Some time later,
Aditya landed in front of hundreds of Dragons. Behind Aditya, thousand of Roc birds obediently landed on the ground. The unconscious bodies of the Elders and Prince Louis were being carried by two Roc birds.
Just as Aditya landed on the ground, Nathan got on one knee and then lowered his head. Following Nathan, all the Dragons did the same. They also got on their knees and lowered their heads. Their eyes were full of respect, and admiration for their Monarch.
"You all may rise." Aditya looked at the conditions of the Dragons. He can see the chain marks on the bodies of the dragons. Seeing this Aditya knew in his heart that he had done the right thing.
Some of the Dragons here were only around 10 or 11 years old. Since birth, these small Dragons have been caged in that dark underground prison and have been tortured who knows how many times.
"Your Majesty, who is he?" Nathan couldn't help but ask about Prince Louis.
"This is Prince Louis. He is the Crown Prince of The Echo Nexus Empire." Looking at the unconscious body of Crown Prince Louis, Aditya mockingly said. "He wanted me to stop. So I took care of him as well."
"Nathan, how is everything?" Aditya asked as he spread his senses throughout the entire Fallen Dragon Island.
"Everyone from the Dragon Slayer guild is dead. Not even a single member was allowed to escape." Nathan answer.
"Good job. When I go back to the Istarin Empire, I will reward you for your hard work." Nathan was one of those people whom Aditya can always trust. Nathan has never failed to meet Aditya's expectations. Regardless of the difficulty of the task, Nathan has always managed to complete it on time.
"Your Majesty, your praise is more than enough for this servant. By the way, Congratulations on making an advancement in your cultivation."
"It's not a big deal. I had a fortune counter that increased by cultivation. With a few more days or maybe a week of cultivation, I should be ready to reach beginner 4th order." Nathan nodded his head. The respect and admiration that Nathan had for Aditya only increased.
Seeing this Aditya sighed. 'If only you knew that I can reach Peak 5th-order at any time. The system is my cheat.' Because of the system, everyone is assuming Aditya to be some heaven-defying genius.
"Your Majesty, I have cleaned the Treasury. Every valuable thing within Maragus Brook city has been put inside this storage ring. If my calculations are correct then all the assets inside this ring are worth over 5 billion royal gold coins." Hearing this Aditya widened his eyes in surprise.
That was too much money. Even the Istarin Empire can hardly take out one billion royal gold coins much less 5 billion.
Aditya took the storage ring from Nathan and then wore it on his left-hand thumb finger.
"Your Majesty, it's a matter of time before the Echo Nexus Empire learns what has happened here. The Echo Nexus Empire is definitely going to wage war against the Istarin Empire."
"I know, Nathan. Let them come. I am not afraid. I will personally lead the Istarin troops against the Echo Nexus Empire. Whose who dare to stand in my path will be crushed. This Monarch isn't going to hold back now." Aditya was fully ready to go against the Echo Nexus Empire.
If it was the Istarin Empire of the past then Aditya might have hesitated but now he wasn't the least bit afraid. Aditya can easily deal with any Peak 5th-order cultivators. Even if there were a hundred of Peak 5th-order cultivators, Aditya can deal with them alone. This was the confidence of the Dragon Monarch.
"Leaving that matter aside, there is something else I am going to focus on." Nathan and the Dragons continued to listen to their Dragon Monarch's words.
"I thought the war in the western region would prevent the great Seven Emperors from uniting. I thought the war would them those old fools busy among themselves. But it seems I was wrong. Three of the neutral empires had given the Dragon Slayer guild the task of ending my life. The reason why the Dragon Slayer guild dared to send its members to the Istarin Empire is that they had the backing of those three Empires."
"Those old fools thought that as long as I was dead, they can deal with the Istarin Empire."
"Nathan, we will attack the Shadow Islands Empire tonight." There were two reasons why Aditya was hurrying. The first reason was related to Crown Prince Louis. It was confirmed that the Echo Nexus Empire will attack the Istarin Empire.
Before the Echo Nexus Empire digested the news and came for battle, Aditya wanted to destroy his enemies in the western regions. The three empires must be eliminated otherwise there is a huge chance that those old fools will join hands with the Echo Nexus Empire. When that happens, Aditya will have a headache fighting the forces of four Empires; also not to mention the allies of the Echo Nexus Empire. If Aditya allows his enemies to join hands and attack his empire, even if he wins the war, the casualties will be too big for the Istarin Empire.
