“Sire, we have not been able to reach the north; all our messenger birds have not reached the destination. Have faith in the north, I am sure the Viscort’s report was inconclusive.”

“Sir Valen, my wife is locked in her room, depressed, and my youngest son is crying for his dead brother, and you are telling me to have faith in the very people that brought despair to my family?”

“I apologize, Sire, I was just asking for you not to attack the north without further communication, as the Viscount suggested. We are already on bad terms with so many empires.”

“So, you ask me to be a leader, not a parent? I apologize, Sir Valen. I am not repeating what I did five years ago. I would rather be a parent than an emperor and avenge my son’s death,” the Emperor firmly but calmly said.

“Gather all imperial troops, we are heading to the north tonight.”

“I understand your majesty.”

Meanwhile, at the Yadao Duchy was said to be sacred ground to dragons; all dragons wanted to be associated with the Yadao Duchy, but once they reached their goal and managed to associate themselves with it, their rose-colored glasses would shatter.

And their deal with the devil would start, and they will live their lives in hell waiting for the day the devil deems them useless enough to end them.

“It is a pleasure to see you again, Viscount Magellan,” said Magellan Clown Redel, one of the few noble humans.

“My duke, it is a pleasure to be at your audience. I have been trying to get a meeting for over two years now.”

“That is because you finally did quite a remarkable job, Viscount. You finally caused a rift between that useless emperor and the duke of the north. Without the duke’s power, Gael would be nothing. And Uyilleozia is as good as mine.”

“I am glad I could assist you, Duke.”

“Now I need to find Rizontie and get him to ascend the throne. I might even get your little girl to marry him if he is not stubborn.”

“Is your son still alive?”

“I know he is. I have tabs on everything, the blue flame dragons that are still alive. My son’s heart is still as red as blood; he is healthy.”

Duke Yadao’s laugh would send chills down everyone’s spine, due to the use of his own children’s dragon hearts. He had been able to live for one thousand years and still look youthful enough. Each century, but his dragon form always seems to keep aging, and his green scales have weakened.

“So many dragon hearts are going to be left on the battlefield in this war; we should send someone to get us. Those precious jewels.”

“I will travel to the north with the emperor’s army myself. We still need to retrieve the red dragon’s rare heart. We might also return with no monarch.”

Laughs of terror can be heard as the two men celebrate their progressive plan to rule over Uyilleozia.