Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons

Chapter 477: This will be my final warning.

“Are you guys… planning to go back on your word?”

Kael spoke in a low, steady voice, but his expression had already changed. His face, which had just relaxed after an intense battle, turned cold again as he looked around and saw the soldiers around him.

Something was different.

Before, they had surrounded him in a simple circle—keeping distance, cautious of both him and Igni.

But now… the pattern had changed.

The soldiers and their beasts moved in a calculated rhythm, shifting positions until Kael noticed it—

And by the time Kael was done fighting, they had changed their formation.

Now, two main groups had emerged—one tightening around him, the other spreading into a wider arc around Igni.

Thin, glowing lines of blue energy connected the flying beasts and soldiers in the air, forming a double-layered barrier that shimmered faintly in the dawn light.

Above them, three more squads hovered at sharp angles, closing the vertical escape routes.

It was a cage—a clean, precise, and merciless cage.

A cage that… had never once been breached in the history of Nerathis.

“The Heaven’s Net Formation, huh.”

Kael muttered as his eyes narrowed.

It was one of the Sky Kingdom’s most famous formations—one designed to make sure the enemy never leaves.

“So you’ve noticed.”

Reed, the Second in Command, spoke up from above, his voice filled with arrogance. A faint grin appeared on his face as he looked down at Kael.

“It is difficult not to notice when you use the most well-known Sky Formation that exists in the world. I learned this the third week I came to this world— even a child would recognize it. So if you were attempting to hide it…”

Kael raised his head, looking right into Reed’s eyes.

“You didn’t do a very good job.”

He shook his head. His words remained cold, but this time, they weren’t emotionless—they were laced with anger.

But his anger did not make Reed back down.

“It is well known because it is useful.”

He answered as he looked at Kael.

“And you should know that if you have learned it properly.”

Then, the Second in Command shook his head and—

“And no, I had no intention of hiding it from you.

If anything, I am more surprised that you only noticed it now.

Were you so deeply focused on your duel that you actually lost sight of your surroundings?”

He continued shaking his head, as if showing disappointment, then crossed his arms and continued in a tone full of mockery.

“Now that’s not very Hero-like, is it?

A Hero should always be able to look at the bigger picture—react no matter the circumstance.

But you—”

Reed gestured lazily with his spear.

“—you let one woman distract you completely.

To be caught by surprise in such a manner…

If you make such mistakes often…”

He leaned forward on his beast, the smirk on his face showing no signs of leaving.

“…then Nerathis will be doomed.”

Silence followed after that.

Kael didn’t say anything, neither did he move. His eyes stayed fixed on Reed.

There was no emotion on his face now—no rage, no frustration, no pity.

Just… cold stillness.

Something that, for some reason, made the surrounding soldiers’ throats tighten instinctively.

When Kael finally spoke, his voice was soft—but it carried across the entire field.

“Are you sure you should be doing this?”

He asked.

“Hmm? What do you mean?”

Reed asked, curious as to what he was trying to say.

Honestly, like Aurelia, Reed too did not wish to fight. This was the reason he hadn’t completely activated the formation and attacked.

The reason he used a formation as popular as the Heaven’s Net Formation wasn’t just because of how useful it was—he did it because he wanted Kael to recognize it.

He wanted the Hero to understand that there was no escape. He wanted the Hero to surrender willingly.

This was also the reason he was entertaining his talks.

“Your General gave her word.

Your actions break them.”

Kael commented.

“The General lost herself for a moment, and do not act like you are innocent. You pretended to be weak because you knew that would make her hold back against you, and once you got what you wanted, you attacked her by surprise, knocking her out.

The duel wasn’t fair.”

Reed had already prepared an answer.

“You think your General would agree with those words?”

Kael asked, but Reed just shook his head.

“It doesn’t matter if she does or does not.

The General failed to do what she was sent here to do. It is now my responsibility to correct her mistakes.”

Reed spoke with a solemn look on his face, making it clear that he had no intention of backing down, no matter what Kael said.

