"Your Highness, you are too kind. Those who disrespect you should be expelled directly." Not long after the two cloud giant leaders left, a storm giant came forward with advice.
"Hehe, if I expel them, who will plant fruits for me and tame low-level monsters for breeding?" Muria smiled. "Besides, this has something to do with me as well."
Since arriving at Taiji Island, Muria had hardly arranged anything apart from building the castle. There were no established rules on the island.
Among the four types of giants on the island, only the cloud giants had organization and leadership. The other giants were loosely organized and had no leader who directly obeyed Muria's orders.
So, on Taiji Island, without a complete system in place, the cloud giants, who were numerous and organized, naturally became the most powerful force. They were responsible for most of the affairs on the island.
Under such circumstances, it was not surprising that some cloud giant leaders had some bad ideas.
"Let's go to the White Jade Palace and summon all the cloud giant leaders. Notify representatives from the tide giants and mountain giants, and all the storm giants on Taiji Island should also be present." Muria stood up and instructed ten storm giants in the room to inform the giants he wanted to summon.
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Just as Muria, along with Mia and twenty storm giants, was preparing to go to the White Jade Palace, a red dragon, majestic and fierce, blocked their way in the spacious and bright corridor.
"Leenata." Muria looked at the small female dragon blocking his way with a smile. "Why are you blocking me?"
"Master Muria, are you going to the White Jade Palace? Can I go with you?" The small female dragon looked at Muria with anticipation. Compared to the White Jade Palace, the Five-Colored Dragon Fortress, built with various stones, seemed like a slum.
Even the lighting sources in the corridor were different. The White Jade Palace's corridor was lined with light elemental crystals, making it as bright as day even at night. In contrast, the interior of the Five-Colored Dragon Fortress was illuminated by daylight stones, which looked pretty but had little practical value.
"No, you can't." Muria looked at the hopeful eyes of the small female dragon and refused her request without hesitation. This pitiful creature had been a thief in his castle several times, stealing crystals and gems just like her brothers and sisters. Therefore, Muria would absolutely not let her out.
"Why?" The small female dragon's big red eyes started to shimmer with tears as Leenata shamelessly clung to Muria's thigh. "Master Muria, please, please take me out. I promise not to steal your gems anymore."
"Hehe!" Muria glanced at the small female dragon with a slanted look. He had heard enough of these similar pleas. Suddenly, he looked at Leenata, who was clinging to his leg, and felt something was off. He tilted his head to think...
"I understand!" Muria's mouth lifted into a smile. He clapped his hands excitedly. "Leenata, if you want to go to the White Jade Palace, it's not impossible, but you have to do something first. Once you've done it, I'll take you."
"What do I have to do?" The small female dragon looked at Muria with curiosity.
"Here." Muria took out a spellbook from the spatial necklace hanging around his neck and handed it to Leenata. "Fourth-level spell, Polymorph."
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The small female dragon Leenata looked at the spellbook stuffed into her arms, feeling a bit dazed. The entire dragon seemed puzzled.
"As long as you learn this spell and can freely transform into a human form, I'll take you to the White Jade Palace." After saying this, Muria pulled Leenata off his leg, lifted her up, and then led the storm giants out.
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In the White Jade Palace, Muria sat on a throne crafted from a whole piece of fire elemental crystal, adorned with purple thunder elemental crystals and blue wind elemental crystals for decoration.
Compared to the stone chair he had in the arena, this throne was much more elegant. Although he couldn't build a castle with elemental crystals like Goldie, he could still use them for decoration, making furniture and chairs. He had hundreds of tide giants searching the ocean for endless treasures for him every day.
"Is everyone here?" Muria sat on the throne, looking down at the many powerful giants below. When Muria spoke, his voice echoed in the spacious hall, giving a sense of loneliness.
The hall Muria was in now was one of the three largest halls in the White Jade Palace, designed for meetings from the beginning. Its grandeur far exceeded ordinary buildings. The dome alone was 180 meters above the ground, showing the grand scale of the White Jade Palace.
"Your Highness Muria, there are still two cloud giant leaders missing." A cloud giant leader spoke up.
"I gave those two cloud giant leaders an important task, so they couldn't make it. Don't worry about them." Muria smiled. "Apart from them, who else hasn't arrived?"
