The tears continued to fow and the cries continued to be heard. It was amusing at first, but not it's just annoying. I raised my hand and closed the distance between my pointer fins and thumb. The moment they met the king's jaw clamped shut and his cries became muffled. He stared at me eyes wide in fear and eventually the muffles stopped.
"Are you finally done?" I asked. My eyes filled with annoyance. My voice dripping with authority. "Maybe now we can have a proper discussion. You know man to child. Since that's exactly what you are. A child. One given power that should have never been yours. Not to one as incompetent as you."
My words hung in the air suffocatingly heavy as if they fused with the gravity of the planet. Everyone knew what was going to happen, but they could only wait and each moment felt heavier and more painful than the last.
"Ahh.... Where are my manners? I am in the presence of royalty, but not once have I introduced myself. My name is Fafnir. No last name, I never knew my parents."
I took a breif pause to sarcastically feign grief, then continued,"As you could probably guess by now I'm a blood dragon. I have the abilities to control blood. I can kill. I can heal. I can control. If it involves blood I can do it."
I paused once again. "But that's the boring part. As you already know we level in this world. We have status screens that appear in our mind and we can identify or see how strong something or someone is. Every one has this ability."
A smile creeps its way across my face. "I too have this ability. However mine is vastly different compared to yours. It shows me talents that you trained. I don't mean skills. I mean talents I can see how skilled you are in certain things such as martial, politics, finances, etc. But the best part is I can see what you've done in your life. I can see a summary of your life as well as the crimes you have committed."
My smile reached its peak. "King Drakonos. You have been very villainous I should say. Tyranny. Embezzlement. Murder. Rape. The list goes on.". I paused to let my words settle. Whispers spread through out the hall.
"You are going to be judged that is the whole reason you are still alive at this very moment. And your sentence is death." Whispers turned into gasps and then silence.
"However, not just any death will suit you. No you will be publicly executed. After some some torture first."
My smile disappeared. The world became heavy. And killing intent filled the room. Heavy, raw, unfathomable killing intent.
My voice became deep and sadistic. "I will make sure that you pay for all you crimes. Not just on the individuals you wronged and not just me either. No. You will suffer the wrath of all your citizens."
I raise my hands and he starts to float in the air. Arms out like he was Gods child and was moved just behind me twenty feet in the air.
"But first hang around.... You might just learn something about the very citizens of your country. About the people you are close to, the people you covet. Starting with your wife."
I raise my arms again and a woman floats in the air. I pull her closer until she's just ten feet in front of me. Then set her down.
"Greetings, your majesty, the queen," I said while doing a mock bow. I chuckle a little. "Now would you care to tell the audience on the things you have done to warrant punishment."
"I- I have done nothing wrong and I don't appreciate such accusation either," she replied. Her voice broke a little bit due to fear.
I stared at her for a moment, blankly. "Whatever you think I've done. You are wrong I've always been a voice of the people. A giver. Charitable. I've done nothing to deserve punishment," she continued.
"Charitable, huh?" I looked at her dismissively as if she were a worm underfoot. "The only thing you've gave out is the gap between your legs, your majesty. The only thing that's charitable about you is how you gave that out to everyone nobles and guards alike. "
Her face paled. "I- I don't..."
"Don't even try to deny it." I look over to the general. Who has long gotten up from the king's kick and back in the kneeling position.
"General, cut her palm."
He looked up at me confused, but then took a knife from his side and cut her palm. The blood flowed, but not to the floor. It rose into the air and collected into a single point. More blood from the dead bodies in the hall merged with it. Creating a large pool of blood floating in the air. Then created a circle. It rippled, then an image could be seen.
"Ahhgnn ahhgnn..... Ah so big," the woman moaned. It was a memory of the queen being pounded from behind by another man that wasnt a king. The blood rippled again. Showing another, then another, then another, and another.
The king looked the images visibly shaken. At all the men that men that his wife had slept with. Nobles, royal guards, castle guards, commoners. No one was spared. She slept with any one she could sink her teeth into.
The queen stared in horror. Her dark secrets there for everyone to see. "That's..... That's..." She couldn't find the words to even try to defend herself. Her voice caught. Her breath hitched. She could barely breathe.
"Normally I wouldn't care if you cheated on your husband, however one of the subjects of your lust happened to be two of your sons as well. Once again incest is not uncommon for dragons. In fact it's very common. However, you did it when they were only 12 and 10 years old and even had their children."
