Chapter 1761 Succession [2]

Chapter 1761 Succession [2]

"It's good to see all of you healthy," he said with a smile on his face.

"I can say the same to you, you bastard!"

Juno grinned and jumped on him, ruffling his hair.

"I had to go through a lot of shit for you. You better properly repay me later."

"What do you want?" August asked with an exasperated sigh. Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

"You know already."

He did. There was only one thing Juno would ever ask for in a situation like this.

"Fine," August said. "But only this one time."

Juno grinned. "You won't be disappointed."

"What are you two talking about?"

The rest also approached. Valerie was the one who asked the question, but the rest were also wondering. After all, August was acting like he was about to do something he really didn't want to do. It was surprising to see such a reaction from him.

Unfortunately, Juno wasn't going to give them an answer.

"That's a secret. If I tell you all about it, then he really won't do it."

Naturally, it was a statement that made the rest even more curious, but Juno was already in the process of crisis diversion.

"By the way, it's pretty obvious that you healed us, but what about Mikaela?"

None of them were particularly worried.

When August entered and acted like them being fine was normal, they understood that he didn't want to concentrate on his own good deeds. As such, none of them brought up Melania, who should have been dead.

August had put another shirt on, so they couldn't see the black scar on his chest. He didn't plan to show it to them either.

As long as Melania was fine, nothing more needed to be said. It was something they all silently agreed upon. Mikaela's case was different. They didn't necessarily worry. As they'd had some minutes before August's arrival, they had also taken the time to understand her situation.

A mental shock of the level she received couldn't be solved by people of their level, which was definitely not something they liked to see. However, Juno and Raul gave the rest assurance that it wouldn't be a problem.

Had the Sea Tribes managed to push the forsaken dragons out of Arulion yet? Had the larger battles already started?

Unknowing of the fact that there was a time dilation separating him from the outside world...

...August was only just worrying about things that happened quite a long time ago.

***

Right, when August was three years into his trial against the First Dragon Emperor, the battle outside had become one that needed to be viewed in terms of hours, not weeks.

Hendricks was already being confronted. The Holy Clans were gone. The nobles had been prosecuted. Now, enough time had passed for August to exit his trial and solve the situation outside. Naturally, even more time passed in the real world.

August really brought together too many powerhouses for any individual force to resist. The forsaken dragons were cornered and killed as necessary, and the nobles were quelled until their few hundred clans turned into a few tens instead.

The nobles were a force that had been scrutinized by the world for a long time, so they couldn't escape persecution. The forsaken dragons had caused so much pain, but somehow, they didn't face extermination.

August had two requests for his helpers.

The first was to spare noble clans who didn't deserve to be killed.

And the second was to only kill the forsaken dragons when it was necessary. Once Hendricks was defeated, the necessity disappeared.

They were placed in a prison with their strength completely suppressed as they awaited trial for their misdeeds.

Not many people understood why August wanted to give them a chance, but it wasn't their problem. They were just following orders, after all.

The forsaken dragons were taken away. The nobles were gone. There was nothing else holding the kingdom back.

The people had now been awakened to their new bloodlines, and with their berserk states dispelled, they were now free to do as they wished with the gift they'd received. The population rose rapidly as well with the many dragonkin who became True Dragons and joined the kingdom's people.

Arulion was in ruins, but it was more peaceful than it had been for the past month at the very least.

And, to bring a true end to the crisis that struck them, a single dragon rose from the ashes.

With wings that were no longer filled with holes, with a form filled with vitality rather than one that was withered, the Dragon Emperor took his place in the sky.

He no longer had to fear the Holy Clans.

That freedom meant the world to him.

In order to give his kingdom something to remember him by, something other than his failures, he showed himself in front of them today.

Because after this day, his throne would be someone else's to bear.