"All storm giants are present!"
"All mountain giant representatives are present!"
"All tide giant representatives are present!"
"All sixteen cloud giant leaders are present!"
"Very good!" Standing ten meters tall, Muria sat on a platform with nine steps, embedded with numerous gemstones, looking young but majestic. His dragon wings and horns added a touch of majesty to his appearance.
"Now, I will announce some things." Muria spoke loudly, deciding to take control of Taiji Island and not let things go unregulated.
"The first thing, I have decided to establish a Royal Guard, dedicated to protecting my safety. As for the members of the Royal Guard, giants who have reached Gold Tier Level 5 can join."
Under the throne, the storm giants looked at each other and then showed uncontrollable joy on their faces. If not for the occasion, they would have wanted to cheer and express their joy. Muria's command was tailored for them. Currently, among all the giants on the island, only the storm giants were at Gold Tier Level 5. The other giants, due to the limitations of their racial bloodlines, did not have anyone reaching Gold Tier Level 5.
"Your Highness! Isn't this requirement too high?" A cloud giant leader spoke up. The Royal Guard sounded appealing; just the name implied that those who joined could follow Muria for a long time. However, the conditions for cloud giants were too high.
Cloud giants only reached Gold Tier Level 1 after reaching adulthood, and the eighteen cloud giant leaders were only forcibly created due to the resonance of bloodline power from the large number of cloud giants gathered together.
"The members of the Royal Guard value quality over quantity." Muria explained. "As time passes, my power will continue to grow. My influence is small now, but one day, my power will cover the entire Taiji Island. By then, the giants will become stronger and stronger. So, the selection criteria for my Royal Guard will only get higher, not lower."
Now, all the giants had nothing to say. Muria's words were very clear; he only wanted the strongest batch of giants to be his Royal Guard, and the rest were not needed.
"The second thing, I will establish a Giant Legion whose task is to maintain the stability of the islands and prevent all conflicts on Taiji Island. As for the number of recruited giant soldiers, it is tentatively set at two thousand. The criteria for entering the legion are strength first, regardless of race, as long as you are a giant."
Might makes right, this was an eternal rule. All the giants in the hall had no objections, not even the cloud giants, and even if they did, they couldn't speak up. Although they were the weakest in strength, when combined, the mountain giants and tide giants didn't even reach two thousand. They could still occupy a part of the quota based on their numbers.
"The third thing, on the first day of each month, I will hold a meeting here. Unless you have special circumstances, you must all attend and report all important events happening on Taiji Island to me. And any matter that requires more than ten giants to handle, no matter what it is, must be approved by me before execution."
"Yes!" Led by all the storm giants in the hall, all the giants chose to obey the command. Muria's first command had already made the most powerful batch of giants on the island devoted to him.
"The fourth thing, I have received reports that giants are joining Taiji Island every day. For these giants, as long as they are not ill-intentioned, all of them will be accepted. I've also heard that many new giants want to see me, and I've decided to meet them. After the meeting on the first day of each month, I'll be here to receive their audience. As for today, although it's not the first day of the month, due to my negligence, I didn't consider these matters. So today, as an exception, I will go and inform all the new giants on the island that I am here to receive them."
With Muria's command, storm giants quickly left the hall and went to various parts of Taiji Island to inform the new giants to come to the White Jade Palace to see Muria.
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Muria felt like a puppet in a temple now, just sitting still, maintaining a dignified expression, and accepting the worship of others without doing anything.
Cloud giants, tide giants, mountain giants, and even the migrating fog giant tribe, as well as eight new storm giants... These giants, when they saw Muria, were all ecstatic. They verified that the rumors they heard were not false.
There was a Titan and Dragon's child on the Titan Archipelago in the Thunderstorm Ocean, who was willing to accept all giants as followers. This rumor made many giants willing to give up everything and overcome various difficulties to cross the Thunderstorm Ocean and join Muria.
"Great child of the Titan, we fog giants are willing to follow you forever." In the hall, under the gaze of many giants, a group of ten-meter-tall giants with milky-white skin, silver hair, and muscular arms walked into the hall and knelt down to Muria in unison. Some fog giants even cried on the spot...