Chapter 358: Chapter 353: Ten Ancient Dragons, is it enough? Chapter 358: Chapter 353: Ten Ancient Dragons, is it enough? “The governing Duke of Lockman Kingdom?” On hearing this request, Mureya Iapertos Eronsalas was slightly startled, then scrutinized the middle-aged man whose life flame was flickering out. “You are a king?”

“I am the twelfth king of the Lockman Kingdom, Belradin Scarlet.”

“How did you end up this way?” Mureya curiously looked at the king. His appearance made it clear that someone had harmed him using a despicable method.

It was genuinely shameful that a king who ruled a country was in such a state. Look at the king of the Aminis Kingdom on the neighboring subcontinent, who would decapitate with the command of the legendary Duke without hesitation.

Mureya suspected that he had long wanted to decapitate that useless legendary duke, and when he heard the duke request an explanation, he took it as an excuse and decapitated him directly.

“We can discuss that later.” On hearing Mureya’s question, Belradin avoided the topic, feeling somewhat awkward, “Your Excellency, your strength doesn’t seem enough to replace your maternal grandfather and become the governing Duke of my Lockman Kingdom.”

Mureya first cast a glance at the group of noble ministers standing furthest from the altar, a thoughtful expression on his face. Then, listening to the king’s words, although understanding, he felt slightly annoyed being belittled by others.

“What kind of strength do you think is qualified to be the governing Duke of your Lockman Kingdom?” Mureya looked at King Belradin and before he could answer, Mureya asked another question, “Is ten ancient dragons enough?”

“What?” Belradin was stunned again, he still didn’t understand what Mureya meant.

“I could summon all the Metallic Ancient Dragons on the subcontinent where your kingdom is located to assist me if I wanted,” Mureya said, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. “There should be at least ten Metallic Ancient Dragons living on your kingdom’s subcontinent!”

“Of course not. There are over ten Metallic Ancient Dragons recorded to be living on the Nocchio Subcontinent alone.” Hearing Mureya’s words, unshielded joy appeared on Belradin’s face.

His original plan was to summon Dimos, the legendary Ancient Golden Dragon, to become the ruling duke of his kingdom.

A Golden Dragon that has lived for at least a thousand years would certainly possess the wisdom to rule the Lockman Kingdom. Moreover, with the power of such a long-lived Golden Dragon, his daughter would be protected from any harm, leaving him with no worries.

And considering the pride of a Golden Dragon, once they promise something, they will never go back on their word. He really did not need to worry about his daughter becoming a puppet when she grew up – a Golden Dragon would never do such a thing.

Originally, when Mureya appeared on the summoning altar, if not for Belradin’s many years as a king, enduring one terrible news after another, and his strong heart, he might not have been able to handle such a huge disparity.

No doubt, his disappointment was genuine. The aura emanating from Mureya revealed he was indeed powerful, and the impressive Dragon Prestige was outstanding, but after all, he wasn’t a legend.

But, just when he was extremely disappointed, there was a significant turnaround in events. This seemingly young heir of the Dragon King claimed to have the ability to summon Metallic Ancient Dragons. Such a surprise coming so suddenly caught him off guard.

“May I know your name?”

“Mureya Iapertos Eronsalas.”

“From now on, Your Excellency Mureya is the governing Duke of Lockman Kingdom. Does anyone have objections?” After hearing Mureya’s name, Belradin turned to the ministerial nobles who had come to witness, announced his decision, and his dim blue eyes gazed at this group of subjects who were hard to distinguish their loyalty.

On hearing the dying king’s question, the noble ministers who were befuddled early on looked at each other. Only after they had fully assimilated what Mureya had said did they keep silent.

If this was a human, they would have questioned the truth, but Mureya was a Golden Dragon – there was no need to doubt – every word he said was true.

Therefore, when Belradin announced Mureya as the governing duke and asked their opinion, no one spoke against it. Mureya’s background was too strong – there was no sense in opposing him.

“Aren’t you going to ask for my opinion?” Seeing those mute noble ministers, Mureya couldn’t help but whisper to himself in his heart. He was delighted to become the ruling duke, after all, the temptation to govern a country was something Mureya was currently unable to resist.

This was a kingdom – not a duchy. To establish a kingdom, the most basic hard condition is to have more than ten legends and meet several other soft conditions before it qualifies to be called a kingdom.

Any kingdom could easily crush a duchy – they were on entirely different levels. The gap between the empire and the kingdom was the same, if not larger.

“No objections?” Seeing the silent nobles, Belradin’s face showed a hint of dissatisfaction, “What are you still doing there? Come and greet the new ruling Duke of Lockman Kingdom.”

On hearing the king’s command, the noble ministers were obliged to do as told. They came to the base of the altar and bowed to Mureya all at once,
“Greetings, Duke Mureya!”

Standing on the altar, Mureya gazed down at these humans indifferently with his Dazzling Golden Eyes. From King Belradin’s attitude, he knew what kind of people these nobles were.

Besides, the nobles he encountered during his journey across the Osroni Continent were mostly unprincipled, so it was hard for him to have a good impression of human nobles.

“Hm!” After quietly observing these noble ministers for some time, Mureya responded.

“Alright, you all can leave. I have some matters to discuss with the ruling Duke.” Seeing that Mureya accepted the title of ruling Duke, King Belradin didn’t hesitate to start driving away these nobles and ministers.

On hearing the command of King Belradin, many of the ministers and nobles, although they wanted to eavesdrop, didn’t dare disobey the king’s command. After all, the five legendary figures obedient to the royal family were still present.

Once all the nobles and ministers had left the semi-plane, King Belradin’s gaze fell on Mureya, who had come down from the summoning altar. He pointed to the five legendary figures with varying temperaments standing behind them and introduced them to Mureya.

“Duke Mureya, allow me to introduce you to these five Dukes.”

In all human kingdoms, there was an unwritten rule that a legend would be granted a duke’s title upon joining. The specific rank of the duke, whether it was honorary or substantive, depended on the personal strength of the legend.

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