"Sophia, can you repeat what you just said?" Muriya looked bewildered at the golden-haired dragonkin girl in front of him.

"Master Muriya, although it's unbelievable, it's true. Lady Athris has decided to revoke your residency in the castle. You are to vacate the premises today, along with your pets," the stewardess Sophia said sternly.

"So, my mother wants to kick me out?" Muriya asked.

"If you understand it that way, it's not wrong."

"Why?" Muriya still couldn't understand. His mother was the head of the benevolent dragons, not some evil dragon. How could she make the decision to exile her own offspring from her castle?

The stewardess remained silent, instead glancing towards the corner of the room where the six sleeping young dragons lay.

Following Sophia's gaze, Muriya suddenly understood. A month ago, after playing with the young dragons for a long time, Muriya finally got impatient and used his blood-strengthened fourth-circle spell, Thunderous Sphere.

The four young dragons each took a solid hit. Despite their dragon defenses, they only managed to resist a small portion of the damage. That day, the four young dragons remembered the fear of Muriya's thunder.

Since that day, all the young dragons had become very obedient, doing whatever Muriya said, except for one thing: they had to "admire" the Golden Dragon Mother's collection daily, leaving pools of saliva on the floor.

Though the young dragons knew these treasures would never belong to them, they still wandered around the Crystal Castle every day, eyeing them. Muriya had no doubt that if it weren't for the defensive magic array set by the Golden Dragon Mother, there would have been thefts in the castle every day.

Unable to tolerate the situation any longer, Golden Dragon Mother Athris decided to expel all six young dragons from the Crystal Castle. Her anger also extended to the caretaker of these young dragons, her own son Muriya. Then Muriya received the notification from stewardess Sophia.

"She let me raise these dragons in the first place, and now she wants to kick me out because of them," Muriya grumbled. "Moreover, according to dragon standards, I'm still just a child, not even a teenager."

"Master Muriya, regarding this matter, Lady Athris also has a message for me to convey to you," Sophia cleared her throat and then imitated the tone of the Golden Dragon Mother.

"Little Muriya, you're thirteen years old now. At this age, if you were a human, you could get married and have children. You are perfectly capable of living independently. As my son, you are no worse than a human, so you should leave the castle and stand on your own!"

After delivering the message, Sophia glanced sympathetically at Muriya, who let out a dry laugh, vividly expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Fine! I'll leave. Once I'm out of this Crystal Castle, I'll live a more carefree life," Muriya said, walking towards the six young dragons sleeping together, kicking them awake one by one.

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"What are you doing, Muriya? I'm not done sleeping yet," the young female dragon Jessica yawned, somewhat disgruntled.

"Sleep later. There's no place for me here anymore, and it's the same for you. Let's go," Muriya replied.

"Go? Where?" the young dragon Albert asked curiously.

"Leave this Crystal Castle and build my own castle outside."

"Leave this castle?" Cynthia exclaimed. "Are you kidding? I'm not leaving. This is my home, and I won't leave even if I die."

"Is that so?" Muriya's face darkened, golden thunder appearing in his hand. "If it weren't for you worthless dragons, I wouldn't be dragged down with you and kicked out by my mother. Now, I'll ask you one last time, are you leaving or not?"

Seeing the golden thunder in Muriya's hand, the young dragons, who had already suffered enough, nodded obediently, knowing that if they didn't agree, Muriya wouldn't hesitate to turn them into dragon-shaped charcoals and drag them away.

Muriya had nothing to pack except the six dragons and the clothes he wore, which could change size along with his body. He didn't have any personal belongings.

"Master Muriya, Lady Athris has instructed that all creatures on this island who are willing to follow you can leave with you," Sophia spoke up as Muriya was leaving the room. "And you can come back anytime and borrow any book from the library."

Upon hearing this, Muriya paused for a moment, nodded, and then left Sophia's sight with the six young dragons.

When Muriya arrived at the castle gate, he heard a very familiar voice.

"Wait for me, Muriya!" A very well-proportioned dragonkin girl caught up to him.

"Mia." Muriya smiled. "Why are you chasing after me?"

"I heard you're leaving. As your personal maid, I must follow you!" The girl said matter-of-factly.

"Alright, come with me," Muriya replied after a moment of silence. Then, he turned to the twenty-four kneeling cloud giant guards and gave them his command, "Inform all the giants on the island that I, Muriya Iapetos Elonsas, will establish my own domain from today onwards. I will be waiting at the arena for all the giants willing to follow me until the sun sets."

The twenty-four cloud giants first looked puzzled, then quickly transformed into ecstatic excitement. "As you command, Prince Muriya!"

Then, they stood up and, without hesitating, each displayed their class spell-like ability, Levitation, gaining the ability to fly. They dispersed to various giant gathering places on the island to convey Muriya's message.

When Muriya, accompanied by the six young dragons and his personal maid Mia, arrived at the arena, he was stunned by the sight.

The open space of the arena and the surrounding stands were filled with giants—cloud giants, storm giants, mountain giants, tidal giants... grouped by family units, gathered in the arena, looking extremely impressive.

What shocked Muriya even more was that when these giants saw him, they all kneeled down like wheat swaying in the wind. Men, women, old, young—regardless of their status or physique.

Among the kneeling giants, a straight path was cleared, leading to the highest point of the arena, where a stone throne overlooked the entire arena's situation.

With a strange emotion in his heart, Muriya walked along the path towards the throne, followed closely by Mia, while the six young dragons crawled behind him. They were obedient, without causing any trouble, also stunned by the scene before them, as there was no description of such a scene in their inherited knowledge.

Finally, Muriya reached the highest point of the arena and sat on the throne. Looking down at the many kneeling giants, he spoke for the first time since arriving at the arena.

"Rise, all of you!" Muriya said. After the giants all stood up, he continued, "Be patient and wait. Wait until all the giants willing to follow me have arrived."

Sitting on the throne, Muriya's gaze extended far. From all directions of the island, male giants came with their wives and children, heading towards the arena. Further in the distance, at the nearby sea, one after another blue-skinned tidal giants broke through the water and walked onto land...

Behind the tidal giants, there were even more sea creatures, merfolk, nagas, sea monsters... many of them couldn't come ashore.

"Titans..." Seeing this scene, Muriya murmured quietly. He knew very well that the reason for this overwhelming scene was his pure titan bloodline.

Strictly speaking, Titans were also a branch of the giant race, the most powerful branch among them. For other giant races, Titans held extraordinary significance.

"Evolution," Muriya whispered. He had read about it in Golden Dragon Mother's library. Titans were somewhat similar to dragons in that strong dragons, when they had long-term dominance over an area, their presence would subtly change the surrounding environment, making it the most suitable for them.

But the influence of powerful dragons went beyond that. The breath of dragons could even affect the creatures around them, causing a phenomenon called dragonization.

Just like the many dragon maids in the Crystal Castle, they were all ordinary human girls at first, but they were all affected by the breath of the Golden Dragon Mother, turning into non-human monsters, evolving from humans into something different. Most of the lower and mid-tier dragon beasts in Erasia originated from this, either them or their ancestors were affected by the power of dragons, inheriting a weak dragon vein power, becoming different from others. As for the higher-tier dragon beasts, they were created by dragons themselves, through well-known methods.

The breath of dragons could infect surrounding creatures, causing them to undergo the essence of life's evolution. Titans had a similar power, but even stronger. The breath they emitted could allow giants who had reached the limit of their lives to break through their shackles, even increase their life limit and become stronger.