146: appease the Griffin Duke

This made the nobles more receptive to Arthur's policy of reducing noble territories.

Arthur saw the expressions of the crowd and knew that the matter was thoroughly settled, so he continued:

"Since that is the case, the new policy on noble territorial boundaries will be officially implemented in three days.

Before then, you may yourselves delineate your new territories within the appropriate scope and submit them to me for filing."

Everyone was startled when Arthur said that the policy would be fully enforced in three days.

Because they had been planning to scour the populations and properties in the partitioned territories, which would take time.

On the other side, Arthur suddenly remembered the greed of the nobles and added that sentence:

"Oh, and don't think about concentrating all the people and property from the partitioned territories into your new territories.

If the territories you leave for the Royal Family are not as they originally were, with only barren lands, then you will have to pay double the price!

This is a friendly reminder, and the City Lords under my command will also supervise. I hope you will act wisely!"

Upon hearing this, the nobles inwardly cried out in dismay. They hadn't expected Arthur, despite his youth, to be so cautious and to have thought of even this!

However, even though they had been warned, the nobles would still plunder wealth, just not as excessively.

Arthur also understood that completely preventing this situation was impossible, and with the City Lords everywhere supervising, those nobles wouldn't be able to plunder much wealth anyway!

Thus, not long after explaining everything, Arthur announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Next, he just had to wait for the nobles to submit their new maps delineating two-thirds of their partitioned territories.

Before the meeting adjourned, Arthur still called for his maternal grandfather, Duke Gryphon, to stay behind.

"Duke Gryphon, please stay for a moment. I have an important matter to discuss with you privately!"

Upon hearing this, Duke Gryphon, who was already in a bad mood after being tricked by Arthur, was taken aback.

He then still agreed to Arthur's request and stayed behind alone.

He wanted to see what else his nephew had to say to him after tricking him so badly.

Seeing this, the nobles also knew that Arthur had acted improperly in this matter, so he definitely wanted to keep Duke Gryphon behind alone to dispel his resentment.

They just didn't know how Arthur would do it. With this question in mind, the others left one after another!

A few minutes later, only Arthur and Duke Gryphon remained in the palace where the court meeting had been held.

Seeing that they were completely alone, Arthur walked down from the high platform where the throne stood and, with a smile, called out: "Grandfather!"

Arthur's affectionate address was both an expression of his apology and an attempt to bridge the gap between them.

Duke Gryphon was again taken aback by Arthur's address of "Grandfather," but this affectionate address clearly couldn't alleviate the pain of Duke Gryphon losing two-thirds of his territory.

"Hmph!"

Only a cold snort was left for Arthur!

Arthur knew that he was in the wrong regarding the reduction of territory. While others didn't matter, Duke Gryphon was his maternal grandfather, and he still needed to apologize properly.

So he continued with an apologetic smile:

"Grandfather, I was wrong about the territory reduction.

But from my perspective, this action is also for the prosperity of the Kingdom.

Of course, I know that merely saying these things is useless; the most important thing is to take practical action!"

Saying this, Arthur took out a space ring and continued:

"This ring contains two portions of Legendary Dragon blood and the secret medicine formula for using them.

I'm sure Grandfather, you also know the preciousness of dragon blood. One portion of dragon blood is enough to create an invincible Sky Knight of the same rank!"

Upon hearing this, Duke Gryphon's first thought was that it was impossible. How could Arthur easily obtain the blood of a Dragon, a Legendary creature?

Moreover, Dragons are not that easy to encounter. Duke Gryphon, who had lived for almost half a century, had only seen the Legendary Dragon named Joao in the current Lionheart Kingdom!

Hmm! The Lionheart Kingdom has a Legendary Dragon, and Arthur is the King, so it might actually be possible for him to obtain dragon blood!

Thinking of this, Duke Gryphon quickly took the space ring from Arthur's hand and looked inside.

He found that the space ring contained two portions of dragon blood, each six hundred cubic meters, stored in obsidian containers.

Of course, Duke Gryphon had never seen dragon blood before, but the faint Dragon might emanating from the blood was the same as what he had felt from Joao before.

Plus, there was no need for Arthur to specifically make him stay just to deceive him!

In summary, the contents of the space ring were very likely the Legendary Dragon blood!

After confirming, Joao's pupils constricted, and then he asked in disbelief:

"It's really dragon blood, and so much of it! How did you get it? Was it from Legendary Joao?

You know, as Legendary creatures, Dragons have incredibly powerful blood-making abilities.

As long as they are willing, and their energy is fully replenished, they can produce a quantity of blood almost equal to their entire body's blood content in a week without any harm.

Of course, due to the pride of Dragons, almost no Dragon would do that!

If every Dragon were willing to sell their blood for wealth, then while they would acquire vast riches, dragon blood in the Continent of Gods would not be so scarce!

It was precisely because of the Dragon's strong blood-making ability that Duke Gryphon subconsciously believed Arthur's dragon blood was obtained from Legendary Joao in the Lionheart Kingdom.

To this, Arthur merely smiled mysteriously.

And Duke Gryphon's understanding of this was that Arthur tacitly admitted it, but couldn't directly acknowledge it because such an action would harm the Dragon's reputation!

After understanding the origin of the dragon blood, Duke Gryphon began to seriously consider the value of these two portions of dragon blood.

Two portions of dragon blood could allow anyone to become an invincible Sky Knight of the same rank within a year!

This meant that the Griffin Family could even produce two Sky Knight experts under the age of twenty in the future.

And such individuals have the potential to Breakthrough to become lofty Legendary Experts!

If even one person could Breakthrough to Legendary, the Griffin Family could even go to a remote corner of the Continent of Gods.

Like Isaac before, and establish a Kingdom!

Moreover, the Griffin Family cannot guarantee that someone will Breakthrough to Sky Knight in every generation, as he himself only Breakthrough when the previous generation's Sky Knight of the Griffin Family was on the verge of death!

Calculating with a Sky Knight's lifespan of five hundred years, these two portions of dragon blood could ensure the Griffin Family's prosperity for a thousand years!

Furthermore, as a Peak Sky Knight, he could also use these two portions of dragon blood.

Although the effect might not be ideal, it could still increase his chances of Breaking through to Legendary!

Duke Gryphon, who had Breakthrough to Peak Sky Knight before the age of one hundred, possessed quite good talent and could be considered a Genius!