The second reason had something to do with Laura. Since 10 days later, the competition for the Throne will begin in the Deep Sea Palace, Aditya's presence was required there. He had given Laura his word that he was going to be there.
Consequently, Aditya wanted to eliminate the three great empires in the Western region as soon as possible. He also wanted to hold the Echo Nexus Empire for just a few days until the competition came to an end. Certainly, it would be a relatively easy task for him to contain the forces of the Echo Nexus for just a few days. However, it would be impossible for him to hold on if the other three empires joined forces with them. There is no doubt that the Istarin empire currently has the greatest number of troops on the Dying Isle continent; however, even the largest troops inside the continent will not be able to hold the combined forces of four empires on the continent.
"Understood, your Majesty." Aditya then looked at the Dragons. He observed all the Dragon's conditions. Sensing the Dragon Monarch's stare, all the Dragons felt a little bit nervous. After a silence of 10 minutes, he finally broke the ice.
"From now on, you will live with the Dragon Emperor in the Dragon Palace. Take this. This will officially mark you all as my followers." With a wave of his hand hundred drops of golden blood appeared in the air.
The next second each drop of golden blood fell on the body of each dragon except Nathan.
Ahh!!!!!
All the Dragon's bodies started shining in deep Crimson color. Nathan walked behind Aditya and looked at the scene.
Aditya's blood started purifying the blood of the Dragons. Their bloodline rank was upgraded. When the intense Deep Crimson light dimmed down, all the Dragons had transformed into Dragon Soldiers who will serve and die for the Dragon Monarch.
All of the Dragons' appearances also changed. Their scales now had been replaced with even tougher and more majestic scales. Their heights also grew. Some of the Dragons directly reached Peak 2nd-order cultivation rank. While most of the Dragons managed to reach Peak 1st-order and beginner 2nd-order respectively.
"How do you all feel?" Aditya asked with a smile.
Instead of replying, all the Dragons got to their knees and lowered their heads. "We are eternal servants of the Dragon Monarch. We live to serve our Monarch. We die for our Monarch's cause. We serve no master other than our Dragon King. We lower our heads to no being other than our dragon Monarch. We are the Dragon Soldiers."
Aditya nodded his head with a satisfied look. But the smile on Aditya's face disappeared and was replaced with a surprised look as he suddenly sensed 190 dragons heading in the direction of this island.
The Dragons were coming in the direction of this island from all directions. A while back, when the Dragons heard the ROAR of their Monarch, they couldn't resist the urge of heading in the direction of the Fallen Dragon Island. As far as Aditya's Roar reached, as long as the dragons heard the call of their Monarch, they would answer their Monarch's call. Now 190 wild Dragons were heading in this direction to answer the call of their Monarch.
Nathan got on his guard sensing all the presence but he soon calmed down after learning that all the presence was Dragons. 'The Dragons must be heading here to answer his Majesty's call.'
Soon 190 Dragons landed on Fallen Dragon Island. Aditya noticed that a big majority of these Dragons were Water Dragons that lived under the seawater. This meant the Dragon Slayer guild couldn't hunt these Dragons.
The Water Dragons scales were a deep blue. Their pupils are light blue in color. They had white claws. Even the smallest Water Dragon was 12 meters big. There were also some Water Wyverns within the group.
"Greetings to the Dragon Monarch." All the Dragons lowered their heads and greeted their King.
"Do you all want to come with me?" Aditya asked.
"Your Majesty, you would love to come with you. We dragons are eternal servants of the Dragon monarch."
"Alright." Aditya gave a drop of his divine blood to all the Dragons and Wyverns. As a result, their bodies evolved. The Water Wyverns evolved to become real Water Dragons. While the Water Dragons' bloodline was further purified and their strength and their control over water elements increased.
"Nathan, use the teleportation array to take everyone back home. For now, let everyone stay inside the Dragon Palace. Also, don't give any healing pills to these bastards. For now, put them in the prison." Nathan nodded his head.
"What about you, your Majesty?" Nathan asked in confusion.
Aditya looked beyond Maragus Brook city and said in a deep tone. "This island has left a bad taste in my mouth. I am going to destroy this entire island and then leave. Since there aren't any more teleportation arrays nearby, I will need to head to the mainland of the Westnia continent which will take a few hours."
"Alright. Everyone come with me." All the Dragons listened to Nathan since they can see that Nathan was their Monarch's general or someone like a general. This put Nathan in a higher position than the Dragons.
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