time with furrowed brows.

"Hmm?"

Where did it go?

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(Thanks to "South of the Blazing Wind" for the alliance leader reward!!!)