Chapter 401 - 373: The Holy King’s Contract
"To dissolve the contract, we need the forgiveness of all the kingdoms? What kind of strange requirement is that, and who would forgive you?"
Amberser thought the old man, Sevres, was trying to fool him after hearing this. Driving away the Dragon Race made sense, perhaps because it was not suitable to continue waging war against the remaining dragons at the time; a complete annihilation would have been too much for the other races to bear.
But to leave behind such a condition for the dissolution of the contract—what was that about?
It would have been straightforward to just prohibit all dragons from returning; why leave this condition that "all the kingdoms have forgiven the Dragon Race"?
Sevres said with a sigh, "Yes, no race would forgive the Dragon Race. That’s why for more than a thousand years, we have been on this ocean, not daring to return. Only the Bone Dragons, being Undead, are no longer part of the Dragon Race and thus unaffected by the contract."
Amberser spoke with surprise, "So, you’ve created such a terrifying bomb in the Dragon Tomb, just to turn all dragons into Bone Dragons and have them return?"
"How could that be possible, if all dragons were to die, then there would be no Dragon Race," Sevres retorted. "If they all became Undead, the Dragon Race would lose its future."
"You’re being a bit racist there," Amberser said.
All present were Undead, none bereft of a future; Amberser’s future, in fact, was as wealthy as the world’s richest magnate.
Sevres didn’t argue with Amberser, but continued, "The contract is that simple. At that time, the surviving dragons were not many. Including myself, there were only three adult Giant Dragons, and all were seriously injured. The rest were immature young dragons; adding them up, there were several hundred, though."