Son of the Hero King

The elves were not the only ones watching the fight between Kiyohime and Sol from start to finish.

Standing on a thick branch, a young man with an eye covered by an eyepatch clenched his fist. His expression distorted slightly before he sighed in defeat.

In the end, he turned around and started walking away. His aura was turbulent but he did his best to keep his mana from leaking out.

“You are not going to say hi?” A young black-haired woman asked while fiddling with her hair. She had her back to the trunk, her eyes were vacant as she looked at Sol.

“I do not need to. Our mission was simply to escort Miss Nefertiti and protect her until he returned. Now that it's done, I have no reason to stay in the lower realm.” His voice was calm, but he did not look at his companion. The two of them were not friends and he had no interest in staying further in a place where he could not train.

“Are you sure? Or is it simply because your pride won't allow you to stay in the same place as him?” She gave him a mean smile.

“Nidhogg. Do not provoke me further. I will not let this slide.”

“Oh my. Kaiser, oh dear Kaiser. You are simply too easy to tease.” Her voice had a melodic tone to it as she chuckled, clearly having too much fun at the male dragon’s expense.

Kaiser and Nidhogg. They were part of the young generation of dragons and were also individuals who competed against Sol for the title of Prince. The result was a complete defeat for them. Sol back then, even while holding back, was already not someone they could win against.

Kaiser suffered a devastating defeat in his strongest field while Nidhogg realized that she had no way of hurting Sol and simply gave up.

After their crushing defeat, they trained night and day, surpassing their limits to become as strong as possible. However, the gap between them and Sol just got bigger. Their improvement was nothing compared to the power Sol gained in the meantime.

“Hahaha… I heard many people complain about how many unfair advantages dragons like us have from birth. Never understood them. Now I kinda do.” Nidhogg gave a bitter smile as she watched Sol get welcomed by the elves as if they were watching a deity.

Dragons were born with what people often called many unfair advantages. But she felt like what Sol had was a complete cheat that broke the whole game from the ground up. It could only described as a difference between Heaven and Earth.

“Then again, it isn't like I don't understand you. When you fought against him, he was not even a Duke, if I am not wrong? Now he is not only a King but he is even stronger than Kiyohime. You know what this means, right?”

“I know.” He gritted his teeth. “If he comes into the Dragon Realm, he can become the true leader of our race. His title of the Dragon Emperor will become real.”

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While Tiamat was the Dragon Empress or even the Dragon Goddess in many people’s eyes, their actual ruler was, for all intent and purpose, Kiyohime.

Kiyohime was the strongest Dragon alive outside of Tiamat and was also the Oldest. She was a mother, teacher, sister, and ruler for all dragons. But it wasn’t as if no one tried to take her place by challenging her.

The law of the strongest ruled their world.

But she was too strong for them and the final result was always their defeat.

“If it was combat to the death in the Astral Realm, she would have surely won,” Kaiser said with utmost confidence. Kiyohime was a veteran who survived many wars. In this fight, Kiyohime did not use any of her natural advantages nor used some of her most deadly moves.

“Well… It might be true.” Nidhogg nodded. Kiyohime, like all the Dragon Kings, specialized in large-scale warfare. Kiyohime was at her strongest when leading an army and her power over water was such that she could bring some really nasty effects.

But, “Only losers say such things you know? It’s unbecoming of you.” It didn’t matter whether Kiyohime could have won if the settings were different. The only thing that mattered was that they had lost. Trying to find an explanation or make excuses about why she lost was nothing but cowardice. Talks of an individual living in denial.

“Furthermore, she wasn’t the only one holding back you know? Remember the effect of his Zone and Dimension? I think in times of war, he would be even scarier than Kiyohime.”

She shuddered just remembering it. Anyone not at the King level was already dead the moment they fell into his dimension. His ability to invert space and time as well as emotions was simply too frightening.

Her words stung Kaiser to his very core. His eyes opened wide for a few moments, bloodshot, but he soon closed them. After a moment, he released a small, tired, and defeated sigh.

Kaiser focused on his inner self, trying to understand what was happening. But the answer was more than evident.

He was jealous.

Until Sol appeared, Kaiser had been the most promising young dragon. A direct descendant of Fafnir, inherited some of Tiamat’s power and even had an extreme chance of stepping into the King realm. Even Nidhogg was not truly his equal. He was the undisputed leader of the younger generation. ṚÀꞐỌβÈＳ

Now though… Nothing would ever be the same. He miserably lost to Sol and could only watch as Sol reached higher and higher realms while he stagnated.

Describing Sol as a genius would be an insult to him. That man was nothing but a monster.

How could he not be jealous witnessing the rise of such a monster who just happened to be his peer?

In the end, he let out a big sigh and chuckled, “I can more or less understand what the other Dragon Kings felt when Blaze was alive.”

In the end, Kaiser decided to not dwell on this further. There was nothing he could do about Sol’s talent. Becoming jealous and swimming in envy would only affect his own potential and further stagnate his growth.

Turning around he started walking toward the dwelling that was assigned to him.

“Oh? Not leaving anymore?” Nidhogg asked, a smile at the corner of her mouth as she followed Kaiser.

“You made me realize how foolish of me it would be to miss this occasion.” He felt quite embarrassed since Nidhogg was more or less his rival. But he accepted her wisdom. “I am curious though. Don’t you feel jealous as well?”

“Oh, I do. Very much so.” Nidhogg smirked, “But unlike you, I have different goals. My goal is not to become the strongest. But to create the deadliest poison to have ever existed.”

Her green eyes twinkled as she gazed at Sol. “If I can get some of his blood, I feel like I might get really close to achieving my goal.”

She still remembered the way he looked with those silver scales. Sol had definitely evolved and would continue evolving further and further. She could do just about anything to get her hands on his DNA.

“I doubt he will simply give you his blood.” In a world where curses and such were rampant, people would rarely simply give their blood to some mad scientist.

“Well…” Nidhogg licked her lips, “Blood is not the only liquid I can use.”

“Ah…” Kaiser sighed, making some distance between him and Nidhogg. He had forgotten this girl was not right in the head.

Nidhogg snickered, noticing his action, but ignored him nonetheless. Despite their differences, he was a dear friend and she did not wish to see him fall in the abyss.

Now that he was up and ready to go. She could focus on herself.

Seems like I need to talk with Kiyohime later.

Her eyes shone as she thought about all the ways she could extract liquid from Sol. No matter how dubious or scandalous said liquid was.

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