novelraw Chapter 756 - 756 745 The Way of the Overlord
Chapter 756 - 756 745 The Way of the Overlord
Chapter 756: Chapter 745: The Way of the Overlord Chapter 756: Chapter 745: The Way of the Overlord Stepping back, even if metallic dragons are willing to fight to the death for Muria, Muria can’t just send them to their deaths; instead, he needs to keep them safe.
This is because each metallic dragon represents a metallic dragon clan, with their forces deeply intertwined. Thus, Muria has to be cautious using metallic dragons. Any carelessness would lead to questions and disputes. In short, if he were to use metallic dragons, Muria foresees future difficulties.
However, the Five Colored Dragons don’t have these concerns. Most of them have no parents, and if they do, they don’t acknowledge each other. After domestication and education by Muria, and satisfying their wants and needs, sending them to fight fiercely on the battlefield doesn’t necessitate too much concern and doesn’t risk an ancient dragon holding him accountable.
Therefore, after the establishment of the Dragon Clan Academy, in terms of allocating resources, Muria definitely favors the Five Colored Dragons, because they are his private army.
The specifics are such that a portion of the resources used by the Five Colored Dragons are free, while the other dragons have to pay for most of their resources. For example, when a metallic dragon wants to use the Gravity Chamber or the Meditation Tower, they have to pay a fee based on the length of their use. The Five Colored Dragons, on the other hand, don’t need to. They have a daily free quota because their lives belong to Muria.
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Muria sits beside the dragon pool, dealing with affairs of state. From time to time he looks up to see the birth of young dragons. The number of dragon eggs in the dragon pool has always maintained a steady number. Even though some young dragons are hatched and sent away, more dragon eggs are brought in by the giants.
Time slips silently by this way under Muria’s watch, more and more land on the Evil Dragon Peninsula is conquered, and the number of ferocious beasts of Gold Rank or above that are brought to Silapus continues to increase.
Muria processes these ferocious beasts periodically. Those with the potential to be tamed, have a good nature, or have an imposing appearance that Muria approves of are all kept. Those with ferocious appearances, bad personalities, and those prone to destruction are let loose by Muria in the center of the Evil Dragon Peninsula.
“Your Majesty, why are you releasing these evil beasts?” seeing one ship after another of ferocious giant beasts released back into the vast jungle by the giants, Storm Giant Leader Terence shows a puzzled expression, “Why don’t you eliminate them? Their flesh and blood could provide a fine meal for the children!”
“Terence, do you know what I plan to use the Evil Dragon Peninsula for?” Instead of answering his question, Muria poses a question to the most powerful giant under his command.
“Your Majesty is wise, I dare not make wild guesses about your decisions.” Terence shakes his head, knowing that as a close servant of Muria, he must not question any of his decisions.
“I intend to use this place as the training grounds for the students of the Dragon Clan Academy. The evil beasts that were released will serve as targets for the young dragons to practice their hunting skills.”
Muria says in a calm tone, the purpose of establishing the Dragon Clan Academy is to ensure the claws of his dragon’s offspring can become sharper and their scales tougher.
When he first left the Titan Islands, his compassion covered every individual he encountered. He saw poor commoners and was able to execute evil nobles in a rage, killing all dissenters, even resisting against the kingdom for their sake.
But after experiencing so much, Muria has changed. Now hundreds of thousands of giants follow him, and he has millions of minions. These minions all depend on him to lead the way and determine their goals. Now, Muria no longer shows compassion to the poor commoners.
Internally a king, externally a tyrant. This is Muria’s current operating principle. For the creatures who make themselves subservient to him and follow him, he is a benevolent king. He can tolerate their small mistakes, even guide them, help them correct their wrongs, and win over others with reason.
But for those with no connection to him, like the ancient dragons before, then it is a policy of dominance. He uses his power to influence, those who yield prosper, and those who resist perish.
For example, he forced the previous Metallic Ancient Dragons to become teachers by strength, considering the Metallic Dragon Clan. This can strengthen Xena Pus. Of course, the biggest beneficiary is himself. But Muria can confidently say that now when he eats meat, his millions of minions can follow him and chew on the bones and drink the soup.
Dealing with the Five Colored Ancient Dragons from the Giant Dragon Peninsula, Muria is not so easy going. Those who agree to submit are easy to deal with, those who resist are sealed in columns without a second thought, used as batteries to power Xena Pus. Now, as many of these powerful legendary creature batteries as Xena Pus can have, it will take.
Now, Muria talks about righteousness and morality only to those who are close to him, depend on him, and obey him. As for those with no connection to him, or even conflicting interests, he prioritizes his own interests. No matter how cruel and ruthless his actions might be, Muria doesn’t care, he’s only responsible for his own people. Because he is the ruler of Xena Pus.
