Azkar saw the Eldrathia capital city, which is not that impressive in human standards because most of the dragonkin used to live in the greenish environment in their holy land before they came to this planet. Since the dragon race lives for a very long time, they usually don't build houses like other races. Even so, they did create a beautiful city for themselves because the entire area can be called a garden, with many cave-like housings that seem small from the outside but are vast inside. The dragon race excels in rune magic, using it to create these small houses so they don't have to destroy the environment around them.
Seeing this, Azkar even doubted that there is no way they are dragons, but why are they behaving like an elf race that loves nature? He decided not to think about it; maybe they had a change of heart after their home got destroyed.
"So, this is the capital city of the dragon empire. I do love this kind of environment where nature is the main part of the attraction, but not so much that I had to sleep in the open ground. Why is there no nest in this capital?" Azkar thought after gazing everywhere.
"Mr. Astrophel, His Highness, has agreed to meet you. Please come with me," a shadow in black clothes said.
"Lead the way," Azkar said while thinking, "How should I ask the crystal? It's not like I can take this by force because they have a pretty close relationship with the Zenith Empire. So, I don't want to use force, but if the situation cannot be handled by talking, then I have no choice but to take this forcefully. They may have a close relationship with the empire, but it doesn't matter if they don't understand the way of words. I'll use the way of explosion. Yeah, let's do this."
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"Wow, she is beautiful." Seeing the empress in the throne room, Azkar was stunned because of the beauty of the person in front of him. However, Azkar didn't take this to heart because he considers himself the definition of perfection and handsomeness. He calmed himself by doing some counseling.
"Analyse Gaze"
[ Name: Sylvara Walker ( The Empress of the dragon empire, Calamity Dragon ]
[ Species: Royal Dragon ( Ice) Age: 10,000+ ]
[ Status: Healthy ]
[Target Conditions: Calm, Sad, Guilty, Worry, Fear.]
[ Cultivation Rank: Peak Domain Rank ]
[ Innate Abilities: Dragon Transformation, Calamity Magic, Rune Magic]
[ Authority (Absolute): Mana Manipulation, Ancient Magic, ]
[ Law(s): Fire [100%], Water [100%], Air [100%], Earth [100%] ]
[ Danger Level: Extreme 20% (Chance of winning 80) ]
"..."
"What? How come she has a freaking 20% chance of winning against me? Is she hiding her abilities? No, it's not possible to hide anything from my eyes. What the hell?" Azkar thought many things at once.
[Master, this is related to the innate ability "Calamity Magic" she possesses because this magic works on the concept of chaos, which is very rare according to the data present in the Akashic Plane.]
"What? There's no way Calamity Magic can do anything to me," Azkar asked his system.
[Master, her Calamity Magic is powerful because she knows how to utilize the mana present inside the Crystal of Apocalypse. According to the mana consumption in Calamity Magic, there is a chance that she is using the Crystal to fulfill the mana cost.]
"That makes sense. This is going to be troublesome then," Azkar thought.
"Mr. Astrophel, please state why you want to have an audience," the male dragon near the throne said.
"As you wish, your highness. Please give me the blue crystal in your possession," Azkar said, using the term "blue crystal" because he didn't know if the name Crystal of Apocalypse would make the conversation overly intense.
"How dare you... demanding the royal crystal of the empire in front of her majesty," the dragon near the throne said with immense anger and an unpleasant face.
"Calm down, Tera. He is a guest here," Empress Sylvara said with a calm tone, but she thought, "Why does this human want the Crystal of Calamity? This is the last gift given to me by the Dragon King before he went to the War of Supremacy."
"Mr. Astrophel, please, mind explaining the reason behind this demand. As you can see, this crystal is too precious for my Empire's well-being," Empress Sylvara said with her dragon tongue magic. She wanted to use this spell on Azkar so he could tell the reason behind his demand.
"How cunning, your highness. Expected of you, using dragon tongue magic so flawlessly," Azkar said while controlling his urge to massacre her, but he controlled his emotions.
"How dare you talk to her majesty like this... I...I," he wanted to say more, but before he could, his entire body exploded, scattering body parts and blood everywhere in the throne room.
"You... Dare," Empress Sylvara shouted, seeing her advisor die just like that. She didn't even find out how he died; it happened so fast.
"Shut it. There is a limit to my patience. I don't want to do another massacre soon. Be a good pet and give me that Crystal, and I'll give you something in return which will protect your empire. Otherwise, every single dragon in this empire will become my loot," Azkar said, realizing his bloodlust.
"Nooooo... Don't... please, you can have this crystal." She was terrified because she had never seen such horrifying bloodlust. She was sure that if she gave a different answer, the first one to die at the hands of the person in front of her would be herself.
"Wow, what a good dragon you are. Do you want to become my pet?" Azkar decided to put her in her place.
"..i....pl...." She wanted to say something, but Azkar lacked patience; he stopped her before she could say anything.
"There's no need to say anything. My offer had a time limit, and you didn't respond to me soon. It's your loss," Azkar said while taking the crystal from her.
"What?" Empress Sylvara didn't know what to say about this. "How can an arrogant person like him exist in this world?"
"Don't 'what' me. There's no way I'm giving you another chance," Azkar said while checking the crystal.
"What's wrong with this human? When did I say something like this?" She doubted her sanity right now after hearing Azkar's words.
"I don't want to make your relationship with the empire worse, so this time I'm doing this for the empire. Next time, if something like this happens, then I'm not going to be this merciful," after saying this, he revived the dragon, which technically was not dead in the first place.
Here is what happened: he saved his soul using cosmic points and destroyed his body to facilitate the conversation so he wouldn't need to resort to the massacre way.
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