Chapter 128: Chapter 128: The Dragon King
The Azure Dragon Continent was home to three major forces: the dragons, the vampires, and the qilins.
Sam desired to maintain this delicate balance.
Initially, he harbored intentions to reshape the status quo to suit his preferences.
However, after his awakening, he gained a different perspective and chose to let things remain as they were until now.
In the Nightingale, governance was entrusted to the two counts and three countesses.
Kate Dracula, the former queen of vampires, assumed a new and more challenging role, one more valuable than being a queen.
The only notable change in the Nightingale was Sam ascending to the position of the king of vampires.
The counts retained their status but now answered directly and solely to Sam.
Another noteworthy development was the birth of the vampire progenitor, which caused a significant uproar, particularly among the elder vampires.
They saw an opportunity to use Sam to conquer other territories since a progenitor could create noble vampires.
Even the counts found it challenging to oppose the entire vampire society.
Sam had to use his authority as the vampire progenitor to suppress their ambitions.
He made it clear that he had no intention of pursuing such endeavors.
Sam even went as far as to threaten those who opposed his stance, warning that they would be ostracized and stripped of their status as noble vampires.
Losing their vampire lineage meant a fate worse than death.
After dealing with these matters and delegating the complicated issues to the counts, Sam returned to the dragon's territory.
One remarkable city in the region was Drakulon City.
This city was unique compared to others under the management of the dragon clans, as it did not belong to any specific clan, making it a neutral ground.
The reason for this was that the Dragon Progenitor used to reside here in the Balaur Castle, located at the center of Drakulon City.
During the Dragon Progenitor's reign, all five clans were ruled by a single individual—the Dragon King.
After his demise, the clans divided the land among themselves, leaving Balaur City untouched due to its significance as the residence of the continent's guardian.
The guardians of the continent were another interesting being; each continent had one, except for the Yin-Yang continent.
"My son," Helena looked at the person seated on the throne.
The person had long, majestic-looking blonde hair that seemed silkier than a woman's, with hazel eyes that had a vertical slit at the center.
On his forehead were a pair of dragon horns, thirty-five centimeters long, curving backward.
He stood 200cm tall with a muscular build that seemed sculpted by brawling in wars.
His hard muscles were hidden under the golden robe made out of actual gold, complimenting the greed of the Dragon King while also showcasing his glory and prosperity.
"What is it, mother?" the Dragon King rested his hand on Jane's head gently massaging her, she was sitting on his thighs along with her twin sister Lily.
"How... no, what... is... how..." Helena couldn't form coherent words to describe what she was feeling right now or how she should react to the fact that her only son had now become the progenitor of two of the supernatural races of the world.
She still couldn't understand how a person could be the progenitor of two entirely different races of the supernatural community.
Sam smiled, revealing his sharp teeth, secretly amused by his mother's confusion, which he found cute.
"Mother, do you still think of me as your only son?" Sam looked at Helena.
In just a millisecond, Helena, who was a little far away from Sam, found herself standing so close to the newly ascended Dragon Progenitor.
"What happened? Did my body just move on its own?" Before she could think of the possible reasons why she couldn't control her body just now, a warm and strong hand touched her chin.
"Answer me, mother."
"Of course, you will always be my son, even if you turn into a mindless monster," Helena said, placing her palm on his hand that was massaging her chin.
"Good, because I'm still your son, even though it's my second life, and I'm the son of the universe. I was born to you, raised by you—nothing can change that," Sam said, waving his hand as if summoned through a magic circle. Figures appeared.
"What is this?"
"How did I come here?"
"Did I just get teleported? No, it definitely felt like my legs were moving."
Adriana, Lorraine, Ava, and Victoria appeared one after another.
They were standing a little far, silently listening to their conversation, and then appeared in front of them.
"The same goes for you too," Sam looked at each of them as if wanting to engrave his words in them.
"Now all the leaders of the dragon clans, come here at once." Sam waved his hand again, and an invisible energy seemed to leave his figure.
He was using his authority as the Dragon Progenitor.
One by one, the leaders of the five dragon clans, or what was left of them after the whole incident with the corrupted ones, appeared.
"Listen up." Before they could realize what happened, they heard a voice filled with pressure and strength that seemed to make their blood boil and shudder their bodies in fear.
They instinctively understood who this person in front of their eyes was.
This mountainous fear, this strong reaction from their blood, this feeling of absolute inferiority and submission—there could be only one answer: the Dragon Progenitor.
"The current generation of dragons has disappointed me," Sam snorted.
He could still remember how noble the dragons of his age used to be.
Compared to that, this generation was just a big disappointment.
Back then, a proud dragon would never have considered stealing things from the younger generation, let alone scheming to rip off potential from them, especially by devilish methods.
"Those old pigs have infuriated me by dirtying their lineage by mingling with devils," Sam felt a racial fury, his vampire progenitor side influencing his dragon progenitor side to eradicate every dragon in existence and raise a new generation of dragons.
But he couldn't do that.
So, he suppressed his progenitor side from acting up by using his authority as the son of the universe, who has significant control over the substances of life.
Looking into those dragon eyes, every single dragon present felt a boundless fear that seemed to make them sick to their stomach.
After thinking for a second, the Dragon King opened his mouth. "From this point on, the Flareheart Clan will be ruled by Victoria Flareheart. If anyone is opposed to this idea, I can give them a peaceful death."
"Does anybody wish to die?"
Of course, no dragon in their right mind would go against the Dragon King's stance and words.
The reason he made Victoria the clan's new leader was that he didn't trust the elder dragons of the Flareheart Clan, even if they were not involved in the corrupted ones' incident.
Even though he is the dragon progenitor, he still couldn't control every single action of the dragons.
"The Cristellini Clan, another disappointment," Sam shook his head in contempt.
"Your clan leader and elders have succumbed to devil methods, colluding with the Solheart Clan. I don't know if it's worth keeping your clan around."
Then his eyes went towards the remaining members of the Solheart family, specifically towards the sisters of Nora.
"Your clan leader is the biggest disappointment of them all, and the crimes you committed to your own family members deserve punishment," Sam looked at Lily and Jane, who were sleeping, resting their heads on his chest after playing for a while.
Surprisingly, the twins weren't disturbed even though they were in the throne room filled with leaders of the dragon clans.
It was Sam covering them using his aura, which prevented them from being disturbed.
"From now on, Nora Solheart will become the new leader of the Solheart Clan, and whatever decision she makes regarding the punishment, I will fulfill it," Sam ordered.
"As for the Cristellini Clan, the branch family will take over," Sam orders.
"Does anybody have an opinion on this?" Sam scanned each of them with his aura turning gold, as sparks of energy filled the room.
"Your words are our wish, my king," all the dragons got down on one knee, lowering their heads.
"Disperse." After the dragons went away carrying out the order that the Dragon King just gave, Sam looked at the Mistheart Clan.
"Patriarch Mistheart, other than my Hailstorm Clan, you are the only ones remaining uncorrupted," Sam smiled, looking at Patriarch Mistheart.
"I know they approached you. Why didn't you join them? Is it because of your excessive paranoia or just your pride that prevented you from falling down?"
"Your Majesty, it's my paranoia. I will be truthful," he said, still lowering his head.
"How fortunate. If you had joined them, I would have extracted your bloodline as I did with them," Sam thought about something.
"I wonder how they are feeling after I extracted their bloodline and destroyed their foundations, crippling their bodies permanently. What do you think about that?"
If Sam learned something from monitoring the emotions of beings, then it is that fear is the most powerful tool.
He would engrave the fear in the hearts of the dragons that they would want to kill themselves if they even thought about going against his words.
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