Another thing the Drakkon Emperor was known for was his inability to beat around the bush. That in itself might be considered a good thing, but in reality, it just showed how incapable he was of giving information to someone as gently as he could.
Take that moment for instance. The entire room was an uproar.
Did that mean that there was an entity that the royal families had become unable to track down. All the different species had some sort of strong belief that their royal families were mountains that could not be brought down by anything or anyone. This was thanks to years and years of the royal families keeping their families safe after they came into the new world. The royal families consisted of the strongest of their species, which made it impossible for anyone to have the desire to try and overthrow them.