“Her words do not matter if they do not achieve what was desired.”

He spoke coldly.

But Kael had a different opinion—

“Her words represented the Sky Kingdom Zephyria.

Going back on them would mean Zephyria’s word has no value—that Zephyria cannot be trusted.

I do not think someone like you would be able to bear consequences of a stigma that shameful.”

He spoke directly. His words were intimidating, especially for the soldiers who had sided with and supported Reed first.

But Reed was different.

He just laughed at Kael’s words and—

“I was right about you.”

He commented as he shook his head again. The look on his face felt like he was staring at a naïve child who had no clue how the world ran.

“You follow the textbook… too closely.

Doing everything the way it should be done—that is not how the world works, Hero Kael.”

Kael narrowed his eyes at those words.

“Before worrying whether someone like me would be able to bear the consequences of a stigma that shameful, you should worry whether the stigma you talk about would even… be recognized.”

Reed’s smile widened when he saw Kael’s frown deepen at his words.

“You say after what I did, Zephyria’s word would no longer be trusted by the rest of the world but…

Wouldn’t that only be the case if… the world actually found out about this…?”

Reed momentarily looked at the head of his spear before turning his amused gaze back to Kael.

“This is how things went here, Hero Kael.

We found that you were the one who sneak-attacked our scouts. We tracked you down and chased you all the way here, then we captured you despite your fierce resistance.

Throughout the ordeal, a duel never happened—there was no need for it.

And you know the most frustrating part?

No matter what you say, how many times you say it, or how loudly you say it—

No one will believe you because the Sky Kingdom will make sure no one does.”

The Second in Command spoke, his words full of confidence.

After all, he knew this was how the world worked. This was what he had used to climb to where he was till now, and this was what he was going to use to climb even further.

But then suddenly—

[Her words do not matter if they do not achieve what was desired.]

A voice was heard.

A voice that changed Reed’s confident expression.

His eyes widened in shock as he stared at Kael, who was holding a crystal ball in his hand. A ball that Reed recognized in an instant.

“You… you recorded everything…?”

He narrowed his eyes, and Kael—

“You did not think I would agree to your General’s duel without having a solid reason to, did you?”

He just tilted his head as suddenly, an amused smile appeared on his face.

“Looks like my textbooks weren’t as bad as you imagined, now were they?”

Reed took a deep breath as his glare turned icy. He clenched the spear in his hands even tighter until finally, he closed his eyes, trying to contain his anger and keep the final string of reasoning that was stopping him attached.

“Do not do this, Hero Kael.”

He exhaled deeply, almost as if letting his frustration out.

“You talk as if you have left another choice for me.”

Kael snickered in disdain.

“There is another choice.

A much simpler choice.”

Reed nodded.

“And that is?”

“Come with us.”

Reed asked directly.

“If you do, as the General said, she will protect you no matter what. You will receive the best resources, the best training, the best al—”

“As tempting as all of that sounds, just now, I was taught that the world doesn’t work the way I thought.”

Kael answered with a light smile.

“Words have no value.”

He continued, his eyes looking right into Reed’s as he repeated the words the Second in Command had said before.

“What your General said does not matter, since it could easily be overridden.

And you know the most frustrating part?

No matter what you say, how many times you say it, or how loudly you say it—

No one will believe, because the Sky Kingdom itself would make sure no one does.”

“Hero Kael!”

Reed then raised his voice, his eyes now reflecting his anger.

“This will be my final warning.”

He spoke.

“You are strong, we saw it with our own eyes.

But even five General Aurelias wouldn’t be able to escape the Heavenly Net Formation—let alone you.”

Then, the Second in Command used his last card.

“And even if you do wish to test your strength, do you truly want your children to suffer the consequences of your actions?

You should know it, since you have learned the Heavenly Net Formation—the three squads above do not target you, they target your Dragon.

And if they move when I command—

Your Dragon would not—”

“Igni.”

Suddenly, Kael called out, staring right into his firstborn’s eyes.

“Kill.”

He ordered.

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