Free Web NovelChapter 559: Collecting Down Payment
There is a reason as to why the dragon race is treated as the strongest power that stands at the peak of the Western Continent.
A military might that overshadows the combined forces of nearly all the other races in the continent, and individually, each soldier’s combat prowess stands at the peak of their peers, their massive body capable of holding so much more mana than any other race.
Not to mention their extreme alignment with the world, as if they are the very heralds of its laws and rules, allowing them to exert magic far more efficiently than anyone else in this continent.
With all of this features, it isn’t all too weird to call them the chosen race of the heavens, and obviously, it wouldn’t be weird for them to grow immense confidence, then pride, with all the blessings they receive from birth. freёwebnoѵel.com
It is for this very reason that despite the threat in front of him, the dragon emperor still couldn’t bring himself to bend his head in front of the insurmountable odds standing in front of him, the immense will of an emperor, paired with the innate pride of a draconic being allowing him to withstand the pressure bearing down on the entirety of his massive true body.
"Intruder! How dare you show such disrespect in front of the strongest being in this world!?"
A deep, authoritative voice came out of the dragon emperor’s mouth, shaking the entirety of the throne room in an attempt to shake away the immense intent coming from the small being approaching step by step.
There was no response from the individual the dragon emperor is trying to scare, only a hand being lifted as fingers snapped.
For anyone else, it was like the place was just removed of the chaos that ensued from the dragon emperor’s shout, however, for the dragon emperor, the experience became completely something else, his perspective and the perspective of anyone else being heaven and earth in comparison.
For the first time in his immensely long, powerful life, he feels weak, heaviness creeping up behind his back like the entirety of the world is pressing down on him, forcing his knees to tremble, flesh tearing and bones creaking from the imaginary weight that engulfs him whole.
And as if to further rub salt on his wound, the dragon emperor heard this individual began to laugh with his approach, forcing the great dragon to wonder what is it that this individual is laughing about, only for him to hear words that enrages him further.
"Hahaha... hahh... what a great joke."
"Joke?? A JOKE!??"
"Yeah, a joke, big lizard, because let’s face it. The Strongest? You? Please, those two words doesn’t have any business being in the same sentence."
Those words hurt like daggers piercing through the dragon emperor’s heart, and yet even then, he knew somewhere in his mind that there is a truth to these words, especially when one of those beings stronger than him is standing right in front of him right now.
"Don’t worry, I am not here to do anything harsh, Dragon Emperor, I’m just here to collect a li~ttle down payment for something I requested to someone."
The individual singlehandedly suppressing the dragon emperor reveals a harmless smile as he gestures his hand once more, the behemoth’s head crashing down the ground as he finishes his gesture.
As cracks appeared on the throne room’s floors, the intruder then took more steps forward, each time bringing them higher and higher as the air beneath their feet seems to condense, creating a platform for them, allowing them to see the draconic emperor eye to eye.
"What do you want? Money? Women? Power? Fine!! Go ahead, take what you want and leave!!"
Looking at the scene at first, one might think that the dragon emperor remains unyielding despite the threat in front of him, still shouting, raising his voice against a being that is capable of suppressing him with a single motion of their hand.
Yet once anyone hear his words, it is clear for everyone to see that the prideful peak of the dragons, the strongest among the strongest race of the Western Continent, is declaring complete surrender against the being in front of them, a full surrender allowing the intruder to do whatever he wants.
Hearing the dragon emperor’s suggestions, the intruder smiles, nodding at the emperor’s words in agreement as if thinking that those suggestions are not that bad of an idea, before shaking his head as he replies.
"Ah, that would be great too, but there’s one thing I think would serve as the best down payment for those girls..."
Gesturing his hand once more, the intruder raises his index finger up, forcing the dragon emperor’s jaw to separate, opening his mouth wide, a different, yet equally terrifying, immense pressure came out of the intruder’s immortal-like figure.
It was as if the dragon emperor has met strength and might incarnate.
The next moment, blood flows down the entire throne room, followed by a loud, earth-shattering, pained roar, the intruder no longer in sight, the pressure disappearing and yet even then, the dragon emperor is still lying down the ground in his humanoid form, motionless.
The only assurance the witnesses has being the fact that mana is still vigorously circulating across their emperor’s being, proving his health.
But this is also the very reason making them confused, wondering what such powerful being did that made their nigh invincible emperor to let out such pained screaming, with his own blood flooding the throne room in which he rules over their entire race.
"Your highness..."
"I am fine... prepare ’that’ for me."
"B-but!!"
"There are no buts!! Didn’t you see that bastard’s strength? If we don’t bring ’that’ out, then the path to the long-cherished wish of our race will be eradicated!!" freeweɓnovel.cøm
"W-we understand, Your highness..."
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Seeing the things happening within that castle through his powerful senses, Su Xiaotian’s lips revealed a faint, yet slightly twisted smile as things truly goes as he thought it would, the emperor of the dragons being provoked by his appearance, now preparing to make moves.
Arriving at the dragon race’s territory for the first time, the immortal-like young man’s senses had already picked up something amiss, with the military movement inside their territory being far greater than what he had observed from other races.
’They’re preparing for war? No... conquest...’
He mutters to himself as he had come to realize that even without what he is about to do right now, the draconic race’s current state is one that is just waiting for an excuse that they can use as a fuse to plunge the entirety of the continent to a full-fledged zone of war.
’Princess Lucille seems to be confident with the vampire race’s military force but this... I don’t think anyone of the races in this place is aware of this...’
He added in his mind as he watches the massive draconic military, trained, powerful, fierce, their bodies exuding immense battle intent as if they are all just waiting for that one signal to conquer the continent.
’I was just planning to send a little warning but... I guess I should do those girls a little extra...’
He added as he decided to wreak a bit more havoc across the draconic race’s land.