“Does His Majesty plan to allot this peninsula to the Dragon Race in the future?” After hearing Muria’s future plans, the Storm Giant Terence reluctantly bit his lip without saying a word.
He had anticipated that when this news was passed down, there would likely be complaints among the Giant Legion. After all, they had fought and sweated for this peninsula, and now Muria planned to give it to the Dragon Race.
“Do you think my division is appropriate?” Muria continued to ask his loyal giant.
“Every decision that His Majesty makes is correct.” Terence said firmly, his words filled with certainty.
“Is it really right?” Muria turned around, looking at the giant leader with a playful smile. “You think it’s right, but the giants below may not think the same, right?”
“I know they will complain.” Muria turned around and overlooked the scenery below; countless floating ships were moving back and forth between the Cloud Island and the mainland, transporting various resources, captured ferocious beasts, and wounded giants.
“This vast land, however, was gained through their sweat and blood.” Muria stared at the panoramic mountains and rivers below. If irrelevant ones, like the Five-Colored Dragons on this peninsula, dared to argue with him, Muria would naturally shut them up with his fist. But if it were the giants who were loyal and obeyed him, who had dedicated their lives to him, complaints from them naturally needed soothing.
However, despite his willingness to appease, he still planned to give the land to the Dragon Race. Just because the giants conquered the land, it didn’t mean they could decide who it belonged to. On Xena Pus, he, Muria, was the one who has final authority.
“Rewards should be given for merit, and punishment for mistakes.” Muria laughed, he, of course, knew how to soothe the giants’ grievances, “Tell the giants below: I will establish a Giant War Academy, and the offspring of the giants who have made contributions in wars will be admitted to the academy without the need to take examinations,”
“The Giant War Academy?” Terence looked both puzzled and hopeful. He knew about the Dragon Clan Academy and had seen its grand scale: the vast resources it required induced envy, fear, and caution in him.
“Of course, it’s an academy for giants that is not inferior to the Dragon Clan Academy.” Muria said with a smiling face, “I will arrange for legendary giants to teach them, and I will give lectures to them every month.”
“However,” Muria turned to his loyal giant leader, whose strength had already reached the Peak of Soul Intent, but because of his bloodline’s constraints, he had been unable to break through the final barrier, “I believe that a teacher should not only be at the legendary level like a Frost Giant, but also an already upgraded legendary Storm Giant.”
“His Majesty!” Terence kneeled down, shaking. He saw Muria stretch out his hand towards him, with a sparkling, radiant drop of blood gleaming with a light that made his own blood boil.
Muria, with a smile on his face, merged this radiant drop of blood, looking like a pearl, into Terence’s forehead. This was one of the crucial moves to appease the giants, letting them see that the Lord of Xena Pus clearly distinguished rewards from punishments.
Boom!
A surge of blood poured out from Terence’s body; his veins bulged, his muscles expanded, his bones grown. In the blink of an eye, he had doubled in size. His body was visibly growing at a rapid pace.
Wind elements gathered to Terence from all directions, forming a super typhoon. In the typhoon, countless thunderbolts were generated, creating a thunderous sound. The tremendous movement disturbed the entire Xena Pus, causing the giants and residents staying on Xena Pus to turn their heads…
“How do you feel?” Muria stood still, watching Terence merge with his blood. In just two hours, Terence’s height increased from the initial 48 meters to 60 meters, and very fine golden dragon scales emerged on the surface of his body. Because his foundation was far stronger than humans, his body didn’t have to go through any tearing in the process of dragonization.
Instead, his body didn’t exhibit any obvious dragonoid features such as dragon tail and dragon wings. Only his eyes transformed into radiant golden pupils. Now, Terence looked like he was dressed in a close-fitting golden armor, presenting an imposing and extraordinary appearance.
“I’m grateful for His Majesty’s blessing.” Terence, who had just broken through and couldn’t yet control his strength due to the surrounding typhoon and thunder, knelt on the ground with a grateful look on his face.
He had recently heard that a human was accepted as a minion by Muria. When he heard the news, Terence remembered that he had been annoyed for a while. However, now, all he felt towards Muria was gratitude and a surge of passion to fight brutally for him without any resentment.
“This is what you deserve.” Muria smiled and patted Terence’s shoulder. It won’t be long before the news of Terence’s breakthrough to the legendary level with his blood blessing spreads across Xena Pus, and the Giant Legion fighting on the frontline would come to realize that as long as they fight for him, Muria will never be stingy with rewards.