The day after the carnage, the population mourned their dead and graves and pyres were erected all around the city.

There were at least 500 dead, a hundred in the palace and the rest from the fighting of the assassins, the guards among themselves.

The people hoped, but what had happened was even worse.

A huge black dragon was in the castle and no one dared to go there.

Romas had to intervene to get the staff in and start cleaning up the carnage.

The Old Man became my de facto "Sage" and his team began to write letters to the various kingdoms.

They were informed of the tragedy and the assassination of the royal family and were invited to come to the national funeral followed by the enthronement of Chlorophyll as the new Empress.

The fact that she had become the New Witch of the East was hidden. An enchantress

not a half-wit, nor a fake like her mother-in-law.

Chlorophylle would not leave her room or go away from me. She was afraid of assassins and had not yet mastered her powers.

She was always clinging to me and... it turned me on!

"Mir... I am afraid... Mir.. don't leave me..Mir... Mir... Mir... She wouldn't shut up so... I moved my mouth closer (I had reduced my body size to 2 meters, so, 5 meters from head to tail..) And she stared at my eyes and closed them.

My tongue went straight into her mouth and she was greeted by hers.

My saliva drove her crazy and she pressed herself against me.

"Mir... Mir... I love you!"

But this was neither the time nor the place and I put her back on her bed.

"Not again, Princess!"

She pounced on me again, and I waited for her to calm down, and it was then that The Heroes entered the room, but knocking on the open door.

She pulled herself together, thinking about the traditional 7 day mourning period. After that she would be crowned the new empress and that was when the whole future of the empire would be decided.

I instructed Zalar to recruit the poor and destitute as guards. The orphans would come to live in the palace which would be converted into an orphanage, boarding school and academy.

Romas pointed out to me that it was up to the empress to give orders.

"Romas, Chlorophyll is MY princess! And there is no more empire. This is my territory and my kingdom now!"

"You... so you are the Demon Lord!!! the real.."

"Romas... there are many and there always have been... It's a game to amuse the gods... except that I'm a realist, a scientist... an alchemist if you will... "

"How do you expect the people and the nobles to follow you?"

"Romas, at first it won't be easy...there's the "soft" way and the "hard" way...basically, here it's the soft way and I'm putting away Felicius' toys... I'm a wyvern but not a sadistic butcher like the emperor. I kill to eat and I let the prey live. I never kill for sport or pleasure. They killed for power and pleasure."

Romas: "And the hard one? "

"I invoke and call upon the four Devas, the demon generals of the four tribes: Humanoids, Bestials, Undead and Infernals."

Then Romas had to retreat because of Zalar who was swallowing his grief...

"Demon Lord Mir. Can you bring Argus back to life? Or give him a body?"

I turned, "Zalar. Look at me. This is my new life! If someone brought me back the way I was, I'd curse them! Respect her will. She refused to be saved. She had her reasons. If she wanted to live with you, she would have accepted to be transformed into a wyvern and then she would have regained the power to humanize herself by leveling up. I'm sure you would have been happy. But her conscience, her betrayals and all the blood she spilled haunted her. I had that look... I would beg death to come and get me until I was reincarnated as Mir. I used to be like you, like Romas and the others... I was called Professor Brilliant."

He looked down, beginning to understand.

Romas also understood the why now. I had once been human.

"Don't get me wrong Zalar, or you, Romas... I am MIR, the wyvern... I am not human and I did come out of an egg!. I am an Animal! Sentient but an Animal!! and what you asked for is unnatural!"

Zalar: "But Demon Lord, it is unnatural, is it not?"

Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.

"There is only "Demon" in the name you give to "Fear", human.

Then I roared "ROAAAR" to make all the remaining servants and guards or first recruits run.

I then climbed onto the throne and crushed it by lying on it, my normal height being 20 metres. Chlorophyll now obeyed me with her finger and eye and sat on her throne. Chlorophylle m'obéissait maintenant au doigt et à l'œil et elle s'assit sur son trône [https://img.wattpad.com/967efdbd97b504c2d9f5af919eae6ddff14f963a/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f7a5a555767766c317842317746773d3d2d313334353336353339332e313736313837366239383530626166373933333135333434323633342e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]

No need to announce me... they all knew who I was now. They all feared my wrath.

Then I announced:

SELL IT ALL! Everything superfluous, luxurious and useless must be sold to fill the coffers!"

Romas didn't believe a word of it. "Mir wants his pile of gold. He's going mad."

And as if I had guessed his words, I turned my head and stared at him, smiling and showing my rows of teeth...

"I want all the magic stones, lighting, everything superfluous dismantled. I want all the crystals!"

One of the soldiers asked, "The diamonds too?"

"NO! Sell them. Jewellery, furniture, doors EVERYTHING! Everything of value must be sold!"

"Books too?"

"NO..This is for the academy"

There was an uproar in the room.

"Then relocate all the inhabitants to the central areas, the noble district. Troops of monsters are coming!"

Fear and panic set in.

