"Do you now realize the foolishness of your actions?"
The Patriarch's question left all of them silent, the elders that were famous around the universe for their fierce strength and high positions were nothing less than unruly children in the eyes of the patriarch. All of the elders were in the realm of Ancients and even the weakest amongst them had the power to create a huge commotion in the universe, when faced with their patriarch however they were nothing worth even mentioning.
Not only was the old dragon's power unfathomable, but he was also the oldest living dragon and knew many things that they didn't, including the secret of the war their race went through an incredibly long time ago. Hearing that their proud race actually never won the war was a great shock to them as even though they were elders of the dragon race they never heard that information before, just like the others, the information they knew was that they had an incredibly powerful enemy that they were barely able to beat in the past.
To hear that they actually needed the help and protection of someone else in order to simply survive was shocking enough, but to learn that the person that had helped them was the very same person they were trying to kick out of their territory was even worse.
Their secret chamber was too valuable to be viewed by an outsider?
How laughable, that man probably knew more about it than any of them did, even though they had entered the chamber many times in the past they were barely able to gain any insight from it, the insight they gained however was incredibly valuable to them and made them stronger.
The powerful array that the dragon race boasted could defend against and even kill experts of the Supreme realm was even created with the help of that person, doesn't that mean that it's pretty much useless against him as he knew how it functioned?
As the elders slumped in their chairs in order to process the information the Patriarch simply left the room while Eindeart was left to watch over the elders. The void rippled as the patriarch of the dragon race, Ziedranteon arrived in a dungeon that was hidden in a special spatial area. There were multiple doors in front of Ziedranteon and each one led to a special cell that was only reserved for those that did the worst crimes amongst the dragon race.
The youngest High Elder of the dragon race, one of the youngest Supremes in the entire galaxy was currently shackled in one of those cells, the elder and the dragon prince that had attacked Miriam previously were also being held in separate cells as well. The two were simply acting on behalf of the arrogant Supreme and as such their punishment wasn't severe, after some time they would be left out of the prison, but when it came to the Supreme he would face much stricter punishment.
"I always knew you were the kind that wouldn't listen to your elders, but even after thinking about all the things you could potentially do I never would have guessed that you would do something like this," Ziedranteon spoke as he looked at the haggard youngster that was currently hanging from the ceiling. His arms were being held by shackles that were connected to the ceiling by chains while the rest of his body was simply hanging from them.
Many bruises and cuts could be seen on his body while a pool of blood had already formed underneath him. The once arrogant demeanor was nowhere to be seen on his face as he stared at the patriarch with hate.
"What kind of place is this, how, how wasn't I even aware of something like this existing, I'm a High Elder of the race, you can't do this to me, you old bastard!"
"The Eternal Prison, quite a simple and easy-to-understand name right?" Ziedranteon spoke before sitting down on a simple wooden chair that could be found in the cell, a dark shadow suddenly passed behind him before it stopped and bowed down.
"I need some time alone with him, wait outside."
"Yes, master." The shadow spoke before leaving the cell, the loud sound of the heavy wooden door opening could be heard before it closed. The shadows were the wardens of the Eternal Prison and were responsible for torturing the prisoners and making sure that they don't die or escape.
"Eternal Prison?"
"Correct, the reason why you don't know about it, well, you only became a Supreme less than a year ago and I wanted to let you get used to your new power before showing you some of the secrets of our dragon race, unfortunately, not only did you become too arrogant but you also did something so stupid, so incredibly moronic that even I have to re-think my previous assessment of you."
"Not only did you dare form an alliance with some pups of the Dark Ones, but you even dared attack the one person that NOBODY IN THE FUCKING UNIVERSE DARES EVEN ANGER!!" The loud shout from the patriarch reverberates through the cell and even prisoners in other cells were able to feel their cells slightly shaking. The young Supreme felt as if his entire body was under great stress as he quickly coughed out blood.
"You became so proud of yourself because you became a Supreme that you didn't even realize that you were nowhere close to becoming truly powerful, some take a couple of days or even months, but even after a whole year you still believed that you were untouchable, that nobody in the universe was above you, how utterly laughable."
"Youu!!"
"There are currently 13 Supremes locked in this prison with you, 4 of them come from different races while the other 9 are experts from our dragon clan."
"What?" The angry scowl from the young dragon disappeared after hearing the patriarch's words, to his knowledge there were only 2 other experts that were at the Supreme level other than him, they were Eindeart and the patriarch himself, where did the other 9 suddenly come from?
"To become a Supreme is one of the most difficult things in the universe and only a handful succeed, once done whoever one would find themselves opening the door to an even greater power, why did you think that there is such a large difference between the top Supremes and the ones on the bottom huh?"
"No, you probably didn't even think, you didn't even realize that even when faced against a powerful Supreme the three of you back then wouldn't have been able to win, not to mention when faced against someone above the realm of Supreme."
"Why, why did I never hear about such things, I am one of the greatest talents the clan has ever seen, why were those things never even mentioned to me?!"
"Why should we mention them?"
"W-what?"
"Only those that have managed to break through the realm of Supreme are viable to know about certain things, but you, in your foolishness decided to not only distance yourself from the others after breaking through but even planned on joining forces with the Dark Ones in order to usurp my position, to call you an idiot would be an insult to idiots in the world."
"I have been guarding our clan for longer than anybody remembers, just like I have done with those in the past I will do with you, you shall stay here for all eternity and think about what you have done, each of your days will pass in agony as the wardens will make sure to take special care of you." The door of the cells opens as the Patriarch leaves the cell under the terrified gaze of the young dragon that was locked inside the cell, he wanted to scream, shout and curse the old man but no sound came out of his mouth as he was almost paralyzed in sheer fear.
"Well, since I'm already here I might as well go visit the others," Ziedranteon said and went to another cell. The Supreme level experts that were locked in the prison were all great talents that had once shook the universe, amongst them were even 9 High Elders of the dragon race, each one was talented and managed to break through and enter the realm of Supremes early, their arrogance, however, was their doom, each one plotted against either the whole clan or the patriarch and with his immense power the old man locked them up, none were able to escape from the prison and slowly their minds had corroded, they were mere husks of their former selves.
Ziedranteon had been leading the dragon clan ever since the terrifying war had ended so long ago, he didn't mind letting another person lead the clan but they had to show that they put the clan first and personal problems and ambition second. He was ruthless and each time he found out someone was going to hurt the clan he would strike swiftly and exterminate the problem, each of the Supremes in the prison had their minds corroded and they were already turned into puppets that he could control and send out, even though they had no more potential left in them, the 9 would have to serve him and the clan for all eternity.
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