Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons - Chapter 375: You all did well.

Chapter 375: You all did well.

“Mother, what is happening here? Why are you all just staring at them without going there yourself?”

Kayden questioned, and the rest of the army standing behind him waited for the Matriarch to answer as well.

“…we won.”

Morvain answered, her eyes still couldn’t leave Kael.

“We… won?”

Kayden blinked in disbelief. He glanced at Commander Korvath, as if wanting to confirm whether this was true or not, but Korvath…

He, just like the Matriarch, continued to stare at Kael; his gaze, however, was far more fervent than the Matriarch’s. The Commander had completely zoned out; the Matriarch, the Young Patriarch and the rest of the army around him, none of them entered his eyes.

His mind was completely overwhelmed.

When Korvath heard the news about the Stonefangs’ attack, despite not showing anything on his face, the Commander was panicking.

He knew it better than anyone; there was no way the soldiers left on the Wall were capable of taking two hundred and fifty Stonefang Warriors who were coming at them at full might.

This was supposed to be complete annihilation.

Today… he was going to lose ninety-six valuable men, and just the thought of it broke him into pieces.

Korvath was old; he had been taking care of the Velmourn Army as its commander for forty years now, he had seen thousands of his men die and… he was no longer in a state to witness another massacre.

Honestly, Korvath was close to breaking apart. In his mind, he had already decided to give his position to Kayden after taking the full blame for today’s defeat and live the rest of his days till he starves to death.

He no longer wanted to continue; he just… wanted to see his old comrades, the only people who could actually be considered his family.

But…

That didn’t happen.

The Massacre, the blood, the deaths he was expecting to see did not happen.

All ninety-six of his people were alive, even the Wall was completely intact, and… the Stonefangs had retreated.

It was…

It was their complete and overwhelming victory, a true victory.

A Victory he had never seen before in his long life.

And the one who made that possible was…

The man standing in front of him.

The Dragon Rider.

Or the Hero who came from another World.

Honestly, Korvath himself felt the urge to kneel on the ground like the rest of his soldiers and chant that man’s name, but the responsibilities on his shoulders were too high for him to do that.

That action of his would give Kael too much power, so much that… it might cause problems in the future.

When that thought appeared in his head, Korvath’s head involuntarily turned towards the Matriarch.

This… might not be as good as he initially thought.

The Matriarch had been standing here for a few minutes now, there was no way none of the soldiers at the Wall saw her, yet…

Instead of acknowledging her presence and bowing to the Matriarch, they were still kneeling on the ground, chanting Kael’s name.

’He… might already have the power I feared…’

Korvath muttered in his head, analysing the complete situation.

“Let’s go.”

Suddenly, the Matriarch ordered with an unreadable expression on her face and before Korvath could say or do anything, the Matriarch moved forward, and the rest of her army followed her.

Korvath had no choice but to follow Morvain as well.

The Velmourn Main Army of three hundred and eighty-eight, led by the Commander and the Matriarch, finally landed beyond the Wall, next to the rest of the kneeling soldiers, but—

“DRAGON RIDER KAEL! DRAGON RIDER KAEL! DRAGON RIDER KAEL!”

The fervent chants did not stop.

Even when the Matriarch was right in front of them, the soldiers did not care; it was almost as if they couldn’t see her, their eyes only saw Kael as their ears waited for him to address them.

It was kind of an absurd sight, the soldiers from the Main Army couldn’t understand what their comrades were doing, after all, unlike Korvath, Morvain and a few alites, none of them knew what actually happened, none of them saw Kael’s transformation.

They just… found everything quite absurd. It almost felt like their comrades were under a spell.

A few soldiers even tried asking the comrades they were particularly close to, but they didn’t receive any answers.

The situation seemed quite awkward.

And Lavinia very quickly noticed that. Her eyes fell on Morvain and her expressionless face, and very quickly, wanting to end this mess, she turned towards Kael, wanting him to take action.

“Kae—”

But then—

Kael suddenly hugged her.

The sudden action froze her; her mind momentarily short-circuited as she couldn’t think of anything at all.

What happened?

Why now?

Was everything alright?

Such questions did momentarily appear in her head, but as Kael continued pulling her closer, as if scared that she would move away, in the end, the Princess just closed her eyes and hugged him back.

’It… isn’t that big of a deal.

She can wait.

That’s the least she should do after we saved her men.’

The Princess thought in her head before abandoning any thoughts altogether.

The two stayed in that position for an entire minute; only then did Kael twitch a little, and Lavinia’s thoughts came back to her.

“Kael…”

She called out. This time, her tone was much lighter than before.

“You need to address them, else they will keep chanting.”

She spoke gently.

Yes, the Velmourns were still chanting his name, still disregarding the Matriarch’s presence.

“Hm.”

Kael nodded as he finally moved away; even he felt a bit overwhelmed by the Velmourn spirit, but now that his mind had calmed down and his family was right next to him, all safe, he decided to act.

He glanced at the soldiers chanting for him and raised his hand.

In the instant, the Chants died down, almost as if Kael had absolute control over these men.

Kael himself looked around, observing the situation around him. Admittedly, he had almost no clue what had happened in these past few minutes; he didn’t even know the Velmourns were chanting his name; he only focused on them when Lavinia mentioned them.

His mind, however, reacted quickly, assessing the situation around and then—he reacted.

“Matriarch.”

He bowed as he glanced at Morvain.

An Action that made Korvath blink in surprise.

Even Morvain herself was quite taken aback. After all, even though Kael always talked to her in a respectful manners, the number of times he had bowed in front of her weren’t a lot, his bow itself looked more like a greeting than an actual bow but this time, Kael’s head was lower than normal, almost as if he wanted everyone or more particularly, the soldiers chanting his name to see it.

And as if they understood what Kael wanted, the Soldiers all stood up straight, placed their fists on their chests and—

“Matriarch!”

They greeted.

Kael inwardly nodded at that action, satisfied, as he himself stood up, staring at Matriarch with a light smile on his face.

Kael wasn’t a fool; he knew the importance of Unity, and this was especially true for the Velmourns, who had only been standing till now because of their Unity.

The last thing that could happen here was a division of power.

If two people with power here entered a power struggle, the Velmourns wouldn’t survive the winters, so for the sake of ten thousand lives, he had to bow here.

That was the least he could do as someone who took eleven human lives today.

Kael clenched his fists as he thought about it, trying to prevent his body from trembling or freezing entirely,

But then—

“Dragon Rider Kael.”

Morvain called out, attracting his attention.

“You did well.”

She praised.

Kael nodded but then—

“But instead of greeting me,

You should greet your soldiers instead.”

The Matriarch smiled lightly.

“They have been chanting your name till their throats became sore; you should address them.

I only came when everything was over; it was a failure on my part.”

Morvain nodded at him.

“You did what you had to do. It was not a failure.”

Kael corrected.

He did not forget how Morvain took their side despite all the odds and turned things against Zephyr; not many leaders would choose that, especially when they were given an easy way out.

Morvain laughed lightly, understanding what Kael implied, but then,

“You should greet the soldiers now.”

She urged.

Kael nodded as well, once again turning towards the soldiers who were now looking at him with completely different lights on their faces.

These gazes… he had seen it before.

When he first came to this world and was greeted by the people from the Church of Feraos.

The Velmourns soldiers… they had the same fervour in their eyes as those priests, if not stronger.

Again, Kael felt overwhelmed, but he soon calmed his nerves and—

“You all did well.”

He began.

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