Gasps rang loudly through out the hall. Disgust burned the very air. Like I said incest was common, but this was sick and deranged. Pedophilia even among dragons was a thing that was considered vile. If caught doing such acts they were executed in some of the worst ways possible. Even the king was disgusted at this and he was no saint.
"Not only did you commit such vile acts. But you also plotted a rebellion against the king. To put your eldest son and lover in power."
I raised my hands and five children were raised up and brought forward, then I pointed to the eldest son, "You wanted to put him in power, but the thing is he's not the son of the king, now is he?"
I bared my teeth sharp canines showing at this disgusting pile of trash of a dragon. She didn't answer. She just hung her head low. She couldn't deny her sins anymore. She just accepted them. Waiting for the torment to end, but little did she know it was only just beginning.
"No, he's not. He's the son of the captain of the royal guard. The other leader of the rebellion."
The words hung in the air like a guillotine waiting to be dropped. "But I am merciful. I will spare a life."
I snapped my fingers and the four eldest sons heads were forcefully turned in a quick succession. A quick painless death.
The queen screamed. A loud shreik that could be heard in the heavens. Her heart breaking. A moment passed staring at her sons hanging in the air. Tears flowed.
"I'll kill you... I swear I'll fucking end your life!!!" Her voice started as a whisper and ended with cries of revenge and desperation.
Her eyes staring daggers her screams turned into roars.
"That's exactly why I killed them. To nip revenge in the butt. So there's no chance at rebellion or vengeance." My voice as cold as a winter storm.
"You should be grateful, I'm sparing the three month old in her crib. She'll be raised as a servant of the castle by the maids. She won't know who her parents are, but even if she does find out she'll understand why her parents were executed. She'll understand their crimes. Hell, she'll grow up listening about it for most of her life. On how her father and mother committed horrendous acts towards the people of this country."
"No! I'm not dying here today and when I get the chance I'll make you suffer a thousand times for this! You'll wish you never crawled out of whatever hole you came from!"
"Oh, but you are dying today. In fact you're dying right now." I snap my fingers.
Her blood starts to turn violent, running rampant inside her body, trying to escape. Blood starts to ooze out of her eyes and ears.
Cough. Blood splatters on the floor as she coughs. Her body then bursts into a red mist spraying everywhere. Everyone in a twenty foot radius gets blood sprayed on them.
Screams sound out. Loud enough to reach the gods in the heavens. Panic strikes the people once again. Cries and whimpers could be heard as they begged and pleaded for their bodies to listen. So that they could escape the nightmare they were trapped in.
"Silence." My order barely above a whisper, but was followed as if it were a shout. The became silent once again. "If I have to say silence every time I make someone pop. We're going to be here all day. I'd rather get this done and over with. So if you panic like that again I will kill five people at random whether they were to be judged or not."
The room stayed quiet. No one made another sound. "Now that that's over with. You said front and center" I release my hold on her. Still she did not move. She was frozen stiff. Too scared to even shake. "General, if you would."
The general looked at the maid with pity. Then he turned towards me. "Your grace, she is but a maid. A servant of the castle. I do not believe she deserves to be judged. Miss Margaret is a person with one of the most beautiful hearts that I have ever known."
My brows furrowed. "Everyone is to be judged, but that doesn't mean everyone is to die. Just because I am judging her doesn't mean that she has committed crimes. It just means I am trying to see if she has."
"I understand your grace." The general reluctantly walked over to the maid slowly got her to her feet, then walked her over. Just as she was about to kneel....
"You may stay standing." She'd frozen mid way when my voice rang out. She nodded and straighted herself up. She looked calm, but she was still frozen in place. Trying not to give out a fearful impression, but the slight shaking of her fingers before she folded her hands in front of her gave her away.
Everything about her screamed dignified maid. Margaret had black hair tied in a bun. She wore half rimmed glasses. Had ruby red eyes. Wearing a traditional, black and white English style maid outfit that clung tight to her body. She had large breast. Was slightly overweight. Her hands firm and calloused from years of hard work and dedication. She was a commoner dragon that worked hard and tried hard to prove herself useful through out most of her adult life.
No crimes.
I study her for a minute. Trying to figure out how to go about this. After a minute of silence I finally ask,"Margaret is it?" She gave a small nod. "Are you afraid of me? Just to let you know I value honesty above all else. So if you lie you will be given a punishment. Not death, but a punishment none the less."
"Y- yes."