Zalar: "What is this thing?" he asked without shouting, sitting next to the empress.

I continued, "I am a demon lord and the monsters and legions have risen and are heading here. They are supposed to slaughter the humans but as I have decreed that the Middle Kingdom is now my Draconic Empire, the population becomes by definition draconic people."

Romas. "But this is insane! What will become of us? The nobles? They'll never agree! And nothing will stop their armies from going to war and claiming the throne with the excuse of eliminating the Demon Lord! You! They'll send in their heroes! And I still don't understand why you (he pointed to Zalar) haven't already tried to eliminate Mir!"

I bowed my head.

"Zalar defeated me! and he will do it again! I am not arrogant like the other demons lord and their predecessors I recognize my limitations."

The soldiers were getting impatient and trying to understand the situation, and especially to know if they should stay or run!

Then I spoke again.

"Once, long ago and elsewhere... I was like you... a human... In a world like this. There was a sun, a moon. Mountains, sea and fertile land, but also deserts and glaciers. Just like here.

Only, magic didn't exist... or wasn't discovered or simply, the creatures were unable to feel or interact with mana.

As you all know, the advanced realms of Alpha summon heroes, to make them super soldiers like Zalar. Maxime and Sacha and others..."

I paused and people murmured.

A few seconds later, so that they could digest the information, I resumed: "These heroes had a life, a family, an existence. Some happy, some not so happy, but the world they come from has a huge difference from Alpha.

They have a very advanced technological lead over us because they have developed a sense of analysis, logic and knowledge management. Basically, they are 2000 years ahead of us.

What does that mean? Let's say they have ships in the sky and they are on their way here. And believe me... the military and soldiers. How does that compare?

Every soldier on my world, is like a dragon in front of an Alpha soldier.

The world as you know it is in danger of disappearing like a fairy tale.

So... if you stay and swear loyalty to the Empress and to me, I will have the means to negotiate so that not a drop of your blood will be spilled, your rights will be respected, and in the end, we will be on the right side of the fence.

One of the soldiers shouted, "But what guarantee do we have that this is the truth?

Me: "You're going to see it very soon...but a little over 100 years ago, a soldier pushed a button on a plane, a sort of mini flying base and dropped a weapon that crushed a sun on a city like this.

In one second, everything was destroyed, 140,000 dead. Some had the patterns of their dresses tattooed by the burns on their skin. The wounded double also succumbed a few hours later for the lucky ones and a few days of excruciating agony for the others. "

Maxime spoke "Mir tells you the truth! When we were summoned, we were already approaching your sun and Alpha appeared on our screens, animated images.

The silence chilled the room.

Me: "That is why we must not lose a moment. The republican crazies can attack at any moment and I assure you that they will be crushed like a fly, with or without me! not to mention the ambitious nobles.

Secondly, I want every scholar, alchemist, mage, wise person and anyone with theoretical skills to come to the palace NOW

I also want all blacksmiths, barbers, doctors, apothecaries to come here from all over the kingdom.

I want as many dwarves, miners, and ironmongers, blacksmiths as possible.

All mages and those specialised in geomancy!

All iron, copper and metals.

I want it all here! If not, I'll get it myself and you know what that means!

"Bring me a map of the empire and the strongholds!"

A wave of panic broke out in the great throne room.

Chlorophyll did not know what to say. Everything was mysterious and senseless at the same time!

Everyone ran to follow my instructions.

The map was placed at my feet, in front of the throne and, by telekinesis, it unfolded, lit up and stretched to human height but also to my claws.

I looked at the position of the capital, but especially at the waterways.

"Here are the mountains? and the valley?

Soldier: "Yes, Lord Mir!

"Evacuate the villages here and there immediately and relocate the population to this place further south, on less steep land.

Tomorrow I want all the geomancer mages here. Ask my brother, my sisters, Kratos or whoever for transport. Make a cage and he will bring them to the site. We're going to build a huge dam and all the water will also serve as a defense system for the capital. I also need all the available iron to be crushed!

Le lendemain, j'étais sur le site et par mes pouvoirs de Démon Lord, les villages en entier furent comme soulevés du sol et transportés plus en amont du fleuve [https://img.wattpad.com/bc574f4ffb43d3462a61f9df26ed19dfc1b17966/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f6d345773494852525653506550513d3d2d313334353336353339332e313736313931313038613638636265373832333930353530353934322e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]

The next day I was at the site and through my Demon Lord powers, the entire villages were lifted from the ground and carried further up the river

A huge hole was created by the void.

The combined power entered me and I unleashed forces of nature.

The mages assisted me, and with the shared mana, of which I and the empress were the source, concrete walls began to rise from the ground in a kind of set order.

I had already drawn plans for the dam when I was still the young Professor Brilliant.

The iron powder was sprayed on the still liquid concrete, just before it was magically frozen. And then... something happened: "Look!!! the magic stops!!!"

The concrete, instead of being "Armed" it was "Magic Resistant!" Basically, impossible to destroy without explosives. Magic being ineffective.