Penance & Suffering

I took the ring and probed it with my divine sense. The contents were quite good for me. After all that was a peak 2nd order Origin king. The space ring of an origin king was not to be underestimated. On top of the fact there were the contents of the enemies space rings, their bodies were stored as well.

"Alright, are there any matters that need to be addressed now?" I asked, as I put away the space ring.

"No, young master. We have all managed to settle down quite easily." Huo Dai said, saluting.

"I see, then how about this little boy? How did he come to be? I don't remember the bandits sparing any men, besides it's only been 6 months." I asked rushing over to see the little monster race child.

"Young master, the child in my arms had been seeded prior. It's thanks to the young master that he survived." The woman said, tearfully trying to bow.

I stopped her from bowing. "Now it makes sense! That's why my order dropped at that time. It was the Dragon Race's natal divine ability. If I'm not mistaken, your child hadn't been seriously wounded or worse for very long. In this case a small sacrifice of my own power was enough to rewind his time." I said, rubbing my chin as I looked at the young one.

"Oh, Leiji, come here and… play with me." Huo Lei said, seductively. While her mother Huo Dai was giving her advice.

"Not now, this prince will make use of those wretches I killed months back." I said, pulling the ring back out again.

"What is the young master going to do with the bodies of those wretches? Such people can't be said to be good for anything." Huo Dai asked, puzzled.

"I'm going to refine them and break them down into pure energy. The same way I would do for Saint Crystals. Only this time, their souls will feel it as it happens." I said, with a face filled with pure disgust.

The simple thought these wretches gave me a portion of my strength sickens me to my core. However, I can't waste good materials. And the body of an Origin King that was about to reach the 3rd order will have a sort of prenatal Origin Essence Crystal. It might not be the same but it is still incredibly helpful for someone like me. I can just break it down like a High grade Saint Crystal.

"Young Master is fierce! Mind if we watch this happen? It would give us ladies some much needed satisfaction… I mean closure." Huo Dai said.

"Ever heard of the phrase 'Never anger a Dragon. Lest you suffer a Dragon's wrath'? I was originally planning on doing it out of sight. However, I think granting you this satisfaction is enough reason to let you watch this. However, if you are one of those who doesn't wish to watch then please do something else. I won't force you either way." I said, sitting down cross legged.

The result from my words was an incredibly eager crowd watching intently. Their eyes all widened with a bright desire to see what it was that I was going to do. It was like looking out at a class full of well behaved children.

I sighed and then activated my Lightning disk. Only to find that my disk had now become two disks. This would result in twice the amount of energy stripping. I pulled out the first few chunks of leftover bandit and proceeded to refine them in the same way I did for the Saint Crystals.

"You all look surprised. Is there something wrong?" I asked, smirking at the looks on their faces.

"No Young master! We were just surprised at the ferocity of your dragon's wrath. It's comforting to know we are being protected by such a person. My daughter, you are very lucky to have just a fiance. Make sure you give him your all." Huo Dai said.

"I will mother! I will definitely give him many." Huo Lei said, glancing at the baby from before.

I blushed slightly after hearing this. "Achem… This prince will continue to teach these bandits the meaning of a dragon's fury. Everyone else can do what they need to do." I said, clearing my throat and refocusing.

~~1 Month later~~

I finished up refining the bandit leftovers. It didn't take long to do this and I could have finished up sooner. However, I felt that the bandits hadn't suffered a fate befitting their crimes yet. Thus I slowed it down and imagined the torture their souls were going through.

~~In the Realm of Hell~~

"Will someone shut those idiots up! We put the pit of those who angered dragons so far away and we can still hear it! Can we move the idiots further away?" The King of Hell cried as his head was rattling.

"I'm sorry my king but the construction and renovations to build further out have been severely delayed as a result of the screaming. The distance they are right now is already as far as we can put them." A subordinate said, also with a head splitting headache.

"When will people stop angering Dragons? Don't they know how ruthless a dragon's wrath is?" The King of hell sighed. "Use some resources and construct a 2 thousand year soundproofing array over that area. I want to sleep. And we can't blame the dragons for this. I mean if the person did something to get here in the first place, they deserve it." He continued.

"Subordinate will do so right away." The subordinate said, accidentally shaking his head before tearing up from the pain.

"Ah perhaps we should take a few lessons from this dragon race. Maybe people will stop coming here in droves if they know it's as bad as being tortured by a dragon." The King of Hell's wife said. She wore every kind of hearing protection she could get her hands on specifically for this purpose.

"Indeed! One day if we are fortunate enough to meet this Dragon by some means perhaps we can learn from it. What a great idea, wife of mine!" The King of hell said, laughing. "Ugh it hurts to laugh Ow." he said directly after a couple of chuckles.