King of Titans and Dragons
Chapter 370 - 370 365 The Way of Spending Money

Chapter 370: Chapter 365: The Way of Spending Money Extravagantly Chapter 370: Chapter 365: The Way of Spending Money Extravagantly Power without sufficient strength to back it is as thin as a bubble. Touch it, and it pops. No one respects it.

Clearly, Muria’s power was not like this. The ancient dragons standing beside him were the basic guarantee of his kingly power. Everything he did or said was now impossible to ignore.

“Isn’t this a bit too much, even for the Dragon King’s own son?” Upon seeing Muria standing in front of the throne, along with the ten ancient dragons guarding him, King Sesa of the Dragon People could not help but tense his neck, doing his best to suppress his own aura. These ancient dragons were no less powerful than he was.

Besides, they were all metallic ancient dragons, while he was currently a pure-blooded red dragon. If any of the ancient dragons took a disliking to him and decided to beat him up, he would have to take the beating without the opportunity to strike back.

“Congratulations on governing the Lockman Kingdom, Prince Mureya!” On the platform, under the gaze of more than thirty legendary figures, the ten ancient dragons bowed in unison to Muria. This demonstration conveyed their due respect to him.

Nowadays, owing to Muria’s power and lineage, each ancient dragon accorded him due respect. But further considering his background, especially his Golden Dragon Mother and his maternal grandparents, any ancient dragon well acquainted with the Golden Dragon kin had to show some face to Muria.

Muria was certainly worth befriending and maintaining a good relationship with. Therefore, after Muria had reached out to these ancient dragons and paid them according to dragon customs, all of them accepted.

It was a situation in which they benefited twice – they were able to take money and form a good relationship with Muria, the scion of the Dragon King, in exchange for some idle time that would otherwise be spent sleeping.

The ceremony ended very successfully. Muria officially became the grand duke of Lockman Kingdom. No one opposed, and no one caused trouble. All the legendary figures witnessed the ceremony earnestly.

The ten ancient dragons invited by Mureya always surrounded him and showed a stance of long-term settlement here.

After congratulating Mureya on taking charge of the kingdom, these ten ancient dragons unanimously expressed to Mureya that Lockman Kingdom was a beautiful and harmonious place with clear mountains and rivers.

They were planning to move here and asked Mureya to give them a piece of land for their dragon nests.

The behavior of these ten ancient dragons made Belradin, the former king who had abdicated, very happy. He never dreamed that Mureya could make the ancient dragons do so much that they were even willing to relocate their dragon nests here.

However, Belradin didn’t know how much Muria had paid for this. Just to bring these ten ancient dragons to support him, Muria paid an appearance fee of 100,000 cubic elemental crystals. Of course, this also included the suppression fee required if someone disturbed the occasion by accident and the ancient dragons had to take action.

This was a high cost, so much so that Muria felt a pain in his chest, but the money had to be spent. He could use the face of the Golden Dragon Mother and owe it temporarily, but after thinking about it, he gave up the enticing idea, for he was somewhat scared of what the Golden Dragon Mother might do to him in anger.

In Erathia World, many people want to spend more money to ask ancient dragons for help or establish a good relationship, but they can’t even find a window to send money, let alone a door.

The five-colored ancient dragons would kill any creatures that wanted to pay them to do something, and then directly seize the payment for their own use. As for the gem ancient dragons, they basically wouldn’t help other creatures. Only the metallic ancient dragons occasionally helped creatures they found agreeable when they were in a good mood, and most of the time, they would charge a fee for this.

Most dragons wouldn’t even dare to dream of contacting ten ancient dragons at the same time, as this is basically impossible. Ancient dragons would not gather together for no reason.

Generally, only an order from the Dragon God or Dragon King could gather double-digit ancient dragons.

Muria managed to do this, thanks to the special care of the Platinum Dragon God Bahamut, who granted him a power only held by the Dragon God. Although this power was useless without the support of enough money, Muria had money.

He not only paid the ancient dragons to show up to help him hold the ground, but also paid them to settle in the Lockman Kingdom, paying each dragon 5000 cubic elemental crystals per year. Yes, just for the settling fees, Muria has to pay out 50,000 cubic elemental crystals every year.

This only covers settling fees. If they need to take action, there would be additional fees. However, with ten ancient dragons gathered together, as long as someone wasn’t brain-dead, they wouldn’t provoke Muria, so these additional fees could be disregarded.

By Muria’s rule over the Lockman Kingdom for ten years, Muria needed to pay at least 600,000 cubic elemental crystals. This was a staggering amount. Even as rich as Muria was, he couldn’t come up with this much money all at once. However, this huge sum of money didn’t need to be paid off in one go. It could be paid in installments, or even temporarily owed and repaid in the future when ability allowed.

Regarding the point of paying 600,000 cubic elemental crystals, Muria didn’t feel too hurt, nor did he bargain with the ten ancient dragons. With ancient dragons helping him hold the ground, wouldn’t it be easy to earn this money back while ruling a country?

That’s why Belradin never talked about any kind of reward with Muria. Handing over the governance of the kingdom to Muria was a reward in itself. They have given you the country, what more do you want?

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After the ceremony, Muria didn’t take a break but first sent off the envoy corps and giants from non-adjacent countries who had come to attend the ceremony. The envoy corps from the three neighboring countries were all left behind, and he started having conversations with them one by one.

“Your Excellency, do you think you should withdraw the 150,000 dwarven heavy infantry that are blocking the border between our two countries? It’s too inconvenient for the trade and cooperation between our two countries.”

Muria, with a smile on his face, looked down at the dwarf king, who was like a small mountain. “Isn’t such a border blockade against the merchant corps not good for both our countries?”

“Is this a threat?” The Dwarf King, while twirling his twisted-beard, looked up fearlessly at the young man with black hair and golden pupils sitting on the throne. His face didn’t look good.

In fact, anyone being watched by ten ancient dragons at the same time wouldn’t feel good.

“No, it’s just a discussion with you, Your Excellency!” Muria had an unhurried smile on his face. Today, he was going to solve all of Lockman Kingdom’s external troubles.

“If you can agree to a few conditions, I can open the border and allow the merchant corps of the Lockman Kingdom to trade freely.”

“Please, go on.” Muria frowned slightly, then relaxed.